Farscape (album)

Farscape is the thirty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2008, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets (Silver Edition, Historic Edition, Jubilee Edition, Contemporary Works I, and Contemporary Works II), it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-eighth album. This is the first Schulze album with guest singer Lisa Gerrard.

Farscape
Studio album by
Klaus Schulze, Lisa Gerrard
Released4 July 2008 (2008-07-04)
RecordedSeptember–November 2007, in Hambühren
GenreElectronic music, space music
Length153:30
LabelSPV/Synthetic Symphony
ProducerKlaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Kontinuum
(2007)		 Farscape
(2008)		 Rheingold
(2008)
Lisa Gerrard chronology
The Silver Tree
(2006)		 Farscape
(2008)		 Rheingold
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Overview

Schulze explained the impetus for this album: "I have wanted to work with Lisa Gerrard since the days of Dead Can Dance, but I never had an opportunity for such a collaboration. It's also not so easy to reach her on the phone." Reciprocally, Gerrard said: "I know Klaus Schulze since Tangerine Dream. He is amazing, I mean, his work is sympathetic to a soul journey and has been for such a period of time."

Schulze prepared 300 minutes of music and scheduled 6 days with Gerrard for her to come to Hambühren: as Gerrard explained, "The important thing for me when I work with someone is that I go and listen to his music. All I did was go and improvise." The whole recording was actually done in two afternoons (on day 2 and 3) and half of the material was selected for the album. Schulze concluded, "Many people think good music has something to do with sweat and hard work, and it needs to last for months. However, my opinion is that if this is the case, the music is bad. Because if you are on the ball then you're just playing your best stuff."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze. All lyrics by Lisa Gerrard.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Liquid Coincidence 1"21:59
2."Liquid Coincidence 2"30:51
3."Liquid Coincidence 3"25:54
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Liquid Coincidence 4"18:18
2."Liquid Coincidence 5"18:48
3."Liquid Coincidence 6"24:02
4."Liquid Coincidence 7"13:38

Personnel
Musical
Technical
  • Voice recording – Tom Dams
Graphical
  • Cover, layout – Thomas Ewerhard
  • Photos – Christian Piednoir, Peter Fitt
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  • Farscape CD liner notes, SPV 92622 2CD
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