Edgar Froese solo

Aqua and Epsilon have a sound I'd normally go for, but I tend to play Stuntman more often.

Epsilon gets my vote, although it's only just ahead of Aqua and Ages.

richardh wrote: Ricochet wrote: stonebeard wrote: TD have made a ton of great albums in the 2000s and the 2010s are looking nice. Expecting a band to stay within a very narrow compositional style that was practically defined by analog modular technology in a time when synthesis has been changing dramatically is foolish. That kind of thinking makes analog purists wearisome to me. Yes, I was obviously whining that they don't make it like Zeit no more, not that Froese is dragging along a lifeless, half talentless band, pooping 20 albums per year, based on whatever different concept he's thinking over at breakfast and yet all of them sounding the same. They are currently staying within a very narrow compositional style. It's their narrowest yet and it has no personality. [ Woo, yeah, I totally said back a couple of posts I wasn't really approaching this subject. ]   Purgatorio was recorded with several opera singers singing in different languages and is in no way 'narrow'. Most of the remixes are of the eighties stuff which was never that popular anyway. The Booster series has been very well received and has helped shine a new light on an era of TD that is wrongly neglected imo. The 90's was the worse time for TD imo. Part of that I suspect was that Jerome was not capable of contributing very much on a creative level but that has changed over the last 10 years. I need to check out the 5 Atomic Seasons albums judging by the positive comments on this thread.

Purgatorio isn't Eastgate, so I wasn't complaining about that. They did concluded pretty badly with Paradisio, though.

And I don't put too much into the "well received" thing. Yes, Tangerine Dream are still ahead of the generation of lousy, aphonous epigones they now inspire. I've been three years on the TD official forum, where every new release was being worshiped as TD's best yet, so I've had enough of that. I'm not sure what Booster (volume 25 is coming out this year, right?) would be so great about, it's like the Hollywood Years of the 90s. Concerts such as Izu were enjoyable.


Edited by Ricochet - April 23 2011 at 04:35

yes ! i think it could be a good idea

stonebeard wrote: TD have made a ton of great albums in the 2000s and the 2010s are looking nice. Expecting a band to stay within a very narrow compositional style that was practically defined by analog modular technology in a time when synthesis has been changing dramatically is foolish. That kind of thinking makes analog purists wearisome to me.

Yes, I was obviously whining that they don't make it like Zeit no more, not that Froese is dragging along a lifeless, half talentless band, pooping 20 albums per year, based on whatever different concept he's thinking over at breakfast and yet all of them sounding the same. They are currently staying within a very narrow compositional style. It's their narrowest yet and it has no personality.

[ Woo, yeah, I totally said back a couple of posts I wasn't really approaching this subject. ]


Edited by Ricochet - April 22 2011 at 16:27

I don't particularly care if it's not a vintage sound anymore. Not only do all the old TD albums still exist (and can be listened to any time), but you also have the likes of Redshift that basically made 9 classic albums that sound as good as the old TD ones.

TD have made a ton of great albums in the 2000s and the 2010s are looking nice. Expecting a band to stay within a very narrow compositional style that was practically defined by analog modular technology in a time when synthesis has been changing dramatically is foolish. That kind of thinking makes analog purists wearisome to me.

Ricochet wrote: Aqua and Epsilon are brilliant. I also regarded (not listening in a long time+ hating Edgar's guts for how he changed TD in the last years = meh) Ages very highly.

yes i see what you mean ,i've been thinking a while the same as you, but listening back to many further releases, i changed my mind, for sure they scored too many movies, but Edgard did many strong albums, it just need a few loud listenings ,the boosters volumes, the five atomic seasons, Hyperborea, Underwater sunlight, Lily on the beach , Turn of the tide , Le parc , Optical race , ther's good stuff to dig in it but i agree with you, it's not the vintage sound anymore

Still haven't got Goblins, probably it's gonna happen

Epsilon in Malaysian Pale (I have the LP version) ranks amongst my favourite albums listed at PA.  I won't vote, however, because the only albums I have of these are Aqua and Epsilon....

Edited by Logan - April 22 2011 at 10:28

Epsilon in Malaysian pale definatly.  Most of his solo output is pretty great though, admittedly.