Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010
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Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010 is the fortieth album by Klaus Schulze
. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets (Silver Edition
, Historic Edition
, Jubilee Edition
, Contemporary Works I
, and Contemporary Works II
), it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and first album. This album contains music from two concerts at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall
in Tokyo
, Japan
on March 20–21, 2010 in Schulze's first visit to Japan. This is Schulze's first album without guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard
since his 2007 album Kontinuum
. The album was originally released on September 22, 2010 in Japan by Captain Trip Records as a limited edition deluxe boxed set (500 copies) of two CDs and a DVD with an 80-page photo book. This became known as the "Japanese Edition". A slightly different general release was released in Europe on November 26, 2010. This version, named the "European Edition", features a different track order between the CDs and the DVD, and slightly different track lengths. On April 19, 2011, a third version of Big in Japan was released in the United States. This "American Edition" consists of the same two CDs as the European version, but features a completely different DVD.
Disc 2
DVD
Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...
. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets (Silver Edition
Silver Edition
Silver Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1993 containing new studio material in addition to unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000...
, Historic Edition
Historic Edition
Historic Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1995 containing unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000...
, Jubilee Edition
Jubilee Edition
Jubilee Edition is a limited edition 25-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1997 containing unreleased archival recordings in addition to new studio material. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000...
, Contemporary Works I
Contemporary Works I
Contemporary Works I is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II...
, and Contemporary Works II
Contemporary Works II
Contemporary Works II is a limited edition 5-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2002 containing new studio material. This set was released two years after Contemporary Works I. One of the discs has been reissued in 2008 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by...
), it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and first album. This album contains music from two concerts at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall
Tokyo International Forum
The is a multi-purpose center in Tokyo, Japan.One of its halls seats 5,000. In addition to seven other halls, it includes exhibition space, a lobby, restaurants, shops, and other facilities....
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on March 20–21, 2010 in Schulze's first visit to Japan. This is Schulze's first album without guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer, and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
since his 2007 album Kontinuum
Kontinuum
Kontinuum is the thirty-sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2007, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets , it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-seventh album.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Klaus...
. The album was originally released on September 22, 2010 in Japan by Captain Trip Records as a limited edition deluxe boxed set (500 copies) of two CDs and a DVD with an 80-page photo book. This became known as the "Japanese Edition". A slightly different general release was released in Europe on November 26, 2010. This version, named the "European Edition", features a different track order between the CDs and the DVD, and slightly different track lengths. On April 19, 2011, a third version of Big in Japan was released in the United States. This "American Edition" consists of the same two CDs as the European version, but features a completely different DVD.
Track listing
Disc 1Disc 2
DVD
Difference between editions
| Track | Japanese Edition | European Edition | American Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crystal Returns | CD 1, track 2 (40:09) | CD 1, track 1 (38:09) | CD 1, track 1 (38:09) |
| Sequencers are Beautiful | DVD, track 2 (43:49) | CD 1, track 2 (39:00) DVD, track 2 (43:49) |
CD 1, track 2 (39:00) |
| The Deductive Approach | CD 2, track 3 (11:58) | CD 2, track 3 (12:12) | CD 2, track 3 (12:12) DVD, track 2 (13:33) |
| A Crystal Poem | CD 1, track 1 (34:12) DVD, track 1 (34:12) |
DVD, track 1 (34:12) | — |
| La Joyeuse Apocalypse | CD 2, track 1 (46:28) | CD 2, track 1 (46:41) | CD 2, track 1 (46:41) DVD, track 1 (47:28) |
| Nippon Benefit | CD 2, track 2 (14:04) | CD 2, track 2 (14:16) | CD 2, track 2 (14:16) DVD, track 3 (16:38) |
External links
- Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010 (Japanese Edition) at the official site of Klaus Schulze
- Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010 (European Edition) at the official site of Klaus Schulze
- Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010 (American Edition) at the official site of Klaus Schulze