In Blue [Import]

Klaus Schulze | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Zyx Records
• ASIN: B0000073MX
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,118 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Into The Blue

2. Blowin' The Blues Away

3. Blue Moods

4. Wild & Blue

5. Out Of The Blue

6. Midnight Blue

7. Return Of The Temple

8. Blue Spirits

9. True Blue

10. Aubade

11. Kind Of Blue

12. Blue Hour

13. Serenade

Editorial Reviews

Klaus Schulze first attracted attention as a member of the German progressive rock band, Tangerine Dream. Following the release of their debut LP, Electronic Meditation, he departed for a solo career. Klaus' recorded work typically features extended pieces sometimes filling an entire album built around computer-generated synthesizers and other specially programmed electronic effects. Klaus Schulze remains a cult figure in the United States, where the bulk of his prolific output has until now been available only through the import bins. He is widely considered an avant-garde mainstay as well as a founding father of both the new-age space music and electronica genres.

Originally released in 1995, In Blue first saw the light of day as a double CD. Featuring Klaus’ old friend Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Temple) on guitar in both the studio setting and the bonus live recording. The Special Deluxe 3CD Edition of In Blue is housed in a stylish digipak with an enhanced booklet, including new liner notes and photos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Klaus Schulze in classic form, December 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: In Blue (Audio CD)

"In blue" was recorded at the end of December 1994 and features 3 long tracks (78, 44 and 33 minutes) of outstanding quality. On track 2 we hear a welcoming return of former Ash Ra Tempel colleague Manuel Göttsching featuring some excellent guitar work. This was the first album of Klaus Schulze recorded in the 90's that doesn't feature sampled noises or voices (like the infamous "you mean that's it"). It also pays some tribute to the music he recorded in the 70's ... He takes his time to slowly build atmospheres rather than combining different themes (like in the "Dome event"). If you have to take your 5 Schulze discs on an island, make sure "In blue" is one of them.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, June 6, 2005

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Boris Joselovich (NESHER Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Blue (Dlx) (Audio CD)

If you like Klaus Schulze of 70's - Timewind,Moondawn,Mirage,Body Love - this is your VERY CHOICE!The double disc is fantastic and this time with the bonus CD for a funny price.Don't miss it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A serious musician and composer, December 2, 2005

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Marius Cipolla - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Blue (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Schulze's work is often lumped in with the electronic trance offerings which pile up every month from infinitely less talented individuals, but to me he is much more than that.

I love his music. I find it energizing, stimulating, exciting, creative, unsettling -- the very opposite of so much synthesizer music from the past and the present. He deserves to be taken a lot more seriously, though he himself often seems to be content to be defined as producer of dance, chill-out and trance tracks for gilded youth. Yet the ghost of J.S. Bach can be seen dancing through these luminous passages.

Anyway, that apart, I only ever recommend music that I deeply enjoy and that I think others will enjoy, and "In Blue" is definitely a source of pleasure! Among my other favourites are the thrilling 2-part space fantasy "Trancefer" and the beautiful new album, "Moonlake."

Highly recommended to everybody who loves exciting music.