ZEIT

Wow. Tangerine Dream yet again paints a picture with nothing but cellos, organs, synths, and occasional percussion and guitar. This album is a one-hour-and-twenty-minute tour of the minds of Tangerine Dream's members. Even without lyrics, this music (if that is something you can call it) feel so personal and deep. The first song, 'Birth of Liquid Plejades' is rooted in the sounds of Moog, organ, and cello, with some other noise entering and leaving in its twenty-minute runtime. In this track I imagine a dystopian world where water is air. Like Eloy's 'Ocean'. 'Nebulous Dawn' is very dark. The synths sound evil. This track makes me envision a sun rising in a place with no life. Dead grass on a plain, trees succumbing to the ground beneath them, fish bobbing on the ocean surface, humans rotting in their houses, all nasty stuff, yet beautiful because I wouldn't think this way if this music wasn't so thought-provoking, and emotional. Genius stuff. 'Origin of Supernatural Possibilities' contains some truly mesmerizing guitar strums and synth key presses. The music feels both dense and airy, with a dark atmosphere but bubbling hope on the journey onward. I imagine somebody trekking mountains in a world with no natural light, with a never-ending determination to find home. The title track is the most befuddled of the four. Tangerine Dream masterfully crafts a world with not a care in the world. Only calm, nothing is wrong- But wait, something is. I can smell knots in your back. I can see tension in your eyes. I can hear your voice of sadness, buried beneath a thick layer of chill, ethereal music. 'Zeit' is calm with a dash of hurry. Something in the distance is rushing, nervous, stressed. Real scary stuff. Anyways, 'Zeit' is a beautiful album crammed with minimalistic yet horrifyingly ambitious music. Highly recommend. I would give it a five, but I must give it a four out of obligation. This isn't music. This isn't rock. And so, with a frown, I give this album four stars. Prog on.

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