Unerforschtes Gebiet Explained

Unerforschtes Gebiet
Type:Album
Artist:Thomas Köner
Border:yes
Released:2001
Genre:Ambient
Length:42:48
Label:Die Stadt
Producer:Thomas Köner
Prev Title:Kaamos
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Daikan
Next Year:2002

Unerforschtes Gebiet is the seventh solo album from German ambient music producer, Thomas Köner. Originally released in 2001 only as a limited number picture disc 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 Arctic region, the center hole coinciding with the North Pole. The B side has the same image, mirrored.

Track listing

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