ZEIT

With " Zeit " Tangerine Dream create a space epic, "2001: A Space Odyssey" style, dedicated to the philosophical concept of time. With this cd they perfected the insights, which had begun to explore in " Alpha Centauri ", long suites for cosmic electronic synthesizers. " Zeit " is a real "trip" electronic no melody, and very minimal, that hypnotizes all the time! Perhaps the same Tangerine they wanted to keep playing this " mantra " electronic without pause! " Zeit ' came out' in a double vinyl and already the dark cover foreshadowed interplanetary travel and cosmic dark atmosphere . The album is divided into four movements and it starts with " The Birth of Liquid Plejades " The sound of the cello makes you get up from the floor for seven minutes, you can hear the influence of Ligeti and his compositions for string quartet, then enters the Moog played by the distinguished guest Florian Fricke and the mind begins to make a journey into inner space aided by a minimal and transcendent synth, as long as the song ends abruptly, leaving a feeling of awakening from a nightmare magmatic and hypnotic . The journey continues with the dark " Neboulous Dawn," the representation of the rising of the dawn nebula, on some planet that does not belong to our galaxy. The reverberations of the VCS3 synth of Franke and Baumann, and the generator of Froese reach the goal, coming slowly in the psyche of the listener. " Origin of Supernatural Probabilities " is the third movement which opens the second side and begins quietly with the chords of the guitar, continuing in an incredible journey with synthetic beats and sounds of the cosmos, always played by the generator of Froese: a song worthy of a saga -dark SF, between galaxies and uncharted worlds. The title track " Zeit " closes this epic sci-fi in a dramatic atmosphere, it looks like the soundtrack of an astral disaster. This is the track most minimal and dark cosmic of cd, which could continue indefinitely if not culminate unfortunately the end to wake up from this trip cathartic and enlightening. Few records like " Zeit " marked a turning point in the history of electronic music of '900, setting new standards, that is where all the electronic music from ambient up to industrial have taken inspiration. A incredible work that should not be missed in any collection.