Richard Wahnfried, then simply Wahnfried after 1993, is the long-time and only real alias for German electronic art music composer and musician Klaus Schulze – originally a pseudonym, later an official side-project name. Seven albums were released under this name between 1979 and 1997. Electronic music has existed, in various forms, for more than a century. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers. ... Klaus Schulze is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ... In popular music, a side-project is a project undertaken by one (or several) person already known for their involvement in another band. ...

Overview

The main characteristics of the Wahnfried albums (as opposed to Schulze's regular works) are:

• Often being oriented towards more mainstream genres (some would say "more commercial"), such as rock and synth rock, dance, techno and trance.

• Always allowing for collaborative and less electronic albums, with known or unknown guest musicians performing along Schulze's synths.

The pseudonym's etymology stems from Schulze's love for Richard Wagner: Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Synthpop. ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ...

• Richard, evidently from Wagner's first name.

• Wahnfried ("Peace from delusion and/or madness", in German), from the name Wagner gave to his villa in Bayreuth (and where he was later buried).

In his 1975 album Timewind (four years before the first alias use), Schulze had already named a track "Wahnfried 1883" (in reference to Wagner's death and burial in his Wahnfried's garden in 1883). After 1993, the albums are simply credited to "Wahnfried", and namedrop Schulze ("featuring Klaus Schulze", "Produced by Klaus Schulze"). Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Bayreuth [pronounced by-royt] is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. ...

"Wahnfried" is the only known alias of Schulze (albeit on the 1998 Tribute To Klaus Schulze album, among 10 other artists, Schulze contributed one track barely hidden behind the "Schulzendorfer Groove Orchester" pseudonym).

Discography

• (1979) Time Actor
• (1981) Tonwelle
• (1984) Megatone
• (1986) Miditation
• (1994) Trancelation
• (1996) Trance Appeal
• (1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)

Track listing

(1979) Time Actor

1. (08:58) "Time Actor"
2. (10:39) "Time Factory"
3. (04:48) "Charming The Wind"
4. (04:08) "Grandma's Clockwork"
5. (05:29) "Distorted Emission 1"
6. (15:02) "The Silent Sound Of The Ground"
7. (08:20) "Time Echoes"

(1981) Tonwelle

1. (17:05) "Schwung"
2. (18:20) "Druck"

(1984) Megatone

1. (14:15) "Angry Young Boys"
2. (08:45) "Agamemory"
3. (20:22) "Rich Meets Max"

(1986) Miditation

1. (25:33) "Miditation"
2. (29:28) "Midiaction"

(1994) Trancelation

1. (04:49) "Intrance"
2. (05:56) "Future World"
3. (04:22) "I Like To Do Something For You"
4. (04:13) "Crazy About"
5. (08:23) "Abyss"
6. (05:04) "Mental Atmosphere"
7. (04:06) "Wahnfried's Dream"
8. (12:15) "Future World 2"
9. (04:54) "Transistor Radio"
10. (03:52) "Duel"
11. (05:42) "Oriental 1"
12. (06:20) "Oriental 2"
13. (04:14) "The End - Someday"

(1996) Trance Appeal

1. (03:40) "Suspense"
2. (05:43) "Bizarre"
3. (04:06) "Rubbish"
4. (08:50) "Angel Heart"
5. (03:43) "So what?"
6. (04:06) "Towarisch"
7. (02:20) "Das Mädchen mag es"
8. (09:34) "A Chilly Fiesta"
9. (08:37) "Esprit sans Frontières"
10. (09:00) "Psychedelic Clubbing"
11. (03:02) "Le Sleep des Animaux"

(1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)

1. (15:29) "Drums'n'Balls"
2. (12:21) "Percussy"
3. (15:24) "House of India"
4. (13:44) "Bass of Orion"

Personnel

(1979) Time Actor

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• Arthur Brown - vocals (1970s shock/prog rocker)
• Vincent Crane - keyboards (ex Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster)
• Wolfgang Tiepold - cello
• Michael Shrieve - percussion (Santana drummer)

(1981) Tonwelle

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• Manuel Göttsching - guitar (Ash Ra Tempel)
• "Karl Wahnfried" - guitar (unrevealed guest)
• Michael Shrieve - drums (Santana drummer)
• Michael Garvens - vocals

(1984) Megatone

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• Michael Garvens - voice
• Olduer Madchenchor - voice
• Axel-Glenn Müller - saxophone
• Ulli Schober - drums
• Michael Shrieve - percussion (Santana drummer)
• Harald Katzsch (guitar)

(1986) Miditation

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• Steve Jolliffe - flute (ex Tangerine Dream)

(1994) Trancelation

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• U. W. Überschall - sampling
• Georg Stettner - keyboards

(1996) Trance Appeal

• Klaus Schulze - synths
• Jörg Schaaf - keyboards

(1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)

• Klaus Schulze - keys, computer, recording, mix
• Joe "Dum Dum" Loevenstone - ritual percussion
• Sloto Olatunye - sirophone, melomanica, bubble drum
• Katarina Nevaseynewa - singing voice
• Venus "Fretless" Dupond - bass

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See also

Klaus Schulze - Main biography and discography. Klaus Schulze is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ...

External links

• Klaus-Schulze.com's official Wahnfried discog