Dig It (Bonus Dvd) [Original recording remastered]

Klaus Schulze | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Revisited Records
• ASIN: B0007ZBG2Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,329 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Death Of Analogue 12:15

2. Weird Caravan 5:16

3. The Looper Isn’t A Hooker 8:30

4. Synthasy 22:53

5. Esoteric Goody 28:21 (bonus track)

Disc: 2

1. Stahlsinfonie (Symphony Of Steel) 62:22

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 1980, Dig It is Schulze’s first digital album, played and mixed entirely on computer. It garnered strange reception as the world was still recovering from disco and wasn’t ready for a new level of electronic music. Half a decade later, his sound was in fashion and dubbed "techno". This reissue contains a bonus track from the original session tapes, in addition to a DVD track of a live performance at the Ars Electronica in Austria - never before released!

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What Happened to Klaus Schultze?, October 17, 2005

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M. Detko "detkoralph" (Scarborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dig It (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

This album seems to be where KS changed. The tunes on previous albums were long and changed slowly over their long lengths. At this point he has started to use electronic drums, which is fine, except the beats remain static and he chooses one or two sounds to improvise with over the backdrop he creates. Unfortunately it can get monotonous. At the time I'm sure it was different but now it is somewhat lifeless. The earlier albums featuring analog equipment are similar and also tax your patience with their length and subtlety but sonically it was more pleasing to my ears. Mr S began to use live drums in some of his recordings but when the electronic drums began to permeate it got a little dull. Same thing happened to Jean-Michel Jarre after Magnetic Fields. I can't generate the same enthusiasm for the post-digital Schultze as for the acknowledged classic albums such as Timewind, Moondawn and Mirage.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Want to Be a Machine, December 31, 2005

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directions "neuralbuddhist" (Space Time Foam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dig It (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

I would like to focus my review on the bonus dvd. The actual cd, Digit is the start of Klaus Schulze's digital period (hence the title) and for many fans, including myself this is where they step off. That is why I didn't give it 5 stars. Buy it for the dvd! Okay its not really officially "industrial" music. However, Klaus Schulze playing live at a steel factory with the workers going through a day's work in the background is obviously a nod to the then burgeoning industrial movement. He plays on digital synths but then refocuses his energy and plays some music from "X" (one of his best albums) on his huge Moog set up. This is a television performance and the cross cutting can get a little annoying but when you see Klaus Schulze coaxing fascinating sounds out of the Moog, it makes everything worth it.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good CD, May 14, 2005

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Gandalf "Gandalf" (Bogota) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dig It (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

It's a good CD, not a Great one. It's a reflex od rhe second age in Schulze's music. If you like Klaus music, hear "Picture Music" or "Timewind" instead.