Tangerine Dream - Tangerine Leaves Volume 79 -Live- (c) 2006 Tangeri
Artist....: Tangerine Dream
Album.....: Tangerine Leaves Volume 79
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: cd1: 4 cd2: 4
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Tangerine Leaves
Catalogue#: VII
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.tangerinedream.org/
Tracklist:
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Cd1
01 Logos (Early Version) 09:28
02 Edinburgh Castle 08:40
03 Digital Times 14:55
04 Bondi Parade 13:18
Cd2
01 Mojave Plan 27:15
02 Thermal Inversion 11:41
03 Remote Viewing-Force Majeure 04:57
04 The Price 02:35
Total:148,6 MB/ 92:49 min
Release Notes:
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Live Performance 16th October 1981 - Portsmouth Guild Hall
Audience Recording Remastered by Whoppy Snorp
ed by Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream is perhaps the premier exponent of
electronic "rock" music. From their "free-rock" beginnings in the
nascent Kraut Rock scene to the eventual triple keyboard standard that
signed to Virgin Records (UK), this German group can take significant
credit in introducing synthesizer/sequenced electronic music to most of
the western rock world. At the height of their success - during the mid
to late 1970s - the Dream's spacey, pulsing music earned them a
tenatious cult following. By the late Seventies, however, line-ups, and
more importantly, the formula changed, tilting towards more
conventional "rock" music. By the early 1980s, TD was primarily
releasing lucrative soundtrack work, before settling into New Age
content by mid-decade.
Formed in Berlin in 1967, the initial line up (on their first release
Electronic Meditation) included Froese, Conrad Schnitzler (cello) and
Klaus Schulze (drums). Their compositions, or rather experimental
improvisations, had roots in the psychedelia of London albeit with the
Kraut twist. Electronic Meditation is perhaps a misnomer; traditional
instrumentation of organ, drums, guitar, cello, flute were hardly
electronic and "freak out jamming" is the more apporpriate adjective,
reflecting the confluence of Twentieth Century avant-garde music. Both
Schnitzler and Schulze would depart after this album, with the latter
forming Ash Ra Tempel. Second album, Alpha Centauri, saw the addition
of long-standing member Christopher Franke replacing Schulze, while
Peter Baumann would come aboard for Zeit. Although unissued until the
mid-1980s, Green Desert was recorded in 1973. The core of Froese,
Franke and Baumann would sign to Virgin Records in 1973, and the
subsequent release Phaedra would cement their style for years to come.
Ambient electronics, utilizing synthesizers and sequencers, was typical
of the TD sound. Compositions were long, melodic, pulsing pieces.
Michael Hoenig temporarily replaced Baumann for an Australian tour in
1975. One highlight of the Virgin period was Sorcerer, a soundtrack to
the film of the same name. After Baumanns departure in 1978, TD
experimented with the formula on Cyclone, which saw the addition of
Steve Jolliffe, adding vocals and woodwinds. Force Majuere was the
classic of this period. Johannes Schm÷lling would join for Tangram,
with this line-up remaining stable until the mid-1980s.