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Roj 
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 Posted: May 13 2009 at 03:17 |
Great poll Alex  . I just love this early era Tangs music.
I love Zeit and Atem, Alpha is really good too, though I was never really that keen on the debut album.
In order:-
Zeit
Atem
Alpha Centauri
Electronic Meditation
Another vote for Zeit here, it's probably my favourite album by TD. It's just fantastic and I love that psychedelic spacey sound, which always makes me imagine another world. There's nothing better than lying in the dark listening to this through the headphones. Stunning. Given it's format, I'd say it's their equivalent of Yes' TFTO.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 13 2009 at 12:05 |
Zeit is the most annoying and boring thing I've ever heard.  It just drones on and on. So I voted for the debut 'cause it actually has a rock quotient.
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Man Erg
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Posted: May 13 2009 at 12:13 |
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Pretty close between all of them but Zeit gets my vote.
Green Desert (recorded '72/'73 but released in the 1980s) is also a favourite of mine.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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A B Negative
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 03:25 |
 James wrote:
Zeit is the most annoying and boring thing I've ever heard.
It just drones on and on.
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Better stay away from TD at the Royal Albert Hall 1975, or Klaus Schulze's Irrlicht and Cyborg... 
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 05:05 |
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I don't mind if it actually has some substance but it didn't.
The first track seemed to be just one or two notes for about 10 minutes.
I didn't mind Alpha Centauri so much though.
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A B Negative
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 05:41 |
To me, the first track on Zeit (Birth of Liquid Plejades) starts with slowly interweaving cello tones that remind me of the voices on the Ligeti pieces used in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hypnotic and compelling, before Florian Fricke's Moog twiddles break the spell.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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Apsalar
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Posted: May 14 2009 at 06:20 |
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mmmm... interesting results, never realised how many people loved Zeit. This is the only period of TD I've really come to love, so those four albums are my four favourite by the band. In order it would be something like this:
Zeit, Alpha Centauri, Electronic Meditation, Atem.
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thellama73
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 21:52 |
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I've only heard Alpha and Zeit, but of those Alpha Centauri is better. Don't get me wrong, Zeit is a seminal masterpiece, but the title track of Alpha Centauri is the closest thing to actually being in outer space I've ever heard.
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Bonnek
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Posted: March 03 2010 at 10:15 |
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Not my favourites really, I prefer Schulzes Cyborg from this period.
Zeit will be the choice!
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