mpm@hpfcla.UUCP (10/11/85)
Is Klaus Schulze - creator of "Dig It", "Audentity", etc. - the same
person as Klaus Shultz - the former drummer for Tangerine Dream? (The
spelling of the latter name comes from the liner notes for TD's "Exit"
album.) The music on "Dig It" is somewhat in the style of TD, but dif-
ferent enough that I am uncertain as to the answer. Also the liner
notes for "Dig It" credit Klaus with playing ALL instruments, not just
drums.
-- Mike "creating the ultimate TD discography" McCarthy
(ihnp4!hpfcla!) mpmroger@cornell.UUCP (Roger Hoover) (10/16/85)
Klaus Schulze played keyboards on the first Tangerine Dream LP Electronic Meditation (1970). His first solo LP was Irrlicht (1972). Klaus Krieger is the guy who played drums on the Cyclone and Force Majeure LP's. By the way, some of Schulze's stuff is out on CD. I have Body Love and Dig It. I have also seen Trancefer on CD.
garyo@masscomp.UUCP (Gary Oberbrunner) (10/19/85)
Klaus Schulze also played the'space machine' on an incredible live double
album called _Go_Live_in_Paris_, which features Stomu Yamashta on percussion
(he's the leader of Go), and Al DiMeola giving one of the most selfless and
tasty performances ever, as well as Michael Shrieve on drums and Steve Winwood
on vocals. BTW, DON'T (repeat Don't) buy the studio version of this album,
immediately recognizable by the fact that it's only a single album. It's not
nearly as good, since the extended jams on the live one are a big part of
what makes it great.
`Go/Live' is one of the better 'concept' albums I've seen, because the concept
doesn't overpower the music. Even the lyrics are not contrived (and Steve
Winwood is really hot on this one). DiMeola does not, as is sometimes his
wont, overpower the scene with ever-more-fiery guitar runs; his playing is
even throughout and consequently is much more expressive than most of his
solo stuff. Although of course his technical mastery is, as always, in
evidence.
Naturally, the album is percussion-oriented, with Yamashta and Shrieve and
Schulze all doing percussive-type things, but melody is still paramount.
This is an album for Listening (capital L) to, not for background music.
The rhythms interlock and twist, and the soloists (DiMeola and Winwood and
a sax player whose name I forget) weave into those rhythms perfectly.
Of course, complex rhythms are DiMeola's forte, being latin and jazz-
influenced.
My only complaint about it is that Steve Winwood tries a little bit too
hard. Sometimes he sounds like he's straining, and sometimes his feeling
is a little off. But overall you don't notice it much unless you listen
to it a lot (as I did when I got it 3 years ago).
The members of the band, however unlikely they seem, complement
each other quite well (who'd ever expect Yamashta/Shrieve/Schulze/DiMeola?)
Oh yeah - Pat Thrall plays subdued but impeccable rhythm guitar, and there's
a cast of many other background vocalists, etc. giving overall a very
orchestral, layered sound not unlike THeads (but not as funky, more spacey
and melodic).
Is it rock? Is it jazz? Or is it something in between? You tell me. It's
good music, played well. What more could you ask?
And unlike my last posting (sorry about that one), this is NOT out of
print.
- Gary Oberbrunner
Naturally, the above is an expression of my own musical taste, and if you
don't like it, flames to /dev/null please.
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