PICTURE MUSIC

Picture Music - strictly speaking Schulze's fourth album, as recent research has revealed it was both recorded and released after Blackdance - finds Klaus continuing the process of refining the formula first hit upon in Cyborg. This time around he sticks to a formula established back in the Ash Ra Tempel days - one side being an electronic-dominated spacey piece whilst the other side is a bit rockier, with Klaus playing drums once again. It's pleasant enough, but Schulze had made no shortage of similar in the past, and it fails to emerge from the long shadow cast by Cyborg. Three stars.