Klaus Schulze, the pioneering German electronic musician who helped shape the genre with both krautrock giants and Tangerine Dream alongside a prolific solo career, has died at the age of 74.
“We were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Klaus Schulze’s sudden death,” his rep Frank Uhle added in a statement. “We lose and will miss a good personal friend – one of the most influential and important composers of electronic music – a man of conviction and an exceptional artist… His always cheerful nature, his innovative spirit and his impressive body of work remain indelibly rooted in our memories.
Over a career that spanned more than 50 years and 60 albums, Schulze played an integral role in the musical movement that spawned krautrock as well as the revolutionary “Berlin School” electronic music scene that was the forerunner for ambient, new age and space rock genres.Electronic Meditation — before he departed to co-found his own group, the influential Krautrock outfit Ash-Ra Tempel alongside fellow pioneer Manuel Göttsching.
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