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Klaus Schulze
BornAugust 4, 1947 (1947-08-04) (age 60)
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genre(s)Electronic music
New Age music
Space music
Trance music
Krautrock/Kosmische Musik
Berlin School
Occupation(s)Musician, Producer
Years active1969–present
Label(s)Ohr Records
Brain Records
Virgin Records
Metronome
Manikin Records
Island Records
IC
Inteam
ZYX Records
WEA
Rainhorse
Synthetic Symphony
FAX +49-69/450464
Associated actsTangerine Dream
Ash Ra Tempel
Cosmic Jokers
WebsiteOfficial Site

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History

In 1969, Klaus Schulze was the drummer of one of the early incarnations of Tangerine Dream for their debut album Electronic Meditation. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German Electronic music group Tangerine Dream. In 1970 he left this group to form Ash Ra Tempel with Manuel Göttsching. Ash Ra Tempel are one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s and are a notable example of cosmic or Space rock. Manuel Göttsching (born in Berlin, September 9, 1952) is a German musician and composer 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 with organ and a recording of an orchestra filtered almost beyond recognition. Irrlicht is the first solo album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "Satz Ebene" – 2323 Despite the lack of synthesizers, this proto-ambient work is regarded as a milestone in electronic music. The follow up, Cyborg, was similar but added the EMS Synthi A synthesizer. Cyborg is the second album by Klaus Schulze. All CD issues of this album prior to the 2006 re-release had the tracks "Synphara" and "Chromengel"

He has had a prolific career, with more than 40 original albums to his name since Irrlicht, some highlights being 1976's Moondawn, 1979's Dune, and 1995's double-album In Blue (featuring one long track with electric guitar by his pal Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Tempel). Moondawn is the sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It is Schulze's first album that was performed in the Berlin School style Dune is the eleventh album by Klaus Schulze. "Shadows Of Ignorance" features Arthur Brown on vocals half-singing/half-chanting a long In Blue is the forty-first album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release Disc 1 "Into the Blue" Ash Ra Tempel are one of the most notable German Krautrock groups of the 1970s and are a notable example of cosmic or Space rock. He often takes German events as a starting point in his compositions, particularly on his album "X" (the title signifying it was his tenth album) in 1978 which was subtitled "Six Musical Biographies", including such notables as Ludwig II of Bavaria, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. "X" is the tenth album by Klaus Schulze. On "X" Schulze attempted to execute a concept album of six "musical biographies" Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II King of Bavaria ( August 25, 1845 &ndash June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ( November 22, 1710 &ndash July 1, 1784) second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and His use of the pseudonym Richard Wahnfried indicates his interest in Richard Wagner, which also informs other albums of his music, notably Timewind. Timewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. For many years this was his only work available in the United States and was therefore rated higher by American

Throughout the 1970s he worked mostly in the musical vein of the above-mentioned Tangerine Dream, albeit with far lighter sequencer lines and a more reflective, dreamy edge, not unlike the ambient music of contemporary Brian Eno. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Some of his lighter albums are appreciated by new age music fans, but Schulze has always denied connections to this genre. New Age music is peaceful Music of various styles which is intended to create inspiration relaxation and positive feelings often used by listeners for Yoga,

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 Blackdance, or a cello in Dune and Trancefer. Blackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze. For the first time Schulze uses "real" synthesizers and a singer Dune is the eleventh album by Klaus Schulze. "Shadows Of Ignorance" features Arthur Brown on vocals half-singing/half-chanting a long Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon Schulze developed a Minimoog technique that sounds uncannily like an electric guitar, which is quite impressive in concert. The Minimoog is a monophonic Analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog.

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 It (1980) It was not until the release of Trancefer (1981) that the shift in style became evident. Dig It is the thirteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Schulze's first fully digital recording Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon Trancefer was far more obviously reliant on sequencers than previous recordings, and the resultant affect transformed Schulze's style from gentle melodic journeys to and ever growing crescendo of music consisting of multi layered rhythmical passages. Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon This is particularly evident in the Trancefer's first track "A few moments after Trancefer", although the second track "Silent Running" is more reminiscent of Schulze's earlier works. Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon

This newer style can also be found in Schulze's next release Audentity. Audentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. As with Schulze's previous recording Trancefer, Audentity is also heavily Both "Cellistica" and "Spielglocken" are composed in a similar, sequencer based, style as Trancefer, but this is certainly not the case of all of Audentity's tracks, indeed "Sebastian in Traum" hints towards the Operatic style to be found in some of Schulze's much later work. Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon Audentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. As with Schulze's previous recording Trancefer, Audentity is also heavily The predominance of sequencing can also be found in the follow up live album Dziekuje Poland Live '83, although it should be noted that many of its tracks are re-workings of those to be found on Audentity. Dziekuje Poland Live '83 is the sixteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Audentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. As with Schulze's previous recording Trancefer, Audentity is also heavily Schulze's next studio-based album Angst (soundtrack to the namesake 1983 film) 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. Angst is the seventeenth album by Klaus Schulze. It is also the soundtrack for the 1983 Austrian film Angst. Angst (Fear in English is a 1983 Austrian film Written and directed by Gerald Kargl with cinematography by Academy Award winner Zbigniew Rybczynski Another highlight of this era was En=Trance with the dreamy cut "FM Delight". En=Trance is the twentieth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "En=Trance" – 1853 The album Miditerranean Pads marked the beginning of very complex percussion arrangements that continued into the next two decades. Miditerranean Pads is the twenty-first album by Klaus Schulze.

Starting with Beyond Recall, the first half of the 1990s was the notorious "sample" period, when Schulze used a variety of pre-recorded sounds of screeching birds and sensuous female moans in his studio albums and live performances. Beyond Recall is the twenty-third album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing "Gringo Nero" – 2654 "Trancess" Sampling was such an unpopular diversion that when In Blue was released in 1995 without samples it was hailed as a return to form. In Blue is the forty-first album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release Disc 1 "Into the Blue" he 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.

Recently Schulze began incorporating elements of jazz and classical music, working with more contemporary techno dance music such as trance, and creating two opera, the second still awaiting release. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto 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.

April 2008, Klaus Schulze released a new album entitled KONTINUUM.

In July 2008, he is to appear at the LORELEY Festival in Germany with star LISA GERRARD (DEAD CAN DANCE).

Both Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard have produced an album called FARSCAPE, to be released in June 2008.

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. In Popular music, a side project is a project undertaken by one or more persons already known for their involvement in another band 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:

The pseudonym's etymology stems from Schulze's love for Richard Wagner:

In his 1975 album Timewind (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). Timewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. For many years this was his only work available in the United States and was therefore rated higher by American 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).

Discography

Studio and live albums

Schulze's concert performances are original compositions recorded live and thus listed as albums:

In 2005 an intensive re-release program of Schulze CDs started, mostly with extended or bonus tracks, sometimes a whole additional CD. Irrlicht is the first solo album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "Satz Ebene" – 2323 Cyborg is the second album by Klaus Schulze. All CD issues of this album prior to the 2006 re-release had the tracks "Synphara" and "Chromengel" Blackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze. For the first time Schulze uses "real" synthesizers and a singer Picture Music is the fourth album released by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "Totem" – 2345 Timewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. For many years this was his only work available in the United States and was therefore rated higher by American Moondawn is the sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It is Schulze's first album that was performed in the Berlin School style Body Love is the seventh album by Klaus Schulze. The original soundtrack for the porn movie by Lasse Braun. Mirage is the eighth album by Klaus Schulze Track listing Original Release "Velvet Voyage" – 2816 Body Love Vol 2 is the ninth album by Klaus Schulze. Additions to the original soundtrack for the porn movie by Lasse Braun. "X" is the tenth album by Klaus Schulze. On "X" Schulze attempted to execute a concept album of six "musical biographies" Dune is the eleventh album by Klaus Schulze. "Shadows Of Ignorance" features Arthur Brown on vocals half-singing/half-chanting a long Dig It is the thirteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Schulze's first fully digital recording Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. With a total running time of 37 minutes and 23 seconds it is the shortest album in Schulze's canon Audentity is the fifteenth album by Klaus Schulze. As with Schulze's previous recording Trancefer, Audentity is also heavily Dziekuje Poland Live '83 is the sixteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Angst is the seventeenth album by Klaus Schulze. It is also the soundtrack for the 1983 Austrian film Angst. Inter*Face is the eighteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "On the Edge" – 758 Dreams is the nineteenth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "A Classical Move" – 940 En=Trance is the twentieth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release "En=Trance" – 1853 Miditerranean Pads is the twenty-first album by Klaus Schulze. The Dresden Performance is the 22nd album by Klaus Schulze. Even though this album is labeled as live tracks 3 4 and 5 are actually studio tracks Beyond Recall is the twenty-third album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing "Gringo Nero" – 2654 "Trancess" Royal Festival Hall Vol 1 is the twenty-fourth album by Klaus Schulze. Royal Festival Hall Vol 2 is the twenty-fifth album by Klaus Schulze. 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 Le Moulin de Daudet is the thirty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. Goes Classic is the thirty-eighth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing "Friedrich Smetana Die Moldau" – 1200 Totentag is the thirty-ninth album by Klaus Schulze. Totentag is not your typical Schulze album this is an Opera. Das Wagner Desaster - Live - is the fortieth album by Klaus Schulze. In Blue is the forty-first album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing Original Release Disc 1 "Into the Blue" Are You Sequenced? is the fifty-second album by Klaus Schulze. Dosburg Online is the seventy-eighth album by Klaus Schulze. Dosburg Online was released after Schulze's Jubilee Edition 25 disc box Live @ KlangArt 1 is the seventy-ninth album by Klaus Schulze. Live @ KlangArt 2 is the eightieth album by Klaus Schulze. Track listing "La Fugue Sequenca" – 2159 "Cavalleria Moonlake is the eighty-first album by Klaus Schulze. The first two tracks were made in the studio the last two are live Vanity of Sounds is CD 1 of Contemporary Works I box set individually released in 2005. The Crime Of Suspense is CD 2 of Contemporary Works I box set individually released in 2006. Kontinuum is an Electronic music album by Klaus Schulze, released in June 2007 They are published by the label Revisited Records (a division of German company InsideOut Music 1), and distributed by SPV. InsideOut (or Inside Out) is an independent Record label company specializing in the Progressive rock SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records.

Richard Wahnfried albums

Composed by Schulze and performed with guest artists under alias Richard Wahnfried:

Personnel

(1979) Time Actor
(1981) Tonwelle
  • Klaus Schulze - synths
  • Manuel Göttsching - guitar (Ash Ra Tempel)
  • "Karl Wahnfried" - guitar (unrevealed guest)
  • Michael Shrieve - drums (Santana drummer)
  • Michael Garvens - vocals
(1984) Megatone
  • Klaus Schulze - synths
  • Michael Garvens - voice
  • Olduer Madchenchor - voice
  • Axel-Glenn Müller - saxophone
  • Ulli Schober - drums
  • Michael Shrieve - percussion (Santana drummer)
  • Harald Katzsch (guitar)
(1986) Miditation
(1994) Trancelation
  • Klaus Schulze - synths
  • U. Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer Vincent Crane ( 21 May 1943 &ndash 14 February 1989) was a self-taught Pianist, who studied theory and composition at Trinity Atomic Rooster were an English Progressive rock band, formed by ex- Crazy World of Arthur Brown members Vincent Crane and Michael Shrieve (born July 6 1949, in San Francisco) is a US For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Michael Shrieve (born July 6 1949, in San Francisco) is a US For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Michael Shrieve (born July 6 1949, in San Francisco) is a US For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. 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

CD Box Sets

The Dark Side of the Moog series

In collaboration with the extremely prolific ambient techno guru Pete Namlook (joined also by Bill Laswell on volumes 4 to 7). Pete Namlook (born 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann /ˈpʰeiteər ˈkuːl Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Each title is a humorous distortion of a Pink Floyd title, included in brackets:

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Other collaborations

Lone tracks

Samplers and promos

See also

External links

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