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Klaus Schulze
La Vie Electronique I (3 CD)
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (5) - Disc #1
1. I Was Dreaming I Was Awake And Then I Woke Up And Found Myself Asleep
2. The Real McCoy
3. Tempus Fugit
4. Dynamo
5. Interview 1970
Track Listings (3) - Disc #2
1. Traumraum
2. Study For Brian Eno
3. Cyborgs Traum
Track Listings (3) - Disc #3
1. Die Kunst, hundert Jahre alt zu warden
2. Study For Terry Riley
3. Les Jockeys Camouflés

Klaus Schulze: It all started about 40 years ago. I suppose you could call it an accident. In the years before, when I still went to school, I had some guitar training. And then I played acoustic guitar for about six years... more ». Also I fooled around with the electric guitar, playing music of The Shadows or The Spotnicks. Then I started with drums. My brother was a drummer with a jazz band, so l thought that drumming would be more pleasant than playing guitar. After that l was drumming in the avantgarde/free rock trio PSY FREE, then Tangerine Dream, and in August 1970 l founded Ash Ra Tempel. One day I said to myself Okay, lt s all pretty and normal music, but I want to do something special. I should change instruments.

That was when I started with keyboards. I didn't know anything about keyboards. I had an old, small, used, electric Teisco home organ. And I had my drumming experiences, and a few special ideas: a kind of dream that I couldn t explain then, or now. So I started something new. A leap in the dark. What started as an experiment (and still is) has increased to a giant sound cosmos over the years. On 'La Vie Electronique' you have the chance to experience this progression with rare recordings that haven't been released on the regular albums. 'La Vie Electronique' first was published as a strictly limited 50 CD-Box and will be released now in chronological order in 3CD-sets including some material never released before.

This first set contains pieces, which have been recorded between 1969 and 1972 with very simple tools like the Teisco Organ - but with a big vision.

Klaus Schulze: What I called E-Machines at this time were reverb, microphones, a little echo box and a Fender-guitar amp. I connected the amp to the mixing desk, but the output came back from the amp into the mixing desk. When you turned it up, there was a feedback of course, but when you used the 'Tremolo-knob' of the Fender, the sound started to modulate. This way I created all the 'chirpy' sounds which I later created with the VCS-3. Shortly after I finished the record, the thing was broken. Besides that, I had my Teisco-Organ, which already had a pitch wheel. I opened it and manipulated some cables. I had no idea of technique, but suddenly it sounded totally different. I liked that.

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All Artists: Klaus Schulze
Title: La Vie Electronique I (3 CD)
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Revisited Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 3/24/2009
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock
Styles: Ambient, Electronica, Experimental Music
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 693723065229

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Klaus Schulze: It all started about 40 years ago. I suppose you could call it an accident. In the years before, when I still went to school, I had some guitar training. And then I played acoustic guitar for about six years. Also I fooled around with the electric guitar, playing music of The Shadows or The Spotnicks. Then I started with drums. My brother was a drummer with a jazz band, so l thought that drumming would be more pleasant than playing guitar. After that l was drumming in the avantgarde/free rock trio PSY FREE, then Tangerine Dream, and in August 1970 l founded Ash Ra Tempel. One day I said to myself Okay, lt s all pretty and normal music, but I want to do something special. I should change instruments.

That was when I started with keyboards. I didn't know anything about keyboards. I had an old, small, used, electric Teisco home organ. And I had my drumming experiences, and a few special ideas: a kind of dream that I couldn t explain then, or now. So I started something new. A leap in the dark. What started as an experiment (and still is) has increased to a giant sound cosmos over the years. On 'La Vie Electronique' you have the chance to experience this progression with rare recordings that haven't been released on the regular albums. 'La Vie Electronique' first was published as a strictly limited 50 CD-Box and will be released now in chronological order in 3CD-sets including some material never released before.
This first set contains pieces, which have been recorded between 1969 and 1972 with very simple tools like the Teisco Organ - but with a big vision.

Klaus Schulze: What I called E-Machines at this time were reverb, microphones, a little echo box and a Fender-guitar amp. I connected the amp to the mixing desk, but the output came back from the amp into the mixing desk. When you turned it up, there was a feedback of course, but when you used the 'Tremolo-knob' of the Fender, the sound started to modulate. This way I created all the 'chirpy' sounds which I later created with the VCS-3. Shortly after I finished the record, the thing was broken. Besides that, I had my Teisco-Organ, which already had a pitch wheel. I opened it and manipulated some cables. I had no idea of technique, but suddenly it sounded totally different. I liked that.

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CD Reviews

I've been waiting a long time for something like this from K

Rykre | Carson City, Nevada | 09/15/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like Klaus Schulze's early music, like from "Irrlicht" to "Timewind", than this 3 CD collection is for you. I especially like the analog "drone" sound that he had before he got too consistent and typical with the ever-growing electronic sound.

These are a few of his recordings that were never really "officially" released as albums from 1969 to about 1972. One good reason is probably because most of these tracks run for over half an hour each and I'm sure he didn't want to edit these recordings for release so I suppose they just remained on reel to reel tapes for the past forty years. No wait! I have seen that these tracks were released on some larger German box sets like "The Historic Collection" or the "Jubilee Collection" and other various large box sets which included about 10 CD's or more. Well, I could never commit to purchasing them, here in the United States. So, now having these "La Vie Electronique" 3 disc releases, and in a more chronological order for the recordings is the way to go to collect these excellent early recordings of Klaus Schulze.

Even on the first CD here. There is a track called "The Real McCoy". The first time I heard this track was back in 1996 when I bought Rhino's CD set called "Supernatural Fairytales" which was a 5 CD set of early 70's era european Progressive Rock. You know, groups like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Strawbs, Yes, Genesis, Ash Ra Tempel, Caravan, The Moody Blues, Nektar, Aphrodite's Child, and the such. But, on this collection, Klaus Schulze's "The Real McCoy", was called "Searchin'". I don't know where that name came from but I already had all the available Klaus Schulze CD's and this recording was not amongst them. So, here it is in it's entirety which is wonderful to have with all these additional hours of early Klaus Schulze music. So far, there are 4 volumes available of these "La Vie Electronique" CD packages containing 3 CD's each of these early recordings. I understand that there will be a volume five and six released sometime this December (2009).

I can't wait to collect all these obscure Klaus Schulze recordings. At least, up to about 1979. The early years are my most favorite years. It was Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk that introduced me to Klaus Schulze, and that got me started listening to other electronic pioneers like Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, and Tomita. Of course, my electronic music collection goes far beyond just these artists. For those of you who love early electronic music, check out what's been available lately, like Autechre, Future Sound of London, Higher Intelligence Agency, Pete Namlook, Phutureprimitive, Electric Skychurch, and The Orb.

If you especially love Klaus Schulze's "Irrlicht", "Cyborg" and "Timewind", you will love these first two volumes of "La Vie Electronique" from Klaus Schulze.

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