Klaus Schulze's debut is a dense work, bordering serious Classical. No trademark sequencers to be found here. Systems music with an orchestra, or as the cover suggests Quadrophonische Symphonie für Orchester und E-Maschinen (I'm telling you, Spelling Bee champions in Germany must be impressive!) To me, at first, the strings sounded like mellotron - just in the way the sound is presented. This is music to write about the end of society as we know it. A dirge. Dark, abstract, formless. Ownership: 1972 Ohr (LP). Gatefold.10/13/90 (acquired); 1995; 12/31/21 (review)
Body Love (1977)
Well it's Klaus Schulze circa 1977, so there's no surprises here at all. It's music that was used for a pornographic film, but the music really doesn't match the topic. It's more rhythmic than Mirage, in line with Moondawn perhaps. If you're a Schulze fan, it's one to add to the collection, but this isn't one of his more revolutionary albums.
This is the original cover with the movie set shots. Certainly wasn't going to do well here in the States looking like that (and other more conservative countries back in 1977), so they made an "export version" that was considerably less risque.
Ownership: 1977 Metronome (LP)
1989 (acquired); 1998; 9/21/20 (review)
The Schulze-Schickert Session (1975)
Other albums I own and still need to review: Cyborg; Picture Music; Blackdance; Timewind; Moondawn; Mirage; Body Love Vol. 2; X; Dune
9/21/20 (new entry)
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