A massive light went out when we lost Edgar Froese. He and the rest of Tangerine Dream didn't get the credit they deserved. Everyone who is involved with Synth- Vaporwave, trance, and really any electronic music should give this stuff a listen. Where it all began.
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Tangerine Dream were truly way ahead of their time. This band brought electronic music inaugurated electronic music in the early 70s. Space and psychedelic Rock. Superb synthesis.
I'm fan of this group from the 90. It has make a long long trip with me, in such difficult times as i'll allways remember these songs they'll allways be in my head and with my person in each happy or difficult moments. Thanks to "Tangerin" and also to their fan ! Many many thanks to permit us to have an access on the computer as well as this chanel. I am on property of old tapes and some cd too, but... it's also fun to become it here !
i love to explore all concepts of music.this group is the 1st that i've listened to that takes you on a journey and enjoy it.that's real.,...it's damn real.
When you hear this, you can hardly believe that it is product of human mind, and was made on Earth. It something that belongs to outer spheres and dimensions of space and time.
Altough I like my rock and Blues it was and is so nice to have been into this side of music from day one, right from the early TD days. although I am in my 50s now Club and House or even Trance was to us that listened to TD and Kraftwerk etc in the early days nothing new just a follow on. Always relax to this and other electronica thanks for posting.
Ugh.... I have all the albums, and yet I find my self listening to this music via youtube... because I can't escape from Tangerine Dreams. It is beautiful
@ lindentr33: That is definitely not true. Edgar was a spiritual seeker and was aware of a higher spiritual reality. He was just not sure about the nature of it. I spoke with his former wife Bianca Froese-Acquaye in Oirschot (NL) last year (where TD gave 2 concerts) and asked her specifically about this. She told me he had an interest in Christian mysticism and also Sufism. And he also understood that we are not this body (but spirit soul), and that there is a transcendental reality beyond this world. He said: there is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address.
I totally love this record. For all those out there who (like myself) really dig on the synth textures of EMERALDS, this is the place to start..or at least delve into
J'adooore ! J'ai toujours aimé ( j'ai 55 ans et je suis fan). I realy love it (more than liking !). I allways did. I am 55 y.o. and i am a fan ! Realy.
@LustfulMind: Extremely well worded buddy... I am only 24, but share the same opinion. Jean Michel Jarre is another master of electronic music! Props to the guy who posted this :D
Saw them perform something very similar to this , or perhaps some music which grew into Richochet, at the Hardrock in Manchester in 1975 , I believe the last Gig ever put on there...........
Tangerine Dream at their peak inspired back in 1975, but to remain some peopledown here there was no Computers even no drum-machine, just unstable analog synths sequencing, live electronic raga, timeless
Too bad that this awesome and mystical track is cut into two parts. Tangerine Dream are a pioneering German band and sadly enough they are not widely known, especially to the newer generations, who miss these mesmerizing sounds.
This is not the full song. It is missing out a very good part of the song - the start. I think the start and the ending it whats building up the whole wonderfulness of this piece of art. The link below shows the song in its full, but its quality is a bit poor. But the tunes aren't, they're just the same. Enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T_QXc5duq-4.html
This is the best part of Ricochet (or maybe it is "just" that moment when the sequencer line takes the listener by surprise at the end of the piano/flute solo, just before this section). Chris Franke did some similar sequencing on his track 'Purple Waves' on the 'London Concert' (1992), five years after leaving TD in a much more straight-forward tune. As distinctive as early TD was, I think the music was often perhaps a little too 'heavy' in a sort of demonic way, a la Stratosfear (and substance abuse affecting improvisation). Rubycon maybe was the highlight: it out did the Legeti/2001 thing in inspiration while referencing the same, or at least that's my memory of that album (pt.2 especially) from the last time I heard it a few years back! Part of part 1 stole an idea from Pink Floyd's Echoes, I think, although I don't mind that because I can enjoy listening to TD but not PF for much the same reason as I don't care for side one of TD's Cyclone. The 'each is unique' live shows of the Franke-Froese-Baumann line up really should be released not as very expensive 'official bootlegs' but as a nice-priced boxset in the 10cd Electronic Journey fashion.
Edgar Froese was too much of an artist to ever steal anything, or allow stolen stuff to contaminate Tangerine Dream. These guys produced the most beautiful music ever conceived and could improvise in such a magical way. No way they would ever lower themselves by stealing from others. There was absolutely no need for them.
Sounds great on a 7.1 home cinema system, with speakers in the ceiling, a 65" 3D Led TV hung on the wall with psychadelic flashes whipping across the screen and the volume whacked up to 75 on the Richter Scale!...sorry, am I making you jealous?
P....en écoutant j'ai retrouvé mes 16 ans, le lycée, les copains et la vieille chaine pourrie du foyer ou Ricochet ...et d'autres tournaient en boucle ...c'était au siècle dernier, un autre monde dans une autre vie....
