Selbstportrait

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Selbstportrait
Selbstportrait cover
Studio album by Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Released 1979
Recorded 1973-1977
Genre Kosmische Musik
New Age Music
Electronic Music
Ambient Music
Length 45:50
Label Sky
Producer Conny Plank
Hans-Joachim Roedelius chronology
Jardin Au Fou
(1979)		 Selbstportrait
(1979)		 Selbstportrait - Vol. II
(1980)

Selbstportrait is the third solo album by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster, Harmonia, and Aquarello. The title is German for "Self Portrait", a title which clearly reflects the gentle, introspective nature of this album of ambient or new age music.

Selbstportrait was recorded by Roedelius during various Cluster sessions between 1973 and 1977, so the music actually predates the two previously released solo albums: Durch Die Wüste and Jardin Au Fou. Selbstportrait was originally released by Sky Records in 1979. Phillipe Blache, writing the review for Prog Archives, describes the music, in part: "The music in itself is another exploration in electronic, pre-ambient 'picture' music but really orientated to the most 'mainstream' side of it."[1]

Selbstportrait and seven of 11 tracks from the follow up album Selbstportrait - Vol. II were reissued as a single CD by Sky Records in 1996 under the title Selbsportrait I & II.

Contents

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  1. "In Liebe Dein" - 3:43
  2. "Girlande" - 3:47
  3. "Inselmoos" - 5:40
  4. "Fabelwein" - 5:05
  5. "Prinzregent" - 5:53
  6. "Kamee" - 3:59
  7. "Herold" - 3:32
  8. "Halmharfe" - 3:24
  9. "Arcona" - 5:05
  10. "Staunen Im Fjord" - 3:33
  11. "Minne" - 2:09

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Blache, Phillipe Selbstportrait review

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