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Der meistgehörte Satz in Kultur-Sendungen ist der mit dem eingeschränkten Superlativ:
"[XYZ; meist völlig unbekannt] gilt als einer der bekanntesten [Beruf/Tätigkeit]..."

Eine stilvolle Bildgeschichte von Katz & Goldt über die schreibende Zunft, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Vertreter von Plappermedien.

Am Mittwoch, den 8. Juni ist war Mark Eins bei Olaf Zimmermanns 'Elektro Beats' im RADIO EINS zu Gast. Die vor 35 & 36 Jahren von uns produzierten und veröffentlichten DIN A TESTBILD-Alben wurden gerade auf Vinyl wiederveröffentlicht.
Dieses Radio-Interview kann man natürlich auch später auf der Website von RADIO EINS hören.

"Once you know how to push people’s buttons, you can play them like a piano."

(...explained by Google's "Design Ethicist", a stage magician(!), 2016)

Hier wieder mal ein neuer Artikel über alte Zeiten. Wie so häufig & nicht nur im SPIEGEL ist nicht alles so ganz korrekt beschrieben (*). Ist ja auch schon lange her.
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(*) Tangerine Dream mit KS am Schlagzeug spielten eben keinen "polternden Blues-Rock", wie all die vielen anderen Bands zu der Zeit. Der Schreiber hat offenbar T.D. damals - 1969 - nie gehört. Zu jung?

For non-Germans:
Eberhard Panne was the sound engineer of the Panne-Paulsen Studio, where KS has recorded five of his solo albums in the seventies (from Moondawn to "X").
Some days ago Ebbi (as KS liked to call him) has told me that he had given an interview recently and it can be seen in the net. I don't know why the announcer likes to speak English; Eberhard at least, he speaks fully in German. It's worth to listen to him from minute 22 on.
Again for the non-Germans, let me translate a very short part of Eberhard's memories:

"At the university (circa 1961) we students all laughed uproariously when we were told that synthesizers can do music. This will never work!
And then, 15 years later, exactly this did happen. Klaus Schulze was (January 1976) in my studio and he did exactly what the teachers had prophesied to us. And he did it in such a genial way... He had never - never! - taken a sound from the synthesizer as it came out of the tool, he was always changing it; he was working detailed on each and every sound, which took a lot of time, but it was worth it. He did it in his special way that I have not seen or heard ever again." . . . "For me, Klaus Schulze is the genius of the three." (Eberhard mentions also H. Grosskopf & M. Göttsching).

Look for and listen to Eberhard Panne who was forty years younger when KS started to work with him, ...and KS too.

When they have heard of Klaus' serious sickness, Tangerine Dream agreed immediately to play instead in Stettin/Szczecin on the 9th of June. I'm sure that TD (and the Szczecin Filharmonia) will give more info in their websites. (Many thanks to Bianca and also to Georg for their generous help).

Sad news:
The concert on 9th of June has to be cancelled because of medical reasons. The state of health will not improve in the foreseeable future. Klaus Schulze is in constant medical treatment.
... Which is, more or less, the translation from the (German written) medical certificate.

I had waited for an important information to put into the April editon of "The KS Circle". Therefore, this month's Circle comes a few days later as usual. But now it's posted to all subscribers. It contains:

- 40 years of Moondawn (review)
- 40 years of Moondawn (memories)
- 82 years old fan writes
- About the English written book 'The KS Story'
- Was hat Schulzes Musik, was andere nicht haben? (German)
- More reissues of classic KS albums
- A few Q & A