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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Simply an excellent set. My only minor gripe being the rather pointless splitting up of the long tracks, giving them subtitles and individual timings when they run seemlessly together. It's a theme which I've noticed throughout La Vie Electonique's series.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I agree totally about the annoying subtitles on Klaus' long pieces. This is done on other CD's, I think even on Royal Festival Hall vol. 2. Since the pieces are all one long continuous piece of music created as a whole, the subtitles are unnecessary and annoying. I think I wrote about this in my book, Klaus Schulze: Electronic Music Legend.
I haven't listened to LVE 8 enough so I just gave it 4 stars...my point was to agree about the silly subtitles which are antithetical to one of Klaus' endearing musical qualities and that is the long form composition!
I haven't listened to LVE 8 enough so I just gave it 4 stars...my point was to agree about the silly subtitles which are antithetical to one of Klaus' endearing musical qualities and that is the long form composition!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Excellent lost live and studio material from Klaus Schulze from the 1977 - 1983 era
7 Feb 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have tons of Klaus Schulze CD's now. Including all eight volumes of "La Vie Electronique" which totals 24 additional CD's to my main early Klaus Schulze officially released albums on CD. I don't have much of his material into the 1980's and beyond basically because I enjoyed his more analogue drone work he did in the early seventies. That's why I cherish his first two volumes of "La Vie Electronique" over the later releases. For as many CD's as I have of Klaus Schulze, I'm beginning to believe that nearly half my Klaus Schulze collection is rediscovered recorded live material. I guess during the late seventies, Klaus was recording most of his live shows, which, at the time, he may have thought that any of these recorded live shows may not be worthy of being released as sellable material.
And you know how some material sounds like you heard it before? Well, I found this to be kind of disappointing between the two first discs of "La Vie Electronique" volumes seven and eight. Klaus Schulze has some live recordings with guest vocalist Arthur Brown (remember "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown?"). On disc one of "La Vie Electronique" volume seven, there is a live recording called "Avec Arthur". But then on disc one of "La Vie Electronique" volume eight, there is a live track called "Faster Than Lightning." I swear it's the same performance. Maybe two different recordings, but were meant to be the same performance, only now we have it twice, as two different titles. Well, actually three times. Because this peformance was also released on Klaus Schulze's official release called "...Live..." which is a track called "Dymagic." Again, the same intended performance, sold three times. But, that's OK. It's not like I'm going to sit and listen to Klaus Schulze music all day, and then notice that I'm hearing this performance again. Right?
Anyway, what made this "La Vie Electronique" Volume Eight worthy of purchase is the studio recording of "Hitchcock Suite." Though Klaus claims that this was recorded about 1977 or 1978, I believe that he has recaptured that great analog drone sound that he had in the earlier seventies. If his album "Mirage" were to be released as a double CD featuring other bonus tracks, then I believe that "Hitchcock Suite" would have fit right in.
Anyway, "La Vie Electronique" Volumes Seven and Eight basically represent some of Klaus' material recorded during the 1977-1983 era, and most of which here is live recordings. I'm grateful to have all this material from Klaus Schulze. His music is always my first choice when I want to sit back in the dark and just float away with his long ethereal sound passages that take me away from all my current stress of the day.
I knew after hearing "Timewind" and "Cyborg" many years ago, that I was going to re-evaluate what music was to mean to me and how it was going to take me to new worlds.
And you know how some material sounds like you heard it before? Well, I found this to be kind of disappointing between the two first discs of "La Vie Electronique" volumes seven and eight. Klaus Schulze has some live recordings with guest vocalist Arthur Brown (remember "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown?"). On disc one of "La Vie Electronique" volume seven, there is a live recording called "Avec Arthur". But then on disc one of "La Vie Electronique" volume eight, there is a live track called "Faster Than Lightning." I swear it's the same performance. Maybe two different recordings, but were meant to be the same performance, only now we have it twice, as two different titles. Well, actually three times. Because this peformance was also released on Klaus Schulze's official release called "...Live..." which is a track called "Dymagic." Again, the same intended performance, sold three times. But, that's OK. It's not like I'm going to sit and listen to Klaus Schulze music all day, and then notice that I'm hearing this performance again. Right?
Anyway, what made this "La Vie Electronique" Volume Eight worthy of purchase is the studio recording of "Hitchcock Suite." Though Klaus claims that this was recorded about 1977 or 1978, I believe that he has recaptured that great analog drone sound that he had in the earlier seventies. If his album "Mirage" were to be released as a double CD featuring other bonus tracks, then I believe that "Hitchcock Suite" would have fit right in.
Anyway, "La Vie Electronique" Volumes Seven and Eight basically represent some of Klaus' material recorded during the 1977-1983 era, and most of which here is live recordings. I'm grateful to have all this material from Klaus Schulze. His music is always my first choice when I want to sit back in the dark and just float away with his long ethereal sound passages that take me away from all my current stress of the day.
I knew after hearing "Timewind" and "Cyborg" many years ago, that I was going to re-evaluate what music was to mean to me and how it was going to take me to new worlds.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
La Vie Electronique Vol 8
3 Nov 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Three CDs that are rather heavy on stuff from the tours Schulze did with Arthur Brown during the period but worth having if you've been a fan of Schulze forever like I have. The music on this volume has a more spare feeling than the earlier stuff but is still compelling in its own way. This is number 8 in a a series that is composed of alternate takes, unreleased material, live material from throughout Klaus' years as a synth icon... beginning in 1968 up to the present day... there will be at least 8 more volumes as this is a 3 CD at a time reissue of a 50 CD set. Volume 8 brings the total released so far to 24 discs.
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