Contemporary Works II

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Contemporary Works II
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Released2002
Recorded2001–2002
Genre Electronic music, space music
Label Rainhorse Records
Producer Klaus Schulze

Contemporary Works II is a limited edition 5-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2002 containing new studio material. This set was released two years after Contemporary Works I . One of the discs has been reissued in 2008 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by Revisited Records, the remaining four were released by MIG Music between 2016 and 2019. The first 333 copies of this set contained a bonus sixth disc. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

Disc 1: Virtual Outback (reissued in 2008)

No.TitleLength
1."The Theme: The Rhodes Elegy"65:00
2."Chinese Ears"14:55

Disc 2: Timbres of Ice (reissued in 2019)

No.TitleLength
1."The Lonely Dead of Midnight"10:51
2."They Shut Him Out of Paradise"41:41
3."Die Prophezeiung Erfüllt Sich"23:15

Disc 3: Another Green Mile (reissued in 2016)

No.TitleLength
1."Between Twilight and Dawn"13:20
2."In the Streets, in the Rain"4:33
3."The Wisdom of the Leaves"12:27
4."The Story Does Unfold"12:05
5."Follow Me Down, Follow Me Down"28:46
6."Voice'n'Harmony"5:23

Disc 4: Androgyn (reissued in 2017)

No.TitleLength
1."In the Dimness of Light"12:47
2."Back to the Future"28:02
3."There's No Mystery"4:37
4."Don't Ask the Question Why"5:08
5."The Passion Burns"4:22
6."This House Full of Shadows"20:43
7."A Tiny Violin"4:14

Disc 5: Cocooning (reissued in 2018)

No.TitleLength
1."Easy Listening"26:11
2."And She Is Kind and Gentle"12:01
3."I Just Have to Sing My Hymns"20:03
4."It Still is Now"2:17
5."Blowin' Thru the High Grass"6:20
6."Many Dreams Have Faded"1:29
7."Many Fears Have Vanished"9:36
8."As the Years Went By"2:07

Disc 6: Thank You (included only with the first 333 copies)

No.TitleLength
1."Chinese Eyes"13:18
2."Chinese Ears"10:31
3."High Noon (12 Uhr Nachts)"17:33
4."My World Keeps Spinning Around"15:39

Personnel

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References

  1. "Contemporary Works II". Klaus Schulze. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2012-02-10.