Johannes Schmoelling

Images And Memory (1986 – 2006 An Anthology) (Viktoriapark Rec.)

  • 2CD
  • Date : 28.07.2023
  • Package : CD Jewel Case
  • Running Time CD 1 : 77:24
  • Running Time CD 2 : 74:01

Johannes Schmoelling – Images And Memory (1986 – 2006 An Anthology)

In 2006 Johannes Schmoelling celebrated his 20th anniversary as solo artist with an anthology double album, containing tracks from all his solo releases as well as a handful of rare or previously unreleased compositions. Track order is roughly chronological. The compilation includes tracks from the following albums:

 

  • Wuivend Riet (1986; tracks 1 – 3)
  • The Zoo Of Tranquillity (originally released in 1988; tracks 4 and 5)
  • White Out (originally released in 1990; tracks 6 and 7)
  • Songs No Words (1994; tracks 11 and 12)
  • The Zoo Of Tranquillity (re-release from 1998; tracks 13 and 14)
  • White Out (re-release from 2000; tracks 15 and 16)
  • Recycle Or Die (2003; tracks 18 and 19)
  • Instant City (2006; tracks 20 and 21)

 

Furthermore, the following individual compositions have been included:

 

  • ”Galago” is a different (or early) version of the album track “Jester’s Nightwatch” (from “Songs No Words”) that was released in 1994 on the VA compilation “Electronische Muziek” 1994 by the Dutch KLEM club. Only 1,000 copies were made.
  • “Skandalon” has been previously unreleased.
  • “Lamentation Of An Ancient Tree” origins from the 2CD VA compilation “Infinite Horizons” that was released by the US EM-fan magazine “Beyond the Horizon” in 1998. Johannes Schmoelling’s contribution was recorded in September 1997 at his studio in Berlin. The booklet of the sampler stated that “its piano melody line in the beginning is a reminder of an ancient Romanian folk song”.
  • “Spacenight Runner” was originally released on the VA sampler “Music For The 3rd Millennium Vol. 3” in 2001 by the British AMP label; only 1,000 copies were made.
  • “You And Me” is a leftover from the recordings for “Instant City” that did not fit to the length of the album. It was previously released on the free CD accompanying volume 13 of the Dutch e-dition magazine in June 2006.
  • “Friends” finally is dedicated to all friends of Johannes Schmoelling and had previously been released on the free CD accompanying e-dition magazine volume 6 from February 2005.

 

This album is a pleasing compilation spanning over the complete solo career of Johannes Schmoelling in almost chronological order and thus giving an excellent overview of his work.

 

Tracklist:

CD 1:

  1. Zeit 06:36
  2. Matjora Is Still Alive 04:51
  3. Wuivend Riet Part 2 12:32
  4. The Anteater 02:55
  5. The Woodpecker 05:09
  6. Ice Walk 06:07
  7. A Great Continent 08:19
  8. Galago 05:48
  9. Skandalon 05:04
  10. Lamentation Of An Ancient Tree 08:06
  11. Spinning Wheel 05:50
  12. Funeral March 06:07

CD1 Total: 77:24 min.

CD 2:

  1. Rise Of The Smooth Automaton 05:08
  2. Wedding Cake 04:45
  3. Rain Echoes 06:36
  4. A Long Way Home 05:42
  5. Spacenight Runner 07:46
  6. Italian Scratches 07:41
  7. Recycle Or Die 05:37
  8. Passing By 09:23
  9. Joyful Solitude 08:49
  10. You And Me 07:21
  11. Friends 05:13

CD2 Total: 74:01 min.

CD1+CD2 Total: 151:25 min.