Einzelgänger

1975 studio album by Giorgio Moroder

Einzelgänger

Studio album by

Giorgio Moroder

Released

September 1975^[1]

Recorded

1975

Studio

Musicland, Munich, Germany

Genre

Electronic
experimental

Label

Oasis

Producer

Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder chronology

Spinach 1
(1973)

Einzelgänger
(1975)

Knights in White Satin
(1976)

Singles from Einzelgänger

"Einzelgänger / Einzelgänger"
Released: 1975
"Einzelgänger / Liebes-Arie"
Released: 1975
"Einzelgänger / Good Old Germany"
Released: 1976

Einzelgänger is a 1975 electronic experimental album composed, produced and performed by Giorgio Moroder. It was first released in Germany on Moroder's label, Oasis, and later by Neil Bogart on his label, Casablanca Records.^[2]^[3]

As described by music critic Simon Reynolds, the album "teems with pitter-pattering drum machine beats and unsettling processed vocal-stutters that recall the ethereal whimsy of early Kraftwerk", and foreshadowed Moroder's work two years later on "I Feel Love", a pioneering track for electronic disco music.^[4]

Track listing

"Einzelgänger (Lone Wolf; literally 'Loner')" - 4:37
"Aus (The End)" - 6:52
"Warum (Why)" - 3:08
"Percussiv" - 3:58
"Good Old Germany" - 5:08
"Basslich" - 2:50
"Untergang (Ruin)" - 5:10
"Liebes-Arie (Love Song)" - 4:48
"Einzelganger" - 1:54

References

^ "Einzelgänger - Giorgio Moroder". Giorgio Moroder .com. Retrieved 24 August 2024. © 2024 Giorgio Moroder. Original site by AC Media Services.
^ Walters, Jack (21 October 2013). "To the Queen, With Love: Donna Summer Revisited, Day 1". Pop Matters .com.
^ Helfet, Gabriela (10 May 2018). "Giorgio Moroder's elusive 1975 Einzelgänger LP reissued on vinyl for the first time". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Originally released in 1975 on Moroder's own Oasis label under his Einzelgänger alias (German for individualist), the 9-track LP was composed, performed and produced by Moroder in collaboration with Reinhold Mack.
^ Reynonds, Simon (2017-06-29). "Song from the Future: The Story of Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder's 'I Feel Love'". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2023-04-04.