Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Polls
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Klaus Schulze Side 2
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedKlaus Schulze Side 2

 Post Reply Post Reply
Poll Question: Favorite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
4 [25.00%]
2 [12.50%]
10 [62.50%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted

Author
Message
Barbu View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 09 2005
Location: infinity
Status: Offline
Points: 30845
Direct Link To This Post Topic: Klaus Schulze Side 2
    Posted: November 28 2016 at 20:10
Three Schulze masterpieces, 2 side-long tracks each.


Your favorite of the more meditative Side 2?

Edited by Barbu - November 28 2016 at 21:01
Back to Top
Barbu View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 09 2005
Location: infinity
Status: Offline
Points: 30845
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2016 at 21:08
Wahnfried...my all-time favorite from him.
Back to Top
Tom Ozric View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: September 03 2005
Location: Olympus Mons
Status: Offline
Points: 15916
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2016 at 23:19
Klaus Schulze ANYTHING '70's is just sensational. But Timewind is superb, flawless, amazing........
Back to Top
someone_else View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: May 02 2008
Location: Going Bananas
Status: Offline
Points: 23972
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 01:42
Crystal Lake >= Mindphaser > Wahnfried 1883

Another loved one that I feel obliged to mention, though less meditative: Mental Door (Picture Music).


Edited by someone_else - November 29 2016 at 01:45
Back to Top
ALotOfBottle View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: February 17 2016
Location: Lublin, Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 1990
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 01:47
All three are Schulze's masterpieces, but I will choose "Crystal Lake" for what it means to me - a very special track.
Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.
Back to Top
Tom Ozric View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: September 03 2005
Location: Olympus Mons
Status: Offline
Points: 15916
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 01:49
I have to ask this question ...............
Why is 'Mirage' sooo highly rated ?? I do enjoy it, scrapes in for the 4th star for me, but any Body Love or Moondawn or Timewind whips it in my books.
Picture Music is my absolute FAVOURITE from Klaus. Over the last 20-odd years...............
Back to Top
Barbu View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 09 2005
Location: infinity
Status: Offline
Points: 30845
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 01:56
^ Stronger than Moondawn for me and probably Timewind too as a whole...not sure why, very special atmosphère on this one. Think i've rated it 4 stars here but will surely upgrade to 5.
Back to Top
ALotOfBottle View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: February 17 2016
Location: Lublin, Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 1990
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 02:11
Tom, I love all - Body Love, Moondawn, Irrlicht, Cyborg, Mirage, and Timewind dearly, all of them differently, but, to me, Mirage has one thing that the other albums don't have and it's something that I feel comes straight from Klaus' heart. On most of his albums, Klaus is a wizard, an eccentric magician taking the listener to outer space (which I do love), but on Mirage, he is a human like you and me. It feels to me like childhood memories of winter, beautiful nostalgic memories. I don't know, maybe that comes from the fact that the album is dedicated to Klaus' brother, Hans Dieter, who had died of cancer. Again, I love all of his albums, but today I feel like "Crystal Lake."
Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.
Back to Top
zravkapt View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: October 12 2010
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 6446
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 06:39
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I have to ask this question ...............
Why is 'Mirage' sooo highly rated ?? I do enjoy it, scrapes in for the 4th star for me, but any Body Love or Moondawn or Timewind whips it in my books.
Picture Music is my absolute FAVOURITE from Klaus. Over the last 20-odd years...............

I think it's overrated as well. Very good but not as good as Timewind/Moondawn/X. Picture Music is also my fave.

Mindphaser
Wahnfried
Crystal
 
Magma America Great Make Again
Back to Top
Modrigue View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: January 14 2007
Location: France
Status: Offline
Points: 1125
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 06:41
My personal order: Crystal Lake, Wahnfried 1883, Mindphaser
Back to Top
Roj View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Manchester, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 3126
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:11
Crystal Lake has to get the vote here.  Surely one of the most influential pieces of electronic music ever.
Back to Top
Saperlipopette! View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 20 2010
Location: Tomorrowland
Status: Offline
Points: 9939
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:33
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I have to ask this question ...............
Why is 'Mirage' sooo highly rated ?? 
It's got this unique kind of shimmering beauty. Light and dark or cold and warm simultaneously. Of course you can say similar things about lots of music (and more of Schulze's works) but Crystal Lake is extra special to me.
Back to Top
Guldbamsen View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Retired Admin

Joined: January 22 2009
Location: Magic Theatre
Status: Offline
Points: 23098
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:52
Another vote for Crystal Lake. Sheer beauty...like making out with a turquoise blue iceberg.

As for why it is so highly regarded? I think it is because of it's somewhat unique sound inside Schulze's 70s oevre. Saper just described it perfectly as per my ears, but I will say that I have these vivid images of Copenhagen airport whenever I spin this thing. Utzon, most famous for his Opera house in Sydney, created something like a huge windsurfer sail that passengers walk through to get to the gates. It's a white luminous experience that oh so beautifully complements Mirage. I wish I could transfer this experience to other people.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams
Back to Top
Guldbamsen View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Retired Admin

Joined: January 22 2009
Location: Magic Theatre
Status: Offline
Points: 23098
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:55
Originally posted by ALotOfBottle ALotOfBottle wrote:

Tom, I love all - Body Love, Moondawn, Irrlicht, Cyborg, Mirage, and Timewind dearly, all of them differently, but, to me, Mirage has one thing that the other albums don't have and it's something that I feel comes straight from Klaus' heart. On most of his albums, Klaus is a wizard, an eccentric magician taking the listener to outer space (which I do love), but on Mirage, he is a human like you and me. It feels to me like childhood memories of winter, beautiful nostalgic memories. I don't know, maybe that comes from the fact that the album is dedicated to Klaus' brother, Hans Dieter, who had died of cancer. Again, I love all of his albums, but today I feel like "Crystal Lake."
Love all of those titles TymonClap
I'd even go as far as to say that I love all of his 70s output with Blackdance and Picture Music being my particular favesHeart
Speaking of that Blackdance:

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams
Back to Top
Logan View Drop Down
Forum & Site Admin Group
Forum & Site Admin Group
Avatar
Site Admin

Joined: April 05 2006
Location: the Beach House
Status: Offline
Points: 32300
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 09:48
"Crystal Lake" for me too -- it's icily gorgeous.
Back to Top
Man With Hat View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team

Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
Status: Offline
Points: 166178
Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2016 at 14:24
Once again it's a battle between Moondawn and Timewind for me.

I'll give it to timewind again.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
Back to Top
verslibre View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 01 2004
Location: CA
Status: Offline
Points: 14871
Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2016 at 17:38
"Crystal Lake." It's a beautiful sojourn, the one Steve Roach was obviously most heavily inspired by (see his albums Now, Traveler, Structures From Silence, Empetus).
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.469 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.