Trancefer

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Trancefer is the fourteenth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1981. With the original total running time of 37 minutes and 23 second, it was the shortest album in Schulze's canon until the 2006 reissue doubled its running time. Trancefer features strong performances by Wolfgang Tiepold on cello and Michael Shrieve on percussion. Although it was his second album recorded with digital instrument, and has a great deal of treble, it is an example of the Berlin School genre which developed in the 1970. The second track, "Silent Running", was inspired by the science fiction film Silent Running starring Bruce Dern. Other works of science fiction awarded Schulze pieces were Dune (1979) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). Trancefer is quite distinctive in its sound and arrangement. It is quite different from what Schulze was doing in the 70's in the sense that it is not a composition that uses sequencer, transposition, and a main melody line. Trancefer is more syncopated, and here the main focus is put on the dialog between the percussions and the chords Schulze is playing on the Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer. It is interesting to note that the track "Opheylissem" on "Audentity "is reminiscent of "A Few Minutes After Trancefer". 1. "A Few Minutes After Trancefer" 18:20 2. "Silent Running" 18:57 Music composed and played by Klaus Schulze Percussion by Michael Shrieve Cello by Wolfgang Tiepold and by G.D.S. Digital Recording and Mix by Klaus Schulze Digital Cut by Klaus Schulze Back Cover Photos by Michael Weisser Produced 1981 by KLAUS SCHULZE ℗ © 1981 .

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