Moondawn

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Moondawn
Moondawn (Klaus Schulze album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Released16 April 1976
RecordedJanuary 1976
Genre Electronic music, space music, Berlin School, ambient [1]
Length52:37
Label Brain Records [2]
Producer Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Timewind
(1975)
Moondawn
(1976)
Body Love
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Sputnikmusic5/5 [3]

Moondawn is the sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 1976, and in 2005 was the thirteenth Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records. Moondawn is Schulze's first album that was performed in a full Berlin School style.

Contents

The 2005 Revisited reissue included the bonus track "Floating Sequence", an alternate version of "Floating". A 1995 Manikin Records "Original Master" edition of Moondawn included the bonus track "Supplement" (25:22), which was an alternate version of "Mindphaser".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Floating"on original release27:15
2."Mindphaser"on original release25:22
3."Floating Sequence"reissue bonus track21:11

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Brenholts, Jim. Moondawn at AllMusic
  2. Discogs (1976). "Klaus Schulze – Moondawn". Discogs . Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  3. Fatali, Liberi. "Klaus Schulze: Moondawn". Sputnikmusic.