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Box 3 contains the Volumes 9-11 and two bonus CDs with another 02:07:45 hours - liner notes by Ecki Stieg (\"Grenzwellen\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, \u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Schulze\u003c\/strong\u003e was able to look back on a long, successful, and highly influential career, but he was also able to embrace the new. He was in the midst of his 'digital phase', fascinated by sampling technology, and had a clear idea of where he could go with the technology, which resulted in albums like \u003cem\u003eBeyond Recall\u003c\/em\u003e; the Royal Festival Hall recordings; \u003cem\u003eThe Dome Event\u003c\/em\u003e and even to an extent his opera \"\u003cem\u003eTotentag\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy contrast, \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Kuhlman\u003c\/strong\u003e a.k.a \u003cstrong\u003ePete Namlook\u003c\/strong\u003e had just started. In 1992 he had founded the seminal Fax label, which was both a vehicle for his own recordings and a chance to collaborate and release recordings from like-minded musicians from around the world: Robert Gorl of DAF; Geir Jenssen of Biosphere fame; the ever-eclectic Bill Laswell; Richie Hawtin; Lorenzo Montana; Gabriel Le Mar; Dr. Atmo and David Moufang to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an interview from 2002, Pete remembered: \"In fact, the detonation was 'Air II' - the spacey part of the track 'Travelling Without Moving' enthused Klaus. He wanted us to start to work together at once. It was the music that was of importance to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Klaus had had no interest in working together before on principle, I knew I could convince him with my music. That was the key to our cooperation. The track was in a sort of Schulze\/Tangerine Dream style with its analogue synthi-bass sequences; it became apparent to both of us that we should approach things with analogue tools first of all. Although it wasn't so easy initially, the musical result finally convinced him. I didn't want to do just a remake of seventies space-music - I intended to meld it with the beats and sounds of today's electronic music, and I think we succeeded.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Schulze\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"The whole series was a very unpretentious project. Because I had always kept total control with my own albums, I let Pete take it off my hands and could make compromises. That was juicy for me, 'cause I don't work with other electronic musicians usually. It was a total different chemistry compared to say Manuel Goettsching, who I understand completely. From that point of view, it was a real challenge. I never could work with somebody like me, I'd rather do it on my own. The few people I have worked with, like Rainer Bloss, had to have strong egos to prevent themselves from being dominated by me. Namlook once said, my music was often too emotional from his point of view. Namlook is much more rational than me, that's why I always kidded him with the nickname 'the banker' - but this oppositional aspect made it exciting for me. I need people who work contrariwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWork on 'Dark Side Of The Moog' started without any solid intention and wasn't planned as a series at all. There was only the aim that it didn't sound like 'Schulze' only, so I decided that Namlook had to make the final mix.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe influence Namlook had on Klaus's music in the middle of the nineties should not be taken lightly because although Klaus dearly loved those early-analogue elements from his own music, they had become, to an extent, lost. It was Pete who fortified him to go back to the analogue charm of his early albums and it was Pete who supported him in the modification of his analogue instruments, leading finally to the epoch-making Schulze album from 1996 - \"\u003cem\u003eAre You Sequenced?\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Namlook, the curiosity of Klaus Schulze and their collaboration on a level playing field of mutual respect was inspiring:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so a legendary series of recordings was born. 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