Search - Klaus Schulze :: Live at Royal Festival Hall 2

Dazed and confused

norman a. blardony | philippines | 04/30/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"klaus schulze has reached his peak of creativity, burning it out from the 70's till the early 80's. this disc was very evident of such creative expiration. klaus schulze has lost that element of excitement coming only when you realized that the sun has risen or the disc has finally reached its end. Worse, if by mistake you press the button and you have to start from the beginning or use that skill of total recall of spotting what part from the track you missed. Some tracks are in the 40 or 50 + minute range and all you hear is him nodling with his knobs until someone from the audience must have cried "foul we want a refund". the action only starts after 9-8 minutes nearing the end of some tracks, so you have to endure klaus'directionless playing until the disc expires. Get the earlier 70's and 80's disc, since he still has some untapped neurons and cerebral substance for the plucking. By the 90's klaus must have burned all of this therefore leaving him dazed and confused as to when to start those attack buttons and keep his listeners attentive or awake. Get this album only when you run out of KS supply."