Klaus Schulze: Picture Music (1975)

Klaus Schulze - Picture Music

KS Canon 3

Track Listing:

1.	Totem	23:53
2.	Mental Door	23:02

Bonus Tracks:

3.

C'est pas la même chose

33:00

Rating: 5 Stars
Bonus Tracks: 5 Stars

This is Klaus Schulze's fourth solo album. If you're wondering why it's in the wrong place in the canon listing, please refer to my post about "Blackdance". I don't want to repeat myself.

This is Klaus Schulze's only solo album on which he plays drums. His drumming can be heard on the track "Mental Door".

The bonus track is an alternate version of "Totem", the first track. Presumably Klaus recorded it first, then realised it was too long to be released on an LP, so he edited it to fit. The original album version isn't just a trimmed version, it's been subtly remixed.

"Blackdance" received great publicity due to being published by the English label Virgin Records. "Picture Music" was only released on the German label Brain, making it less available in the 1970's. True fans could find it in specialist record shops that imported foreign albums.

There's something I should point out about my CD reviews. What I write about the music itself will be very limited. In my film reviews I often write a lot, but that's because I know how to write about films. I don't feel capable of reviewing music, i.e. things like the music structure. All I can say is whether I like it or not. If you want more detailed reviews of the music I suggest that you search on the Internet, where you'll find things written by much more capable writers than me. My intention in writing my "reviews" is just to share with my readers some information about a musician who has been a great part of my life for more than 40 years.

If, however, any of my readers wish to write something more detailed about the albums I've reviewed, please leave a comment and we can arrange something. I'm always happy when I meet someone who's able to help me with things that I can't do myself.

I've decided to use the American spelling synthesizer instead of the British equivalent synthesiser. This is because I consider "synthesizer" to be the proper name of a music instrument, so I shouldn't translate or transliterate it into British English.