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    Posted: June 21 2012 at 12:36
Okay, for the first time in many a year, I am listening to my one & only Tangerine Dream album, the excellent Rubycon. For some reason, I never got around to exploring more of their stuff, and the interview with the band in Classic Rock Presents Prog this issue piqued my interest again.

So, to all you prog electronic fans, which three albums would you recommend to me? Is the later stuff worthwhile?
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Personally I'd stick within the "Virgin era" to begin with.
 
If you liked Rubicon then Ricochet is a live recording of their "Electronic Music" style that I think surpasses Rubicon.
 
For a change in style, Force Majeure and Cyclone are more Progressive Rock and I'd recommend those too (but primarily Force Majeure).
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Hey Steve.
Knowing your tastes, I would strongly recommend you pick up Force Majeure. It's got some drumming and guitars in there, and is really one of the most lovable and attractive albums to the casual progger methinks.
That, Stratosfear - maybe Exit and Tangram I would start out with, if I were you.

Personally I much prefer the earlier abstract years, but my guess is that you would feel more enamoured by these later ones over the Krautrocking first couple of releases
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I personally haven't gotten into much of their latter material, but I probably should sometime soon.
You can't go wrong with any of these classics:
Phaedra - Favourite
Zeit - Very dark and brooding
Stratosphere - Spacey, as always
Cyclone - Supposedly Yes influenced, can't really hear it myself though
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Personally I'd stick within the "Virgin era" to begin with.
 
If you liked Rubicon then Ricochet is a live recording of their "Electronic Music" style that I think surpasses Rubicon.
 
For a change in style, Force Majeure and Cyclone are more Progressive Rock and I'd recommend those too (but primarily Force Majeure).

Cheers Dean, I will check them out.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Hey Steve.
Knowing your tastes, I would strongly recommend you pick up Force Majeure. It's got some drumming and guitars in there, and is really one of the most lovable and attractive albums to the casual progger methinks.
That, Stratosfear - maybe Exit and Tangram I would start out with, if I were you.

Personally I much prefer the earlier abstract years, but my guess is that you would feel more enamoured by these later ones over the Krautrocking first couple of releases

Cheers David. Well, that's two votes for Force Majeure.

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Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

I personally haven't gotten into much of their latter material, but I probably should sometime soon.
You can't go wrong with any of these classics:
Phaedra - Favourite
Zeit - Very dark and brooding
Stratosphere - Spacey, as always
Cyclone - Supposedly Yes influenced, can't really hear it myself though

Cheers. will also try theseThumbs Up
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I really hope you'll feel the gentle persuasion of TD. Summertime is the ideal setting for electronic music, especially Berlin School.
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One word of warning - Cyclone has vocals - not everyone likes TD with vocals, it is an aquired taste to say the least.



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off topic:
led zeppelin has an really bad ass song named Tangerine if you dont know it,pleas listen to it its freaking awesome ♥



if i get a girlfriend in high school,this is the first song we are going to listen on our date Big smile


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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I really hope you'll feel the gentle persuasion of TD. Summertime is the ideal setting for electronic music, especially Berlin School.
Bon voyage.

Yes, even though it is chucking it down with rain here (as bloody usual in West WalesAngry), sometimes the gentle persuasion you talk about is great, and I was just in the mood for this tonight.

I tend to go through phases in my listening (aside from when I am asked to review a band, when I will listen whatever the mood). I am coming out of a heavier phase now and into a more ambient mood, so TD would seem to be ideal for that.
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Originally posted by Ancient Tree Ancient Tree wrote:

off topic:
led zeppelin has an really bad ass song named Tangerine if you dont know it,pleas listen to it its freaking awesome ♥



if i get a girlfriend in high school,this is the first song we are going to listen on our date Big smile

Thanks, but I've listened to Zep since before the pubes started growingLOL
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I've got Force Majeure on Spotify now, and will work my way through the rest of the recomendations over the next couple of weeks.

Cheers guys.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

I've got Force Majeure on Spotify now, and will work my way through the rest of the recomendations over the next couple of weeks.

Cheers guys.

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Everything that I want to say has already been said by Dean and David because they're awesome.
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Just goes to show that even now, after all these years of progging, it is possible to discover or rediscover music that you know will bring you a great deal of joy.

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Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Everything that I want to say has already been said by Dean and David because they're awesome.

Indeed they areCool
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Rubycon is great.  Phaedra is my favorite of the 6-7 that I've heard.  Green Desert is also very solid.  Zeit is a lot more abstract, but if you're in the mood, it's a goody.
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