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Founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese in West-Berlin, Tangerine Dream was formative in the genre of electronic music. After Edgar Froese’s death in 2015, ...
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May 3, 2025
Change of Concert Venue in Vienna/AT
Important Update: Change of Concert Venue – June 29, 2025
May 2, 2025
Celebrating 50 years of Phaedra in France
Tangerine Dream bring the Phaedra experience to France – two exclusive shows this October!
March 14, 2025
TD Touch Down in Australia
Tangerine Dream are coming back to Australia!
February 21, 2025
Tangerine Dream in Poland in 2025!
After four great shows in Poland in 2024, Tangerine Dream is coming back in 2025 with five new concerts.
January 31, 2025
Tangerine Dream in Spain in 2025!
Spain — The wait is over! Tangerine Dream are bringing their iconic live experience to Spain in 2025.
December 6, 2024
More Phaedra Concerts in Birmingham and Manchester
Tangerine Dream continue to celebrate their groundbreaking Phaedra album with two more incredible shows in May 2025!
October 25, 2024
2025 Germany Tour Announced!
After a successful Germany tour in 2023, we are delighted to announce a new Germany tour for 2025.
October 11, 2024
Celebrating 50 years of Phaedra in Oirschot/NL
After an unforgettable night in London, we're thrilled to bring the magic of PHAEDRA to Oirschot (near Eindhoven), NL, for a second anniversary ...
June 14, 2024
Celebrating 50 years of Phaedra in London/UK
We're beyond excited to announce that Tangerine Dream will light up London's Barbican Hall on October 7, 2024, celebrating 50 years of the iconic ...
April 5, 2024
Grafenegg (AT) Concert Postponed!
New Date June 29, 2025
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Concerts
Saturday18Oct 2025
50 Years Of Phaedra
Paris (FR), Le Trabendo
Friday17Oct 2025
50 Years Of Phaedra
Cenon (FR), Le Rocher de Palmer
Sunday31Aug 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Białystok (PL), Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska
Saturday30Aug 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Lublin (PL), Centrum Spotkania Kultur
Friday29Aug 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Katowice (PL), Katowice Miasto Ogrodów
Thursday28Aug 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Wrocław (PL), Hala ORION
Wednesday27Aug 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Gdańsk (PL), Stary Maneż
Sunday29Jun 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Vienna (AT), TBA
Sunday15Jun 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Helsinki City Festival (w. Jean-Michel Jarre) (FI)
Saturday14Jun 2025
CONTINUUM TOUR 2025
Oslo (NO),Blaa
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Music
2025
Phaedra Anniversary Box Set
Phaedra is one of Tangerine Dream’s most successful and acclaimed albums and this limited edition 5CD/Blu-ray box set is a deep-dive celebration of ...
2024
Live at the Kelvin Hall Glasgow, November 20th 197
This famous concert presents the line-up composed of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke & Peter Baumann.
2023
The Sessions VIII
THE EP contains a real time composition from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick. As a guest musician they invited Michał ...
2023
Botanique Orangerie Session 2022
This session is a real time composition the band performed at Botanique Orangerie in Brussels/Belgium. (35 min)
2023
Live au Palais dès Congrés 1978 (Paris)
This famous concer presents the line-up composed of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Steve Jolliffe & Klaus Krüger.
2023
Silent Green Session 2022
This session is a real time composition the band performed at the Krake Festival in Berlin. (28 min)
2022
The Sessions Box Set
The Sessions Box Set: United Kingdom & Ireland 2022
2022
Live At Reims Cinema Opera 1975
During this famous concert, which features the iconic 1975 line-up of Edgar Froese, Chris Franke and Peter Baumann, Tangerine Dream performs the ...
2022
La Divina Commedia Earbook (Box Set)
In memory of Dante Alighieri (700th Anniversary of Death in 2021) and Edgar Froese (7th Anniversary of Death in 2022)
INFERNO PURGATORIO PARADISO2022
Strange Behavior
The soundtrack of the horror movie "Strange Behavior" (1981) by Michael Laughlin.
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Biography
Biography
Founded by Edgar Froese in 1967, Tangerine Dream were formative in the genre of electronic music, with long instrumental tracks based on synthesizer ...
The TD-history (extended)
When the term Berlin School is used in the music scene, a musical style is being referred to which has influenced electronic music up to and ...
Tangerine Dream 1967 – 1973
The first concert ever given by Tangerine Dream was in January 1968 in the Technical University of Berlin.
Tangerine Dream 1974 – 1983
TD’s first release on Virgin Records was the album Phaedra in 1974. The album marked the beginning of the group's international success, achieving ...
Tangerine Dream 1984 – 1988
Tangerine Dream then reduced their number of live appearances and increased their activity in the film music industry.
Tangerine Dream 1988 – 1990
Optical Race moved the band's sound into a different direction when compared to recordings from the 1970s.
Tangerine Dream 1990 – 2000
At the beginning of 1990, Edgar Froese was looking for a saxophone and flute player. Friends in Vienna recommended Linda Spa.
Tangerine Dream 2001 – 2014
On January 2001 TD started working on Dante Alighieri´s La Divina Commedia. This deeply philosophical and mysterious story tells the reader the paths ...
Tangerine Dream 2014 – 2019
Edgar Froese, founder of Tangerine Dream, died in Vienna on the 20th of January, 2015 from a pulmonary embolism.
Tangerine Dream from 2020
In June 2020, Paul Frick who is also member of the electronic music ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick, joined Tangerine Dream as an official member.
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FAQs
Answered by Edgar Froese
Any chance in considering a TD sound without electronics?
What is normally called music has nothing to do with electronics in the first place. Music is what a composer and/or musician wants to say or portray in terms of sound and a structured pattern. The second step is to find the shortest and most effective ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Have you ever regretted taking the step from classical rock instruments to the "musical switchboard?"
In 1971, when we gave our first concert performed with synthesizers only, no one had ever before seen this kind of a stage setup. It revolutionized the entire music business and what happened is that a huge industry was created and would continue to ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
"Eat more s…, 100.000 flies can’t be wrong," was the headline in the Melody Maker review of your unexpected hit release Pheadra in the UK in May 1975. Did this upset you?
I remember the feeling of reading it for the first time in London. It was like eating marshmallows topped with vinegar. I didn’t understand the story behind it at all. Did we produce the wrong recording at the wrong time for an unprepared audience? ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Some people argue that electronic music is nothing other than a bunch of dogs barking at the moon?
I love dogs and that’s their way of sending bio e-mails with a very strong message. Seriously, it’s the same story all over. If people don’t have a clue about something, they start whining about the way things have to be. They get upset if something ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Is it true that the final part for soundtrack for the film Thief ended up being locked in an LA restroom?
Sitting with Director Michael Mann in a Burbank Studio finishing the Thief score, suddenly someone ripped open the door and pushed us into a broom closet filled with cleaning articles .It was a very tight squeeze and very dark. I thought I was getting ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
You drove in a military tank to a concert in Spain – is that trash or a true story?
Trash and truth often go hand in hand as we all know, but here the story is slightly different. We played at the great sports hall of Bilbao back in 1978. In the middle of the concert something showered against the glass walls of the building. It ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
There is supposed to be a book on the market which covers the entire lifespan and development of TD as well as Edgar’s experiences as founder. Will it be available in 2006?
The book is still in the process of being written because my schedule doesn’t allow me to continuously work on it without interruption. All I can say is that it will reflect all areas and experiences I went through with or without TD within more than 40 ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
What has been your main instrument as far as composing is concerned?
Definitely the piano. It always has been my sketchbook while in the Studio. Polyphonic, monophonic and percussive playing techniques can’t be performed on any other instrument in the same complexity. If I’m on the road I always have my laptop with a ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Does playing guitar still touch you as “deeply as it did” – in your own words – 40 years ago?
Yes, it does – but surprisingly it’s different. Many years back, playing guitar was really just linked to my ego. It sounds strange at first, but identifying yourself with what you do can easily get you into a trap of pure egotism. Inundated with ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Musicians do not always focus their careers on politics and social movements. What is said in public very often reflects the public’s naivety and ignorance about the subject in question. There are of course exceptions, like Bono or Geldorf, but is there a better way to go about changing the world and humanity?
It’s astonishing how much energy and careful thinking has been put into various projects set up by colleagues of mine through the years. It would be a false and inhuman reaction to capitulate about what we experience every day worldwide. That fact that ...
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