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IRRLICHT

Klaus Schulze

 

Progressive Electronic

3.58 | 206 ratings

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colorofmoney91
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3 stars Out of all of Klaus Schulze's discography, Irrlicht is probably the most disturbing in tone. This album is very slow, very loud, and really quite creepy.

The album starts off incredibly slow with a powerful, droning buzzscape, but after the empty and dark atmosphere is clearly established, loud and echoing electronic organ takes the center- stage of "Satz Ebene". Besides establishing the atmosphere for the album, not much happens on the first track. Definitely powerful and beautiful, but perhaps a bit ambient and uneventful for some listeners.

The second track, "Satz Gewitter", is also the shortest, and its only real purpose is to serve as an intermission between the two main tracks, and is ambient and spacey with a few sudden electronic experimentation noises added in to get the point across that this barren and empty soundscape is not actually as empty as it may initially seem - slightly abrasive at first listen, but it's one of those tracks that you "get" after a while, if you know what I mean.

"Satz Exil Sils Maria" is continues on the same ambient buzzscape, full of airy/windy effects that come and go as time passes. This cold, dark, ambient setting sounds much like you'd expect the surface of Pluto to sound or feel.

All in all, this isn't a very eventful Klaus Schulze album. But, Mr. Schulze would soon enough move on to creating fuller, lusher soundscapes that were entirely captivating. Though Irrlicht is not one of Schulze best albums, I do enjoy it on occasion. It's not essential, but would make a great addition to any Klaus Schulze collection.

colorofmoney91 | 3/5 |

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