Klaus Schulze: Electronic Music Legend is a celebration of the magnificent, pioneering career of German electronic music legend Klaus Schulze. At the forefront of the development of music played on synthesizers, Schulze created a whole new style of music, beginning with his initial 1972 release, Irrlicht.
This book hails Schulze as the most important electronic musician [...]

Steve Roach, who’s probably best known for his dark ambient and space music releases, also has done his share of work with a Berlin School (ie 70’s Tangerine Dream/Klaus Schulze) influence.
If you like the style, you’ll want to check out his rerelease of Emputus:
A new 2-CD Collectors Edition of EMPETUS is now available, on sale [...]

 

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Klaus Schulze can just about do no wrong, in my book - but I wish that he’d work with some visualists on some DVDs that capture the spirit of his music.
This fan video doesn’t quite fill the void - but it’s a reminder that Schulze is the godfather of techno.

I saw this Klaus Schulze video featured at Matrix’ site.
While the video is interesting, Klaus Schulze’s track, Frank Herbert from his 1978 double album “X”, is just completely techno.
The biggest difference between this and later techno is that Schulze has always explored longer forms, instead of creating shorter tracks.
Give this a listen and tell me [...]

A new book about electronic music legend Klaus Schulze is scheduled to be published in April.
Klaus Schulze: Electronic Music Legend is a book celebrating the magnificent and pioneering career of German electronic music legend Klaus Schulze. It chronicles Schulze’s career in great detail and contains full length reviews by Greg Allen of close to 80 [...]

Here’s a great video that features Klaus Schulze in his 70’s heyday:

Here’s your chance, synth freaks, to own a small part of synth history - Klaus Schulze’s Korg PS 3300, above.
Here’s the synth in Schulze’s studio, back in the day:

Here’s the eBay info, via 550wooby:

Klaus Schulze has earned his place as one of the fathers of modern electronica. He has been called the Godfather of Trance and the head of the Berlin School of electronica.
He’s been exploring the boundaries of electronic music for over 30 years. He worked in one of the early incarnations of Tangerine Dream, and was [...]

Body Love had inauspicious beginnings, as the background music of an erotic movie by Lasse Braun. Instead of the cheesy jazz typical of 70’s adult movies, Klaus Schulze pumped out a masterpiece of throbbing electronica.
There are three cuts on this album. They are each long cuts; the shortest is 11 minutes. They are put together [...]

Klaus Schulze is a musician, composer, player and performer, a producer and record artist who was one of the pioneers of popular electronic music.
His site documents all of his prodigious output, his equipment, and his current activities.
Check out Synthtopia’s artist feature on Klaus Schulze, too!