Klaus Schulze: Cyborg (1973)

Klaus Schulze - Cyborg

KS Canon 2

Track Listing CD 1:

1.	Synphära	22:45
2.	Conphära	25:44
3.	Chromengel	23:45

Track Listing CD 2:

1.

Neuronengesang

24:39

Bonus Tracks:

2.

But Beautiful

50:45

Rating: 5 Stars
Bonus Tracks: 3 Stars

This album was originally released as a double LP. In retrospect it can be seen as a stepping stone in Klaus Schulze's development towards the typical sound that we know from his sixth album (Moondawn) onwards. His main instrument is still an electronic organ, but he also uses a small synthesizer. Once more he uses recordings of an orchestra. Musically he's mixing the drones of his first album with more melodic tones.

The bonus track is a live recording from a concert in St. Michael's Cathedral in Brussels in 1977. The music is very good, but the recording quality is sub par.

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Klaus Schulze also appeared on three other albums in 1973.

Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn (1973)

Manuel Göttsching (guitar)
Hartmut Enke (bass guitar)
Klaus Schulze (drums and keyboards)
Rosi Müller (vocals)

Rating (4½ Stars)

This was Ash Ra Tempel's fourth album. The first side of the LP is high quality space rock. The second side is a beautiful electronic masterpiece which is spoilt by Rosi Müller's random vocals. It's interesting that Klaus is missing from the group photo and is only added in a separate photo as if he's an outsider.

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Walter Wegmüller - Tarot (1973)

Walter Wegmüller (vocals)
Manuel Göttsching (guitar)
Hartmut Enke (bass guitar)
Klaus Schulze (keyboards)
Jürgen Dollase (guitar)
Jerry Berkers (bass guitar)
Harald Großkopf (drums)
Walter Westrupp (various)

Rating: 3 Stars

This was released as a double LP with 22 tracks about the 22 Tarot cards. Different musicians appear on different tracks, so the musical quality varies. At the time I bought this LP I was studying the Tarot cards, so I could verify that the texts sung by Walter Wegmüller were in agreement with the standard teachings, even though they were too superficial to offer any instruction.

"Tarot" is no longer available. It was re-released on a double CD which I no longer have, because it was stolen by Thomas Kuzilla of Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

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Sergius Golowin - Lord Krishna von Goloka (1973)

Sergius Golowin (vocals)
Klaus Schulze (keyboards)
Jürgen Dollase (guitar)
Jerry Berkers (bass guitar)
Jörg Mierke (various)
Walter Westrupp (various)
Bernd Witthüser (various)

Rating: 4 Stars

This is an album of spiritual music singing the praises of Krishna. It's been re-released on CD. When I first heard it I greatly enjoyed it and listened to it often, but it's lost its appeal to me now. It's still available, but I don't feel inclined to buy it.