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West Berlin, Germany (1967 – present)

Founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese in Berlin, Tangerine Dream has progressed through a full three dozen lineups (Froese being the only continuous member with staying power) and four distinct stages of development: the experimentalist minimalism of the late ’60s and early ’70s; stark sequencer trance during the mid- to late ’70s, the group’s most influential period; an organic form of instrumental music on their frequent film and studio work during the 1980s; and, finally, a more propulsive dance style, which showed Tangerine Dream with a sound quite similar to their electronic inheritors in the field of dance music.

Froese, born in Tilsit, East Prussia, in 1944, was little influenced by music while growing up. Instead, he looked to the Dadaist and Surrealist art movements for inspiration, as well as literary figures such as Gertrude Stein, Henry Miller, and Walt Whitman. He organized multimedia events at the residence of Salvador Dali in Spain during the mid-’60s and began to entertain the notion of combining his artistic and literary influences with music; Froese played in a musical combo called the Ones, which recorded just one single before dissolving in 1967. The first lineup of Tangerine Dream formed later that year, with Froese on guitar, bassist Kurt Herkenberg, drummer Lanse Hapshash, flutist Volker Hombach and vocalist Charlie Prince. The quintet aligned itself with contemporary American acid rock (the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane), and played around Berlin at various student events.
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  • WS9167

    Divine [2]

    2 May 4:35pm Reply

  • CoryellsGhost

    Divine band.

    16 Apr 12:26am Reply

  • Kilgorer

    Best band in the world.

    15 Apr 4:14pm Reply

  • RockYourSocksxX

    My very own 'ambient' project... http://www.last.fm/music/S⊙l I don't want to force anyone to take a listen... But it would really mean a lot to me if u could just take some time, listen and give feedback.

    8 Apr 1:52pm Reply

  • seedmole

    JESUS FUCKING CHRIST rubycon. ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh------------------

    5 Apr 6:01pm Reply

  • WS9167

    I agree with Slump.

    30 Mar 10:34pm Reply

  • DrSlump7

    TBH, I haven't heard anything I haven't liked from them, let alone thought any such music from them was cheesy.

    30 Mar 9:28pm Reply

  • DrSlump7

    is quite understandable. Yet, their Private years and later 90's works were, in fact, New Age. No, I would never tag or label them New Age at all, but that was what they were during that time.

    30 Mar 8:53pm Reply

  • depechedream

    The only cheesy thing is the New Age-tag.

    23 Mar 9:44pm Reply

  • snowfaller

    It's been a long time since I last heard it, but I thought the music on Tyger was really inferior, and I didn't care for the poetry being read over it. I guess I just prefer their music as instrumental.

    15 Mar 3:15pm Reply

  • WS9167

    If that made sense.

    15 Mar 9:46am Reply

  • WS9167

    I don't think Tyger is cheesy at all. Melrose not really either, although it's probably a bit more... new-ageish than most of their earlier albums. I find Lily On The Beach really cheesy though. It's not really a bad album and has some really good songs, but I think it could've been done better. I won't even mention Ambient Monkeys... but going back to Phaedra, it's just I often thought it was less interesting than a lot of the other albums I mentioned. But I think it's just much more innovative, if not for the music (although Phaedra [the song] has one of my favourite melodies) as for the way it was done. I like listening to other TD albums for relaxation, enjoyment, inspiration, etc. but Phaedra is just great for its influence.

    15 Mar 9:46am Reply

  • DrSlump7

    Oh man @snowfaller. Tyger is a great album! great music put to the wonderful William Blake's poetry. <3

    14 Mar 9:52pm Reply

  • snowfaller

    The only album I thought was kind of cheesy was Tyger.

    13 Mar 8:30pm Reply

  • BOECK39

    Tangerine Dream started me in electronic music !

    13 Mar 9:12am Reply

  • depechedream

    v Melrose is anything but cheesy!

    11 Mar 12:09pm Reply

  • star_shaped_man

    No idea how you can have ever thought Phaedra was inferior to Melrose! Such a cheesy album compared to their incredible 70's and early 80's output. I'm glad you have finally come to your senses :)

    8 Mar 4:48pm Reply

  • WS9167

    I only realised how genius Phaedra is now, when I looked at the cover. Probably the most influential electronic album of all time. although yes, I always thought it was inferior to Hyperborea, Stratosfear, Rubycon, Underwater Sunlight, Melrose, etc. etc. (the list goes on for some time) but... Phaedra is just so revolutionary, without it most modern electronic music wouldn't exist.

    1 Mar 8:47am Reply

  • fariborz69

    Great TD with peter bauman time.

    26 Feb 5:45pm Reply

  • Neon_Spadezzz

    I find myself mostly in favor of TD's 80s propulsive dance style which is a bit different than some of the 70s era, although TD as a prog-rock project is also quite interesting.

    25 Feb 4:01am Reply
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