Name: Electronic Meditation
Brand: Tangerine Dream

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TB6201C

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Orange

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-05-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

889397108281

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Total Cap

Orange LP

Artist

Tangerine Dream

Genre GB

Krautrock

Label GB

Tiger Bay

Founded by the late Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream is a German group that played a significant role in introducing synthesizer- and sequencer-based electronic music to the Western rock world. They started as a "free-rock" band in the krautrock scene before evolving into a synthesizer-based trio signed to Virgin Records. During the mid to late 1970s, their spacey, pulsing music gained them a devoted cult following. In the late Seventies, their lineup and musical style changed towards more conventional rock music. By the early 1980s, they focused on releasing influential soundtracks before transitioning into New Age content.

Tangerine Dream was formed in Berlin in 1967 with an initial lineup that included Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler (cello), and Klaus Schulze (drums). Their experimental improvisations were influenced by London's psychedelia but had a unique krautrock twist. The addition of Christopher Franke replaced Schulze for their second album, Alpha Centauri, while Peter Baumann joined for Zeit. Their signature style emerged with Phaedra released under Virgin Records in 1973 - long melodic pieces featuring understated keyboard and guitar melodies intertwined with ambient electronic textures created using synthesizers and sequencers.

The band went through various lineup changes over the years but maintained their focus on rhythmic textures during the first half of the 1980s. This shift divided fans as Tanger

Tiger Bay is a record label that specializes in luxury and limited edition releases on vinyl. They work closely with artists and labels to create licensed vinyl, with a focus on re-mastered sound. With their dedication to quality and attention to detail, Tiger Bay brings music lovers unique and high-quality vinyl releases that are sure to impress.

This was the embryonic Tangerine Dream's first record release, originally by a very forward-looking (to say nothing of brave) german record label, ohr. it was recorded in october 1969 and bear in mind that 1969 was only five years or so after robert moog and david buchla almost simultaneously released the world's first commercial electronic music synthesisers. such instruments were still rare, expensive, and of fairly limited capabilities back then, and the 'electronic' of the title refers not to the use of any such instrument, but rather to the treatments applied to the sound produced from the standard acoustical instruments-guitars and piano (edgar froese), cello and violin (conrad schnitzler) and drum-kit and metal sticks (klaus schulze)-using an extremely crude electronic effect device, an additator-basically, just a ring modulator and the use of farfisa organ. the music itself is difficult to describe, but if you imagine three guys hammering and scraping away and generally torturing their instruments, often with little or no seeming regard for what their fellow group members are doing at the time, then you'll have a pretty fair idea!

Electronic Meditation

Music GB

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