Tangerine Dream: Untangling the Tangram

 

I featured the solo albums of Edgar Froese earlier in this thread, so it seems only fair I should include Peter Baumann's solo works too, and don't worry, I haven't forgotten Christopher Franke, as he's coming up here later in 1991 to coincide with the release of his first solo album: Pacific Coast Highway. I may even go for the whole enchilada by featuring all of Klaus Schulze's albums too - eventually - after I've finished listing and listening to all of Tangerine Dream's bazillion albums.  

 

Peter Baumann (born 1953) appeared on all of Tangerine Dream's albums from Zeit (1972) through to the live Encore album in 1977 before departing the band to concentrate on his budding solo career. He released eight albums in total, recorded over the span of forty years from "Romance '76" through to his second collaboration with Paul Haslinger in 2019 with "Neuland" (which roughly translated means "New Land"). "Thankyou Captain Obvious!" - as Cristi would probably say.  

 

By the way, you may be better off skipping Peter Baumann's two early 1980's albums, unless you're seriously into the sound of New Wave music, but don't say I didn't warn you if you choose to listen to them anyway.

 

 1976: Peter Baumann - Romance '76 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nM8kZkOiU-4FKIJjJzML7niHQErjLP-9s

 1979: Peter Baumann - Trans Harmonic Nights - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7qxqc53H8Ms6oXLgkN7MBfW-uZrJMibA

 1991: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger - Blue Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6pAfB1AY4

 1996: Peter Baumann - Phase by Phase: A Retrospective '76-'81 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7oBUKoGX1o0oS-AOxOV1dfZw_4pLhXPA

 2016: Peter Baumann - Machines of Desire - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lX8eRjlwRtaXwRsj-fuptpqEiVZCPFXH0

 2019: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger - Neuland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdP6kZNQvK1H1fTyKgUpi5csdNdIjLoP

 

Peter Baumann - Strangers in the Night (with apologies to Frank Sinatra)

 

It's funny you should mention the Green Desert album as I read earlier that the album failed to bloom in 1973 because the band decided to begin work on the Phaedra album instead. Anyway, thanks for mentioning it and I'll be sure to include Green Desert later here on it's actual release date of 1986. Confused? I will be. 

And after a couple of years with Rubycon, I might be ready for Phaedra. 

Paul, I hope that you'll see my game. 

 

Encore is Tangerine Dream's tenth album overall, their second Live album and also the second double album (after "Zeit"). Encore consists of all original material (in common with most of Tangerine Dream's Live albums) and was recorded at a number of venues during their successful North American tour. Encore is also notable for being the last album to feature Peter Baumann in the TD trio. He left the band to record two Tangerine Dream-style albums of his own before going off in a totally New Wave direction as Germany's answer to Gary Numan, including a very bizarre cover version of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" (see above). Well, it was the 1980's.   

 

 

 

And now, you're already a part of it. 

It's just like crossing the Rubicon - you'll know when you've reached those higher levels. 

Sorry, but I can't stop laughing of this one.

Two more stellar recordings!