MACULA TRANSFER

Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream frontman) solo career becomes less and less interesting with years. His first "Aqua" is without any doubts his best, followed by his second "Epsylon in Malaysian Pale". I consider "Macula Transfer" as the last recommended album from Froese's essays in solo. After that he progressively orientated his music to very conventional, commercial electronic ambient music. "Macula Transfer" develops a similar style to TD's Virgin era with a great variety of epic spaciousness, including "melancholic", melodic synth waves and hypnotic electronic patterns. "PA 701" starts with an eloquent bass synth lines, accompanied by little detached melodies, then comes a spectral electronic choir after that we can assist to a haunted rhythmical voyage with hallucinatory electronic loops. A very pleasant track and at the level of TD's classic pieces. "Quantas" delivers a dark atmospheric orchestration, a floating soundscape with an enormous spacious sound. "OS 452" is certainly the most original composition, a ravishing electronic painting, featuring guitar echoes, moody repetitive hypno pulses, and electronic choirs. A dreamy & creepy ambience with abundant mellotrons, catchy guitar patterns and discreet wha wha melodies for e-guitar. " IF 810" is one of these boring, almost new agey floating pieces with massive electronic machines. Some really nice immersive ambiences and "cheesy" melodies.