Unerforschtes Gebiet is the seventh solo album from German

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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 ...

. Originally released in 2001 only as a limited number

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LP (700 numbered copies; repressed in 2004, this time not individually numbered). Re-released on CD in 2003. "Unerforschtes Gebiet" is German for "unexplored area," typically the blank areas of old maps. The picture on the disc is a map of the

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. The B side has the same image, mirrored.

Track listing

; Original LP, catalogue number DS43 #"Unerforschtes Gebiet A" – 21:17 #"Unerforschtes Gebiet B" – 21:31 ; CD re-release, catalogue number DS56 #"Unerforschtes Gebiet A" – 21:17 #"Unerforschtes Gebiet B" – 21:31 #"Les Sœurs Lumière" - 27:26

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Thomas Köner albums Albums produced by Thomas Köner