sentences:  The music of "First Encounter Tour 1997" flows from one music style to the next and reflects all the varieties of Cluster's music from the 1979 release Großes Wasser onwards.Some sections of the longer tracks do seem to break new musical ground for Cluster, with deeply atmospheric ambient music leading into sections with a definite melody and beat.Each track is named for the city or cities in which the concerts took place, with the sole exception of the last track which is named for guest musicians Bond Bergland and The Brain (the duo of Paul M. Fox and Tommy Grenas), which was recorded in Anderson, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois.