Your favourite Electronic Prog albums?
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Topic: Your favourite Electronic Prog albums?
Posted By: David_D
Subject: Your favourite Electronic Prog albums?
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 10:08
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After having appreciated Jazz-Rock and Folk-Rock, let us try Electronic Prog. It hasn't been one of my favourite sub-genres so my own list is quite modest: Edgar Froese (D) - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale (1975) Harmonia (D) - Musik Von Harmonia (1974) Heldon (F) - Electronique Guerilla (1974) Heldon - Heldon 6. Interface (1977) Michael Hoenig (D) - Departure From The Northern Wasteland (1978) Jean Michel Jarre (F) - Oxygene (1976) Czesław Niemen / http://n.ae/" rel="nofollow - N.AE . (PL) - Katharsis (1976) Tangerine Dream (D) - Stratosfear (1976) And I hope, you'll enjoy it! ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 10:36
It looks like it's time to start putting another A-Z list together. At least I won't have any trouble finding an artist for the tricky letter "V" this time. 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 10:53
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I hope, I'm not making you too busy with all these A-Z lists, Paul.  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 11:12
Not at all. It's all good fun, and putting together another A-Z list is also a good way to discover artists I hadn't previously heard of.
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David_D wrote:Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 11:13
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Hi, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. And then Vangelis. As far as "Electronic Prog", I can not say that I listen to one thing or another. It's all music to me and my mind!
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 11:39
To me, too, but still, different kind of music, and I appreciate to listen to different kind of music. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 16:14
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As suggested above, there are many albums and artists whose output have touched upon or drawn heavily from the "progressive electronic", so my list may not fit your expectations exactly. 1. ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ Holographic Codex (2015) 2. BRAINSCAPES Chakradancer (1997) 3. HAROLD BUDD and BRIAN ENO Ambient 2 - The Plateaux of Mirror (1980) 4. KLAUS SCHULZE - X (1978) 5. STEVE HAUSCHILDT Strands (2016) 6. ALIO DIE Honeysuckle (2011) 7. HAMMOCK Silencia 8. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO async (2017) 9. OÖPHOI Bardo (2002) *10. KLAUS SCHULZE Kontinuum (2007) 11. TANGERINE DREAM Rubycon (1975)
12. VANGELIS Blade Runner Original Soundtrack (1994) 13. YVES POTIN aka JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG Forest Stairways (2017) 14. STEVE HAUSCHILDT Nonlin (2019) 15. STELLARDRONE Light Years (2013) 16. MANUEL GÖTTSCHING E2-E4 (1981-84) 17. SEQUENTIA LEGENDA Renaissance (2018) 18. WESERBERGLAND Am Ende der Welt 19. BRIAN ENO Ambient 4: On Land (1982) 20. JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Oxygène (1976) Kitaro Oasis (1979) Cosmic Ground 2 (2016) Robert Rich Filaments (2015) Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard Farscape (2008) Claire Hammil Voices (1986) Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure (1979) Klaus Schulze - Mirage (1977)Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975) Harald Grosskopf Synthesist (1980) Bersarin Quartett B3RSARiN QUART3TTKraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1975) Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) Michael Hoenig & Manuel Gottsching Early Water (1976) Fennesz & Sakamoto Cendre (2007) Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974) Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (1976) Vangelis Voices (1994) Sheila Chandra ABoneCroneDrone (1996) Schicke, Führs & Fröhling Pictures (1976) Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire IV (1981) Synergy Sequencer (1976) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: UncleRust
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 17:04
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There is so much that I love in this...category. So, I will pick two from each of my favorites to avoid too long a list. Klaus Schulze - Mirage and X Tangerine Dream - Rubycon and Tangram Bjork - Homogenic and Vespertine Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express and The Man Machine Vangelis - Blade Runner and Heaven and Hell Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene and Equinoxe Brian Eno - Discrete Music Harold Budd and Brian Eno - Ambient 2 - The Plateaux Of Mirror Autechre * - Chiastic Slide and Exai * I don't know why these guys aren't listed on this site, but I think of them as prog. No one else has innovated like them in last couple of decades (as far as I am aware anyway). Also amazing modern electronic artists who make use of unusual textures, interesting recording techniques, odd time, etc., but perhaps a little further from being prog in my mind are BT, Aphex Twin, Plaid and Monolake. Edit...I really should have included these as well... Ryuichi Sakamoto - Left Handed Dream Redshift - Toll, Colder, Life to Come (I know that is 3, but they are all really nicely done.) |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 17:14
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Popol Vuh 1971 In den Gärten Pharaos Tangerine Dream 1972 Zeit |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 17:30
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no particular order KLAUS SCHULZE Timewind TANGERINE DREAM Rubycon (1975) JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Oxygène and Equinoxe BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL - Lucifer RisingIGOR WAKHÉVITCH - Dr FaustTangerine Dream - Force Majeure (1979) Klaus Schulze - Mirage (1977)Klaus Schulze - Timewind (1975) Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969) Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974) Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (1976) Tim BLAKE'S NEW JERUSALEM DIONNE - BRÉGENT - ET LE TROISIÈME JOURHeldon - Electronic Guerilla White Noise - An Electric Storm ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 18:14
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Almost too many to list! Here's a shortlist of perennial favorites in alphabetical order, by artist (I'm sure I'll forget a few). ARC Blaze ARC Fracture AZUMA The Wanderer PETER BAUMANN Romance '76 PETER BAUMANN Trans Harmonic Nights PETER BAUMANN Machines of Desire SERGE BLENNER La Dimension Prochaine RICHARD BURMER Mosaic RICHARD BURMER Bhakti Point BRIAN ENO with DANIEL LANOIS & ROGER ENO Apollo ~ Atmospheres and Soundtracks CHRISTOPHER FRANKE The London Concert EDGAR FROESE Epsilon in Malaysian Pale EDGAR FROESE Macula Transfer EDGAR FROESE Ages EDGAR FROESE Stuntman EDGAR FROESE Pinnacles MICHAEL HOENIG Departure from the Northern Wasteland MICHAEL HOENIG Xcept One JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Equinoxe JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Les Chants Magnétiques JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Rendez-Vous EDDIE JOBSON Theme of Secrets KITARO Astral Voyage KITARO Oasis KITARO Ki KITARO Towards the West RUDIGER LORENZ Invisible Voices MAJEURE Timespan MAJEURE Solar Maximum STEVE MOORE The Henge STEVE MOORE Light Echoes STEVE MOORE Pangaea Ultima STEVE MOORE & MAJEURE Brainstorm NEURONIUM Digital Dream PATRICK O'HEARN Ancient Dreams PATRICK O'HEARN Between Two Worlds PATRICK O'HEARN Slow Time QUAESCHNING & SCHNAUSS Synthwaves STEVE ROACH Now STEVE ROACH Traveler STEVE ROACH Structures from Silence (arguably the greatest pure ambient album ever made) STEVE ROACH Empetus STEVE ROACH Dreamtime Return STEVE ROACH Stormwarning JOHANNES SCHMOELLING Wuivend Riet JOHANNES SCHMOELLING Instant City JOHANNES SCHMOELLING Early Beginnings JOHANNES SCHMOELLING A Thousand Times ROBERT SCHROEDER Computer Voice ROBERT SCHROEDER Brain Voyager KLAUS SCHULZE Moondawn KLAUS SCHULZE Mirage KLAUS SCHULZE Dziekuje Poland KLAUS SCHULZE Kontinuum MARK SHREEVE Assassin MARK SHREEVE Legion MARK SHREEVE Crash Head MARK SHREEVE Collide MICHAEL SHRIEVE with KLAUS SCHULZE & KEVIN SHRIEVE Transfer Station Blue MICHAEL SHRIEVE & STEVE ROACH The Leaving Time SYNERGY Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra SYNERGY Audion SYNERGY Reconstructed Artifacts TANGERINE DREAM (everything from Atem through Underwater Sunlight is gold in my book) VANGELIS L'Apocalypse des Animaux VANGELIS Heaven and Hell VANGELIS Albedo 0.39 VANGELIS Beauborg VANGELIS Opera Sauvage VANGELIS Blade Runner VANGELIS Soil Festivities VANGELIS Direct VANGELIS Rosetta ZOMBI Cosmos ZOMBI Surface to Air ZOMBI Escape Velocity
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 29 2021 at 19:24
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http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=15518" rel="nofollow">  http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13101" rel="nofollow">  http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13780" rel="nofollow">  ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 01:21
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There's plenty more, I'm sure... Klaus Schulze - Mirage (+most everything 1970-1980+++) Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (+most everything ca. 1970-1980 & The Green Desert+++) Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express ( (+most everything 1970-1984) Zanov - Green Ray (& Moebius 256 301 + In Course of Time) Cluster - Zuckerzeit (Sowiesoso) Emerald Web - The Stargate Tapes Harmonia - Tracks And Traces (Music Von & Deluxe) Igor Wakhévitch - Dr. Faust (and everything else) Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene (Equinoxe) Kosmischer Läufer - Volume III (but really I-IV) Reinhard Lakomy - Der Traum Von Asgard (Das Geheime Leben) A La Ping Pong - Go Go Pongs Mark Shreeve - Phantom (Thougts of War) Heldon - Stand By (+ the rest) Sensations Fix - Portable Madness Sergei Djokanov - The Green Desert Video Lizst - Ektakrom Killer Richard Pinhas - Iceland (East/West) Paul Nagle - The Citadel (Chimera) Symboter - Matrix Umberto - From the Grave & Prophecy of the Black Widow (and the rest) Cybe - Cybonesië: Tropische Klankbeelden Yello - Solid Pleasure Lard Free - I'm Around Midnight Claire Hamill - Voices Constance Demby - Sacred Space Music Colin Towns - Full Circle Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm Wendy Carlos - Beauty in the Beast and most of the relevant Klaus Morlock-releases |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 02:20
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and of course...
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 02:30
I thought about the early (first 4) TD and the first 3 or 4 (if you include Tone Float) Kraftwek, but there isn't much electronics in most of the albums. Some don't include synths or KBs at all.
I should revisit both. For decades, I (probably wrongly) lumped them in the Kraftwerl clones
yup, forgot about that one or sure ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 03:22
Cluster and Harmonia are well worth a revisitation I think. I don't think they sound like Kraftwerk-clones at all. Regarding
early TD & Kraftwerk - yes I know, but wanted to keep comments
short and snappy, I and didn't want it to appear like I don't enjoy the
bands earliest releases. So I just included all the years I'm most (most) fond
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 05:26
It's very allright, and thank you for considering my expectations. My "Electronic Prog" is a rather quirky category, so I didn't really see any point in giving a definition of it here, for not to talk about expecting others to try to follow this definition. For those interested, though, I can refer to my Prog defining article http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=127835&SID=6216975ab2282e7cc89bc6f99bze40384490741
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 08:03
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Can't believe I'm the only one (so far) to include a Ryuichi Sakamoto album! His contributions to this category, starting back with Yellow Magic Orchestra, are considerable! (It's not all Berlin School or Ambient, people!) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 08:26
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Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Klaus Schulze - X Radio Massacre International - Emissaries Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe David Borden - The Continuing Story Of Counterpoint Zombi - Spirit Animal Supersilent - 11 Heldon - Standby Richard Pinhas - Metal / Crystal Steve Roach - Empetus Redshift - Ether ARC - Church Ashra - New Age Of Earth Harold Budd - The Pearl Steve Moore - Light Echoes ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: TheEliteExtremophile
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 09:35
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I'm really not that familiar with progressive electronic, except for maybe the odd krautrock album here and there. I'd recommend http://waveracerscollective.bandcamp.com/album/wrath" rel="nofollow - Wrath by Vayu , though. That came out earlier this year, and I really liked it a lot. ------------- https://theeliteextremophile.com" rel="nofollow - Check my reviews of recent prog releases! |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 09:37
After second thought, I don't think, I'll do any threads where I ask people to do your kind of A-Z list, as I think that would be too much to ask (everybody) to do - even I've been thinking to do that regarding the most popular sub-genres.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 10:08
There's one that sorely needs a reissue. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 10:46
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I don't have very much in this genre, but from the few titles I have, these are my favorites: Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Vangelis - Direct Mark Shreeve - Embryo Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Majeure - Solar Maximum Patrick Moraz - Human Interface Zombi - Surface to Air Zombi - Spirit Animal Zombi - Shape Shift Zombi - 2020 Kosmogon - Mässan ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 11:01
That's good thinking, considering it usually takes me a couple of weeks to compile an A-Z list. At least I'll have either Zombi or Zanov to choose from for the tricky letter "Z" this time and there's only one Electronic Prog artist I can think of for the letter "Q", so no competition there.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 11:35
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Quaeschning & Schnauss ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 11:56
Yes, that's the one, and they're very good too, especially if you're a fan of Tangerine Dream.
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Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 12:46
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 13:38
I should add that to my list! Essential for TD fans. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 13:59
That's right. I'm sure I'm the only guy here who probably owns anything by the late Azuma. He's sort of "the Japanese Vangelis." ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: UncleRust
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 16:59
Really good point... I have updated my list to include Ryuichi Sakamoto's Left Handed Dream, which I love, and a few from Mark Shreeve's Redshift project which is probably considered to be derivative of Tangerine Dream and Berlin School / Ambient...
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Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 18:49
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Tangerine Dream Force Majure has creepy darkscapes with electronics and mysterious themes. The drums and guitar create a Progressive Rock style. Not that the album is less Electronic. It's just that the album comes across sounding like a Progressive Rock band not unlike Cyclone did but without vocals. Klaus Schulze- X...An album that is Electronic, but posses a sub genre of Prog called Symphonic Rock. The music creates that style by the usage of strings or perhaps creates a Classical sound not distant from the early Enid . Popol Vuh- In Den Gardens of Pharaoh....Indescribable for the most part. It projects many aspects to primitive music and it's very spiritual. To assume that it is Progressive Rock is kind of misleading. It might come across that way simply because of its usage of percussion and some of the improvisation on keyboard and additionally Popol Vuh are considered to be part of the Krautrock movement and very much thought by many to be a band. I think of them as being spiritual. Mort Garson- Black Mass ..The percussive style fused with eerie themes with definite melodies are more likely to be tied into characteristics of Progressive Rock...If Black Mass was performed by Goblin , The Enid..or Miriodor it would reveal how close to being Progressive Rock it is. Johannes Schmolleing- The Zoo Of Tranquility..Melodic, quirky, and dreamy. Electronic music based around uniquely composed themes with a Progressive Rock edge and concept. Mike Oldfield- Incantations..The album has a repetitive nature like Terry Riley or Philip Glass but with a Progressive Rock style because of the usage of flutes, guitars, and drums. David Bedford- The Odyssey...Very Electronic..but again..sounding like a Progressive Rock concept album in various sections throughout. Vangelis- Albeado 0.39...Unique sounding Electronic Music with a Progressive Rock feel not too distant from ELP |
Posted By: UncleRust
Date Posted: December 30 2021 at 19:33
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Just saw this, it may be of interest those who love Tangerine Dream. https://community.vcvrack.com/t/an-introduction-to-and-retrospective-on-tangerine-dream/" rel="nofollow - https://community.vcvrack.com/t/an-introduction-to-and-retrospective-on-tangerine-dream/ |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 04:10
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My favourite stuff is unsurprisingly my own stuff. ;-) Apologies for the immodesty. ;-) https://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard" rel="nofollow - https://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard ------------- |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 07:58
Very interesting with your comments, Jacob. That is the kind, I think about when distinguishing between my "Electronic Prog" and some of Progressive Electronic.
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 08:00
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Usually I am a big fan of music that mixes electronic with non-electronic sounds. When I think of electronic sounds, I would include the use of studio-based sound manipulation (like f.e. it was used by The Beatles and Frank Zappa in the mid-60's) as well as musique concrete and things like that. Many of my favourite albums have electronic elements in them in one way or another, for instance in pop and rock, but I am also very keen on folktronica - electronics and acoustic instruments often suit each other. On the other hand, I don't have that much fully electronic music in my collection, but I definitely have my favourite there as well. The first albums I can think of are by artists like Cluster (Zuckerzeit) and Kraftwerk (The Man Machine). I have even experimented a bit with fully electronic music myself lately.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 12:52
That guy refers to 1981-82 as some sort of "decline," which is nuts!  At the time, Tangerine Dream were being sent prototypes of new synthesizers (PPG famously did), and the textures the band was creating with them were above anything else being made with synthesizers at the time. The music they made for Exit, Thief and Logos–Live at the Dominion, along with subsequent albums and soundtracks like Wavelength, White Eagle, Firestarter, Risky Business, The Keep, Hyperborea and Poland–The Warsaw Concert, added up to one of the decade's trademarks. Plus (and this is a huge plus), Johannes Schmoelling is a melody master on par with Jan Hammer. Many of those beautiful melodies you hear in Tangerine Dream's music during Johannes' time with the band (you can practically sing them) emanated from his fingers. There's a reason Tangerine Dream has so many imitators! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 13:01
Tangerine Dream had just made a full-blown prog rock album — with vocals! —the year before (Cyclone, 1978). Some of its DNA found its way to Force Majeure and inspired Edgar Froese to compose the title suite's motif on piano, and layer the synthesizers on afterward. Klaus Krieger played drums on Cyclone and also played on Force Majeure. The second side features "Cloudburst Flight,' with a stunning guitar solo courtesy of Froese, and a rousing sequencer piece laden with unique timbres called "Thru Metamorphic Rocks." It's a standout album, through and through. After that, Klaus was gone, conservatory-trained keyboardist Johannes Schmoelling joined, and the band proceeded to enter into its most successful phase. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: UncleRust
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 13:18
Ha! I completely agree. While I am not a particular fan of White Eagle or Hyperborea, your point is spot-on. Tangerine Dream to my ears were, above all else, innovative or progressive if you like. Speaking of Poland, I do remember being jealous of them for their kit - that PPG they used made me horribly jealous as it was digital and therefore did not go out of tune at the slighted change in temperature...that is all that it took. And, Poland is tremendous. Even my wife likes it & that is a test that is rarely passed. |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 14:48
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Following this TD sub-thread: Peter Baumann 2016 Machines Of Desire |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 15:20
Yes, another stellar entry. What a comeback for Peter after so many years. Unfortunately, the Neuland project (Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger) left me cold. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 15:28
He also commented on Froese's descent into "irrelevance" following Epsilon in Malaysian Pale. It makes me wonder if he ever really listened to Stuntman. It sounds like he's blowing a lot of smoke... Poland was a phenomenal achievement for its time, four sides' worth of brand-new suites (precomposed with additional improv) that triggered a scramble for every regional outlet (for whatever reason, it wasn't easy to find, though it was on Relativity). "Poland" (Side A) was long termed the "blueprint for house music." Not sure if it is, but the entire release, all the way up to the finale of "Horizon," blew me away. And Edgar didn't even plug in his guitar! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 16:35
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On Force Majeure Edgar Froese's guitar playing Improved and he seemed to master improvisation, expanding more, improved his technique...and actually came across more like a Steve Hillage or Andrew Latimer style of playing. He was good before, but on this album it was evident that he took a leap forward. In 1980 I enjoyed listening to Avant-garde by candlelight. Zeit and Atem were always included . "Nebulous Dawn" seemed to create a vibe of falling darkness. The piece created a feeling of drifting into the supernatural. The piece "Atem" projected in the exact same way. Tangerine Dream created beautiful darkscapes! Around the time of Phadrea , Rubycon the pulsating effect began which was a very rhythmical aspect brought into Electronic Music. Of course other people were already doing that..Mort Garson's rhythmical rapid pulsating synthesizer sound on "Leave The Driving To Us" which Pink Floyd's "On The Run" had a similarity to. There was Terry Riley who created swirly electronics over a pulsating rhythm with organ , Beaver & Krause and Ron Geesin , but TD took the idea and created atmospheric soundscape decorations around it. They were highly influential to other Electronic artists. Stratosphere and Sorcerer took another leap forward. Sorcerer never felt like a soundtrack to me. I love "Overture" from the album Various Artist ( Virgin) and "Haunted Heights" from a Tangerine Dream box set released in 1980. Both pieces are hauntingly affective and from that period. Peter Baumann recorded a few tracks on Trans Harmonic Nights that Share similarities with "Haunted Heights". This style of Electronic Music influenced the early Neuronium from Spain and in Mexico during the 80s and 90s a quite impressive list of Electronic artists began releasing dark Electronic music which to some degree shared the influence of Tangerine Dream. |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 17:06
Yes, me too. And it promised so much, what a pity. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 02 2022 at 03:32
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My collection tends to be dominated by Tangerine Dream and Vangelis. For me Vangelis is the best artist working within the genre because there is so much variety. My favourites by him are Heaven and Hell Albedo 0.39 Spiral Beauborg China Soil Festivities Mask Direct Voices El Greco but there are several other ones including obviously the Blade Runner s/t that are excellent. Tangerine Dream - I love everything pretty much from Ricochet to Underwater Sunlight (1975- 1987) but my absolute favourite is Tangram. Others: Neuronium - Heritage J M Jarre - Oxygene, Equinox, Magnetic Fields and Rendez-Vous Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets Rick Wakeman - White Rock Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale and Pinnacles Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth Jurgen Fritz - Hard To Be A God (I've not heard much modern stuff unfortunately) |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: January 02 2022 at 07:14
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I didn't check to see whether these were all classified as Prog Electronic on PA, but I don't really care because they ARE in my book... Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Tangerine Dream - Cyclone Radio Massacre International - Emissaries ARC - Umbra Cosmic Ground - Cosmic Ground 2 Jean Michel Jarre - Les Concerts en Chine Klaus Schulze - Royal Festival Hall OHEAD - Dreamstate Circus Zombi - Escape Velocity Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 |
Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: January 03 2022 at 11:41
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Hawkwind- Quark,Strangeness, And Charm Robert Calvert Sci-Fi stories backed with Space Rock rhythms and Simon House's Electronic Music. Hawkwind- The Xeon Codex A more definitive cross between Electronic sound effects and Electronic pulsating rhythms and Space Rock songs. "Sword Of The East" should have been on the Chronicles Of The Black Sword studio album. Hawkwind- It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous The first 15 or 20 minutes of the album is Electronic. I'm not fond of the songwriting on this one, but the instrumental Electronic pieces are fun Stomu Yamashta- Sea & Sky Atmospheric electronics combined with Jazz Rock and Classical structure. Art Zoyd- La Chute De La Maison Usher Art Zoyd- Faust Art Zoyd- Nosferatu Art Zoyd-Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer Art Zoyd- Les Espaces Inquiets/Phase IV/Archives II Ron Geesin- Roncycle 1: The Journey Of A Melody DER NAME DER ROSE- Composed by James Horner Not Progressive Rock, unless you consider Popol Vuh to be Progressive Rock but nevertheless this music captures the sound and style of Florian Fricke during his Nosferatu period. Maybe it was not intended to be. The cd was manufactured in West Germany in 1986. That means it's out of print...ok moving rapidly right along.. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 01:35
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My A-Z list of favourite Progressive Electronic artists:- ARC (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) (United Kingdom) Bekki Williams (United Kingdom) Code Indigo (Robert Fox & David Wright) (United Kingdom) John Dyson (United Kingdom) Brian Eno (United Kingdom) Robert Fox (United Kingdom) Gandalf (Austria) Michael Hoenig (Germany) Ian Boddy (United Kingdom) Jean Michel Jarre (France) Kitaro (Japan) Glyn Lloyd-Jones (United Kingdom) Mark Shreeve (United Kingdom) Pete Namlook (Germany) Patrick O' Hearn (United States) Andy Pickford (United Kingdom) Quaeschning & Schnauss (Germany) Realtime (Germany) Synergy (Larry Fast) (United States) Tangerine Dream (Germany) Umberto (United States) Vangelis (Greece) David Wright (United Kingdom) Bernard Xolotl (France) Yanni (Greece) Zanov (France) |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 04:18
just great, Paul, thanks ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 04:20
My pleasure. You may be interested to know that one half of the Quaeschning & Schnauss duo is now with Tangerine Dream.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 09:55
They were both in TD when they recorded that.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 11:22
It serves me right for not checking the dates.
 I only remembered Quaeschning & Schnauss on account of them being the only Progressive Electronic artist beginning with the letter "Q", even though there's no "Q" in the German alphabet, although there's always a Queue to get into Tangerine Dream concerts.  |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 12:40
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Every Tangerine Dream album from it's inception up to 1977 Edgar Froese-Aqua -Epsilon In Malaysian Pale Klaus Schulze-Moondawn -Mirage Steve Hillage-Rainbow Dome Musicke Juergen Fritz-Hard To Be A God and my favorite, Galactic Explorers-Epitaph for Venus
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 11 2022 at 14:00
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great and thanks, Presdoug ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 14 2022 at 04:12
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Hi It seem that a race and each one write a longest list , win the race!!! Electronic Prog is a one of widest range sub-genres of Progressive Rock categories. There are too many bands and artists that released and will release too many albums because most of them use technology to made a piece. most of them are unvalued (from artistic POV) IMO. Personally , I love Tangerine Dream (atem-Tiger) , Vanglis , Synergy and all solo albums from Tangerine Dream's former members , Tomita and some pieces and albums from others... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 12:54
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I'd like to make some Changes to my A-Z list, so Mort Garson and You are out (nothing personal!) and Gandalf and Yanni are in. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 14:04
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |