X (Klaus Schulze album)

X
Studio album by Klaus Schulze
Released September 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Electronic music, Space music, Trance music, Classical
Length 137:56 (original)
159:28 (reissue)
Label Brain
Producer Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Body Love
Vol. 2

(1977)
X
(1978)
Dune
(1979)
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X is the tenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1978, and in 2005 was the fifth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records.

On X Schulze attempted to execute a concept album of six "musical biographies" evoking contemporary or historical intellectuals with an influence on Schulze: Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Trakl, Frank Herbert, Friedemann Bach, Ludwig II. von Bayern, and Heinrich von Kleist. The work is from the classic era of Berlin School.

For two of the tracks, "Friedemann Bach" and "Ludwig II. von Bayern" (as well as the first few minutes of "Heinrich von Kleist") Schulze recorded a modest string orchestra and looped them on tape. He had done this in 1972 on his first solo album, Irrlicht, but this time he did not filter the orchestra beyond recognition. The mixture of classical music and unearthly electronic sounds gives X a much more organic sound than anything Schulze's contemporaries were doing at the time, such as Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe. On following releases Schulze employed a cello, particularly on Dune.

"Objet d'Louis", the bonus track on the 2005 reissue, is a live version of "Ludwig II. von Bayern".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

Disc 1

No. Title Note Length
1. "Friedrich Nietzsche"   on original release 24:50
2. "Georg Trakl"   on original release (5:25 in length) 26:04
3. "Frank Herbert"   on original release 10:51
4. "Friedemann Bach"   on original release 18:00

Disc 2

No. Title Note Length
1. "Ludwig II. von Bayern"   on original release 28:39
2. "Heinrich von Kleist"   on original release 29:32
3. "Objet d'Louis"   reissue bonus track 21:32

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