Tangerine Dream: Untangling the Tangram

I was consistently attracted to Tangerine Dream's sound ideas. Their keyboard settings were particularly interesting to me. The dark soundscapes on Zeit and the pulsating rhythms on Phadrea and Rubycon.

Tangerine Dream broke ground in stepping forward with Electronic sounds. Some of these particular sound ideas for pulsating rhythms and dark soundscapes had already been invented and recorded by Delia Derbyshire in 1964. They weren't quite along the lines of Karlheinz Stockhousen, but more likely to be on the same page as Tangerine Dream and by the early 70s that particular style of Electronic resurfaced in Tangerine Dream music , but with a new approach.

In the 70s I'd often compare Rick Wright's keyboard work on Ummagumma with Tangerine Dream Atem. The similarities were outrageous. I recall reading about Delia Derbyshire paying for a taxi to transport the members of Pink Floyd to a studio so she could introduce them to Electronic Music or perhaps how to utilize it.

Tangerine Dream seemed to blend these kinds of ideas into music in a new innovative way..which influenced many other Electronic artists. I was really impressed with the talents of Edgar Froese. His solo albums were telling. Listening to them caused me to believe that he was Tangerine Dream. It was in fact like hearing a Tangerine Dream album.

Edited by Jacob Schoolcraft - March 26 2023 at 15:59

  2011: Knights of Asheville - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k-HyA3QZBUPNASfsxqgX7Ezw_NoAuNoHs

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 19 2023 at 05:14

^ It sounds like you've crossed the threshold into the psychedelic world of Aldous Huxley. 

^ I regard that as one of their best later albums. They do admittedly go very 'retro' at times but that's probably why I like it. A bit of the old and a bit of the new style mixed together.

  2011: Mona Da Vinci - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8wjVNuT7QPJ25ksG5rsuczG6zRTsmQeG

moshkito wrote: I can only hope that Linda Spa comes back to the music world. I do think that she added a bit more to TD than she is given credit for, and in the end, it looks like she was dumped ... or at least the emotional hurt was beyond a lot ... specially when one gives up over 15 years of their life and love and work, for a band that obviously meant a lot to her!

^ You're right. The Linda Spa years were Tangerine Dream's best years for me, and we can only hope that she returns to the music world with the long-awaited solo album she's rumoured to be working on. 

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 09 2023 at 13:19

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 09 2023 at 06:37

Jacob Schoolcraft wrote: I believe Tangerine Dream were responsible for creating the pulsating rhythm in Electronic Music that most people borrowed thereafter. It seemed to start with Phadrea, but one of the first indicators is found on "Circulation Of Events" from Atem.

 2010: Zeitgeist Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London -  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT8EN2bNNdsuExqq6fa6zFe6zHIFHdO4

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 15 2023 at 10:44