ANGST (OST)

Klaus Schulze

Progressive Electronic

2.83 | 62 ratings

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patrickq
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Not one of Klaus Schulze's better albums, Angst is nonetheless pretty good, which says a lot: by my count, Schulze has eight albums which I consider worthy of four or five stars.

It's no surprise that Angst was intended as soundtrack music. It employs sounds similar to those used by Harold Faltermeyer on the Thief of Hearts and Beverly Hills Cop soundtracks, and even more like Jan Hammer's Miami Vice score - - all of which were released in 1984. Angst appeared first, though I very much doubt that it was a direct influence on either Faltermeyer or Hammer. At any rate, if you're looking for soundtrack music built around mid-1980s sequencers and LinnDrums, you've come to the right place.

If you approach Angst as a fan of Schulze's 1970s work, as I did, you might be persuaded to believe that this is some other musician named Klaus Schulze. And if you're a pessimist, it'll confirm everything you've heard about 1980s progressive music: the songs are indeed shorter, less sophisticated, and more mechanized.

While some 1970s prog-rock bands (E.L.O., the Moody Blues, Rush, etc.) actually produced some of their classic work in the 1980s, that doesn't seem to be the case with Schulze, although I've not yet heard his entire output from that decade. Still, Angst is clearly better than its predecessors, Audentity and Dziękuję Poland: Live '83. It may be less intricate than those works, but its clarity and focus make for an enjoyable listen.

patrickq | 3/5 | 2019-7-9

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