Body Love Vol.2

元TANGERINE DREAM/ASH RA TEMPELにしてソロ独立後はエレクトロニクスを駆使し一貫した独自の美意識と構築的音響空間を創出、先日4月に逝去したジャーマン・エレクトロ・ミュージックの巨匠:Klaus Schulze、ドイツ:Brainから発表された'77年作がドイツ:Made In Germanyから'22年再発!
本盤はプラケース盤。
タイトルとおり同年に先に発表されていた同名映画サントラ盤の続編とのコンセプトに基づき制作(当時の契約/所属レーベルから発表)、同サントラ盤制作にも参加した元WALLENSTEINのHarald Grosskopf(dr)を再び迎え、前作同様この方の持ち味であるマシーン・ビート/リズムをフィーチャー。前サントラ盤よりもさらにリズミックかつ明朗なサウンド/音空間が印象的な、前作に劣らぬ秀作に仕上がっています!
ボーナストラックとして旧盤と同じく前作『BODY LOVE』制作時の未発表曲'Buddy Laugh(A Rock'n'RollBolero)'を追加収録。

Recorded in 1976 and released the next year, Body Love, Vol. 2 was intended as a soundtrack for a pornographic film. Nothing wrong with this in and of itself, but it is hard to imagine that Schulze's trance-inducing electronic improvisations would be considered an appropriate soundtrack for sex. "Nowhere -- Now Here" has a basic beat and spacy synths, but after 18 minutes, when the harpsichord solo starts, the simple prog rock absurdity of it shows that Schulze isn't taking his assignment too seriously. The dubbed-out introduction to "Stardancer II" shows a different side of Schulze's muse, but as it gets interesting, the regular synths start up and things return to normal. "Moogetique" is an atmospheric closer, 12 minutes of slowly undulating synths and ambient echoes. Body Love, Vol. 2 does not differ greatly from the rest of Schulze's body of work from around this time, similar to contemporary albums Moondawn and X. This album is as recommended as any other of his albums from this phase of his career. ~ James Mason