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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 12, 2023
UK Tour 2023
New concert dates added for the UK!
April 28, 2023
USA & Canada Tour 2023
This autumn will be really exciting: Tangerine Dream is announcing its first full tour of the United States and Canada since 2012 - apart from two ...
January 27, 2023
Live at SXSW Music Festival
Tangerine Dream is excited to announce their participation with a concert at the SXSW Music Festival 2023 from 13 - 18 March 2023 in AUSTIN /TEXAS, ...
January 18, 2023
Tour in Germany 2023
We are very happy to announce an autumn concert tour through Germany in October 2023!
October 28, 2022
New Live Album Release
We are happy to announce a great new Tangerine Dream box set of more than 8 hours of new live music: The Sessions. United Kingdom & Ireland 2022.
August 19, 2022
TD in Syracuse & Berlin
Thank you, Syracuse & Berlin , you were amazing! These were truly two magical nights! ✨
June 21, 2022
Concert in Reichenbach postponed
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that this concert once again has to be moved.
June 13, 2022
TD in Amsterdam & Brussels
Another two concerts to great acclaim in The Netherlands and Belgium!
March 24, 2022
TD Finish UK Tour
TD have now reached the end of their unforgettable 'From Virgin To Quantum Years' tour.
March 15, 2022
La Divina Commedia Box Set
In memory of Dante Alighieri (700th Anniversary of Death in 2021) and Edgar Froese (7th Anniversary of Death in 2022)
INFERNO PURGATORIO ...- more
Concerts
Tuesday14Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Edinburgh (UK), Queen's Hall
Monday13Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Glasgow (UK), St Luke's
Sunday12Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Newcastle (UK), Boiler Shop
Saturday11Nov 2023
HRH Prog Festival XII
Great Yarmouth (UK), Camp HRH
Friday10Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Manchester (UK), Albert Hall
Thursday9Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Leeds (UK), Brudenell Social Club
Wednesday8Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
London (UK), Palladium
Monday6Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Portsmouth (UK), Guildhall
Sunday5Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Bexhill (UK), De La Warr
Saturday28Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
München (DE), Isarphilharmonie
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Music
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 PARADISO
2022
Strange Behavior
The soundtrack of the horror movie "Strange Behavior" (1981) by Michael Laughlin.
2022
Raum
On their new album 'Raum', Tangerine Dream develop the concept of its precursor EP ('Probe 6-8') further.
2021
Probe 6-8
'Probe 6-8' is the band's preview to their upcoming album in February 2022, the second studio album after the passing of the founder Edgar Froese.
2021
The Sessions VII
THE EP contains a real time composition from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick and Ulrich Schnauss. (40 min)
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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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