''Audentity'' is the fifteenth album by

Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers ...

. It was originally released in 1983, and in 2005 was the eleventh Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. The reissue of ''Audentity'' is one of two examples of a Klaus Schulze reissue that changes the original order of the tracks (the other being '' Das Wagner Desaster Live'').

Overview

As with Schulze's previous recording, '' Trancefer'', ''Audentity'' is also heavily reliant on sequencers, but is less harsh in style. This is particularly evident in the tracks "Cellistica" and "Spielglocken". However, the heavy reliance on sequenced sound is not the case for all the tracks, and indeed "Sebastian im Traum" hints towards the operatic style of some of Schulze's much later works (like ''

Totentag ''Totentag'' is an electronic opera and the twenty-ninth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1994; its libretto is inspired by the last days of the expressionist poet Georg Trakl Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November ...

''). "Sebastian im Traum", named after a poetry book of

Georg Trakl Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem " Grodek", which he wr ...

, also contains a brief musical sequence that can be heard in the

Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films ''Thief'' (1981), ' ...

1986 film '' Manhunter''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze. Disc 1 Disc 2

Personnel

*Klaus Schulze – Computer and keys, program *Rainer Bloss – Sounds, Glockenspiel *Michael Shrieve – EEH Computer, Simmons percussion *Wolfgang Tiepold – Cello

References

External links

''Audentity''
at the official site of Klaus Schulze * {{Authority control Klaus Schulze albums 1983 albums