It was Summer 1983, at a time when there were still really good radio programmes. During a request show a record was played that fastinated me from the very start - The name of the record - "Stardancer II" - the name of the composer - Klaus Schulze. I didn't know anything about him at all. I thought he was just a "leftover" of the 'New German Wave' that had already faded. Yet even then I had the feeling that I'd found something. Something new, special, irrational.

The impression the music made remained with me. One after another I bought this musician's records and I was always fancisated by the effect they had on me. At the time I didn't know it, but I had stumbled upon the pioneer of "electronic music". So I was therefore lucky I could allow the music to have it's effect on me without any preconceptions by the famous name.

Although it's music that's almost entirely produced electronically, it's very emotional. It radiates many feelings and it's obvious that Klaus Schulze gets the same pleasure in composing the musicas I do in listening to it - if not much more.

I've done everything while listening to this music; read books, worked, revised for exams, written love letters - somehow there's something for every emotion. And yet I can't always listen to every piece of his music, it depends on my particular mood. Schulze's titles are like short stories without words - pure pictures of emotions. Portrayal of one's whole life with slow, gentle, and continous developments but also occasional abrupt changes.

Sometimes somebody asks me "Who is this Klaus Schulze that you've got to have all his CD's?". The answer is difficult. It's not possible to explain it in words - the essential part of the answer would be lost. And you can't just listen to a short snippet of his music either. You have to discover his music - you must be prepared to follow your emotions and not just your head. And you should be prepared for surprises.

During the 20 years or so that Klaus Schulze has produced his solo records, the technical oppotunities have changed greatly. His music has also changed, but much has stayed the same: his creativity, his desire to find something new - and above all the intensity of the feelings, which are to be found in his music. This remains despite all the new synthesizers and other such machines which have come onto the market during the time that he's been making records. On these 10 CD's this is made particularly clear. His music lives, it leads it's own secret life.

Lennart Koschella (Tubingen, August 1993)