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QuoteReplyTopic: Tangerine Dream Team Posted: August 10 2022 at 10:10
Phaedra was a princess of Crete in Greek mythology, and that's where we begin our journey as we cross the Rubyconwith the music of Tangerine Dream. This legendary German electronica band have been with us seemingly forever, and their wonderful music reverberates and resonates through the years like a Ricochetbouncing endlessly off the walls through eternity. Tangerine Dream are best-known for their classic 1970's albums on the Virgin label and they really soared to the heights of the Stratosfear and beyond with the success of their fourth Virgin album in 1976. The trio of Tangerine Dream were led by the electronic Sorcerer of the keys Edgar Froese (1944-2015) with Chris Franke and Peter Baumann completing the line-up in the early years (up until 1979 when Johannes Schmoelling replaced Peter Baumann in the line-up). The band had a very successful concert tour of the USA in 1977 where they were often asked to perform an Encore and they stormed from coast to coast across the United States with all the power of a Cyclone in an unstoppable Force Majeure of energy and strength. The music of Tangerine Dream has all the colour and versatility of a Tangrampuzzle, which can often be as grand and imposing as the PergamonMuseum in Berlin. Tangerine Dream are well-known for their soundtrack albums too, most notably with the score to the James Cann movie Thief in 1981. It's in their stunning concert performances where Tangerine Dream really excel though, and fans are always guaranteed a long concert set before the band finally Exitthe stage. The magnificent music of Tangerine Dream soars with the grace and beauty of a magnificent White Eagleand their music is just as distinctive as the Logoson their album covers. In fact, Tangerine Dream are almost as legendary as the mystical land of Hyperborea in ancient Greek folklore.
The sequencer albums of Tangerine Dream all Highlighted above in sequential order.
I've posted this brief review of Tangerine Dream's first album separately from my original post above because "Unravelling the Tangram" puzzle of TD's HUGE discography, including studio, live & soundtrack albums, is going to take up a heck of a lot of space.
Tangerine Dream's psychedelic debut is the only TD album to feature the trio of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze & Conrad Schnitzler (who plays cello, violin & addiator, whatever that is!). This album is a total psychedelic freak-out and nothing like their later sequencer-driven albums, so buckle up and get ready to take a Journey Through a Burning Brain because this album is a wild ride!
Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 10 2022 at 14:53
Tangerine Dream are best-known for their classic 1970's albums on the Virgin label and they really soared to the heights of the Stratosfear and beyond with the success of their fourth Virgin album in 1976.
Stratosfear was also how I in 1977 got acquainted with TD, and has remained to this day my fave TD album, or actually the only one I like so far enough to make a part of my exclusive collection.
Edited by David_D - August 10 2022 at 13:05
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
Tangerine Dream's psychedelic debut is the only TD album to feature the trio of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze & Conrad Schnitzler (who plays cello, violin & addiator, whatever that is!). This album is a total psychedelic freak-out and nothing like their later sequencer-driven albums, so buckle up and get ready to take a Journey Through a Burning Brain because this album is a wild ride!
Electronic Meditation is a transition point between two ages, where three wayfarers stumbled onto a new quest that would occupy their senses till the end of their days. It's a milestone.
David_D wrote:
Stratosfear was also how I in 1977 got acquainted with TD, and has remained to this day my fave TD album, or actually the only one I like so far enough to make a part of my exclusive collection.
I also love Stratosfear to bits, but is it really the only TD album you own? Hopefully this thread will change that.
Alpha Centauri is four light years away from Earth, and just like the star system, this second album is light years away from Tangerine Dream's classic sequencer-driven albums from the later 1970's Virgin era. Alpha Centauri features dark, brooding, ambient soundscapes with an air of mystery about them, in much the same way as the star, Alpha Centauri, is shrouded in mystery, as it can never be seen from the northern hemisphere. In terms of distance, it would take over 40,000 years to travel the 24 TRILLION miles to reach Alpha Centauri, which makes flying to the Moon look like a walk in the park by comparison, so it's better to just settle for buying the album.
Klaus Schulze departed Tangerine Dream after the first album to begin a long and successful solo career. This album features the beginning of the long-time pairing of Edgar Froese and Chris Franke with Peter Baumann joining Tangerine Dream for the next album "Zeit", completing the classic TD trio in the early years.
Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 10 2022 at 16:53
Stratosfear was also how I in 1977 got acquainted with TD, and has remained to this day my fave TD album, or actually the only one I like so far enough to make a part of my exclusive collection.
I also love Stratosfear to bits, but is it really the only TD album you own? Hopefully this thread will change that.
Could be, and I'll give at least Phaedra a new listen. I can also tell that another good friend of mine since 1977 has been Froese's Ypsilon.
Anyway, this is a very good thread, and Paul, it's incredible how productive you are on PA forums. They would surely be something else without you.
Edited by David_D - August 11 2022 at 00:37
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
Zeit (Time) is Tangerine Dream's first double album, containing four long pieces of music (which fits neatly onto one CD these days) and it's also the first album to feature the classic trio of Edgar Froese, Chris Franke & Peter Baumann. Zeit is a dark ambient album with a foreboding atmosphere that's been described as Tangerine Dream's most austere and difficult album to get into, so if you have this album in your TD collection, then you must be a serous collector.
While my previous productivity has been less welcomed.
Maybe you could start a Danish prog blog to highlight some of the prog artists from your home country, although you might quickly run out of albums to feature.
Maybe you could start a Danish prog blog to highlight some of the prog artists from your home country, although you might quickly run out of albums to feature.
If to be serious, and look at the ratings at RYM, it's not that bad, but it is with my motivation for it.
quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
Maybe you could start a Danish prog blog to highlight some of the prog artists from your home country, although you might quickly run out of albums to feature.
If to be serious, and look at the ratings at RYM, it's not that bad, but it is with my motivation for it.
At least listing all of The Savage Rose's many albums would keep you busy for awhile.
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