Tangerine Dream 1: Beginnings
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Topic: Tangerine Dream 1: Beginnings
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Subject: Tangerine Dream 1: Beginnings
Date Posted: May 10 2009 at 22:44
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This is the most misunderstood era of Tangerine Dream's output and certainly manages to divide fans the most. Which is your favorite release and why?
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 01:01
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Pretty much my four favorites. Top Five: 1 Zeit Alpha Centauri Phaedra Atem Electronic Meditation ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 09:19
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I was feeling bad for Atem, having no votes and all, as I really like that album a lot. But Alpha Centauri is just so good, I had to choose it. Zeit I really have to be in the mood for, which is rare. It's really just background noise to me, not really music (I find it good for going to sleep to sometimes). Electronic Mediation really seems like a different band to me, more like "typical" kraut rock (along the lines of Can or early Ash Ra Temple). |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 11:06
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"Electronic Meditation" is classic krautrock. My choice. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 11:12
| I haven't heard them all, but I remember really liking Zeit. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 12:21
| Zeit then Alpha for me. Love the old lineup. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 16:42
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Zeit is my most played Tangerine Dream album, and probably one of my most played albums in any genre. All 4 are excellent, though. ------------- '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: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 16:45
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Zeit, one of my favourite albums, a piece de resistance (and yes, resistance can have a side-meaning here), a wonderful cosmic electronic work of art. The album I like least from the first four is Atem. ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 18:35
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Haven't listened to them enough, but, like a lot of Klause Schulze's stuff, for example, I can listen to all of them and feel they're just about the same.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 11 2009 at 18:38
They can be linked very nicely in fact. Alpha Centauri and Irrlicht might go their separate ways (one cosmic, one drones-y), but they're both ermetic and hallucinogenic. The long epics and pulsating effects in both Zeit and especially Cyborg creates a perfect thin line of comparison. -------------
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stonebeard wrote:Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 10:51
I'm surprised to see Zeit in the lead here. It is a great album though. 
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 13:22
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 13:24
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At last a good poll, i was pested of many prog metal, DT and the like, polls ------------- |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 13:26
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 13:27
Thanks! I just may follow this up with some other TD era polls to see what happens. -------------
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 14:18
I reckon I've played Zeit more than any other album too. I first bought the LP in the early 80s and I've listened to it pretty regulary since. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 16:21
I often have it on quietly as I fall asleep, although I do listen to it 'properly' as well - somehow I never tire of it. ------------- '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: SaltyJon
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 23:37
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Zeit is my favorite of these, it's good for sleeping and being awake.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 23:38
So...just about all the time, then? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 23:41
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Electronic Meditation I've only heard that and Alpha Centauri so far. Zeit is up next. -------------   
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Posted By: Roj
Date 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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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date 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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Posted By: Man Erg
Date 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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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 14 2009 at 03:25
Better stay away from TD at the Royal Albert Hall 1975, or Klaus Schulze's Irrlicht and Cyborg...  ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date 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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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 14 2009 at 05:41
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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. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date 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. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date 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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Posted By: Bonnek
Date 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! |