Klaus Schulze
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Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947 in Berlin) is a German electronic art music composer and musician, who also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was a cofounding member of electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before a pioneering and prolific solo career of 40+ albums (totalling 110+ CDs) in 30+ years.
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History
In 1969, Klaus Schulze was the drummer of the original Tangerine Dream for their debut album Electronic Meditation (1970).
In 1970 he left this group to form Ash Ra Tempel with Manuel Göttsching, and they recorded debut album Ash Ra Tempel.
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 Irrlicht.
As a solo artist, he has had a prolific career, with more than 40 original albums to his name since his Irrlicht, some highlights being 1976's Moondawn, 1979's Dune, 1986's Dreams, 1990's Miditerranean Pads, and 1995's double-album In Blue (featuring one long track with electric guitar by his Ash Ra Tempel's pal Manuel Göttsching).
Through his career, after two albums of "organ drone music", he has worked mostly in the musical vein of the above-mentioned Tangerine Dream, albeit usually with a more reflective, dreamy edge, not unlike the ambient music of contemporary Brian Eno. Since the 1980's he has also been trying dark ambient, incorporating elements of jazz or classical music, working with more contemporary techno dance music such as trance, or creating an opera.
Discography
Studio and concert albums
Schulze's concert performances are original compositions recorded live and thus listed as albums:
- (1972) Irrlicht
- (1973) Cyborg (2-CD)
- (1974) Blackdance
- (1975) Picture Music - rereleased 2005 w/33' bonus track.
- (1975) Timewind
- (1976) Moondawn
- (1977) Body Love (soundtrack) - rereleased 2005 w/22' bonus track.
- (1977) Mirage - rereleased 2005 w/19' bonus track.
- (1977) Body Love Vol. 2
- (1978) "X" (2-CD) - rereleased 2005 w/21' bonus track.
- (1979) Dune - rereleased 2005 w/23' bonus track.
- (1980) ...Live... (live) (2-CD)
- (1980) Dig it - rereleased 2005 w/28' bonus track & live DVD.
- (1981) Trancefer
- (1983) Audentity (2-CD) - rereleased 2005 w/58' bonus tracks.
- (1984) Angst (soundtrack)
- (1985) Inter*Face
- (1986) Dreams - rereleased 2005 w/24' bonus track.
- (1988) En=Trance - rereleased 2005 w/8' bonus track.
- (1990) Miditerranean Pads - rereleased 2005 w/2' extended track.
- (1990) The Dresden Performance (live) (2-CD)
- (1991) Beyond Recall
- (1992) Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 (live)
- (1992) Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 (live)
- (1993) The Dome Event (live)
- (1994) Le Moulin de Daudet (soundtrack) - rereleased 2005 w/16' bonus track.
- (1994) Goes Classic
- (1994) Totentag (opera) (2-CD)
- (1994) Das Wagner Desaster - Live (live) (2-CD)
- (1995) In Blue (2-CD) - rereleased 2005 w/53' bonus tracks (3-CD)
- (1996) Are You Sequenced? (2-CD)
- (1997) Dosburg Online
- (2000) Ultimate Edition ▼ (50-CD) Silver+Historic+Jubilee expanded.
- (2000) Contemporary Works I (10-CD) with guest performers.
- (2001) Live @ KlangArt 1 (live)
- (2001) Live @ KlangArt 2 (live)
- (2002) Contemporary Works II (5-CD) with guest performers.
- (2003) Andromeda (promo CD, currently uncollected) - sold-out limited edition of 300 copies
- (2004) Ion (promo CD, currently uncollected) - sold-out limited edition of 300 copies
In 2005 started an intensive re-release program of Schulze CDs, mostly with extended or bonus tracks, sometimes a whole additional CD.
Albums notes:
▲ The Ultimate Edition (2000) collects remastered or expanded versions of the whole three limited Silver/Historic/Jubilee sets, plus 7.5 hours of additional music: 4 hours of 1978-1999 studio compositions (1.5 hours of 1970s, 2.5 hours of 1990s) and 3.5 hours of 1975-1976, 1998 concert compositions. (Of those 7.5 hours, 6 hours are unreleased music, and 1.5 hours cull most of his previously uncollected 'lone tracks' from singles, compilations, etc.)
▲ The Silver Edition (1993) was 10 hours of new 1992-1993 studio compositions, and 2 hours of unreleased 1972-1976 studio or concert compositions – this sold-out limited edition of 2000 sets is collected, remastered and expanded in the Ultimate Edition.
▲ The Historic Edition (1995) was 5 hours of unreleased 1970-1985 studio compositions, and 7 hours of unreleased 1975-1981 concert compositions – this sold-out limited edition of 2000 sets is collected, remastered and expanded in the Ultimate Edition.
▲ The Jubilee Edition (1997) was 21 hours of unreleased 1970-1997 studio compositions (9 hours of 1970s, 5 hours of 1980s, 7 hours of 1990) and 11 hours of unreleased 1975-1991 concert compositions (plus twenty minutes of four 1979-1984 German interviews with Schulze) – this sold-out limited edition of 1000 sets is collected, remastered and expanded in the Ultimate Edition.
Wahnfried albums
→ See also the Richard Wahnfried project and its personnel.
Composed by Schulze and performed with guest artists under alias "Richard Wahnfried":
- (1979) Time Actor
- (1981) Tonwelle
- (1984) Megatone
- (1986) Miditation
- (1994) Trancelation
- (1996) Trance Appeal
- (1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)
Uncollected tracks
Most lone tracks have eventually been collected in the Ultimate Edition, however currently remains:
- (1985) "Macksy" - vinyl single "made for the discos on company's request".
- (1994) "Conquest Of Paradise" - single, Schulze commissioned to replay a track of 1492 by Vangelis.
- (2002) "Manikin Jubilee" - on a Manikin Records 2-CD sampler limited to 777 copies.
- (2004) "Schrittmacher" - on a Manikin Records CD sampler.
'Dark Side of the Moog' collaborations
In collaboration with Pete Namlook:
- (1994) The Dark Side of the Moog I
- (1994) The Dark Side of the Moog II
- (1995) The Dark Side of the Moog III
- (1996) The Dark Side of the Moog IV
- (1996) The Dark Side of the Moog V
- (1997) The Dark Side of the Moog VI
- (1998) The Dark Side of the Moog VII
- (1999) The Dark Side of the Moog VIII
- (2002) The Dark Side of the Moog IX
- (2005) The Dark Side of the Moog X
Other collaborations
- (1970) Electronic Meditation (with Tangerine Dream)
- (1971) Ash Ra Tempel (with Ash Ra Tempel)
- (1973) Join Inn (with Ash Ra Tempel)
- (1973) Tarot (2-LP) (with Walter Wegmüller)
- (1973) Lord Krishna von Goloka (with Sergius Golowin)
- (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 Stomu Yamash'ta)
- (1976) Go Live From Paris (live) (2-LP) (with Stomu Yamash'ta)
- (1977) Go Too (with Stomu Yamash'ta)
- (1983) Dziekuje Poland (live) (2-CD) (with Rainer Bloss)
- (1984) Aphrica (LP) (with Rainer Bloss and Ernst Fuchs)
- (1984) Drive Inn (with Rainer Bloss)
- (1984) Transfer Station Blue (with Michael Shrieve and Kevin Shrieve)
- (1987) Babel (with Andreas Grosser)
- (1996) The Private Tapes Vol. 2 (1971 live) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - track "Soirée Académique"
- (1996) The Private Tapes Vol. 3 (1971 live) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - track "Les Bruits des Origines"
- (1996) The Private Tapes Vol. 4 (1973 live) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - track "Dédié à Hartmut"
- (1996) The Private Tapes Vol. 5 (1973 live) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - track "Ooze Away"
- (1996) The Private Tapes Vol. 6 (1971 live) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - track "Ein würdiger Abschluß"
- (1996) "Der vierte Kuss" (1970 demo) (drums with Ash Ra Tempel) - on 5-CD sampler Supernatural Fairy Tales
- (2000) Friendship (with Ash Ra Tempel)
- (2000) Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall (live) (with Ash Ra Tempel)
Compilations, promos, samplers
Due to the length of his compositions, there aren't actual Schulze compilations, but only samplers of (mostly) abridged tracks excerpted from the real albums:
- (1991) 2001 (sampler) - 15 abridged 1972-1990 tracks
- (1994) The Essential 72-93 (2-CD) - 14 abridged 1972-1993 tracks
- (1999) Trailer (sampler) - 6 abridged tracks from Ultimate Edition and 3 outtakes
See also
- Electronic music
- Progressive music
- Ash Ra Tempel
- Tangerine Dream
- List of songs over fifteen minutes in length
External link
- Klaus-Schulze.com (http://www.klaus-schulze.com/) - The official Klaus Schulze website.
- Klaus Schulze discography (http://www.klaus-schulze.com/disco/welcome.htm): up-to-date hypertext Klaus Schulze discog.
- Klaus Music.pl (http://www.klausmusic.pl/) - The "ultimate online encyclopedia" about Klaus Schulze.
- Synthtopia's Klaus Schulze page (http://www.synthtopia.com/artists/KlausSchulze.html) - Short bio, key dates, quotes. (W/ads)
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