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someone_else 
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VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24310 |
 Posted: July 02 2011 at 12:15 |
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1. Rubycon
2. Stratosfear 3. Cyclone 4. Phaedra 5. Sorcerer 6. Alpha Centauri 7. Atem @idoownu: If Ricochet was not a live album, it should appear on top of my list. |
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tdfloyd
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Joined: April 06 2008 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 997 |
Posted: October 08 2013 at 00:47 |
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1 Phaedra 2 Rubycon 3 Tangram 4 Force Majeure 5 Hyperborea 6 White Eagle 7 Zeit 8 Stratosfear 9 Cyclone 10 Atem 11 Alpha Centauri 12 ELectronic Meditiation |
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richardh
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Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28085 |
Posted: October 08 2013 at 01:34 |
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interesting order not just stacking all the older stuff at the top and leaving the later stuff down the list as many do. However was the ommision of Exit deliberate or did you just forget about it?
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dr wu23
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Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20624 |
Posted: October 08 2013 at 23:10 |
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Stratosfear
Phaedra
Rubycon
Zeit
Atem
Force majeure
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 03:47 |
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I loved Stratosfear and Rubycon
but you TD fans put me to shame - only heard 4 albums and have trouble getting into Phaedra
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 03:51 |
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I think Rubycon is my favourite of TD albums I have heard. It only has two tracks so it did not intimidate me in the same way that their longer albums have done. It begins with chimes and electronic atmospherics that are ethereal and rather weird. The opening section sounds a little like Pink Floyd's 'Shine On' intro and has washes of Moog and swathes of electro keys. The grandiose soundscape is akin to the soundtrack of a space epic such as '2001: A Space Odyssey' or 'Marooned'. This electronic meditation simply flows organically and develops into shapes building upon each other rather than intervening. There are no rhythms at all until the surprise inclusion at 7and a half minutes. It reminds me of the Pink Floyd sequencer on 'On The Run' or the 'Midnight Express' soundtrack of 'The Chase' in some ways though more subtle. It was certainly a welcome embellishment for my tastes. Now it begins to sound like Mike Oldfield or Jean Michel Jarre. I am certainly glad it is not as dreary as 'Phaedra', and I guess this is an improvement over other TD I have heard so that is a nice change. I love the section at 10 and a half minutes as it builds into heavier electronic percussion that has a hypnotic effect. The end sounds like the Arabian fish music from 'Fantasia'. The synth swells sound akin to Pink Floyd's 'One of these Days'; and overall this is a good TD track worth checking out and one of my favourites.
Side two is part 2 of this epic. Again it swallows the whole vinyl side, and is gradually building exploring spacey meditation with synthesizer elegance. It begins with howling wind that has a haunting ethereal quality. The music is organic and developing naturally growing in intensity and volume. This is creepy at first like the middle section of Pink Floyd's 'Echoes' or '2001: A Space Odyssey''s Monolith discovery scene. It builds into a wall of sound then an electronic rhythm pulse locks in and the music lightens up. The pulse is hypnotic and there is a beauty about the synth washes. The sequencer varies in signature and melody as synths meander over creating that odd electro ambience. The soundscape is polarised in the last 4 minutes with waves crashing on a beach and spooky Tron over a droning ghostly vibe. This fills you with a sense of impending dread, and is perhaps the creepiest TD I have heard. Thats my review of it anyway. Are there any other TD albums along the same lines? Hard to rate bands that are not exactly to my taste but I try to keep open minded about this - and recognise the importance of TD and how much influence they have on the genre and continue to inspire upcoming artists. |
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Chris S
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 04:25 |
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^ ACR....there are so many ' mood altering' albums. Rubycon is not a bad start in terms of two sides/movements. But also try Ricochet, Tangram, and as you have already discovered, Stratosfear. Problem is they are all excellent in my book up to White Eagle ( 82'). I think Invisible Limits off Stratosfear is one of their finest pieces as is the entire Tangram Suite/s and Force Majeure. Phaedra is definitely a different beast....ah jeez could ramble on for hours
 Also Edgar Froese's solo albums from the 70's and I would say Madcaps Flaming Duty, a beautifully vocalized release in 2007 in honour of Syd Barrett
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dr wu23
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Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20624 |
Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:01 |
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I haven't heard either Tangram or Ricochet in years.....my friend used to love those.
I'll have to pick those up since they are getting such high marks.
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verslibre
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Posted: October 09 2013 at 12:31 |
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Glad you have the b@11s to put Firestarter on your list! It's a spectacular album by the FFS line-up. It's a film score that sounds like an album. However, you can't have that on there and not Thief. 
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richardh
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Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28085 |
Posted: October 09 2013 at 15:43 |
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I thought that and Risky Business were not full TD soundtracks and featured other artists? My first TD album was Dream Sequence btw which includes chunks of those soundtracks.Shows the value of a good compilation in breaking a band. I still love the selection of music on that album to this day.
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verslibre
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 01:49 |
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The finale of Thief does feature "Confrontation" by Craig Safan (very cool piece, IMO). Up till those final minutes, it's all TD. I regard Thief and Exit as companion albums because they share certain sounds and some overlap to their compositional approaches.
Risky Business is indeed stocked with rock songs, plus Jeff Beck's "The Pump." When TD's music is used, especially the excerpt from Side 1 of Force Majeure, it has an effect in those scenes that the rock stuff can't touch. "In The Air Tonight" was well-placed, though. Overall great soundtrack. Like Thief, a classic film! |
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: October 11 2013 at 01:57 |
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Ricochet's a live recording so I'm not sure it belongs. I'd pick either Rubycon or Zeit myself, but it then occurred to me that I have yet to hear Alpha Centauri in its entirety and will suspend judgement until that's the case. Really, the styles of their Pink/Ohr and Virgin Records eras are so different it's basically an apples/oranges situation.
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verslibre
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Posted: October 12 2013 at 05:47 |
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Get the 2011 Esoteric remaster which adds as bonus tracks "Oszillator Planet Concert" and "Ultima Thule Part One" + "Ultimate Thule Part Two." Those have been available on various compilations for ages but it was nice of them to include them on that particular CD, considering the era. |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 12 2013 at 05:53 |
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In no particular order
Alpha Centauri Rubycon Atem Force Majeure Phaedra Alright a little order then.... Electronic Meditation Cyclone Hyperborea Stratosfear Ricochet is one of the most beautiful things out there though, and it sounds like a studio album to me.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: October 12 2013 at 09:51 |
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Agree on Ricochet being the peak of the Virgin Records era, that's why I started a separate thread to discuss fav TD live records. Which reminds me that over at RateYourMusic one diligent soul has ranked the group's entire discography. The author makes some pretty surprising choices.
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verslibre
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Posted: October 12 2013 at 17:36 |
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Ricochet is great but Stratosfear is, IMO, a sublime recording. The title piece is one of the band's finest works. The music of the Stratosfear is otherworldly, transporting, and nothing else sounds like it, whereas there are lots of albums that sound like Rubycon (though the vast majority of them can't get near it, with one chief exception being Arc's Fracture).
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