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Schulze, Klaus

LC control no.n 82102317
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Personal name headingSchulze, Klaus
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Variant(s)Wahnfried, Klaus Schulze
See alsoAlternate identity: Wahnfried, Richard
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Corporate body: Tangerine Dream (Musical group)
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Founded corporate body: Ash Ra Tempel (Musical group)
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Associated countryGermany
Birth date1947-08-04
Death date2022-04-26
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityElectronic music Krautrock (Music)
Profession or occupationComposers Rock musicians Drummers Bass guitarists Guitarists
Found inHis Irrlicht [SR] c1976: labels (Klaus Schulze)
Klaus Schulze, 1986: p. 55, etc. (b. 8/4/1947 in Berlin; electronic music composer)
Trancelation, 2019: label (Klaus Schulze Wahnfried)
Klaus Schulze WWW site, February 10, 2016 (Klaus Schulze; born August 4, 1947, Berlin; played drums/bass/guitar with various rock bands in the 1960s; member of Tangerine Dream, 1969; founded Ash Ra Tempel in 1970; electronic music soloist from 1971)
Oxford music online, February 10, 2016: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Schulze, Klaus; born August 4, 1947, Berlin, Germany. Schulze is one of the fathers of modern electronic music. Originally a drummer, he joined Krautrock unit Tangerine Dream in 1969 and played on their debut album before leaving to form Ash Ra Tempel with Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke. After participating in the recording of this band's self-titled debut, Schulze left to embark on a solo career. Occasionally, from 1979, Schulze used the moniker Richard Wahnfried, and then Wahnfried, to release several more "mainstream" albums: as Richard Wahnfried: Time actor (IC, 1979); Tonwelle (IC, 1981); Megatone (Inteam, 1984); Miditation (Inteam, 1986); as Wahnfried: Trancelation (ZYX, 1994); Trance appeal (Metronome, 1996); Drums 'n' balls (the gancha dub) (Metronome, 1997))
Wikipedia, April 29, 2022 (Klaus Schulze; born August 4, 1947, Berlin, Germany; died April 26, 2022; German electronic music pioneer, composer, and musician; also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was briefly a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career)