Klaus Schulze first attracted attention as a member of the German progressive rock band, Tangerine Dream. Following the release of their debut LP, Electronic Meditation, he departed for a solo career. Klaus" recorded work typically features extended pieces sometimes filling an entire album built around computer-generated synthesizers and other specially programmed electronic effects. Klaus Schulze remains a cult figure in the United States, where the bulk of his prolific output has until now been available only through the import bins. He is widely considered an avant-garde mainstay as well as a founding father of both the new-age space music and electronica genres. The title Moonlake refers to Schulze’s love of the Austrian moonlake and the monumental fascination radiated by this lake and its surrounding landscape. All of which is perfectly reflected in the intensity and power of Moonlake. Nevertheless, Moonlake is a typical Klaus Schulze album, one that in the words of Schulze "unites tradition and vision". There is a noticeable focus on percussion on the album which hasn’t been found in Schulze’s work for some time. While rhythm was often used as an element to supplement the music on his earlier albums, it takes on a more dominant role on Moonlake. The album also marks the introduction of Schulze playing the Mini-Moog (with distortion and Wah-Wah!) in the studio for the first time. Previously Schulze had only ever used this set up live on stage. This working process gave Klaus Schulze the necessary surge of adrenalin to create a vibrant and lively album, which hides many surprises. Apart from the first two tracks, Playmate in Paradise and Artemis in Jubileo, which were recorded ‘live’ in the studio, there are also two actual live performance pieces, Same Thought Lion and Mephisto, both recorded in Poland on November 5th 2003 during a concert in Posen for Gert Hof’s huge light show. These edited tracks are now available for the first time for a larger audience to enjoy.