Klaus Schulze - La Vie Electronique Volume 1.2

Klaus Schulze - La Vie Electronique Volume 1.2Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician that needs very little introduction. In the late sixties & early seventies he was a member of several iconic bands such as Tangerine Dream, The Cosmic Jokers & Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades. Collaborations were numerous and highlights include working with Steve Winwood, Brian Eno & Alphaville just to

Horn of Plenty was released by the upstart Brooklyn label Kanine Records in 2004

though less hungry

bass-and-beat missives like “Shake Hands With Danger” and a downright strange cover of David Essex’s 1973 radio smash sung by U

Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn

sharply incongruent with the sometimes-criminal reality of the city that dreamt it

"All Kinds Of You" is the oldest song included here

On the Water is a record that aims to both break your heart and heal your wounds

Nathan proves himself heir to deconstructivist tradition-bearers like Henry Flynt and Jack Rose

outlaw cowboy

distorting all meaning and distilling to reveal the raw core of pure sonic joy

disillusioned kind of anger

adding might to many of its beats and squelch and frisson beneath many of its melodies