La Vie Electronique Explained

La Vie Electronique is a series of multi-disc CD releases by Klaus Schulze, reissuing material from his limited edition 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition (2000), which itself collected the previously released limited edition multi-disc box sets Silver Edition (1993, 10 discs), Historic Edition (1995, 10 discs), and Jubilee Edition (1997, 25 discs), along with an additional 5 discs. The series began in 2009 with a plan to release all the music from The Ultimate Edition in chronological order. Four volumes were released in 2009, and four more were released in 2010. The next two volumes were released in 2011, with the next two following in 2012. The thirteenth volume was released in 2013, and the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes in 2014. The sixteenth and final volume, containing five CDs rather than the usual three, was released on May 29, 2015.[1] [2]

One noticeable difference between the original box sets and the La Vie Electronique reissues is the indexing of the discs themselves. While the individual movements of longer pieces were indicated in the sleeve notes of the box sets, those compositions were presented as one continuous track. On the new editions, separate track indexing points are given to each of these sections.

Four tracks from the original box editions are not present within the La Vie Electronique series: two from The Ultimate Edition ("Ballet pour le Docteur Faustus" and "Discover Trakl") and two from the Jubilee Edition ("The Unspoken Thing" and "Ludwigs Traum"). The latter two selections were also not repeated in The Ultimate Edition set, though both are in fact variations of "Ballet pour Le Docteur Faustus". Similarly, "Discover Trakl" is an extended version of the track "George Trakl" from the 1978 album X, and this longer version (in a slightly edited form) was included in place of the original on that album's 2005 reissue.

La Vie Electronique 1

La Vie Electronique 1
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:February 6, 2009
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:Revisited Records
Producer:Klaus Schulze

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Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 2

La Vie Electronique 2
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:February 6, 2009
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:Revisited Records
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 3

La Vie Electronique 3
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:August 7, 2009
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:Revisited Records
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 4

La Vie Electronique 4
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:August 7, 2009
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:Revisited Records
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 5

La Vie Electronique 5
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:June 25, 2010
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 6

La Vie Electronique 6
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:June 25, 2010
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 7

La Vie Electronique 7
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:July 30, 2010
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 8

La Vie Electronique 8
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:August 27, 2010
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 9

La Vie Electronique 9
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:March 25, 2011
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 10

La Vie Electronique 10
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:June 24, 2011
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 11

La Vie Electronique 11
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:April 27, 2012
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 12

La Vie Electronique 12
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:October 26, 2012
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 13

La Vie Electronique 13
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:April 26, 2013
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 14

La Vie Electronique 14
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:January 31, 2014
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 15

La Vie Electronique 15
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:March 28, 2014
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

La Vie Electronique 16

La Vie Electronique 16
Type:Box set
Artist:Klaus Schulze
Released:May 29, 2015
Genre:Electronic music, space music
Label:MIG Music
Producer:Klaus Schulze

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Disc 2

Disc 3

Disc 4

Disc 5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: * * * * Jeeves : The Future of LA VIE ELECTRONIQUE . Jeeves.blogger.de . 2012-02-27.
  2. Web site: La Vie Electronique, Vol. 1 - Klaus Schulze | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.