RIP Edgar Froese.
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Topic: RIP Edgar Froese.
Posted By: verslibre
Subject: RIP Edgar Froese.
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:29
https://www.facebook.com/TANGERINEDREAM.OFFICIAL" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/TANGERINEDREAM.OFFICIAL
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:30
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no one lives forever .. but this made my stomach hurt a bit. ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:36
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Yes, I'm at work and I'm finding it a bit hard to focus at the moment. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:38
 I was just discovering The Island of Fay today and thinking it was a great modern TD album and curious about what they would release in the future... RIP |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:38
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Next gig: Alpha Cenaturi. Sadly, I won't be able to make that one. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:42
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Oh ! Very sad news today ! There's a huge void now ------------- 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 13:58
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Damn that's sad, I'll play a bunch of stuff this weekend. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:01
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http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/news_more.php?article=232" rel="nofollow -
“There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address." ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:13
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Those are some sad news. I got to see TD along with Neu! and Cluster last year, a truly magical evening. This passing really hits me hard, he's one of the most important people in shaping electronic and psychedelic music and his band one of the most important to re-orienting my current taste in music. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:13
same here... Froese was a true a pioneer: a lot of the music we hear every day and take for granted wouldn't exist without him. ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:29
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Edgar Froese was a pioneering genius that left us many, many gifts of wonderful music and will be deeply missed. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:33
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Very sad indeed. Just put on "Force Majeure" one of favorites. ------------- 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:37
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I was lucky enough to see the Dream several times in the 70s and 80s, including the classic Froese/Franke/Baumann line up. A real pioneer, and a pretty nifty guitarist as well as a mighty synth maestro. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 14:40
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R.I.P. Edgar... And I missed TD gig last year in Warsaw... Damn!!! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:13
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Just yesterday I was listening to Epsiloon in Malaysian Pale....Think to us sometimes from your Liquid Pleiades ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:17
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A Giant has moved on ! Very shocked, he is one of my idols! RIP ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:17
| Very sad news. RIP a true pioneer. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:17
| RIP! |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:24
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Very saddened to hear of his failing health and sudden departure. The worst feeling is that the others will sooner or later follow and it's a pretty hard blow that he's the first one to go (at least from my personal all-time favourites). I can't stay if this also means the end of Tangerine Dream - although I suspect a few of the current members will claim to "continue in his name" - but it's an end of some sort, nevertheless. He both shined and sinned throughout his entire career, but his dedication and legacy are unquestionable. R.I.P. ------------- 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:28
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Only just realised! I will never see Tangerine Dream. Sad news indeed. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:32
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What a legacy! A true music pioneer. ------------- What? |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:41
 RIP man.
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 15:41
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Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Froese... ------------- 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:02
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Ricochet my favourite TD album. But, I posted part 2 for the Piano intro that I always find quite emotional RIP ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:03
Me too, it's a huge loss to progressive music (especially as he was still writing). My favourite electronic artist by far, and I hope his music will live on... http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjvF36gzLF8" rel="nofollow - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjvF36gzLF8
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:05
Edgar laid down some great lines on piano, especially on Force Majeure. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: stratcat
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:10
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Rest in peace. So glad I was able to see him twice with T.D. last year in Melbourne
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:30
Was just about to call you, Sunto. R.I.P Edgar Froese, electronic space music pioneer and main Tangerine Dream composer. I cannot explain what Tangerine Dream has meant for me over the years, and it makes getting to see them back in late 2014 in Melbourne even more special, some of the best nights of my life. Thank you Edgar for an incredible legacy of beautiful space music. I've loved and appreciated the many different eras of TDream for different reasons, and they'll always remain so special to me. A sad day for my electronic music friends, which just makes me that bit closer to all of you. |
Posted By: aprusso
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:30
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http://pitchfork.com/news/58193-tangerine-dream-founder-edgar-froese-has-died/ Admin note: moved here from duplicate thread. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:37
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Though I cannot call myself a TD fan, their contribution to progressive music has been extremely important, and their influence huge. Undoubtedly a great loss for the non-mainstream music scene. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:49
| RIP |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 16:55
well said Vic.. RIP man.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:05
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a major contributor from a seminal band. Thanks to the forum member who posted Ricochet Part 2, I am listening now and dreaming rest in peace Edgar
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:08
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Wow. Didn't see this one coming at all. A great legacy left behind. RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: PC-72
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:28
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This is the most disturbing thing I've heard in decades. Even legendary men are mortal at the end of the day. RIP Edgar. ------------- A negative number was raised to a power that is not an integer. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:33
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The full force of this loss is only beginning to hit me. I mean, this guy was a legend. I'm only a moderate TD fan (70s mostly), but when I think of all the albums he's put out - not just with TD but as a solo artist - and the sheer breadth of his musical influence on.... practically everything, it really adds a lot of gravity. The end of an era, in a way. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:44
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What?! ... Oh, Jesus. ... Well, again, it's not like it wasn't inevitable. I had great time listening to TD as a teenager. Truly, a key figure in the development of electronic music. A great experimenter.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:53
The scope of his legacy is truly mindblowing. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 18:37
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Whoa !! f**k........... I'm in shock.................. f**k.......... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 18:38
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What a beautiful piece of music. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 18:56
RIP--it does sometimes occur to me sometimes that a lot of the greats are getting up there in age 
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:07
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Wow. Not news I wanted to hear. Prog Electronic just lost a great musician. Going to do some listening of his works this weekend. Now Schulze is the last member alive from the original Electronic Meditations line up. ------------- 
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:49
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Read about this an hour or two ago. What a shock. RIP ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 20:34
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What a loss.....musically he enriched the universe....R.I.P I am really sad now ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 22:51
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Rest in peace! I didn't like Electronic music until I heard Tangerine Dream. ------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 01:35
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RIP. One of my biggest influences. He solidified my interest in electronic music, surely. ------------- 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 01:52
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RIP
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Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 02:46
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R.I.P Legend |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 02:58
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Extremely sad news. Edgar was a true pioneer, and I am glad to say that PA truly introduced me to the music of TD. Rest in peace with God. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 03:11
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 03:20
| Horrible news. I actually received Franz Kafka The Castle a few days ago and its still in its shrink rap. I love some of the recent albums especially the 2004 release Purgatorio which is a true gem. So many great albums and so much brilliant music. He was 'Mr Tangerine Dream'. Thanks Edgar for everything.RIP. |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 04:16
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I think it safe to say that I would never have started SPACE PIRATE RADIO in 1973 if I hadn't heard an album called ATEM. After many pleasurable meetings from 1974 on, Edgar and TANGERINE DREAM performed for my 20th Anniversary broadcast. Some lovely memories and even lovelier music. Edgar was a great traveler. The journey continues. Thank you.
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 06:53
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RIP |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 07:17
 and ATEM is the album I put on when I got home yesterday and read of his passing. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 07:32
| Sad news, indeed - a truly historic musician. Listening to Stratosfear right now, which was the first TD album I bought. I was lucky enough to catch them in Cleveland in the early '80s - wonderful, warm show. |
Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 09:37
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Very sad news indeed. Tangerine Dream are among my favourite bands, when I first listend to Tangram some 34 years ago I was hooked immediately. For some reason it took me several years to explore their catalogue further but I'm very glad that I did. While I write I have Epsilon in Malaysian Pale playing in my mind, I bought it at a bargain sale and it exceeded all my expectations: soothing and mysterious at the same time, with some of the most beautiful mellotron sounds I had ever heard... |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 09:53
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R.I.P. This is beyond sad, I feel empty now. ------------- |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 10:34
For those who still lack the elusive and pricey original CD of Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, this nice 4CD collection in a traditional "fatty" jewel case will provide the music for you.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 10:35
That's fantastic, Guy. What frequency is your show on? Do you do a webcast? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 11:25
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It's a great shame. I don't want to add anything other than that, the mans' legacy stands for itself. ------------- |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 11:52
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Such sad news and so sudden too. Edgar was Tangerine Dream so this will probably be the end. I'm presently listening to 7 Letters From Tibet, the album Edgar wrote as a farewell to his wife Monika when she passed away. Such a beautiful album, it just felt the right one to listen to. RIP Edgar, and thanks for all the music. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 12:17
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This is the unreleased non-album main title from Firestarter (1984). The soundtrack is one of my favorite TD albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9SPtS1b4-U" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9SPtS1b4-U ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 13:54
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Not very familiar with his works, but I do like the few TD albums I have, and they're growing on me with each listen. Anyway, this is sad news. RIP -------------  
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 14:54
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I think we might be able to say Froese was the Paul McCartney or John Lennon of electronic music, insofar as he had a near endless quantity of catchy melodies up his sleeve. As wonderful as the longer pieces are, I find myself drawn to the smaller compositions. They often hit just the right chord. Goodbye, Mr. Froese. Thank you. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 15:34
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A sad surprise. I spend hours when I was a teenager listening to Phaedra, which was my first introduction to kosmiche musik, and even electronic music - so, Froese's death is a huge loss to my heart. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 17:33
The Teacher is dead, but the Berlin School of Electronic music continues to live through many of his followers, quite young artists. RIP Edgar Froese
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 20:21
I have this collection and can vouch that it is full of great electronica. Some of it is minimalist, some sounds like TD, some completely different. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 01:52
| ^ yep that is very nice as is the 2 CD set 'Beyond The Storm' where he updated some of his best tracks and added a few new ones as well. |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 04:43
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Thank you and Goodbye Edgar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTBccgJBCQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTBccgJBCQ
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Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 09:51
| Playing Tangram right now - RIP Edgar |
Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 10:35
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A great lost for music. One of the last real inovators. Rip and all my feelings for his family and friends. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 14:47
Beyond The Storm is a wonderful set. I was VERY pleased when it first came out. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 21:08
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This is really sad. He was so great in many areas of music. He was a great pioneer/innovator of Electronic music. I am very shocked and don't want to believe this. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 25 2015 at 22:52
\  Feel it brother, me too ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 01:08
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Needless to say...it's been a rough weekend. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 03:04
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His music was an everyday companion for me when I was in my late teens. RIP. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 03:42
| R.I.P. Edgar. Your amazing musical sculptures will live on forever. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 03:58
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It just hit me that the Melbourne shows were the final Tangerine Dream performances as well...these last few days still seem very surreal...
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 10:14
| The L. A. Times ran his obituary yesterday, and it was of a respectful length and scope. One of the key figures of prog has left this world. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 10:31
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RIP Edgar Frose , as many have said here he was a big impact and influence on the Electronic Prog scene, and did alot for electronic and synthesizer music in general, shame many people outside of Prog and Electronic Prog have little or no appreciation for his influence and legacy. Tangerine Dream was very dominant listening during my teenage and college years, he will be sadly missed and a sad end for such a great band too.
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 11:03
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We lost one of the best. I'm trying not to get emotional right now. Tangerine Dream is huge to me. There will never be another Tangerine Dream album or concert. That is hard to process. Thanks for everything, Edgar. You will be missed. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 11:46
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^ Seconded. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 12:17
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Hi, It's hard to put into words a feeling. I don't feel empty. I don't feel unsatisfied. I feel elated, and having had the chance to enjoy this music all these years, has been for a long time one of the best things in my life. It never failed to lift me, and help make the next day even better! I know that we're mortal, and it is hard to imagine that Vangelis, Oldfield, Schulze and others will eventually follow, but what they have left behind has been a massive legacy of some of the most creative work in the 20th century and in the beginning of the 21st century. It is hard to imagine that anything/anyone else, could have stood up and spoken, so eloquently as his music did. I guess that I can shed a tear, and maybe go for a walk ... try to put things in perspective, and maybe even find a little mortality in myself, and those I love the most and cherish very dearly for everything they have inspired for me in this journey ... all this time ... One can only hope that his unfinished autobiography gets released one of these days, complete with the missing chapter ... life, sometimes ... is just life, isn't it? ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 12:50
beautifully put  ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 13:49
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Demis Roussos also died this weekend. It's a very sad week for progressive music..
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 16:23
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Once he was a force majeure of electronic meditations crossing throgh countless Rubycons, now he is a visionary of invisible limits in Hyperborea. Edgar Froese, thank you for the music.
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Posted By: mwood
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 19:50
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I spent many years in the 1990s tracking down Tangerine Dream CDs - studio and live albums of course, but finding some of those soundtracks and solo CDs was hard! Great fun, though - before the age of downloads and instant musical gratification. :) Thanks, Edgar, for all the music, and for Patrolling Space Borders for decades. Sorry I was a bit of a late-comer! Wish I could have seen you in concert. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 20:24
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I was just watching my Canyon Dreams DVD on my new laptop a couple of weeks ago. Also noticed that my 70's era CDs short by more than a few. My '70's LPs were ruined in a house flood. Electronic Meditation 1970 Phaedra 1974 Stratosfear 1976 Encore 1977 Underwater Sunlight 1986 Canyon Dreams 1986 Tyger 1987 Optical Race 1988 Lily On the Beach 1989 Turn of the Tides 1994 Goblins' Club 1996 Mars Polaris 1999 Enjoyed their stuff through three decades but don't seem to have anything post '90's. Saw them live at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta during the Optical Race tour. The best light show I've ever seen. Alas, I don't still have the t-shirt anymore. I also have Oasis on DVD.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 20:33
San Diego, California Theater in '88! I don't have my tour shirt, either. It was a killer show. We saw a unique line-up! Check out this cool "Sungate" TV clip filmed right after the tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu261-AZ8mw&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu261-AZ8mw&feature=youtu.be ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 21:33
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Saw them at the Coulston Hall, Bristol , UK, 1997 - Man what a night! ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 01:21
Indeed and the BBC devoted a small spot on its main news bulletin for Demis quite rightly. However nothing as yet for Edgar. However I wouldn't say this is totally about ignorance and by complete coincidence they ran a report about the legacy of Kraftwerk almost the same day that Edgar died. A little bit ironic. I expect the BBC will do something on Tangerine Dream in the next few weeks ( he said hopefully).
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 10:47
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EM great Jean-Michel Jarre has chimed in. "Today electronic music is orphaned of one of its most important father figures, Edgar Froese, the soul of Tangerine Dream - Band. Edgar and I always followed each others work. We started electronic music at the same time. We spent some time together recently and we became instant old friends. I remember his vision of Life, his humor, his mysterious smile. Edgar, wherever you are in the weightlessness of space and time, be sure that you will always remain with me and with all of us through the timeless and unique sound of Tangerine Dream." ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 17:32
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He was a great influence in my life. The side "Monolight" from Encore showed me at a really early age that new music could sound beautiful that was all electronic. To this day, the melodic section at around 5 minutes is one of the most beautiful expressions of the power of electronic music. He will be remembered as one of the towering greats of electronic music. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 22:17
What an obituary.....Fond thoughts of Oxygene but always thought of it as second best next to TD. Feel like spinning some Popol Vuh...... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 28 2015 at 12:20
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/6450952/michael-mann-edgar-froese-tangerine-dream?mobile_redirection=false" rel="nofollow - http://www.billboard.com/articles/6450952/michael-mann-edgar-froese-tangerine-dream?mobile_redirection=false ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 28 2015 at 13:39
| ^ Edgar started out as a blues guitarist. Would never have guessed! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 28 2015 at 14:24
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Excellent article/reflection, eh? I know of no other musical pioneer (of course, my brain is currently fogged) who was equally at home on guitar or synthesizers/electronics, and as he fervently devoted himself to creating music to the latter, he never forsook the guitar, either. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 01:33
| Yep I always rated Edgar as a decent guitarist. 'Exhibit A' would be Underwater Sunlight and the track Song Of The Whale. Lovely stuff! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 01:41
That, and "Cloudburst Flight," "A Dali-esque Fuse," "Pizarro
and Atahuallpa," "Ride on the Ray," "Magic Lantern"...the list goes on. Did you watch the videoclip of "Sungate" from '89 I posted? I think Ed was definitely underrated in the guitar dept. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 13:53
I haven't yet mainly because I usually listen to a CD when I come on PA so I would need to turn it off or otherwise there is a clash. I will give it a listen at some point I'm sure.
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