Cosmic Jokers
The Cosmic Jokers were never a band. In 1973 the producer Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and his partner Gille Lettmann, who ran the Ohr and Kosmische Kuriere labels, gathered Manuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze, Jürgen Dollase, Harald Grosskopf and the engineer Dieter Dierks for a series of long, free sessions in Dierks's studio, with the idea of a virtual musical tribe expanding the world's consciousness. Kaiser then cut the tapes into albums and released them without the musicians' consent, which ended in lawsuits and the collapse of his labels.
The Cosmic Jokers were never a band. In 1973 the producer Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and his partner Gille Lettmann, who ran the Ohr and Kosmische Kuriere labels, gathered Manuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze, Jürgen Dollase, Harald Grosskopf and the engineer Dieter Dierks for a series of long, free sessions in Dierks's studio, with the idea of a virtual musical tribe expanding the world's consciousness. Kaiser then cut the tapes into albums and released them without the musicians' consent, which ended in lawsuits and the collapse of his labels.
Members: Klaus Schulze
Irrlicht (LP)
Late 1970's re-issue on Brain of the astonishing and ground-breaking debut album of beautiful experimental cosmic music originally released in 1972. A masterpiece on the NWW list.
Irrlicht (LP)
Late 1970's re-issue on Brain of the astonishing and ground-breaking debut album of beautiful experimental cosmic music originally released in 1972. A masterpiece on the NWW list.
Cyborg (2LP)
Original first edition on Ohr / Kosmische Musik of the astonishing and ground-breaking second double-album of beautiful experimental cosmic music originally released in 1973. A masterpiece on the NWW list.
Cyborg (2LP)
Late 1970's re-issue on Brain of the astonishing and ground-breaking second double-album of beautiful experimental cosmic music originally released in 1973. A masterpiece on the NWW list.
Blackdance (LP)
Late 1970's Italian edition on Ricordi's "Orizzonte" series of the 1974 classic of German cosmic synthesizer music of the Berlin School. NWW list.
X (2LP)
Original edition on Brain of the colossal 1978 double album of overwhelming "orchestral" synthesizer music by the Berlin school master. NWW list.
Dziękuję Poland (Live '83) (2LP)
Original 1983 double album on the composer's own Innovative Communication label, recorded live in Poland with the collaboration of Rainer Bloss presenting re-worked/improvised interpretations of material from Audentity and X.
Body Love
The origins of "Body Love" are quite funny. I received a call from a movie producer named Manfred Menz and I wound up becoming his principal composer for a period of time. Amongst others, I composed the “Barracuda” soundtrack for him [1978, previousl…
In Blue
When "In Blue" was released in 1995, many fans thought that this was the most typical Klaus Schulze record for a long time. They were probably right because Klaus did the songs a little bit with the fans in mind for whom the sounds of the previous al…
Tarot
* 2 CDs * Remastered by Dierks/Flüchter. Walter Wegmüller (1937 - 2020) was a Swiss-Jenish artist who grew up in difficult circumstances in Bern. After training in Basel, Bern, Paris and London, he began his artistic career. In addition to painting a…
Gilles Zeitschiff 2
CD Edition. Re-release of the original 1974 album by "Timothy Leary!" -- That was "Sternenmädchen" Gille Lettmann's almost breathed closing words on the 1974 album Gilles Zeitschiff, Vol. 1 . That same year, the Cosmic Crew Gille, Dieter Dierks, Jürg…
Tarot / The Cosmic Jokers / Galactic Supermarket / Planeten Sit-In / Sci Fi Party / Gilles Zeitschiff
This bundle includes the following LPs:Walter Wegmüller "Tarot" (2LP, 1973)The Cosmic Jokers "The Cosmic Jokers" (LP, 1974)The Cosmic Jokers "Galactic Supermarket" (LP, 1974)The Cosmic Jokers "Planeten Sit-In" (LP, 1974)The Cosmic Jokers "Sci Fi Part…
Gilles Zeitschiff
180g, black vinyl. Carefully transferred and remastered from the original analogue master tapes by HaGü Schmitz at Dierks Studios in Pulheim-Stommeln in 2022. Re-release of the original 1974 album by Gille Lettmann aka Sternenmädchen / Star Maiden. L…
Planeten Sit-In
The compilations Planeten Sit-In and Sci Fi Party, both originally released in 1974, are a contemporary document of the legendary jam sessions of the Cosmic Jokers. Under a conceptual mantle, the recordings were brought to a young audience. Among the…
Sci Fi Party
LP version. 180g, black vinyl. Carefully transferred and remastered from the original analogue master tapes. The compilations Planeten Sit-In and Sci Fi Party, both originally released in 1974, are a contemporary document of the legendary jam session…
Mirage 2017 Remastered
*Issued in gatefold digipak with clear tray and 16-page booklet.* 'In the long run, this album will establish Klaus Schulze as an outstanding composer of electronic music', said the reviewer of Record World back in 1977 when he heard Mirage. Mirage i…
X 2017 Remastered
*Released in 6-panel Digipak. Includes a 24-page booklet.* This re-release has some little differences from the formerly available CD version. The former CD of "X." was altered in sound and some tracks were a bit shorter as on the original vinyl albu…
Picture Music 2017 Remastered
*The CD re-release includes the 33-minute bonus track "C'est Pas La Meme Chose" as well as a 16-page booklet.* "Picture Music" is Klaus Schulze's fourth studio album. It contains two tracks, "Totem" and "Mental Door", which were recorded towards the …
Moondawn 2017 Remastered
With "Big Moog" and Harald Grosskopf on drums: The cult album from 1976. For many fans of cosmic music from Germany, Schulze's sixth album "Moondawn", originally released in 1976, is considered a highlight in the musician's oeuvre, which is not exact…
Timewind
*Released in 6-panel Digipak. Includes a 16-page booklet.* Award-winning Wagner homage from 1975 – the hour of birth of "classical Schulze". With the two titles "Bayreuth Return" and "Wahnfried 1883", Klaus Schulze clearly dedicated his fifth album t…