SILBER

I have never been too fond of this kind of Boxed Compilations, I have acquired some by many artists and they are almost by rule uneven. Most of the times they have some rare value, but usually out-balanced with minor efforts.

I will not have gotten this "Silber", if it was not by mere chance. BUT luckiIy was proven wrong. This compilation is far more thrilling than his "Container" (which is just way too much) or even the very good "Trigger Triology" and its predecessor "Gold".

I come to think, that somehow, Mr Schnitzler had been holding his best for this 2nd part of a continuous compilation. To be honest, I could even compare this work, to his best experienced later music.

"Silber", compiles his works after his departure from Tangerine Dream in search for an own identity in the music world. These compositions (1973-1975) were first released in 2009, in the form of an LP, this re-release in CD format adds 3 new "bonus" tracks and they turn to be the highlights alongside tracks 1,2,3 and 5, while track 4 is just good, a bit too "raw" by comparisson.

The best in this compilation in fact is his better structured music composition. Maybe his quest, at the time these works came upon, was more towards experimental electronic music, therefore I suppose these works were archived.

Anyway, if you want to sense all what was behind his "monolithic" musical structures, like "Zug", "Rot" and all, this is your best guide, and somehow it is even better in some ways than those albums.

**** "For electronic music followers". PA stars.