Richard Wahnfried

Encyclopedia : R : RI : RIC : Richard Wahnfried

Richard Wahnfried, then simply Wahnfried after 1993, is the long-time and only real alias for German electronic art music composer and musician Klaus Schulze – originally a pseudonym, later an official side-project name. Seven albums were released under this name between 1979 and 1997.

Contents

1 Overview
2 Discography
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
5 See also
6 External links

Overview

The main characteristics of the Wahnfried albums (as opposed to Schulze's regular works) are:

Often being oriented towards more mainstream genres (some would say "more commercial"), such as rock and synth rock, dance, techno and trance.

Always allowing for collaborative and less electronic albums, with known or unknown guest musicians performing along Schulze's synths.

The pseudonym's etymology stems from Schulze's love for Richard Wagner:

Richard, evidently from Wagner's first name.

Wahnfried ("Peace from delusion and/or madness", in German), from the name Wagner gave to his villa in Bayreuth (and where he was later buried).

In his 1975 album Timewind (four years before the first alias use), Schulze had already named a track "Wahnfried 1883" (in reference to Wagner's death and burial in his Wahnfried's garden in 1883). After 1993, the albums are simply credited to "Wahnfried", and namedrop Schulze ("featuring Klaus Schulze", "Produced by Klaus Schulze").

"Wahnfried" is the only known alias of Schulze (albeit on the 1998 Tribute To Klaus Schulze album, among 10 other artists, Schulze contributed one track barely hidden behind the "Schulzendorfer Groove Orchester" pseudonym).

Discography

(1979) Time Actor
(1981) Tonwelle
(1984) Megatone
(1986) Miditation
(1994) Trancelation
(1996) Trance Appeal
(1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)

Track listing

(1979) Time Actor

(08:58) "Time Actor"
(10:39) "Time Factory"
(04:48) "Charming The Wind"
(04:08) "Grandma's Clockwork"
(05:29) "Distorted Emission 1"
(15:02) "The Silent Sound Of The Ground"
(08:20) "Time Echoes"

(1981) Tonwelle

(17:05) "Schwung"
(18:20) "Druck"

(1984) Megatone

(14:15) "Angry Young Boys"
(08:45) "Agamemory"
(20:22) "Rich Meets Max"

(1986) Miditation

(25:33) "Miditation"
(29:28) "Midiaction"

(1994) Trancelation

(04:49) "Intrance"
(05:56) "Future World"
(04:22) "I Like To Do Something For You"
(04:13) "Crazy About"
(08:23) "Abyss"
(05:04) "Mental Atmosphere"
(04:06) "Wahnfried's Dream"
(12:15) "Future World 2"
(04:54) "Transistor Radio"
(03:52) "Duel"
(05:42) "Oriental 1"
(06:20) "Oriental 2"
(04:14) "The End - Someday"

(1996) Trance Appeal

(03:40) "Suspense"
(05:43) "Bizarre"
(04:06) "Rubbish"
(08:50) "Angel Heart"
(03:43) "So what?"
(04:06) "Towarisch"
(02:20) "Das Mädchen mag es"
(09:34) "A Chilly Fiesta"
(08:37) "Esprit sans Frontières"
(09:00) "Psychedelic Clubbing"
(03:02) "Le Sleep des Animaux"

(1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub)

(15:29) "Drums'n'Balls"
(12:21) "Percussy"
(15:24) "House of India"
(13:44) "Bass of Orion"

Personnel

(1979) Time Actor: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * Arthur Brown - vocals (1970s shock/prog rocker); * Vincent Crane - keyboards (ex Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster); * Wolfgang Tiepold - cello; * Michael Shrieve - percussion (Santana drummer)

(1981) Tonwelle: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * Manuel Göttsching - guitar (Ash Ra Tempel); * "Karl Wahnfried" - guitar (unrevealed guest); * Michael Shrieve - drums (Santana drummer); * Michael Garvens - vocals

(1984) Megatone: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * Michael Garvens - voice; * Olduer Madchenchor - voice; * Axel-Glenn Müller - saxophone; * Ulli Schober - drums; * Michael Shrieve - percussion (Santana drummer); * Harald Katzsch (guitar)

(1986) Miditation: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * Steve Jolliffe - flute (ex Tangerine Dream)

(1994) Trancelation: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * U. W. Überschall - sampling; * Georg Stettner - keyboards

(1996) Trance Appeal: * Klaus Schulze - synths; * Jörg Schaaf - keyboards

(1997) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub): * Klaus Schulze - keys, computer, recording, mix; * Joe "Dum Dum" Loevenstone - ritual percussion; * Sloto Olatunye - sirophone, melomanica, bubble drum; * Katarina Nevaseynewa - singing voice; * Venus "Fretless" Dupond - bass

External links

[Klaus-Schulze.com's official Wahnfried discog]