Teimo is the second solo album from German

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music producer,

Thomas Köner Thomas Köner (born 1965 in Bochum, West Germany) is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences. The BBC, in a review of Köner's work in 1997, calls him a "media artist," one who works between instal ...

. Köner has already fully developed his characteristic drone style here. It is also the record which made Köner known in electronic scene and together with next album, "

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" (which were later re-issued in 1996 on one disc by

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- ''Teimo & Permafrost'') is considered by many critics and fans as his best work. Köner used a variety of techniques to record sound on "Teimo". One of which was recording gongs underwater, thus creating an almost disorienting yet beautiful drone.

Track listing

#"Ilira" - 3:25 #"Andenes" - 10:06 #"Teimo" - 5:14 #"Nieve Penitentes 1" - 3:04 #"Nieve Penitentes 2" - 4:43 #"Nieve Penitentes 3" - 4:27 #"Teimo (Schluss)" - 4:22 #"Ruska" - 3:40

Notes

"Andenes" is a village in

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. Penitentes are a kind of snow formation, found only at high altitudes. "Schluss" means "closure, conclusion" in German, and "Ruska" is a Finnish word for autumn leaf color. "Nieve" means "snow" in Spanish.

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Discogs entry

Type Records reissue
{{Authority control 1992 albums Thomas Köner albums Albums produced by Thomas Köner