Virtual Outback
Klaus Schulze
Revisited (Germany), 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: SPV 305702 C
EAN: 0693723057026
UPC: 693723057026
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As one of the artists who defined the sound of German electronic music in the 1970s and '80s, Klaus Schulze has a rich legacy, and in the early 2000s he released two sizable CONTEMPORARY WORKS box sets. VIRAL OUTBACK, a disc consisting of the hour-plus "Rhodes Elegy" (so named, seemingly, for the Rhodes electric piano) was initially available only as part of CONTEMPORARY WORKS II, which quickly went out of print. Now it can be heard on its own in all its spacey, ambient glor, with the 15-minute bonus cut, "Chinese Ears," for company.
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Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze is the living essence of electronic music, having both practically invented it in the 1970s, and embodying many of its signifiers: Teutonic, intellectual, and highly experimental. A founding member of the influential electronic group Tangerine Dream, Schulz left after one album to pursue other avenues of expression, first with Kraut-rockers Ash Ra Tempel and then as a prolific and enduring solo artist. His explorations in synthesizer rock have yielded several classic albums and have influenced the New Age and Trance genres.
