Contemporary Works II

Contemporary Works II
Box set by Klaus Schulze
Released	2002
Recorded	2001–2002
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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze.

Disc 1: Virtual Outback (reissued in 2008)

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

Disc 2: Timbres of Ice (reissued in 2019)

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

• Klaus Schulze – electronics, keyboards, guitar
• Wolfgang Tiepold – cello
• Thomas Kagermann – Arabian flute, violin, vocals
• Julia Messenger – vocals
• Audrey Motaung – vocals
• Tobias Becker – oboe, English horn
• Mickes – guitar
• Tom Dams – some groove loops

See also

• Silver Edition
• Historic Edition
• Jubilee Edition
• The Ultimate Edition

External links

• Contemporary Works II at the official site of Klaus Schulze
• Contemporary Works II at Discogs
• Thank You at Discogs