Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947) is a
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
electronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
and
musicianAn electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers....
. He also used the alias
Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands
Tangerine DreamTangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
and
Ash Ra TempelAsh Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
before launching a solo career consisting of more than 50 albums (more than 140 CDs) lasting over 3 decades.
1970s
In 1969, Klaus Schulze was the drummer of one of the early incarnations of
Tangerine DreamTangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
for their debut album
Electronic MeditationElectronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.-Recording and history:The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder...
. In 1970 he left this group to form
Ash Ra TempelAsh Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
with
Manuel GöttschingManuel Göttsching is a German musician and composer.As the leader of the group Ash Ra Tempel or Ashra, one of the most notable German groups of the 1970s and 80s, as well as a solo artist, he is one of the most important guitarists of the Kosmische Musik genre. He also participated in the Cosmic...
. In 1971, he chose again to leave a newly-formed group after only one album, this time to mount a solo career. In 1972, Schulze released his debut album
IrrlichtIrrlicht is the first album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1972, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. Recorded without a synthesizer, this set of "early organ drone experiments" is "not exactly the music for which KS got famous"....
with organ and a recording of an orchestra filtered almost beyond recognition. Despite the lack of synthesizers, this proto-ambient work is regarded as a milestone in electronic music. The follow up,
CyborgCyborg is the second album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1973, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records.All CD issues of this album prior to the 2006 reissue had the tracks "Synphära" and "Chromengel" incorrectly transposed...
, was similar but added the
EMS Synthi AThe EMS Synthi A was a portable analog synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios Ltd in 1971....
synthesizer.
Since this point, Schulze's career has been most prolific, and he can now claim more than 40 original albums to his name since
Irrlicht. Highlights of these include 1976's
MoondawnMoondawn is the sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1976, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. In 1995, Manikin Records released "The Original Master" edition of Moondawn, containing a different bonus track from the one included on the 2006 reissue, "Supplement"...
(his first album to feature the
Moog modular synthesizerMoog modular synthesizer refers to any of a number of monophonic analog modular synthesizers designed by the late electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog and manufactured by R.A Moog Co...
), 1979's
DuneDune is the eleventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1979, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records."Shadows of Ignorance" features Arthur Brown on vocals, half-singing/half-chanting a long poem written by Schulze.-Track listing:...
, and 1995's double-album
In Blue-Original Release:Disc 1# "Into the Blue" – 78:25## "Into the Blue"## "Blowin' the Blues Away"## "Blue Moods"## "Wild and Blue"## "Out of the Blue"Disc 2 # "Return of the Tempel" – 44:38## "Midnight Blue"## "Return of the Tempel"...
(which featured one long track with electric guitar contributions from his friend Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Tempel). Schulze often takes German events as a starting point for his compositions, a notable example being on his 1978 album
X (the title signifying it was his tenth album), subtitled "Six Musical Biographies", a reference to such notables as
Ludwig II of BavariaLudwig II was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death...
,
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th- century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German-language style and displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and...
, and
Wilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer. Despite acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment finally became unstable and he died in...
. His use of the pseudonym
Richard Wahnfried is indicative of his interest in
Richard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas...
, a clear influence on other albums, such as
TimewindTimewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1975, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first solo album to use a sequencer....
.
Throughout the 1970s he followed closely in the footsteps of Tangerine Dream, albeit with far lighter sequencer lines and a more reflective, dreamy edge, not unlike the
ambient musicAmbient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
of his contemporary
Brian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as simply Brian Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, music theorist and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at art school, taking...
. It is to be noted that some of his lighter albums are appreciated by
New Age musicNew Age music is music of various styles, which is intended to create inspiration, relaxation, and positive feelings, often used by listeners for yoga, massage, inspiration, relaxation, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or...
fans, despite the fact that Schulze has always denied connections to this genre.
Klaus Schulze had a more organic sound than other electronic artists of the time. Often he would throw in decidedly non-electronic sounds such as acoustic guitar and a male operatic voice in
BlackdanceBlackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1974, and reissued in 2007 by Revisited Records. For the first time Schulze uses "real" synthesizers and a singer...
, or a cello in
Dune and
TranceferTrancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1981, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. With the original total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds, it was the shortest album in Schulze's canon until the 2006 reissue doubled its running...
. Schulze developed a
MinimoogThe Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. Released in 1971 by the original Moog Music, it was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.- Design :...
technique that sounds uncannily like an electric guitar, which is quite impressive in concert.
1980s
In the 1980s Schulze moved from analog to digital instruments, and his work accordingly became less experimental and more accessible. Although the switch to purely digital recording and instruments is evident in the style of
Dig ItDig It is the thirteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1980, and in 2005 was the sixth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first fully digital recording...
(1980) It was not until the release of
TranceferTrancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1981, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. With the original total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds, it was the shortest album in Schulze's canon until the 2006 reissue doubled its running...
(1981) that the shift in style became evident.
Trancefer was far more obviously reliant on sequencers than previous recordings, and the resultant effect transformed Schulze's style from gentle melodic journeys to an ever-growing crescendo of music consisting of multi-layered rhythmical passages. This is particularly evident in the
Trancefers first track "A few moments after Trancefer", although the second track "Silent Running" is more reminiscent of Schulze's earlier works.
This newer style can also be found in Schulze's next release AudentityAudentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1983, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records.-Overview:...
. Both "Cellistica" and "Spielglocken" are composed in a similar, sequencer based, style as Trancefer
, but this is certainly not the case of all of Audentitys tracks, indeed "Sebastian in Traum" hints towards the Operatic style to be found in some of Schulze's much later work. The predominance of sequencing can also be found in the follow up live album
Dziekuje Poland Live '83Dziekuje Poland Live '83 is the sixteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1983, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. "Katowice" and "Warsaw" are essentially live versions of "Spielglocken" and "Cellistica" from Audentity. "Lodz" is essentially a live version of "Ludwig...
, although it should be noted that many of its tracks are re-workings of those to be found on
Audentity. Schulze's next studio-based album
AngstAngst is the seventeenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1984, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. It is the soundtrack for the 1983 Austrian film of the same name. "Freeze" featured in the 1986 film Manhunter....
(soundtrack to the
namesake 1983 filmAngst is a 1983 Austrian film. Written and directed by Gerald Kargl with cinematography by Academy Award winner Zbigniew Rybczynski, it tells the story of a psychopath recently released from prison and is loosely based on the the mass murderer Werner Kniesek...
) moved away from the harshness of sharp, heavily sequenced style of the 3 previous albums and, once again, had the more "organic feel" of earlier recordings.
Another highlight of this era was
En=TranceEn=Trance is the twentieth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1988, and in 2005 was the seventh Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
with the dreamy cut "FM Delight". The album
Miditerranean PadsMiditerranean Pads is the twenty-first album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1990, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. This is the first of four Revisited Records reissues not to feature a bonus track, though the first track is extended by two minutes.-Track...
marked the beginning of very complex percussion arrangements that continued into the next two decades.
1990s
Starting with
Beyond Recall-Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
, the first half of the 1990s was the notorious "sample" period, when Schulze used a wide variety of pre-recorded sounds such as screeching birds and sensuous female moans in his studio albums and live performances. Sampling was such an unpopular diversion that when
In Blue-Original Release:Disc 1# "Into the Blue" – 78:25## "Into the Blue"## "Blowin' the Blues Away"## "Blue Moods"## "Wild and Blue"## "Out of the Blue"Disc 2 # "Return of the Tempel" – 44:38## "Midnight Blue"## "Return of the Tempel"...
was released in 1995 without samples it was hailed as a return to form. The decade also saw the release of copious amounts of previously unreleased material, of varying quality, in several limited-edition boxed sets. Some live recordings were discovered on pristine but forgotten reels of tape which had been used to provide echo in concerts.
2000s
Recently Schulze began incorporating elements of
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
and classical music, working with more contemporary techno dance music such as
tranceTrance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. Trance can be understood as a combination of...
, and creating two
operaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s, the second still awaiting release. Also, in 2005 he began re-releasing his classic solo and Wahnfried albums with bonus tracks of unreleased material recorded at roughly the same time as the original works.
In the last several years, Schulze has produced albums and staged numerous live appearances with
Lisa GerrardLisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
.
Richard Wahnfried
Richard Wahnfried, then simply
Wahnfried after 1993, is the long-time and only real alias for Klaus Schulze – originally a pseudonym, later an official side project name. Seven albums were released under this name between 1979 and 1997.
The main characteristics of the Wahnfried albums (as opposed to Schulze's regular works) are:
- Often being oriented towards more mainstream genres (some would say "more commercial"), such as rock
Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
, danceThis article is about dance music in general. You may also be looking for electronic dance music or dance-pop.Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, techno and tranceTrance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. Trance can be understood as a combination of...
.
- Always allowing for collaborative and less electronic albums, with known or unknown guest musicians performing along Schulze's synths.
The pseudonym's etymology stems from Schulze's love for
Richard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas...
:
- Richard, evidently from Wagner's first name. Richard is also the name of Schulze's first son.
- Wahnfried
Wahnfried may refer to:*Wahnfried, Richard Wagner's villa in Bayreuth*Richard Wahnfried , the long-time alias for German composer and musician Klaus Schulze...
("Peace from delusion and/or madness", in GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
), from the name Wagner gave to his villa in BayreuthBayreuth is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge...
(and where he was later buried).
In his 1975 album
TimewindTimewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1975, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first solo album to use a sequencer....
(four years before the first alias use), Schulze had already named a track "Wahnfried 1883" (in reference to Wagner's death and burial in his Wahnfried's garden in 1883). The other track on
Timewind is called "Bayreuth Return". After 1993, the albums are simply credited to "Wahnfried", and namedrop Schulze ("featuring Klaus Schulze", "Produced by Klaus Schulze").
"Wahnfried" is the only known alias of Schulze (albeit on the 1998
Tribute to Klaus Schulze album, among 10 other artists, Schulze contributed one track barely hidden behind the "Schulzendorfer Groove Orchester" pseudonym).
Albums
Schulze's concert performances are original compositions recorded live and thus listed as albums. An intensive reissue program of Schulze CDs began in 2005, with most releases having bonus tracks, and sometimes additional discs. They are published by the label Revisited Records (a division of German company
InsideOut MusicInsideOut is an independent record label company, specializing in the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. It was founded in Germany and has since expanded to Europe, then partnered in the U.S...
1), and distributed by
SPVSPV GmbH is an independent German record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records. It has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide.It also has several sublabels that it produces and distributes...
.
| Year |
Title |
Reissued |
| 1972 |
Irrlicht Irrlicht is the first album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1972, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. Recorded without a synthesizer, this set of "early organ drone experiments" is "not exactly the music for which KS got famous"....
|
2006 |
| 1973 |
Cyborg Cyborg is the second album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1973, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records.All CD issues of this album prior to the 2006 reissue had the tracks "Synphära" and "Chromengel" incorrectly transposed...
|
2007 |
| 1974 |
Blackdance Blackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1974, and reissued in 2007 by Revisited Records. For the first time Schulze uses "real" synthesizers and a singer...
|
2007 |
| 1975 |
Picture Music Picture Music is the fourth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1975, and in 2005 was the second Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.-External links:...
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2005 |
| 1975 |
Timewind Timewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1975, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first solo album to use a sequencer....
|
2006 |
| 1976 |
Moondawn Moondawn is the sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1976, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. In 1995, Manikin Records released "The Original Master" edition of Moondawn, containing a different bonus track from the one included on the 2006 reissue, "Supplement"...
|
2005 |
| 1977 |
Body Love Body Love is the seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1977, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. It is the original soundtrack for the porn movie of the same name by Lasse Braun.-Track listing:...
(soundtrack) |
2005 |
| 1977 |
Mirage Mirage is the eighth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1977, and in 2005 was the first Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. A slightly different version of "Velvet Voyage" is included on the reissue...
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2005 |
| 1977 |
Body Love Vol. 2 Body Love Vol. 2 is the ninth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1977, and reissued in 2007 by Revisited Records. The album contains additions to the original soundtrack for the porn movie of the same name by Lasse Braun...
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2007 |
| 1978 |
X X is the tenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1978, and in 2005 was the fifth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records....
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2005 |
| 1979 |
Dune Dune is the eleventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1979, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records."Shadows of Ignorance" features Arthur Brown on vocals, half-singing/half-chanting a long poem written by Schulze.-Track listing:...
|
2005 |
| 1980 |
...Live... ...Live... is the twelfth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1980, and reissued in 2007 by Revisited Records. The album contains recordings from concerts in Berlin in 1976, and Amsterdam and Paris in 1979. The CD version of "Sense" has been extended from the original LP and now...
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2007 |
| 1980 |
Dig It Dig It is the thirteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1980, and in 2005 was the sixth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first fully digital recording...
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2005 |
| 1981 |
Trancefer Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1981, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. With the original total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds, it was the shortest album in Schulze's canon until the 2006 reissue doubled its running...
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2006 |
| 1983 |
Audentity Audentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1983, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records.-Overview:...
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2005 |
| 1983 |
Dziekuje Poland Live '83 Dziekuje Poland Live '83 is the sixteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1983, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. "Katowice" and "Warsaw" are essentially live versions of "Spielglocken" and "Cellistica" from Audentity. "Lodz" is essentially a live version of "Ludwig...
(live) |
2006 |
| 1984 |
Angst Angst is the seventeenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1984, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. It is the soundtrack for the 1983 Austrian film of the same name. "Freeze" featured in the 1986 film Manhunter....
(soundtrack) |
2005 |
| 1985 |
Inter*Face Inter*Face is the eighteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1985, and reissued in 2006 by Revisited Records. The two bonus tracks on the reissue were both previously released on Schulze's 25-disc CD box set Jubilee Edition , which was later included on the 50-disc CD box set...
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2006 |
| 1986 |
Dreams Dreams is the nineteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1986, and in 2005 was the third Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records...
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2005 |
| 1988 |
En=Trance En=Trance is the twentieth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1988, and in 2005 was the seventh Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
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2005 |
| 1990 |
Miditerranean Pads Miditerranean Pads is the twenty-first album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1990, and reissued in 2005 by Revisited Records. This is the first of four Revisited Records reissues not to feature a bonus track, though the first track is extended by two minutes.-Track...
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2005 |
| 1990 |
The Dresden Performance The Dresden Performance is the 22nd album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1990. Even though this album is labeled as live, tracks 3, 4 and 5 are actually studio tracks...
(live) |
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| 1991 |
Beyond Recall -Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
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| 1992 |
Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 -Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
(live) |
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| 1992 |
Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 -Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze....
(live) |
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| 1993 |
The Dome Event The Dome Event is the twenty-sixth album by Klaus Schulze.Although released in 1993, The Dome Event is a live concert that was played on May 11, 1991, in Germany at the Cologne Cathedral, also called "The Dome". Other musicians were playing that day, including Ash Ra and Blue Chip Orchestra.The...
(live) |
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| 1994 |
Le Moulin de Daudet Le Moulin de Daudet is the thirty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1994, and in 2005 was the fourth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records...
(soundtrack) |
2005 |
| 1994 |
Goes Classic - Track listing :# "Friedrich Smetana: Die Moldau" – 12:00# "Franz Schubert: Rosamunde" – 7:53# "Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz " – 10:22# "Klaus Schulze: Quintet For Lute" – 10:53# "Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 2" – 9:01...
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| 1994 |
Totentag -Track listing:Disc 1# "Prelude / Apotheke Zum weißen Engel" – 17:32# "Liebesszene" – 13:46# "Im Bordell" – 14:02# "Das leere Theater" – 13:53Disc 2# "In Venedig" – 12:10# "Grodek" – 7:31# "Der Freitod" – 24:47...
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| 1994 |
Das Wagner Desaster - Live - -Original Release:Disc 1# "Wagner " – 28:32# "Nietzsche " – 28:40# "Entfremdung " – 10:00Disc 2 # "Liebe " – 28:00# "Haß " – 28:34# "Versöhnung " – 11:44-2005 Re-release:Disc 1...
(live) |
2005 |
| 1995 |
In Blue -Original Release:Disc 1# "Into the Blue" – 78:25## "Into the Blue"## "Blowin' the Blues Away"## "Blue Moods"## "Wild and Blue"## "Out of the Blue"Disc 2 # "Return of the Tempel" – 44:38## "Midnight Blue"## "Return of the Tempel"...
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2005 |
| 1996 |
Are You Sequenced? Are You Sequenced? is the fifty-second album by Klaus Schulze.Are You Sequenced? was released after Schulze's Historic Edition 10 disc box set, making this album his fifty-second release.-Original Release:Disc 1...
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2006 |
| 1997 |
Dosburg Online Dosburg Online is the seventy-eighth album by Klaus Schulze.Dosburg Online was released after Schulze's Jubilee Edition 25 disc box set, making this album his seventy-eighth release....
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2006 |
| 2001 |
Live @ KlangArt 1 -Track listing:# "Breeze to Sequence" – 15:08# "Loops to Groove" – 12:58# "From Church to Search" – 14:06# "I Loop You Schwindelig" – 27:59...
(live) |
2008 |
| 2001 |
Live @ KlangArt 2 -Track listing:# "La Fugue Sequenca" – 21:59# "Cavalleria Cellisticana" – 21:51# "Tracks of Desire" – 9:13# "Last Move at Osnabrück" – 13:36...
(live) |
2008 |
| 2005 |
Moonlake Moonlake is the eighty-first album by Klaus Schulze.The first two tracks were made in the studio; the last two are live.-Track listing:# "Playmate in Paradise" – 30:07# "Artemis in Jubileo" – 17:49# "Same Thoughts Lion" – 10:38# "Mephisto" – 15:23...
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| 2007 |
Kontinuum Kontinuum is an electronic music album by Klaus Schulze, released in June 2007.-Track listing:# "Sequenzer " – 24:54# "Euro Caravan" – 19:41# "Thor " – 31:47All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.-Personnel:Musical...
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| 2008 |
Farscape Farscape is a 2008 double album of electronic music by Klaus Schulze with guest singer Lisa Gerrard. It was first released in Europe on 4 July 2008 as a digipack double CD containing seven tracks called "Liquid Coincidence" .-Overview:...
(with Lisa GerrardLisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
) |
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| 2008 |
Rheingold (live, with Lisa GerrardLisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
) |
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| 2009 |
Dziekuje Bardzo (live, with Lisa GerrardLisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
) |
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Richard Wahnfried albums
Composed by Schulze and performed with guest artists under alias
Richard Wahnfried:
| Year |
Title |
Reissued |
| 1979 |
Time Actor |
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| 1981 |
Tonwelle |
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| 1984 |
Megatone |
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| 1986 |
Miditation |
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| 1994 |
Trancelation |
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| 1996 |
Trance Appeal |
2007 |
| 1997 |
Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub) |
2006 |
Personnel
(1979)
Time Actor
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- Arthur Brown
Arthur Brown is an English rock and roll singer best known for his flamboyant, theatrical style and significant influence on Alice Cooper, Kiss and Bruce Dickinson, and for his number one hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, "Fire" in 1968.-History:Brown attended the University of London and...
– vocals (1970s shock/prog rocker)
- Vincent Crane
Vincent Crane was a self-taught pianist, who studied theory and composition at Trinity College of Music. He graduated in 1964.- Career :...
– keyboards (ex Arthur Brown, Atomic RoosterAtomic Rooster were an English progressive rock band, formed by ex-Crazy World of Arthur Brown members. Throughout its history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member, and wrote the majority of their material. Their history is defined by two periods, in the early 1970s and the early...
)
- Wolfgang Tiepold – cello
- Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California...
– percussion (SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
drummer)
(1981)
Tonwelle
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- Manuel Göttsching – guitar (Ash Ra Tempel)
- "Karl Wahnfried" – guitar (unrevealed guest, just 'happens' to sound exactly like Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
)
- Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California...
– drums (SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
drummer)
- Michael Garvens – vocals
(1984)
Megatone
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- Michael Garvens – voice
- Olduer Madchenchor – voice
- Axel-Glenn Müller – saxophone
- Ulli Schober – drums
- Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California...
– percussion (SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican-born American Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based...
drummer)
- Harald Katzsch – guitar
(1986)
Miditation
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- Steve Jolliffe – flute (ex Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
)
(1994)
Trancelation
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- U. W. Überschall – sampling
- Georg Stettner – keyboards
(1996)
Trance Appeal
- Klaus Schulze – synths
- Jörg Schaaf – keyboards
(1997)
Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)
- Klaus Schulze – keys, computer, recording, mix
- Joe "Dum Dum" Loevenstone – ritual percussion
- Sloto Olatunye – sirophone, melomanica, bubble drum
- Katarina Nevaseynewa – singing voice
- Venus "Fretless" Dupond – bass
Box Sets
- 1993 Silver Edition
Silver Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1993 containing new studio material in addition to unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000...
– 10-disc limited edition box set
- 1995 Historic Edition
Historic Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1995 containing unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000...
– 10-disc limited edition box set
- 1997 Jubilee Edition – 25-disc limited edition box set
- 2000 The Ultimate Edition – 50-disc limited edition box set (Silver, Historic and Jubilee Editions with bonus material)
- 2000 Contemporary Works I
Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
– 10-disc limited edition box set with guest performers
- 2002 Contemporary Works II
Contemporary Works II is a limited edition 5-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2002 containing new studio material. This set was released two years after Contemporary Works I. One of the discs has been reissued in 2008 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by...
– 5-disc limited edition box set with guest performers (6th disc included with the first 333 copies)
Reissues from Sets
| Year |
Title |
From |
| 2005 |
Vanity of Sounds Vanity of Sounds is CD 1 of Contemporary Works I box set; individually released in 2005.This is the third of four re-released albums by Revisited Records not to feature a bonus or alternative track.-Track listing:# "Vanity of Sounds" – 17:08...
|
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2006 |
The Crime of Suspense The Crime Of Suspense is CD 2 of Contemporary Works I box set; individually released in 2006.-2006 Re-release:# "Good Old 4 on the Floor" – 24:00# "J.E.M." – 17:25# "Overchill" – 29:24# "Ruins" – 4:34...
|
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2006 |
Ballett 1 |
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2006 |
Ballett 2 |
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2006 |
Ballett 2 |
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2007 |
Ballett 3 |
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2007 |
Ballett 4 |
Contemporary Works I Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as...
(2000) |
| 2008 |
Virtual Outback |
Contemporary Works II Contemporary Works II is a limited edition 5-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2002 containing new studio material. This set was released two years after Contemporary Works I. One of the discs has been reissued in 2008 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by...
(2002) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 1 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 2 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 3 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 4 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 5 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
| 2009 |
La Vie Electronique 6 |
The Ultimate Edition (2000) |
The Dark Side of the Moog series
In collaboration with the extremely prolific ambient techno guru
Pete NamlookPete Namlook is an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversees...
(joined also by
Bill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner. He is married to Ethiopian singer Gigi....
on volumes 4 to 7). Each title is a humorous distortion of a
Pink FloydPink Floyd were an English rock band who, in the late 1960s, earned recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and in the 1970s, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd's work is marked by philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album cover art,...
title, included in brackets:
- 1994 The Dark Side of the Moog I – "Wish You Were There" (Wish You Were Here)
- 1994 The Dark Side of the Moog II – "A Saucerful of Ambience" (A Saucerful of Secrets
"A Saucerful of Secrets" is a multi-part instrumental composition by the rock band Pink Floyd from the album A Saucerful of Secrets, released in 1968. The track lasts 11:52 and was composed by band members Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour...
)
- 1995 The Dark Side of the Moog III – "Phantom Heart Brother" (Atom Heart Mother
"Atom Heart Mother" is a six-part suite by progressive rock band Pink Floyd, composed by all members of the band and Ron Geesin. It appeared on the Atom Heart Mother album in 1970, taking up a whole side of the record...
)
- 1996 The Dark Side of the Moog IV – "Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett's leadership—although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. It has been regarded as one of the most influential albums ever made, being a tremendous influence on the...
)
- 1996 The Dark Side of the Moog V – "Psychedelic Brunch" (Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is a three-part instrumental track from the 1970 Pink Floyd album Atom Heart Mother. It features Pink Floyd playing in the background as Alan Stiles speaks about the breakfast he is preparing and eating, as well as breakfasts he has had in the past "Alan's...
)
- 1997 The Dark Side of the Moog VI – "The Final DAT
Digital Audio Tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm × 54 mm × 10.5 mm. As the name suggests,...
" (The Final Cut"The Final Cut" is the title track from Pink Floyd's 1983's album The Final Cut. It has never been performed live. The video depicts Roger Waters singing to a psychologist and utilizes old film footage of 1930s and 40s life intertwined. It contains a short guitar solo played by David Gilmour...
)
- 1998 The Dark Side of the Moog VII – "Obscured by Klaus" (Obscured by Clouds)
- 1999 The Dark Side of the Moog VIII – "Careful With the AKS
The EMS Synthi A, and a version of it with a built-in keyboard and sequencer, the EMS Synthi AKS, is a portable modular analog synthesizer made by EMS in England starting in 1972. Most notable for its patch pin matrix, its functions and internal design are similar to the VCS 3 synthesizer, also...
, Peter" (live) (Careful with That Axe, Eugene"Careful with That Axe, Eugene" is a song by the British band Pink Floyd. The studio recording is featured on Relics, while a live version can be found on Ummagumma. The song was originally released as the B-side of their single "Point Me at the Sky." Pink Floyd re-recorded the track for Italian...
)
- 2002 The Dark Side of the Moog IX – "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Mother" (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd and is featured on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets . It was written by Roger Waters and features a drum part by Nick Mason played with timpani mallets...
/ Atom Heart Mother"Atom Heart Mother" is a six-part suite by progressive rock band Pink Floyd, composed by all members of the band and Ron Geesin. It appeared on the Atom Heart Mother album in 1970, taking up a whole side of the record...
)
- 2005 The Dark Side of the Moog X – "Astro Know Me Domina" (Astronomy Domine
"Astronomy Domine" is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. The song, written and composed by original vocalist/guitarist Syd Barrett, was the first track featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn . The lead vocal was sung by Barrett and keyboard player Richard...
)
- 2008 The Dark Side of the Moog XI – "The Heart of Our Nearest Star" (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd and is featured on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets . It was written by Roger Waters and features a drum part by Nick Mason played with timpani mallets...
)
The series was officially concluded with volume 10. On 21 March 2005 at 14:52
CETCentral European Time , used in most European and some North African countries, is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time , with a time offset of normally UTC+1 ....
, Pete Namlook sold the Big Moog synthesizer that was the symbol of the series.
Surprisingly, volume XI of the series appeared on Namlook's set on April 15, 2008
http://www.namlook.de/infos/PK08182.html.
Other collaborations
- 1970 Electronic Meditation
Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.-Recording and history:The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder...
(with Tangerine DreamTangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
)
- 1971 Ash Ra Tempel (with Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
)
- 1973 Join Inn (with Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
)
- 1973 Tarot (with Walter Wegmuller
Walter Wegmüller is a Swiss painter and musician.-References:*This article was initially translated from German wikipedia...
)
- 1973 Lord Krishna von Goloka (with Sergius Golowin
Sergius Golowin was a Berne writer, myths researcher, librarian, and publicist.- Life :Sergius Golowin was born 1930 in Prague, Czech Republic...
)
- 1974 The Cosmic Jokers (with The Cosmic Jokers)
- 1974 Planeten Sit In (with The Cosmic Jokers)
- 1974 Galactic Supermarket (with The Cosmic Jokers)
- 1974 Sci Fi Party (with The Cosmic Jokers)
- 1974 Gilles Zeitschiff (with The Cosmic Jokers)
- 1976 Go (with Go
Go was a supergroup conceived in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta , which also included Steve Winwood , Al Di Meola , Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve ....
, including Stomu Yamash'ta)
- 1976 Go Live From Paris (with Go
Go was a supergroup conceived in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta , which also included Steve Winwood , Al Di Meola , Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve ....
, including Stomu Yamash'ta)
- 1977 Go Too (with Go
Go was a supergroup conceived in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta , which also included Steve Winwood , Al Di Meola , Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve ....
, including Stomu Yamash'ta)
- 1984 Aphrica
Aphrica is a collaboration album by Klaus Schulze, Rainer Bloss and Ernst Fuchs, with the painter Fuchs providing vocals. Aphrica was both released and withdrawn in 1984...
(with Rainer Bloss and Ernst FuchsErnst Fuchs is an Austrian visionary painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.-Life and Work:...
)
- 1984 Drive Inn (with Rainer Bloss)
- 1984 Transfer Station Blue (with Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California...
and Kevin Shrieve)
- 1987 Babel (with Andreas Grosser)
- 2000 Friendship (with Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
)
- 2000 Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall (with Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
)
Lone tracks
- 1994 "Conquest Of Paradise" – Single, Schulze commissioned to replay a track of 1492
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 music score by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner, in 1982...
by VangelisEvangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou , is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
.
- 2002 "Manikin Jubilee" – On a Manikin Records 2-CD sampler limited to 777 copies.
- 2004 "Schrittmacher" – On a Manikin Records CD sampler.
- 2008 "Zenit" – On Sehnsucht (Schiller
Schiller is the main project of Christopher von Deylen, a German musician. He has won the ECHO-award for the Best Dance-Single of the Year . Christopher Von Deylen doesn't provide vocals for any of his compositions, instead he chooses to collaborate with singers from within and outside of Germany...
)
- 2008 "Invisible Musik"
Compilations and promos
- 1991 2001
- 1994 The Essential 72–93
- 1999 Trailer
- 2003 Andromeda (Promo CD)
- 2004 Ion (Promo CD)
- 2009 Come Quietly (with Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
) (Promo CD)
- 2009 Hommage a Polska (Promo CD)
See also
- Berlin School
The Berlin School of experimental psychology was headed by Carl Stumpf , who became professor at the University of Berlin where he founded the Berlin laboratory of experimental psychology ....
- Kosmische Musik
- Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
- Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel is a German Krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971...
- Earthstar
Earthstar was an electronic music group originally from Utica, New York, in the United States. Earthstar was encouraged by Krautrock/Kosmische Musik/electronic music artist, composer, and producer Klaus Schulze to relocate to Germany where they were signed by Sky Records. Schulze produced their...
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