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The king of electronic music (3) Klaus Schulze

CYBORG

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CYBORG: pocket edition of the Brain Records

Program:

SIDE 1: 1- Synphära (22'45)

FACE 2: 2- Conphära (25'44)

FACE 3: 3- Chromengel (23'45)

FACE 4: 4- Neuronengesang (24'39)

One year penalty after Irrlicht (1972) first test innovative but still in its infancy, Klaus Schulze is back in top form with a second album, CYBORG (1973) , which not content with being a double album (2 vinyls ) is necessary as the yardstick of cosmic music. The artist takes inspiration literally bubbling off solo.

As such, it seems necessary to keep in mind that 3 years between the famous CYBORG OXYGEN (1976) of Jean-Michel Jarre . not my intention to withdraw Jarre the great merit he had to popularize electronic music with an audience that would have perhaps never discovered himself. But I find it totally exaggerated enthusiasm of the media at the time who have passed Jarre for an authentic pioneer in the field of electronic instruments, as he has did not only follow, with a real talent certainly the two major artists of the Berlin School, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, who were hovering their ARP synth and another mini Moog on our plates for three years already . Jean-Michel Jarre has found a perfect compromise between style hovering Klaus Schulze and the infinitely more pop, Kraftwerk , which gives OXYGEN an immediate attraction that can be exercised even ear on a novice.

CYBORG has already done all the sounds of OXYGEN the same ethereal texture, but the complete lack of rhythm pop in favor of a haunting rhythm and robotics, this colorful interstellar travel much darker accents.

CYBORG four beaches hypnotics, as many variations on a theme whose interest lies not only in their incantatory character in the game but also very subtle textures mingling scintillating sci- fiction, haunting hum of bass and treble layers Farfisa organ. Although the sonic palette has greatly expanded since Irrlicht , the bells of the VCS 3, deliberately monotonous locks the listener into a torpor that is part of the strangeness of the 90 minutes of music in total weightlessness. The principle of composition is the same as Irrlicht , namely the repetition of synthetic loops that accentuate the impression of frozen music.

means again that a symphony orchestra Schulze was pleased again to grind. The merger Orchestra + synthesizer is infinitely more successful than the previous album. Music Schulze sparkles with a thousand colors, although most of the time it gives us an impression of a-tone. The melodies are not really, but the marriage of electronic instruments (still very limited at that time) and deploys a wealth of orchestral harmonies. Irrlicht was dark, CYBORG is brighter but the manner of a monochrome red and orange that pierce the blackness of infinite space. This is music perfect for meditation, a real alternative to the horrible new age music emerged from the 80's.

CYBORG, pocket edition of the OHR