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[jhaible at debitel.net]

I know what you mean!

However, imagine my surprise when I found out that the
Urs Amman Covers which I so loved on Klaus Schulze
Records, were not the original covers!

And ...

http://www.klaus-schulze.com/covers/1731cy1.jpg

= "warm"

but

http://www.klaus-schulze.com/covers/1731cy2.jpg

= "cold"

(And this one looks more like Brian Eno
http://www.klaus-schulze.com/covers/1731cy3.jpg)


Speaking of Cyborg: My favorite track on this
album, "Chromengel" - warm string instruments,
cold Synthi A sounds.

One of my favorite cover pictures of all time:
http://www.klaus-schulze.com/covers/1721ir2.jpg
I got a print of this hanging in my studio.

Sorry for being a little bit off topic.

JH.




> 
> 
> >
> > He, he, discussions about warm and cold can get quite furious - no wonder
> > with such an inherently subjective matter as how a piece of art is
> perceived
> > and described by the listener. (;->)
> 
> > But seriously: _Of_course_ analogue sounds can be cold - it would be sad
> > if that range of emotions would not be possible to evoke with an analogue
> > synthesizer. For example, Tangerine Dream's "Phaedra" and "Rubicon" are
> often
> > praised for their "glacial beauty", and Klaus Schulze's "Crystal Lake"
> > also evokes a feeling of (wonderful) coldness in me. (No wonder - it's
> > subtitled "Eine elektronische Winterlandschaft" - an electronic Winter
> > landscape.)
> >
> 
> you guys will probably find my remark silly (as usual ;-), but my
> own subjective perception of a piece of music (as warm or cold or...)
> is also influenced by the packaging, the color of the record sleeve, etc.
> 
> In the vinyl days, discovering a new album was a kind of ceremony,
> especially with gatefold (or tri-fold or quadri-fold) covers. IMHO the
> whole packaging / artwork had a large influence on the way music was
> perceived... For example, the color & design of TD's "Phaedra" artwork
> somehow "forced" the listener to perceive it as "cold"...
> 
> Today, almost every CD sounds cold (or even dull) to me, probably
> because artwork has been reduced to the size of a stamp... And also
> probably because of the slick / glassy aspect of the CD itself...
> 
> JB
> 
> 
> 




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