Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
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Artist: Klaus SchulzeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Music Label: Revisited Records
Soundtracks:
- Floating 27:13
- Mindphaser 25:35
- Floating Sequence 21:11
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Free Music Review: moondawn of electronic progressive rock
Hit: 5 Stars
Moondawn was recorded by Klaus Schulze in 1976, following the 1975 release of Timewind with its phenomenal Bayreuth Return suite which gained him plenty of international recognition. Moondawn was the first one of four albums recorded by Klaus Schulze, an excellent drummer himself, including Harald Grosskopf playing drums. All of the sudden this electronic music of its grand master became even more alive, beating stronger rhythm of human life. All of their playing was completely improvised and both tracks of this album were recorded within a couple of hours. Obviously Klaus must have been developing the concept in his genius mind for a while because this music is truly spectacular. Whereas Timewind was a bit one sided Moondawn contains a better overall b side composition and it is easy to understand why many admirers of electronic music chose this album as their favorite one. Personally I find Body Love with its three very level compositions more even overall and that is why that album is my favorite one. Body Love 2 is an extension of the theme and it is just as great.
Moondawn's main composition Floating starts with an Arabic spoken prayer which sounded so much more exotic and spectacular to some of us back in 1976. The music develops rather slowly and the strange post prayer background noise consistently persists until close to the 7th minute. The entire atmosphere up to that point might seem almost like a dead corpse being mourned over by the chant and noise. At about 5:30 something is becoming alive or slowly creeping back to life but it is not until about 7:30 when this music finally becomes alive. Harald's drums and cymbals join in and by about 9:30 we are completely floating in the beauty of this creation. Listening to it back in 1976 was truly magnificent because although the Bayreuth Return was spectacular it was not nearly as dramatic. It was hypnotic and Floating is not. Floating in about 13:00 becomes beautifully delayed and distorted. We have Floating chasing Floating and at least to me today, 34 years later, this fragment sounds as great as it did back then when it was close to the edge all over again just in a different form. Harald's drumming becomes amazing at times and this track just keeps on going until about the 27th minute. Perhaps the last 7 of those were not developed to perfection, at least in my mind. Klaus had decided to peacefully fade out the track rather than to crush it, as he did a year earlier.
Following it Mindphaser comes to us upon the waves of some cosmic ocean with the sounds of thunder present. Again, the beginning 11 minutes develop slowly without any breathtaking moments which come exactly at 11:45 brought by the drums of Harald Grosskopf who is really saving that piece. His drums are much more involved this time leading the way Klaus is following at first and starts guiding soon after. It almost sounds as if he needed some waking up. He used to sleep during days and work at night and I have no clue what time of day this was recorded. Because there is still 13 minutes of great music here and the wavy beginning was very interesting as well, I value this side b of Moondawn higher than the b side of Timewind. In the 18th minute this music is becoming truly spectacular again and the end of Mindphaser is its strongest part.
If you are new to Klaus Schulze and need an introduction, you might as well start right here, in between of Timewind and Body Love albums. The in between is not only chronological but applies to the energy level and to the structure of this composition, right on the edge of electronic music and progressive rock.
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Originally released in 1976, Moondawn is an early highlight of Schulze?s voluminous discography, regarded by many as among his best work. Released one year before his breakthrough album, Mirage, this album marked the first usage of the Moog synthesizer in a way that would establish Schulze firmly in his career as a solo keyboardist.Klaus Schulze first attracted attention as a member of the German progressive rock band, Tangerine Dream. Following the release of their debut LP, Electronic Meditation, he departed for a solo career. Klaus' recorded work typically features extended pieces sometimes filling an entire album built around computer-generated synthesizers and other specially programmed electronic effects. Klaus Schulze remains a cult figure in the United States, where the bulk of his prolific output has until now been available only through the import bins. He is widely considered an avant-garde mainstay as well as a founding father of both the new-age space music and electronica genres.
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