Chapter 1 - My Feelings about Klaus Schulze’s Music 15

Introduction to Klaus D. Mueller 17

Chapter 2 - Prevailing social conditions and attitudes in Germany in the late 1960s and
early 1970s relevant to the career path of Klaus Schulze 19

Chapter 3 - Klaus’ Early Instruments 21

TEISCO organ 21
ARP 2600P 21
Moog Modular 22
EMS VCS3 - Modular Synthesizer 23
EMS Synthi A 23
ARP Odyssey 1972-1974 24
The Minimoog 24
The Mellotron 24
Korg Poly Synthi PS-3300 25
Fairlight Computer Music Instrument 25
Harald Grosskopf Sketch of Klaus Schulze’s Studio 1976 26

Chapter 4 - Chronology: Klaus Schulze’s Early Life 27

Chapter 5 - Klaus’ Early Reception at the Start of his Solo Career 31

Klaus’ Early Reception 31

Chapter 6 - Klaus’ Solo Career, 1972-1974 37

General Comments on the re-issues that were released starting in 2005 37
Irrlicht 38
Cyborg 43
Blackdance 46

Chapter 7 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations, 1975-1979 49

Picture Music 49
Timewind 53
Guenther Schickert “Home Tapes” made with Klaus Schulze 59
Far East Family Band 59
Kitaro Interview with Greg Allen 60
Moondawn 62
Harald Grosskopf Interview with Greg Allen 65
The Go Sessions with Stomu Yamash’ta 70
Go 71
Go – Live From Paris 72
Go Too 72
Body Love (Soundtrack) 74
Harald Grosskopf Interview with Greg Allen re: Body Love and Body Love Vol. 2 74
Mirage 78
The New “Velvet Voyage” 80
Body Love Vol. 2 83
Concert at London Planetarium 84
X 87
Harald Grosskopf interview with Greg Allen re: X 87
On Synthesizer School 92
Dune 93
Arthur Brown Interview with Greg Allen 96
Time Actor (Richard Wahnfried) 99
Work with Earthstar 99
Dennis Rea Interview with Greg Allen 100

Chapter 8 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations, 1980-1984 107

…Live… (Live) 107
Dig It (CD + DVD on the Revisited Records Re-release) 109
Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria 111
IC Record Label and IDEAL 112
Trancefer 113
Tonwelle (Richard Wahnfried) 115
Ideal goes platinum 116
Audentity 116
Dziekuje Poland Live 1983 120
Angst 122
Aphrica 124
Transfer Station Blue (with Michael Shrieve and Kevin Shrieve) 125
Michael Shrieve Interview with Greg Allen 127
Drive Inn (with Rainer Bloss) 131
Megatone (Richard Wahnfried) 132

Chapter 9 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations 1985-1989 133

Inter*Face 133
Dreams 139
Miditation (Richard Wahnfried) 142
Babel (with Andreas Grosser) 142
Elisa Monte Dance School Video 144
En=Trance 144
Work with Alphaville 148
Marian Gold Interview with Greg Allen 149
The Dresden Concert (1989) 152

Chapter 10 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations, 1990-1994 153

Miditerranean Pads 153
The Dresden Performance (live) 156
Beyond Recall 159
2001 162
Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 162
Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 164
The Dome Event 166
Silver Edition 167
Klaus Schulze’s Working Hours 168
Klaus Meets Royalty 168
Le Moulin De Daudet 169
Goes Classic (MIDI Klassik) 171
Totentag 172
Das Wagner Desaster – Live 173
Trancelation (Wahnfried) 177
The Dark Side of the Moog 177
The Dark Side of the Moog 2 (with Pete Namlook) 178
Klaus Schulze: The Essential 72-93 178
“Conquest of Paradise” 178

Chapter 11 Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations 1995-1999 179

In Blue 179
Historic Edition 184
The Dark Side of the Moog 3 (with Pete Namlook) 184
Are You Sequenced? 185
The Dark Side of the Moog 4 (with Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell) 186
The Dark Side of the Moog 5 (with Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell) 189
Klaus Schulze Rebuilds His Studio 191
Trance Appeal (Wahnfried) 192
Joerg Schaaf Interview with Greg Allen 195
Dosburg Online 202
The Dark Side of the Moog 6 (with Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell) 206
Jubilee Edition 208
Drums ‘n’ Balls (Klaus Schulze’s Wahnfried) 223
The Dark Side of the Moog 7 (with Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell) 225
A Tribute to Klaus Schulze 226
The Dark Side of the Moog 8 (with Pete Namlook) 226
Trailer 227

Chapter 12 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations 2000-2004 229

Ultimate Edition 229
Contemporary Works I 229
Solar Moon System 231
The Millenium Event in China 232
Friendship (with Ash Ra Tempel) 232
Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall 232
Live @ KlangArt CD 1 233
Live @ KlangArt CD 2 234
Supergroup Appears on TV Channel SAT1 singing “Those Were the Days”
in Criminal Movie Klassentreffen 246
Contemporary Works II 249
The Dark Side of the Moog 9 (with Pete Namlook) 255
The Evolution of the Dark Side of the Moog 257
“Andromeda” (Promo CD) 257
“Ion” (Promo CD for Alesis at the Frankfurt Music Fair, April 2004) 257

Chapter 13 - Klaus’ Solo Career and Collaborations, 2005-2007 259

Moonlake 259
Vanity of Sounds 261
The Dark Side of the Moog 10 (with Pete Namlook) 262
The Crime of Suspense 263
Julia Messenger Interview with Greg Allen 265
Ballett 1 275
Ballett 2 276
Thomas Kagermann Interview with Greg Allen 279
For Barry Graves Video (appears on German TV station WDR) 284
RadioGoethe.com Klaus Schulze Two Hour Special Program 284
Ballett 3 285
Kontinuum 287
The Second Klaus Schulze Classic Period? 289

Chapter 14 - More Klaus Schulze Career Information 291

Pink Floyd Connection 291
The Use of the Term “Krautrock” 291
The Re-release interviews 292
Miscellaneous observations 292
Why Klaus Schulze Album Sales Figures Are Not Published 293

Chapter 15 - Additional Interviews 295

Robert Rich Interview with Greg Allen 295
Exclusive Klaus Schulze Interview with Greg Allen 298
Steve Roach Interview with Greg Allen 307

Chapter 16 - Extra Pictures 311

Appendix A - Klaus’ Concerts 314

Appendix B - Film Scores 316