Irrlicht | ||||
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Released | August 1972 | |||
Recorded | April 1972 in Berlin | |||
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Length | 50:27 (original) 74:27 (2006 reissue) | |||
Label | Ohr | |||
Producer | Klaus Schulze | |||
Klaus Schulze chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Irrlicht is the first album by Klaus Schulze. Originally released in 1972, in 2006 it was the sixteenth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records as part of a series of Schulze album reissues. Recorded without synthesizers, Irrlicht's set of "early organ drone experiments" is "not exactly the music for which KS got famous". [2]
The album's complete title is: Irrlicht: Quadrophonische Symphonie für Orchester und E-Maschinen (in English: "Will-o'-the-wisp: Quadraphonic Symphony for Orchestra and Electronic Machines"). Its atmospheric drone music tone is similar to Tangerine Dream's album Zeit , released the same month.
In 2005, Schulze said, "Irrlicht still has more connections to Musique concrète than with today's electronics. I still never owned a synthesiser at the time." [3] Schulze mainly used a broken and modified electric organ, a recording of a classical orchestra rehearsal played backward, and a damaged amplifier to filter and alter sounds that he mixed on tape into a three-movement symphony. [3]
Irrlicht, despite its highly unconventional nature, was originally released on the krautrock label Ohr. Because Schulze was signed to them while a member of Tangerine Dream, the label asserted that his solo album belonged to them too; [3] Schulze's reaction was, "I was just glad that Irrlicht was released at all. Any other company would have probably turned me away with this record." [3]
All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "1. Satz: Ebene" | 23:23 |
2. | "2. Satz: Gewitter (energy rise—energy collaps)" | 5:39 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "3. Satz: Exil Sils Maria" | 21:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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4. | "Dungeon" | 24:00 |
Klaus Schulze was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across six decades.
Electronic Meditation is the debut album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in June 1970 by record label Ohr.
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Timewind is the fifth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1975, and in 2006 was the twenty-second Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. It is Schulze's first solo album to use a sequencer.
Cyborg is the second album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1973, and in 2006 was the nineteenth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records.
Blackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1974, and in 2007 was the twenty-fifth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. For the first time Schulze uses "real" synthesizers and a singer. "Voices of Syn" features Ernst Walter Siemon on vocals. Due to packaging and print errors on later releases, Blackdance was considered Schulze's fourth album for decades, until Klaus D. Müller, Schulze's biographer and publicity manager, discovered from searching through his personal diaries that Picture Music, thought to be the third album, was recorded after Blackdance. Despite this, the reissue labels Blackdance as Schulze's fourth album.
Picture Music is the fourth album of electronic music by German musician Klaus Schulze. It was recorded in late 1974 and released in January 1975 on Brain Records. In 2005 this was the second Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. This is the only Klaus Schulze solo album in which he can be heard playing a drum kit. Prior to his solo career, he was the drummer for Ash Ra Tempel; on his later albums, drummer Harald Großkopf of Wallenstein frequently contributed. Like many of his albums, this one has one long track on each side.
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. Mirage is subtitled "Eine elektronische Winterlandschaft" and is dedicated to Hans Dieter Schulze.
Body Love Vol. 2 is the ninth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in December 1977, and in 2007 was the twenty-eighth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. It consists of additions to the original soundtrack from February 1977 for the porno film of the same name directed by Lasse Braun. Although generally described with the suffix Vol.2, the album's cover is printed Body Love only and its disk label states Body Love - Additions to the Original Soundtrack. The booklet for the 2007 reissue however maintains the correct title of this album is Body Love 2, as rather than being a second volume of songs from the film, the album consists almost entirely of new compositions in a similar style. The exception is "Stardancer II", which is a remixed version of "Stardancer" from the first Body Love album.
Inter*Face is the eighteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1985, and in 2006 was the twentieth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. The two bonus tracks on the reissue were both previously released on Schulze's 25-disc CD box set Jubilee Edition (1997), which was later included on the 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition (2000). However, a shorter version of "Nichtarische Arie" was included.
Le Moulin de Daudet is the twenty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1994, and in 2005 was the fourth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. Le Moulin de Daudet was released after Schulze's Silver Edition 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his thirty-seventh. It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The reissue bonus track is an excerpt from the previously released limited promo CD Ion (2004).
Goes Classic is the twenty-eighth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1994. This is the sixth of seven early-1990s Klaus Schulze albums not to be reissued by Revisited Records. Goes Classic was released after Schulze's Silver Edition 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his thirty-eighth. The album consists of electronic renditions of six well-known classical pieces, plus one original Schulze composition.
Das Wagner Desaster Live is the thirtieth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1994, and in 2005 was the fifteenth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. The reissue of Das Wagner Desaster Live is one of two examples of a Klaus Schulze reissue that changes the original order of the tracks. Das Wagner Desaster Live was released after Schulze's Silver Edition 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his fortieth.
In Blue is the thirty-first album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1995, and in 2005 was the eighth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. In Blue was released after Schulze's Silver Edition 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his forty-first.
Are You Sequenced? is the thirty-second album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1996, and in 2006 was the eighteenth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. Are You Sequenced? was released after Schulze's Silver Edition and Historic Edition 10-disc CD box sets, technically making this album his fifty-second.
Dosburg Online is the thirty-third album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1997, and in 2006 was the twenty-first Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. Dosburg Online was released after Schulze's Silver Edition and Historic Edition 10-disc CD box sets, as well as Jubilee Edition 25-disc CD box set, technically making this album his seventy-eighth. This is the second of two reissues not to feature a bonus track.
Live @ KlangArt is the thirty-fourth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2001 as two separate CDs, and in 2008 was the twenty-ninth and last Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records as a single album. Live @ KlangArt was released after Schulze's Silver Edition and Historic Edition 10-disc CD box sets, as well as Jubilee Edition 25-disc CD box set and Contemporary Works I 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his eighty-ninth.
French Skyline is the second full-length album by the American electronic band Earthstar. It was their first release for Hamburg, Germany–based Sky Records.
Eruption was a short-lived German krautrock or experimental music super group founded by former Tangerine Dream member and then current Kluster member Conrad Schnitzler.