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ARTiST....: klaus schulze & lisa gerrard
TiTLE.....: farscape
LABEL.....: SPV
GENRE.....: electronic
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 200,9 MB
REL.DATE..: jun-16-2008
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] farscape i
]
01] liquid coincidence 1 22:03
02] liquid coincidence 2 30:56
03] liquid coincidence 3 25:54
]
] farscape ii
]
01] liquid coincidence 4 18:24
02] liquid coincidence 5 18:53
03] liquid coincidence 6 24:07
04] liquid coincidence 7 13:38
TOTAL TiME : 153:55 min
On August 4, 2007, Klaus Schulze celebrated his
60th birthday. Most electronica providers of 2007
and 2008 were not as old as Schulze, but then,
Schulze is someone who--like Brian Eno and
Kraftwerk--was using synthesizers before they were
truly in vogue and before many of today's
electronica artists were even born. Thankfully,
Schulze hasn't run out of ideas after all these
years, and on Farscape, he fulfills a long-time
ambition: collaborating with Australian singer
Lisa Gerrard (of Dead Can Dance fame). This two-CD
set is best described as an extended piece that
lasts 153 minutes; that piece, which is titled
"Liquid Coincidence," is broken down into seven
parts. Schulze handles the electronic programming
on this 2008 release, while Gerrard provides all
of the vocals--and all seven parts of "Liquid
Coincidence" have a floating, airy, atmospheric
quality. Some listeners might find "Liquid
Coincidence" to be overly repetitive and argue
that the piece drags on too long, but to complain
that "Liquid Coincidence" is repetitious sort of
misses the point. Farscape is not about showing
Schulze's diversity; it is about mood, atmosphere
and ambiance. Schulze is going for musical
hypnosis, and Gerrard's haunting performances help
him to achieve that. Yes, "Liquid Coincidence" is
repetitive; it was meant to be, and it is
repetitive in a good way. Together, Schulze and
Gerrard create a hauntingly attractive mood, and
the fact that they maintain that mood for 153
minutes is a plus rather than a minus. That said,
Farscape is not among Schulze's essential albums,
and Gerrard's performances don't quite rise to the
level of her best work with Dead Can Dance.
Buy me if you love me :)