Nuuk is the fifth solo album from German ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 music producer, Thomas Köner

Thomas Köner

Thomas Köner is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences. He's been noted for his use of low frequencies...

. Originally released in 1997 as a part of the Driftworks 4 CD box set (along with albums from Nijiumu, Pauline Oliveros & Randy Raine-Reusch and Paul Schütze

Paul Schütze

Paul Schütze is an Australian artist resident in London. Over thirty years his work has spanned composition, performance, installation, video, printmaking and photography....

), it was re-released in 2004 by Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...

 with a DVD containing films made from still images to accompany the music.

Nuuk

Nuuk

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 is the capital city of Greenland

Greenland

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. Polynya

Polynya

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 is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. Amras

Amras

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 is a fictional character taken from J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

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's legendarium

Legendarium

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Track listing

1. "Nuuk (Air)" – 4:50
2. "Polynya I" – 6:33
3. "Nuuk (Day)" – 7:27
4. "Amras" – 5:37
5. "Nuuk (Night)" - 4:15
6. "Polynya II" - 7:25
7. "Nuuk (End)" - 6:00

2004 DVD

1. "Nuuk (Suite)"
2. "Nuuk (Air)"
3. "Nuuk (Day)"
4. "Nuuk (Night)"
5. "Nuuk (End)"