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Michael Shrieve & Klaus Schulze - Photo provided by Mike Shrieve

#554 — Tribute to electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947, Berlin – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician.  Schulze initially made his mark as a drummer, playing with the group Psy Free, and only briefly with Tangerine Dream  and Ash Ra Tempel.  In 1971 Schulze started a solo career focusing on synthesisers and electronics,  with his percussion skills becoming an adjunct to his output. 

He released dozens of albums in his lifetime, with many collaborations along the way, notably with Mike Shrieve (ex-Santana), Fumio Miyashita (The Far East Family Band), and in later years with Peter Namlook and Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance).

Today's program will focus on his output up to 1984.  I'll be taking the time to talk extensively about his innovative ideas, creative process and trademarks that were so influential to many who followed, often inviting real instruments to play alongside synthesised representations of them, allowing them to freely collide.

 

ARTIST
Title  [Dur.]
Album  (Year)

ASH RA TEMPEL
Amboss [excerpt ~1:30]
Ash Ra Tempel (1971)

ASH RA TEMPEL
Traummaschine [excerpt ~1:25]
Ash Ra Tempel (1971)

Klaus SCHULZE
Bayreuth Return [excerpt ~3:35]
Timewind (1975)

The FAR EAST FAMILY BAND
Nipponjin [excerpt ~4:30]
Nipponjin (1975)

The FAR EAST FAMILY BAND
Entering / Times [excerpt ~2:00]
Parallel World (1976)

GO
Man of Leo [~1:20]
Live From Paris (1976)
[excerpt ~1:20]

Klaus SCHULZE
Ways of Changes [excerpt ~1:50]
Blackdance (1974)

Klaus SCHULZE
Voice of Syn [excerpt ~1:30]
Blackdance (1974)

Klaus SCHULZE
Ludwig II von Bayern [excerpt ~4:40]
"X" (1978)

The CRAZY WORLD of ARTHUR BROWN
FIRE [excerpt ~0:30]
Single (1968)
[0:30]

RICHARD WAHNFRIED
Time Actor (with Arthur Brown) [excerpt ~4:19]
Time Actor (1981)

IDEAL
Berlin [excerpt ~1:09]
Ideal (1980)

Klaus SCHULZE
Death of an Analogue [excerpt ~3:50]
Dig it (1980)

RICHARD WAHNFRIED
Schwung [excerpt ~3:10]
Tonwelle (1981)

RICHARD WAHNFRIED
Druck [excerpt ~2:05]
Tonwelle (1981)

Klaus SCHULZE
Silent Running [excerpt ~4:20]
Trancefer (1981)

Klaus SCHULZE
Freeze [excerpt ~2:35]
Angst (1984)

Mike SHRIEVE, Kevin SHRIEVE & Klaus SCHULZE
Transfer Station Blue [excerpt ~3:40]
Transfer Station Blue (1984)

Klaus SCHULZE
Osiris Pt. 1 [excerpt ~2:30]
Deus Arrakis (due for release on 20 June 2022)

Opening Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)