Kontinuum (album)

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Kontinuum
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Studio album by
Released7 June 2007
Recorded2006-2007
Genre Space music, Ambient, Trance
Length76:22
Label SPV/InsideOut/Revisited
Producer Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Moonlake
(2005)
Kontinuum
(2007)
Farscape
(2008)

Kontinuum is the thirty-sixth album by Klaus Schulze. [1] [2] It was originally released in 2007, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets ( Silver Edition , Historic Edition , Jubilee Edition , Contemporary Works I , and Contemporary Works II ), it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-seventh album.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

No.TitleLength
1."Sequenzer (From 70 to 07)"24:54
2."Euro Caravan"19:41
3."Thor (Thunder)"31:47

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References

  1. "Electronic Music Pioneer Klaus Schulze Dead at 74".
  2. "Review: Kontinuum by Klaus Schulze".