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FORCE MAJEURE

Tangerine Dream

 

Progressive Electronic

4.03 | 539 ratings

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alainPP
5 stars TD to move forward into the new decade, as if each decade had to change its musical register!

1. Force Majeure directs the eponymous title; it starts strong, the TDs are no longer what they were, the titles are shortened, the creative energy dries up, good bewitching and hypnotic all the same; the same effects, sounds of spacecraft, sirens, angels busy with the smooth running of our world... it often takes 3 minutes to know in what sauce we are going to be eaten; S-F atmosphere at all, creation or other beginning, it turns, we wander, the latent side at its height; bong bong the stellar train is about to leave, hurry up... and the slap, a stratospheric guitar that sets the scene on fire, the atmosphere, that's good; rolling drums, crystalline synth and off we go again; the synths are no longer the only masters on board, 6 minutes and bam it declines hard around the synths, it exudes the stereophonic symphony from afar; rhythm, we feel the lava flows coming out of the musical crater, hold a block that explodes near you; no more long ethereal ambiances, here it's forced movement; 9 minutes and the middle, ah the train which passes and immediately sends back into the ether, Vangelisian notes, sounds without noise... we are in space; an ode suddenly clears its way; the more this guitar which raises the tone, meanwhile hold a bell not that of AC/DC but still; Hey, it's raining notes now, a long 18-minute title that doesn't actually stop; a little moment of relaxation with notes bursting out of nowhere, to check the peak of the speakers; the tune in yet another dream variation... that's good, the saving, beneficial melody emerges, yes you had to make the effort to get it, it was the game my brave lollipop; pay attention to the rhythm, yes you move your head, this tune is imprinted in your musical unconscious; ta tata... and the drum pad also now has a value for the sound of the TDs; one of the first jovial and dynamic tunes, a gateway to the 80s 2. Cloudburst Flight ah this title, 7 minutes it's short; but 7 minutes taken well can allow you to go very far, like an evening on July 14 when this title passes for the traditional fire; there are waterfalls of fire, it's soft, so yes I know I know what will happen; have incandescent rockets that come out suddenly; here the crescendo begins; 2'45'' and it comes out... a real river of lava flowing, hold blocks of several tonnes which brush against you, hold the guitar, a hell of a guitar which propels you aside to protect you from these cars which go out endlessly; this guitar; this synth, this mixture of notes which rises, which swells, which swells, and boah... the deliverance, the tempo is still there, an electronic whistle which keeps the rhythm... yes we were indeed dealing with a musical ecstasy live 3. Thru Metamorphic Rocks for a controversial title... yes it is written: one if not the most beautiful electronic-progressive intro yes I often come across very beautiful things I can't help it, so an ideal climb, the pass du Ventoux, with drum rolls and spleen melody just right; the stage moment is even more beautiful with this guitar, yes some have said that TD is rock above all, a tune that rises high, fresh like a gazpacho soup in the middle of a summer evening; perfection, a depth of notes, atmospheres, and then it goes wrong, yes I had trouble for many years... this electro tempo suddenly repetitive, drunk, no it didn't work; too simple, too jarrian in his last years; and then I listened to 'Red' and this latent sequel where almost nothing happens... and then I came back to it; spatial choirs, from beyond the grave, overloops, frenetic drums and then it's long, captivating, hypnotic... a different try with no less than 9 minutes in total weightlessness; yes the master SCHULZE tried his hand at tricks of this type, and the final signal during the last minute, ultra bass to dust off the speakers; then low profile; a unique piece which should not lower the score.

alainPP | 5/5 |

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