Mirage (Klaus Schulze album)

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Mirage
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ReleasedApril 1977
RecordedJanuary 1977
Genre Electronic music, space music
Length58:11
Label Brain, Island
Producer Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Body Love
(1977)
Mirage
(1977)
Body Love
Vol. 2

(1977)
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Mirage is the eighth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1977, and in 2005, was the first Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. Mirage is subtitled "Eine elektronische Winterlandschaft" ("an electronic winter landscape") and is dedicated to Hans Dieter Schulze.

Contents

A slightly different version of "Velvet Voyage" is included on the reissue. An excerpt from "In cosa crede chi non crede?", the bonus track on the reissue, was previously released on Trailer (1999), a compilation CD released to promote the release of Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition (2000). In 2017, a newly remastered 40th Anniversary Edition was released. [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

Side one
No.TitleNoteLength
1."Velvet Voyage"
  • a. "1984"
  • b. "Aéronef"
  • c. "Éclipse"
  • d. "Exvasion"
  • e. "Lucidinterspace"
  • f. "Destinationvoid"
Deluxe edition uses different mix than original version28:16
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Crystal Lake"
  • a. "Xylotones"
  • b. "Chrom Waves"
  • c. "Willowdreams"
  • d. "Liquidmirrors"
  • e. "Springdance"
  • f. "A Bientot"
29:15
Deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
3."In cosa crede chi non crede?"19:39

Although separate sections are listed for each track, strict divisions between them are not present within the music.

Personnel

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References

  1. Brenholts, Jim. Mirage at AllMusic
  2. Koß, Thoralf (2 May 2017). "Klaus Schulze: Mirage - 40th Anniversary Edition (Review)". musikreviews.de. Retrieved 7 December 2018.