Search - Klaus Schulze :: Beyond Recall

Uninspired

James Schulze | 12/30/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Another entry in Schulze's unfortunate canon from the 80's and early 90's. Though there were signs that things were improving around this period (the Dome Event had some good moments), this album comes across as downright cheesy. The synthesizers are all digital presets that seem to have been fed through the same cold reverb setting, and it completely lacks the gracefulness and atmosphere of his early recordings. Listeners familiar will Schulze's masterpieces like Moondawn and Picture Music will be very dissapointed."

Really three and a half stars

Mike McAuley | Toronto, Canada | 09/28/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I would have gave this album, Klaus's most inspired and mature work in a decade, five stars if it weren't for a couple of things. One I'd already heard the Live Festival Hall CD's which were exactly the same only live and wilder and two the track Brave old Sequence, which is Chrystal lake from Mirage redune ad nasea (been there loved it but not again thanks!). Klaus finally stumbled onto a new direction with Beyond Recall and its sound effects and samples are very new for him and modern. He carried this style forward with three more albums, Live Festival Hall Vol. 1 & 2 and The Dome Event. Not the seventies but a great step forward in modern synth music."

Good disc for newbies

Mike McAuley | 01/29/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A bit new-agey but a nice way to introduce anyone unfamiliar with KS, and a refreshing break from the often dark & brooding works. "Hard core" electronica fans looking for more challenging, oblique works would be better off with AUDENTITY, IRRLICHT and X."