Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann (1971 - 1977).The classic lineup of musicians of their great years, the ones they are mostly remembered for, are: This is the track “Search” from the album “Sorceror” (1977): In the way of introduction, if you know very little about them, you might ask: So, what do they sound like? What’s a quintessential Tangerine Dream track? This is not an easy one, but after much handwringing I have come up with this one. They have released over a hundred albums and are still recording and touring as “Tangerine Dream”, although none of the original members are left, and to be honest I no longer associate them with what was Tangerine Dream and don’t find them interesting or relevant anymore at all. The band was founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese, who was in my mind a musical genious when at his best, and the only permanent member of the band until his death in January 2015. Of all of them, Tangerine Dream has always to me been the most groundbreaking and the most interesting, opening up a vast landscape of music that simply didn’t exist before, and I’m still in awe of their best works as it simply transcends music across all times and ages. But these 4 artists brought electronic MUSIC to the world in a massive way, and served as huge influences and inspirations to countless musicians and listeners after them, me very much amongst them. I’m very well aware that there are many other great electronic musicians, in the past and the present, as well as many early pioneers on the technical and academic side. Their classic works contain a large number of beautiful pieces of music, to enjoy, to be inspired by and to learn from, so I thought I would offer my perspectitive on them, as an introduction to their music for people who might not know them well, and as a retrospective on their history, their significance and their works.Īs an obvious disclaimer, it goes without saying that all of this is my highly subjective point of view, so you don’t need to tell me that I’m wrong in the comments But your own perspective and experiences are most welcome.įor me, the giants in electronic music have always been Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre, in that order. More information and tickets can be found here.Many of us in here have a fond affinity for the band Tangerine Dream, whose groundbreaking work in electronic music brought the attention of this kind of music to a huge number of people. Tangerine Dream play a live A/V performance at MIRA Festival, which takes place on the 8th-10th November. “the masters of distorted drones, pads and melodies.”
*bonus!* Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross – ‘Like Home’ (from ‘Gone Girl’) “loop-music meets the Scandinavian longing for wideness.”ġ1. “beautiful subtle, rhythmic with many things to discover.” Christian Löffler – ‘Myiami’ (from ‘Mare’) “my idea of electronic soundtrack – music.”ĩ. Thorsten Quaeschning – ‘Light Reading Lamp’ (from ‘Cargo’) “wonderful evolving with a great dynamic.”Ĩ. Ulrich Schnauss – ‘Monday Paracetamol’ (from ‘A Strangely Isolated Place’) “THE master, perfect structured, every note and sound counts.”ħ. Brian Eno – ‘Small Craft on a milk sea’ (from ‘Small Craft on a milk sea’) “probably one of the best Mellotron ambient pieces ever written.”Ħ. Edgar Froese – ‘Epsylon in Malaysian Pale’ (from ‘Epsylon in Malaysian Pale’) Great melodies and digital synth charm.”ĥ.
Christopher Franke – ‘Black Garden View’ (from ‘Pacific Coast Highway’) “I really love the slightly detuned poly-melodies and sequences.”Ĥ. Rival Consoles – ‘I Think So’ (from ‘Persona’) “the master of awareness, knowledge, taste and richness of detail.”ģ.
Alva Noto – ‘Uni Version’ (from ‘Unieqav’) “for me the perfect happy medium between destruction and romantic.”Ģ. R Beny – ‘Pale Fire’ (from ‘Cascade Symmetry’) Having reformed in 2015 following a hiatus due to the death of Froese, the group released their ‘Quantum Gate/ Quantum Key’ earlier this year.Īhead of their appearance at this year’s MIRA festival in Barcelona, where the group will be performing a live A/V set, the group’s Thorsten Quaeschning outlines the ten best ambient electronic works below.ġ. With a giant discography comprising over 100 albums, the persistent group was founded in 1967 in its Berlin base by Edgar Froese, and since then have gone through many mutations and evolutions, while still continuing to put music out into the world. Widely considered the godfathers of cosmic and ambient music, they are a hallowed name within electronica. When electronic acts are made to list their musical influences, Tangerine Dream is a name that’ll crop up time and time again.
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