Tangerine Dream

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PeteB
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Tangerine Dream

Post by PeteB »

just got a burnt cd of their new dream mixes cd - wow, very nice stuff

i haven't touched any of their stuff since the early 90's (my chill out days), shame i only got 3 of their albums at the time!

doea anyone recommend any albums i should check - there's hundreds i know! (or should i just check amazon's "my favourite instrumental albums by a fan"

gotta be more synth, not acoustic guitar ones, you know what i mean arry
graham
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Post by graham »

my favourite(and im no expert) is Rubicon (and early 70s one) Pheadras
good as well from same time..I went to see them on the Rubicon tour at a place called the Hardrock in Mcr ,its now my local B&Q. I sometimes wonder if it had a larger influence on me ...3 guys with keyboards.
The synths and melotrons etc were very mysterious things back then.and its then that a took more of an interest in any thing with them in.
I remember they had a heavy advertising campaign on Piccadilly Radio
for rubicon as it was some of the earliest stuff on Virgin after Tubular Bells
they were really pushing it on the mainsteam. it worked on me. lovely cover as well.
newbuild
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STRATOSFEAR AND ROMANCE 76

Post by newbuild »

i have only stratosfear and peter baumann's romance 76

i have heard other earlier ones, but i like how the mixture of melotrons and guitar strumming blends ie: the sequence which starts off stratosfear...also the breakdowns (on each lp) when the sound becomes very warm and with a piano forming a very nice groove which becomes a portal for the next movement...

these albums share similar themes-i think they were recorded and released simultaneously...i like the rhythm computer on 'phase by phase'. it sounded different than most other tekno i have heard from that era...some others sounded kinda lika metronome, while peter baumann would let pulse loose:


philharmonic orchestra
rhythm computer
custom built synthesiser
mellotron
piano
bass
bells
laughing...


recorded in 1976:

cluster-sowiesoso

tangerine dream-statosfear

peter baumann-romance 76

michael rother-flammende herzen

brian eno-music for films

harmonia 76

david bowie-low
Pob
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Post by Pob »

For me, they were at their best when Johannes Schmoelling was part of the line-up. Therfore, I'd recommend:
  • Tangram
    White Eagle
    Exit
    Hyperborea
That's the beauty of Tange - everyone prefers a different era.
newbuild
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i have a dream, in it is a tangerine...

Post by newbuild »

recently i have been kicking around the idea of selling/getting rid of all the music i own that was made/released before i was born...16.15 thursday 25' march 1982...as i have never viewed myself as a collector-i simply like to have music i love on vinyl...i think it is an obsession, one that often leaves me flat broke...which is why i will sell off all of my tangerine dream/peter baumann/eno/cluster/talking heads, usw (50 in total)...i guess my modified collection would start proper with the new order factus 8 american 12" ep (1981-1982) including the tracks: everything's gone green-procession-cries and whispers-temptation-hurt...it's no wonder this 12" made its way back to the u.k. and australia (which my copy is from) ist sehr supoiwb!!! no???
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