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KLAUS WIESE - Qumra I CD
Release of 2023
Comes as digipak.
Klaus Wiese (1942-2009) was a German musician and sound
researcher. Wiese brought the teachings of Sufi Hazrat Inayat Khan to
Germany from his travels in the East. His album "El-Hadra, the Mystik
Dance," which he created with Mathias Grassow and Ted de Jong, made him
famous in the genre. Under his own name, From 1981 until his unexpected
death in 2009 he released upwards of 60 recordings, not including
collaborations(with Oophoi, Mathias Grassow, Ted De Jong, Jim Cole, Al
Gromer Khan... to name a few). Wiese’s music exists at the nexus of
several overlapping modes - ritual, dark ambient, environmental - yet
new age exerted an influence as well, most audibly on these late 1980s
outings.
On his recordings, Wiese used Persian stringed instruments, Tibetan singing bowls, bells, voice, and other exotic instruments.
"Qumra"
duology was released in 1986 and 1987 by a German label Aquamarin
Verlag and reissued on small run cd-r by Gianluigi Gasparetti (Oöphoi)
on his own label Umbra. Since then both parts became extremely rare
items and top-wanted albums for searchers of spiritual ambient music.
"Qumra II" was included in the 20 best new age albums ever recorded, by
FACT magazine. "Qumra" is one of the most beautiful ambient recordings I
have ever heard. A sweet stream of
otherworldly music dissolves time and space and brings you to a place of
perfect and endless tranquility. This is a sound of a moment that is
equal to eternity.
Being in love with the albums for many years,
the idea of reissue always bothered us, and finally, with the help of
our friends The Fact Of Being, we're blessed to release it first time on
a CD and hope these 2 small beautiful plastic circles, like a right
puzzle, will take its place in your heart and collection.