Klaus Schulze and Australian singer
Lisa Gerrard (formerly of
Dead Can Dance) proved to be an appealing combination on their studio recording
Farscape, and they also work well together on
Rheingold: Live at the Loreley.
Gerrard
doesn't appear on all of this release's moody, hypnotic material, but
when she is featured, her performances add a lot to this two-DVD set --
which is a live album more than anything. All of DVD one is devoted to a
July 18, 2008 concert in St. Goarshausen, Germany, while DVD two
contains the 65-minute documentary "The Real World of Klaus Schulze" and
a 55-minute interview (the interviewer is singer/guitarist
Steven Wilson, a member of the British progressive rock band
Porcupine Tree).
Schulze's hardcore fans will appreciate the documentary and the interview (
Wilson discusses, among other things, the contributions and influence of
Tangerine Dream), but the concert in St. Goarshausen is
Rheingold's main attraction -- and
Schulze is in very good form on the songs that feature
Gerrard
(the 14-minute "Wellgunde" and the 39-minute "Loreley") as well as the
instrumentals that don't ("Nothung," "Wotan," and the 24-minute opener
"Alberich"). Some viewers may argue that some of the performances drag
on longer than they need to and ask, "Did "Loreley" really need to last
39 minutes, and did "Alberich" really need to last 24 minutes?" But
considering that
Schulze's creativity is at a high level, one can easily live with his excesses (or perhaps even find them enjoyable). Overall,
Schulze had a creatively successful night in St. Goarshausen, and the presence of
Gerrard on some of the performances is a definite plus.(
forrás)
Gyönyörűséges,
szóval lazítsatok,
nyugodt és jól megszerkesztett zeneszám,
benne Shulze gyomrot remegtető mély basszusaival,
jókor beívelt hang effektusokkal
...igazi dallam Kánaán...,
simán kitakarítja a lelket,
csak andalogjatok zenéjével.
