I was actually into "new age" stuff before any techno, and several albums
which I bought back then have turned out to be favorites, though I actually
didn't like them much at the time. One was Harold Budd and Brian o's
_The_Pearl_, which is quite wonderful but also quite irrelevant.
Another was _Transfer_Station_Blue_ by Michael Shrieve, Kevin Shrieve, and
the now much discussed Klaus Schultze. Some of it is sort of light and jazzy,
but the first track is a total 10-minute-plus trance-out which reminds me
of Air Liquide's "Tanz der lemminge 2" (actually, vice versa).
I havem't heard anything by Klaus solo so I can't say how _Transfer_ is in
relation, but...there ya go.
--Seofon