Continuum (Rainer Brüninghaus album)

1984 studio album by Rainer Brüninghaus

Continuum

Studio album by

Rainer Brüninghaus

Released| 1984
Recorded| September 1983
Studio| Talent Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre| Jazz
Length| 44:30
Label| ECM
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Rainer Brüninghaus chronology
| Freigeweht
(1980)  | Continuum
(1984)  | Shadows & Smiles
(1987)

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Continuum is an album by German keyboardist and composer Rainer Brüninghaus recorded in September 1983 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features trumpeter Markus Stockhausen and drummer Fredy Studer.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek calls the album "meditative, inviting, full of rounded edges and melodies. It contains all the icy spaciousness of Manfred Eicher's trademark production, but the effect of Brüninghaus' compositions is warm, accessible even. They are open-ended and contemplative and explore musical questions lyrically. There is a valid argument to be made for the non-adventurousness of these works, and the fairly safe improvisations within them, but perhaps that's the point."[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Rainer Brüninghaus

1. "Strahlenspur" - 4:50
2. "Stille" - 10:27
3. "Continuum" - 4:00
4. "Raga Rag" - 10:49
5. "Schattenfrei" - 5:15
6. "Innerfern" - 9:30

## Personnel

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* Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, synthesizer
* Markus Stockhausen – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Fredy Studer – drums

## References

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1. ^ ECM discography Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 22, 2011
2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 22, 2011