Klaus Schulze - Crystal Lake (Complete)

The epic,'Crystal Lake' drifts into play at 29.15mins with its repetitive merry little music box style beginnings. Once again we step through six musical stages of development, (Xylotones/Chromewaves/Willow Dreams/Liquid Mirrors/Springdance & A Bientot). Again, no single stage being clearly definable as one part morphs into the next. The protracted crystalline sequence is boosted as a big Moog bass drops in to say hello, and consequently the whole composition shifts to follow the bass.

Lead synths move around the mix avoiding the other FX which come and go with remarkable ease. Things wind down slowly only to build again into a thick mix of both choral and synthesiser treatments with any further leads set well back in the soundfield. The closing stages display a sense of latent power buried within the track as a sequence surges forward that Schulze plays against expressively trying to tell us that musically he has more to say, more to play, but time and vinyl were obviously against him back in 1977 and it was curtain call on this one.
Review by Synth Music Direct.

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[echoes707]

excellent my friend you have a good taste on klaus Schulze**** 5555555

[RichieFZ]

@echoes707 Thanks..... Its one of the greatest Klaus tracks i think :-)

[NattyKatty77]

Красивая музыка)) Спасибо))

[RichieFZ]

@NattyKatty77 спасибо :-)

[LievenVP]

Together with 1975s "Timewind", "Mirage" from 1977 has always been one of my best loved LPs of electronic music... A winter landscape the inner notes say and indeed this is how it sounds... I am so glad that the full version is on Youtube. Over 30 years later and still addicted to it. I still hope someone will put the complete "Timewind" on as well! Thanks a lot!!!

[RichieFZ]

I have the 2CD version of Timewind, so i may put all 5 tracks up :-)

[pathworker2010]

perfect listening through good quality headphones, it just washes over you and transports you somewhere else completely...always been a favoured genre of music for me from an early age.

[DrOhm666]

Absolute masterpiece ! Thanks for sharing.

[jeejee1943]

sublime  !

[matthieujoly]

my all time favorite masterpiece from master Klais Schulze !! A neverending dream to listen to it!

[cyrillesebastien44]

Trop bien

[lacufd]

Great one!

[kirkbutler12]

I want this video on my e232 phone.

[chessrockwelll]

Einfach super...hör ich seit Anbeginn der Zeiten...

[LoKimLinProject]

@RichieFZ clasdl clkajdfl ljasdf ladf je asdlj

nice to see someone speaking my home language

[sonicattack77]

Blows me away everytime :0) Great visuals too! :0)

[jarane83]

le message de jarane83 c'est le peudo de ma copine, le créateur de l'oeuvre c'est de moi . fc.clarence pseudo claudio9711 à voir sur youtube fc.clarence voyage.

bizouge !!!!

[jarane83]

je suis fan depuis le début, je suis moi même clavier et par inspiration j'ai humblement composé un thème sur le même esprit . voir youtube fc.clarence voyage . Cordialement.