New release of tthe rare and in many respects remarkable Klaus Schulze vs. Solar Moon System Album “Docking” (originally released in the year 2000 strictly limited and long exhausted wooden 10CD-Box “Contemporary Works”, advanced with extensive unreleased unpublished material from the recording sessions of Klaus Schulze with Tom Dams’ Solar Moon System. This 2CD Album became an “Ultimate Docking” definitely.
It was a surprise when Klaus Schulze called out of the blue some late night in year Y2K Solar Moon System. A few days later they met Klaus in his infamous recording studio somewhere in the woods of northern Germany. After talking and “vibing” for hours, they started to initiate the “docking sequence” by putting on one of the typical Solar Moon System beats in a loop. Klaus joined in with one of his beloved Moogs.
“Let the rain come” in its original version consists mainly of first take improvisation. Tom’s vocal track recording right after they laid down that loop was also first take - and they decided to keep it.
“You get what you deserve” was basically created in the same way, as was “Strong”.
If you imagine sitting in KS’s recording studio during early hours, floating away on a carpet of trademark sounds in the middle of deep forest, you can probably envision the sheer enjoyment and yet at the same time meditative calm that was inhabiting this docking sequence. At that point in time, we were a band within our own solar moon system, and he was (and is) this monolith travelling in his very own universe… yet the space rendezvous as well as the docking process came effortless and with no holding back from either side.
The most intense yet easiest session of all was definitely “Sugar mode”. While the other songs were mostly recorded at night, “Sugar mode....... more
New release of tthe rare and in many respects remarkable Klaus Schulze vs. Solar Moon System Album “Docking” (originally released in the year 2000 strictly limited and long exhausted wooden 10CD-Box “Contemporary Works”, advanced with extensive unreleased unpublished material from the recording sessions of Klaus Schulze with Tom Dams’ Solar Moon System. This 2CD Album became an “Ultimate Docking” definitely.
It was a surprise when Klaus Schulze called out of the blue some late night in year Y2K Solar Moon System. A few days later they met Klaus in his infamous recording studio somewhere in the woods of northern Germany. After talking and “vibing” for hours, they started to initiate the “docking sequence” by putting on one of the typical Solar Moon System beats in a loop. Klaus joined in with one of his beloved Moogs.
“Let the rain come” in its original version consists mainly of first take improvisation. Tom’s vocal track recording right after they laid down that loop was also first take - and they decided to keep it.
“You get what you deserve” was basically created in the same way, as was “Strong”.
If you imagine sitting in KS’s recording studio during early hours, floating away on a carpet of trademark sounds in the middle of deep forest, you can probably envision the sheer enjoyment and yet at the same time meditative calm that was inhabiting this docking sequence. At that point in time, we were a band within our own solar moon system, and he was (and is) this monolith travelling in his very own universe… yet the space rendezvous as well as the docking process came effortless and with no holding back from either side.
The most intense yet easiest session of all was definitely “Sugar mode”. While the other songs were mostly recorded at night, “Sugar mode....... more