ATEM

'Atem', the last of the Ohr label Tangerine Dream albums, was a kind of turning point for the band. Tangerine Dream used much more electronics on 'Zeit' and 'Atem' than they did on their first two albums, but still not as much as later works like 'Rubycon' and 'Stratosfear'. This transition shows well on the title track. The song glides through heavy organic (with drums, organ, and other non-synthetic instruments) and slow synthetic passages (with Mellotron and other synths and related instruments), almost like an audio representation of the ever changing early Tangerine Dream. Wow. 'Fauni Gena' is great but the mellotron melody is too slow in my opinion. I love the last two minutes though. 'Circulation of Events' sounds very sinister, at the least. I love the mellotron and organ. One of the best of the short Tangerine Dream songs. My second-favorite song on this album, behind the title track. 'Wahn' has many odd voices in it that take up the first half of the song. The second is some drum-heavy keyboard instrumentation. This song is cool, maybe not the best ending to this album, but still good enough to call this album an amazing effort from Tangerine Dream. 4.5/5. Prog on!

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