Many artists, from Brian Eno to David Bowie, via Damon Albarn and Kanye West, have claimed his inheritance.
Le Monde with AFP
Pioneer of German electronic music, inspiration of many musicians, Klaus Schulze, died at the age of 74, announced, on Thursday, April 28, his son on Facebook. He died Tuesday, in a “sudden and unexpected” although he was fighting against a disease, writes Maximilian Schulze on Facebook .
Born August 4, 1947 in Berlin, Schulze is considered one of the founding fathers of German electronic music, whose influence can be detected on a quantity of contemporary recordings.
classic electronic music
In the 1970s, this 2 -meter colossus is one of the main ambassadors of hovering rock, sharing the scene with Mike Oldfield or the English group Pink Floyd. It is a time member of the German Krautrock group Tangerine Dreams.
guitarist, then drummer, he rubbed all the exercises: film music, diverted interpretation of themes from the classical repertoire, and even the production of varieties stars (the German group Alphaville). His songs, which could exceed thirty minutes, have become classics of electronic music.
Many artists, from Brian Eno to David Bowie, via Damon Albarn and Kanye West, have claimed his inheritance.