I've been listening to electronic music for over 15 years - and obviously Klaus Schulze's music in particular. I first heard it in the 1970's and it immediately fasinated me. Some of the photos on the record sleeves of the technical equipment (when at the time meant nothing to me) made me really curious.

I saw klaus live many times in concert in Berlin but above all in Dresden. The concert there in August 1989 was an event that has particularly lasting memories for me. I was there as a roadie with Bernd Kistenmacher; the whole adventure started when we were travelling with all our instrumentation into the East Germany. However it wasn't only the incidents from the journey that stayed in my mind - it was meeting Klaus Schulze - the musician and the man.

This was the meeting of two generations of musicians who had agreed together to make synthesizers their tools. Despite the chaos that's only natural during all the preparations for such a giant concert there were moments when we were all overcome by the sheer fun and pleasure of the event. Finally about 7000 members of the public celebrated Klaus Schulze's birthday with him - he was visibly moved.

It was only after I'd met Klaus and experienced his music live that I found I could fully appreciate it. Today even though his music has changed, I still understand the WHY Klaus Schulze's music is a lasting process. It has gradually been improved by the changing technology that has affected his instuments since the early years. I am therefore still excited today to know that Klaus's music will be around in the future, and to wonder what it will be like.

Mario Schonwalder (Berlin, 26 August 1993)