Klaus Schulze - Cocooning

Re-release of the saught-after Klaus Schulze album �Cocooning�, previously released as part of the strictly limited and long exhauseted 5CD Boxset �Contemporary Works II� (2002).First track �Easy Listening� is well-difined by the relaxed loops of Tom Dams and the filigree guitar play of Michael �Mickes� Luecker.The mysterious sounding �And She Is Kind And Gently� don�t need any rhythm � a dialogue between Klaus and Tobias Becker, whose oboe and English horn is pleasing the ear on almost all Cocooning tracks.The third track �I Just Have To Sing My Hymns� brings back further well known companions of Klaus Schulze: singer Julia Messenger and Thomas Kagermann on violin, flute and vocals.The last five songs are a song connected cycle of �It Still Is Now�, �Blowin� Thru The High Grass�, �Many Dreams Have Faded In�, �Many Fears Have Vanished� and �As Years Went By�. A worthily and impressive continuance of �Easy Listening full of atmosphere.The title �Cocooning� is program and coats the listener into soft sounds and relaxed rhythms � real �easy listening� without getting fiddling or even boring.