Mala Kunia the mini-album & roughly Tangerine Dream s 140th release was originally released in tangent with the bands 2014 Australian concerts. The album features seven new compositions including two of which were co-composed by new band member Ulrich Schnauss together with Edgar Froese. With this release a new Tangerine Dream era began The Quantum Years which focused on a more back to basics approach to composition influenced by quantum physics. The album itself is named after two Aboriginal tribes which according to Aboriginal mythology living a long time ago around Uluru also known as Ayers Rock. The Mala tribe lived on the sunny side & the Kunia on the shady side of the rock.