Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947) is a German electronic musician. Born in Berlin, he was a member of the original Tangerine Dream that recorded the LP Electronic Meditation in 1969, but left the group to form Ash Ra Tempel with Manuel Göttsching the following year. Again, however he chose to leave a newly-formed group after only one album, this time to mount a solo career.
As a solo artist, he has had a prolific career, with more than 40 original albums to his name since his 1972 release Irrlicht, some highlights being 1976's Moondawn, 1979's Dune, 1986's Dreams, 1990's Miditerranean Pads, and 1995's In Blue (featuring one long track with electric guitar by his Ash Ra Tempel 's pal Manuel Göttsching).
Through his career, he has worked mostly in the musical vein of the abovementioned 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 or working with more contemporary techno dance music such as trance.
Discography
Solo works
- Irrlicht (1972)
- Cyborg (2 discs) (1973)
- Blackdance (1974)
- Picture Music (1975)
- Timewind (1975)
- Moondawn (1976)
- Body Love (soundtrack) (1977)
- Mirage (1977)
- Body Love Vol. 2 (1977)
- “X” (2 discs) (1978)
- Dune (1979)
- ...Live... (live) (2 discs) (1980)
- Dig it (1980)
- Trancefer (1981)
- Audentity (2 discs) (1983)
- Dziekuje Poland (with Rainer Bloss) (live) (2 discs) (1983)
- Transfer Station Blue (with Michael Shrieve & Kevin Shrieve) (1984)
- Angst (soundtrack) (1984)
- Aphrica (with Rainer Bloss & Ernst Fuchs) (1984)
- Drive Inn (with Rainer Bloss) (1984)
- Inter*Face (1985)
- Dreams (1986)
- Bable (with Andreas Grosser) (1987)
- En=Trance (1988)
- Miditerranean Pads (1990)
- The Dresden Performance (live) (2 discs) (1990)
- Beyond Recall (1991)
- Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 (live) (1992)
- Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 (live) (1992)
- The Dome Event (live) (1993)
- Le Moulin de Daudet (soundtrack) (1994)
- Goes Classic (1994)
- Totentag (opera) (2 discs) (1994)
- Das Wagner Desaster - Live - (live) (2 discs) (1994)
- In Blue (2 discs) (1995)
- Are You Sequenced? (2 discs) (1996)
- Dosburg Online (1997)
- Live @ KlangArt 1 (live) (2001)
- Live @ KlangArt 2 (live) (2001)
- Andromeda (Promo CD) (2003)
- Ion (Promo CD) (2004)
Wahnfried works
(Under alias Richard Wahnfried)
- Time Actor (1979)
- Tonwelle (1981)
- Megatone (1984)
- Miditation (1986)
- Trancelation (1994)
- Trance Appeal (1996)
- Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub) (1997)
Single tracks
- Macksy (1985)
- Berlin 1 (1986)
- Unikat (1989)
- Face of Mae West (1990)
- Große Gaukler Gottes (1994)
- Vas Insigne Electionis (1994)
- Conquest Of Paradise (1994)
- Soirée Académique (1996)
- Les Bruits des Origines (1996)
- Dédié à Hartmut (1996)
- Ooze Away (1996)
- Ein würdiger Abschluß (1996)
- Dreieinhalb Stunden (1996)
- Himmel und Erde (1996)
- Der vierte Kuss (1996)
- The Schulzendorf Groove (1998)
- Manikin Jubilee (2002)
'Dark Side of the Moog' Series
(In collaboration with Pete Namlook)
- The Dark Side of the Moog I (1994)
- The Dark Side of the Moog II (1994)
- The Dark Side of the Moog III (1995)
- The Dark Side of the Moog IV (1996)
- The Dark Side of the Moog V (1996)
- The Dark Side of the Moog VI (1997)
- The Dark Side of the Moog VII (1998)
- The Dark Side of the Moog VIII (1999)
- The Dark Side of the Moog IX (2002)
- The Dark Side of the Moog X (2005)
Compilations
- 2001 (1991)
- The Essential 72-93 (1994)
- Trailer (1999)
CD sets
- Silver Edition (10 CDs) (1993)
- Historic Edition (10 CDs) (1995)
- Jubilee Edition (25 CDs) (1997)
- The Ultimate Edition (Sampler) (50 CDs) (2000)
- Contemporary Works I (10 CDs) (2000)
- Contemporary Works II (5 CDs) (2002)
With other artists
- Electronic Meditation (with Tangerine Dream) (1970)
- Ash Ra Tempel (with Ash Ra Tempel ) (1971)
- Join Inn (with Ash Ra Tempel) (1973)
- Tarot (with Walter Wegmüller ) (1973)
- Lord Krishna von Goloka (with Sergius Golowin ) (1973)
- 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) (1974)
- Go (with Stomu Yamash'ta ) (1976)
- Go Live From Paris (with Stomu Yamash'ta) (1976)
- Go Too (with Stomu Yamash'ta) (1977)
- Dziekuje Poland (live, with Rainer Bloss ) (1983)
- Aphrica (with Rainer Bloss and Ernst Fuchs) (1984)
- Drive Inn (with Rainer Bloss) (1984)
- Transfer Station Blue (with Michael Shrieve and Kevin Shrieve ) (1984)
- Babel (with Andreas Grosser ) (1987)
- Friendship (with Ash Ra Tempel) (2000)
- Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall (with Ash Ra Tempel) (2000)
See also
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