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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After his career at AshRaTemple and Tangerine Dream in the early 70's, he started an impressive solo-career.
It started with Irrlicht and never stopped yet.
Timewind was the album that attracted a huge public. He won at that time the Charles Cross-prize in France with this album.
Schulze has become a monument in the world of electronic music. He IS the Godfather of the syntesiser music. Very philosophical, very strong, more dimesions than any other synthesiser-wizard.
Listening to Timewind: the world stops turning, the universe expands and music gets visable.
This is electronic music as it should be. Timewind is THE album to start with.
Patrick Mahieu, Belgium
It started with Irrlicht and never stopped yet.
Timewind was the album that attracted a huge public. He won at that time the Charles Cross-prize in France with this album.
Schulze has become a monument in the world of electronic music. He IS the Godfather of the syntesiser music. Very philosophical, very strong, more dimesions than any other synthesiser-wizard.
Listening to Timewind: the world stops turning, the universe expands and music gets visable.
This is electronic music as it should be. Timewind is THE album to start with.
Patrick Mahieu, Belgium
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is wonderful to see Timewind getting the same 'treatment' as some of his other classics from the 70s.
But this album, for those new to Schulze, is really the peak for me at least, in terms of what differentiates Schulze from other electronic music artists.
To paraphrase something from an old interview, Timewind can really be described as music that simply happens, exists and occupies the room without being able to hear somebody performing it, working on it, creating it. It is just there, and not in a passive way - it is not by any means an ambiental static soundscape, it is something that changes every second. Something is constantly moving, shifting, transforming and it truly is a hypnotic experience to actively listen to this work that simply seems to infuse reality around you, coming from another Universe. It is not human - in the best possible sense.
Especially Bayreuth Return is the track that makes people physically perk up and go: what is this? I certainly remember my first reaction to it as a teenager by then already well 'infused' with electronic music output of that decade, but Timewind was something that sounded truly unique and could not compare it to anything I've heard - and even now, in 2011, it does not by any means sound dated. And that is quite something.
Now on this edition, one finds and expanded track, this is fantastic to hear - but also the original tracks have not been altered.
The last two 'bonus tracks' are so-so. Nice, but somehow for me at least don't gel very well with the overall feel of the (original) album.
Schulze mentioned in an interview, that he tries to delete from his computers some older catchy sequences, because, as he put it laughingly, he is 'too lazy' and loves to re-use some good old sequence... Well, sometimes he doesn't delete the PC often enough, the last track is yet another repeat of the underlying sequence heard on Contemporary Works and also on Live at Klangart, but then the layers on top are nice sparkling novelties. Still, I can't help feeling (and I'm a devout Schulze fan that endured even his sampler-mania-affected early 90s) that he just had to fill some available space on the second CD. Perhaps these tracks could have been left for another album and keep Timewind what it was: a perfect whole. But then again, one can always stop after 1st CD and maybe after the extended track on CD2.
But this album, for those new to Schulze, is really the peak for me at least, in terms of what differentiates Schulze from other electronic music artists.
To paraphrase something from an old interview, Timewind can really be described as music that simply happens, exists and occupies the room without being able to hear somebody performing it, working on it, creating it. It is just there, and not in a passive way - it is not by any means an ambiental static soundscape, it is something that changes every second. Something is constantly moving, shifting, transforming and it truly is a hypnotic experience to actively listen to this work that simply seems to infuse reality around you, coming from another Universe. It is not human - in the best possible sense.
Especially Bayreuth Return is the track that makes people physically perk up and go: what is this? I certainly remember my first reaction to it as a teenager by then already well 'infused' with electronic music output of that decade, but Timewind was something that sounded truly unique and could not compare it to anything I've heard - and even now, in 2011, it does not by any means sound dated. And that is quite something.
Now on this edition, one finds and expanded track, this is fantastic to hear - but also the original tracks have not been altered.
The last two 'bonus tracks' are so-so. Nice, but somehow for me at least don't gel very well with the overall feel of the (original) album.
Schulze mentioned in an interview, that he tries to delete from his computers some older catchy sequences, because, as he put it laughingly, he is 'too lazy' and loves to re-use some good old sequence... Well, sometimes he doesn't delete the PC often enough, the last track is yet another repeat of the underlying sequence heard on Contemporary Works and also on Live at Klangart, but then the layers on top are nice sparkling novelties. Still, I can't help feeling (and I'm a devout Schulze fan that endured even his sampler-mania-affected early 90s) that he just had to fill some available space on the second CD. Perhaps these tracks could have been left for another album and keep Timewind what it was: a perfect whole. But then again, one can always stop after 1st CD and maybe after the extended track on CD2.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I agree with the other 2 reviewers, this album is a must if you have any interest in electronic music and it's early pioneers. Great at night time through the headphones.
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Seriously incredible
I was only 20yrs old when I first heard Timewind and it is so unique there has been nothing like it since,not even by Klaus himself. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. James A. Long
seriously boring....
klaus is a difficult artist to get into. he is the master of the seriously long track.... this particular album is dull beyond belief. Read more
Published 3 months ago by charliemouse
Timewind - timeless
Drift through your mind like a feather on the breeze as you listen to this excellen pair of CD's. Early work from the German master, Klause Schultz. Read more
Published 14 months ago by A. Butler
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