X

• Artist: Klaus Schulze
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• Release Date: 1978
• Total Time: 116:41
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Each track on X or "Ten" (since it's Schulze's tenth release ) is titled after famous German personalities, but it's the provocative electronic music within the names that makes this one of his best albums. On this two-CD set, Schulze's sequencer is joined by electric guitar and drums, that pleasingly brings an earthy, simplistic feel into his pastiches. Still captivating and alluring with his multi- keyboard entourage, the tracks each exhibit a personality all their own. "Friedrich Nietzsche" is the most vibrant of all six, harboring a complex but attractive aura. The 24 minutes of this synthesized voyage involve imaginative sculpturing using both the Moog and Mellotron. Extreme washes of sturdy tones and pulses make up this wonderfully crafted track, one of Schulze's best. In the same manner, the rest of the album is pure electronic bombardment. With 12 different types of sequencers and synthesizers molded, merged, and fused together, the musical landscape created is overwhelming. On both the 29-minute "Ludwig II Von Bayern" and the equally lengthy "Heinrich Von Kleist," a foreign atmosphere is bred through the multitude of variable electronics, both of the guitar and keyboard type. As each track begins to take shape, the music is dissected and laid out, but not before it forms lasting images and intricately conveys mood. A true pioneer at his craft, Schulze's X is one of the more definitive albums of his career, since it's length and instrumental combinations make for a multifaceted electronic piece. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Friedrich Nietzsche	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(24:15)
George Trackl	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(5:23)
Frank Herbert	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(10:40)
Friedemann Bach	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(17:57)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ludwig II Von Bayern	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(28:30)
Heinrich Von Kleist	Klaus Schulze	Klaus Schulze	(29:27)

Credits

Klaus Schulze (Synthesizer), Klaus Schulze (Guitar), Klaus Schulze (Percussion), Klaus Schulze (Arranger), Klaus Schulze (Composer), Klaus Schulze (Cymbals), Klaus Schulze (Keyboards), Klaus Schulze (Tom-Tom), Klaus Schulze (Vocals), Klaus Schulze (Moog Synthesizer), Klaus Schulze (Producer), Klaus Schulze (Engineer), Klaus Schulze (Mellotron), Klaus Schulze (Main Performer), Klaus Schulze (Korg Synthesizer), Klaus Schulze (Sequencing), Klaus Schulze (Mixing), Klaus Schulze (Polymoog), Klaus Schulze (Mini Moog), Klaus Schulze (Arp Odyssey), Klaus Schulze (Sequencers), Harald Grosskopf (Drums), Harold Grasskopf (Percussion), Wolfgang Tiepold (Cello), Wolfgang Tiepold (Leader), Guido Harari (Photography), Nigel Molden (Executive Producer), Klaus D. Mueller (Coordination), Klaus D. Mueller (Art Direction), Klaus D. Mueller (Photography), Klaus D. Mueller (Concept), Klaus D. Mueller (Cover Design), Blanche (Photography)

See Sadat X Lyrics

• Active: '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Rap
• Instrument: Vocals, Producer
• Representative Albums: "Black October," "Wild Cowboys," "The State of New York Vs. Derek Murphy"

Biography

As a member of Brand Nubian, Sadat X (born Derek Murphy) was one of the key MCs who related messages inspired by the Five Percent Nation. Two years after Brand Nubian's third album, Everything Is Everything, he made his solo debut with Wild Cowboys, which built on his lyrical reputation on top of tough, jazz-inflected arrangements. The album, featuring production from Diamond D and Buckwild, was a solid solo debut that didn't quite scale the heights of his legacy with Brand Nubian. No Better Way, also released in 1996, improved on the debut and was produced by a cast that opened up to include da Beatminerz and Pete Rock. Sadat teamed back up with Brand Nubian for 1998's Foundation, but he didn't appear again as a solo artist until The State of New York vs. Derek Murphy, an EP released on Relativity in 2000. With a full-time job as a special-education teacher, it took five years before his next album, 2005's Experience & Education, was released, but 2006 saw another full-length, Black October, which was recorded while Sadat X awaited the possibility of prison time for carrying a loaded gun. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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