Tangerine Dream is the best band ever.
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Topic: Tangerine Dream is the best band ever.
Posted By: stonebeard
Subject: Tangerine Dream is the best band ever.
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 03:41
I am pretty much serious about this folks.  I have: Alpha Centauri Phaedra Rubycon Ricochet Stratosfear Force Majeure Tangram Hyperborea Poland Canyon Dreams 220 Volt Live Turn of The Tides Tyranny of Beauty ....and I love them all.  I just added about 20 more on my wishlist.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 04:34
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Definately try to get Atem which is the album that is on the cusp of the early material and their symphonic period.
There is a compilation that includes the single Ultima Thule pts 1&2 which is from the Atem period. Atem,Force Majeure,Ricochet,Phaedra,Rubycon,Stratosfear and Encore are my favourites. ------------- 
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 05:06
I have only Rubycon at the moment, but if all the others that Stonebeard has are that good, he could well be right 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 06:04
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All their abums from Electronic Meditation up to ca. 1980-81 are worth having, including their soundtracks and livealbums. Encore (or Green Desert) is probably the safest bet as next album for you, Stonebeard. But if you love Alpha Centauri as much as I do, Zeit and Atem is. ------------- 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: The Pessimist
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 10:05
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I think that Phaedra and Rubycon are the only albums required to appreciate this band. They are excellent, hypnotic and beautiful.
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 11:00
| Rico will be proud. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 14:29
I even love the New-Agey bits in the 80s and 90s (even the sax solos  ).I put essentially everything I don't have up until Hyperborea, as well as some of the better-rated 80s and 90s and 00s material. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Rocktopus wrote:Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 14:48
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I lost track of them after 1986 (Underwater Sunlight). I like their early stuff very much ("Birth of Liquid Plejades" could be their best song), but my favourite album is Rubycon, very ahead of its times. As for the 1980s album, I'm really fond of "Hyperborea". ------------- 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 16:37
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Rico AGREES!!   ------------- 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 22:24
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Currently listening to Force majeur, but I can honestly say I am not impressed, I do like elements, but it's all a basic sound, I also heard the same on previous and later albums, if you like it, than you'll probably like all the other albums, but for me it's too much the same. Nice but not great. Actually rather boring.
But if you enjoy it, that's all for the better, keep enjoying it and proceed.
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 05:14
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^Thank you for your generosity! -------------
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 14:39
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^Ha-ha! Yes, thanks a lot Tuxon! For your handclaps and kind words to all of us who; unlike you, enjoy rather boring, basic, more of the same kind of music. ------------- 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: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 17:17
I enjoy a little TD once in a while, but best "band" ever? No.
Maybe best synth program operators ever though.
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Posted By: Salvo_
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:10
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For them to be the best band ever, they'd have to make music, not sound effects. ;-) ------------- Member suspended |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:35
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^Never thought of it that way before. Must be because I've actually listened to them. ------------- 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: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 18:55
Here is my list , unreal, really!
The green ones are the ones I like a lot , for whatever reasons ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 19:06
| If they only wrote Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares and then quit forever, I would still be eternally grateful. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 19:23
A wink doesn't make that any less of a useless post. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Salvo_
Date Posted: April 08 2008 at 21:25
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Well...All forums are pretty useless, aren't they? ------------- Member suspended |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 04:51
Yup Tangerine Dream rocks!  ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 12:35
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Johannes Schmoelling made a big difference when he joined in the eighties for me.These albums followed:
Tangram
Pergamon Live
Exit
Logos
White Eagle
Firestarter
Hyperborea
Kyoto (without Christoph Franke)
Poland
Le Parc
I can get very enthusiastic about that 1980-1985 era,more so than any other era. There creativity as a band dried up a few years after Schmoelling left and Jerome Froese was included in the line up.
I also rate some of Edgar Froese's solo releases such as Stuntman and Pinnacles.
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 17:47
| Yeah they're good, but...not best ever. |
Posted By: anael
Date Posted: April 09 2008 at 23:55
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stonebeard? i will say i agree with you, but only if we're living in the seventies.....but i don't think so hahahaha i own everything until 1980, and the best thing were their concerts, amazing stuff ------------- 
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 13:50
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For me surely not...
I would not say it's bad or even mediocrite, certainly an unique band for its own right, but this sort of hypnotic,and way too "electronic" music is not my cup of tea.
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