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September 22, 2023
New Concert in PL
One more concert date added to TD's From Virgin To Quantum Years Tour!
May 12, 2023
UK Tour 2023
New concert dates added for the UK!
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 on 17 March 2023 in AUSTIN /TEXAS, USA.
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.
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 ...
March 7, 2022
Raum enters charts
Tangerine Dream reach new milestones with the new studio album 'Raum'!
February 25, 2022
New Album 'Raum' released
Tangerine Dream are happy to announce their latest studio album 'Raum' which was released on February 25, 2022.
February 4, 2022
UK Tour 2022
TD is finally touring again in March 2022 and are bringing along special guest Steve Rothery for 3 concerts!
Nov 26, 2021
Probe 6-8 Release
Out now! 'Probe 6-8' is the band's preview to their upcoming album in March 2022, the second studio album after the passing of the founder Edgar ...
August 2021
The Sessions VII Release
Out now! New instant live composition from Tangerine Dream's Barbican concert in London 2019
From 19th July 2021
Exhibition scheduled to reopen in July
Exhibition has been prolonged until 15th December 2021! Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer is the first exhibition about ...
June 23, 2021
From Virgin to Quantum Years Tour Dates 2022
Finally, we are very happy about the fact that a part of our concert tour originally planned for this year has now been rescheduled for March/April ...
Sep 19, 2020
Book Release: The Concert Memorabilia 1970-2014
Tangerine Dream - Itinerary: The Concert Memorabilia 1970-2014 by American author Brad Duke
June 2020
Paul Frick joins TD
We are thrilled to announce that Paul Frick - who has joined the group on stage for several concerts during the last years - will now be an official ...
June 2020
The Wire Magazine: Special Cover Story
The new July issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music features a special of Tangerine Dream.
21 Feb – 25 Oct 2020
"K"-PROJECT - Franz Kafka - The Castle
Open again & extended until 25th October!Martin Kippenberger’s legendary artwork "The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ...
May 2020
EFMD 2019 - Klangtraube Release
A dignified and extraordinary session of four exceptional musicians in memory of Edgar Froese: Hans Joachim Roedelius, Paul Frick, Thorsten ...
December 2019
Recurring Dreams Release
Tangerine Dream’s new compilation RECURRING DREAMS contains music of a magical combination of old and new.
Music
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
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
Live at Reims Cathedral 1974
The concert at Reims Cathedral has gone down in Tangerine Dream history as a legendary event.
2020
8.17pm Session - Triangle
This Session contains a real time composition from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss, Hoshiko Yamane. (25 min)
2020
Pilots of Purple Twilight
Continuing the great success of the 'In Search Of Hades' Box Universal Music presents this 2020 10CD Box showcasing the next chapter in this period ...
2020
The Sessions IV Bonus Track
The download contains a bonus track from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane.
2020
The Sessions VI
The EP contains a real time composition from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick. (49 min)
2019
Recurring Dreams
RECURRING DREAMS contains music of a magical combination of old and new.
2019
The Sessions V
THE SESSIONS V EP contains instant compositions (98+ min of music) from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane & Ulrich Schnauss ...
2019
In Search Of Hades
The definitive statement of this period in TD’s history, featuring NEWLY REMASTERED versions of: 'Phaedra' (1974), 'Rubycon' (1975), 'Ricochet' ...
2019
Live at Augusta Raurica - Switzerland 2016
September 8, 2016 - the open air live concert of Tangerine Dream at the amphitheatre Augusta Raurica in Switzerland (close to the city Basel) was one ...
2018
The Sessions IV
The EP contains two real time live compositions from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane. (64 min)
2018
Run To Vegas/Leviathan
Record Store Day 2018 item (Limited Edition)
2018
The Sessions III
The EP contains two real time live compositions from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane. (77 min)
2018
The Sessions II
The EP contains two real time compositions from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane. (95 min)
2017
Quantum Gate
Tangerine Dream's studio album QUANTUM GATE was due for release on September 29, 2017, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the ...
2017
Light Flux
This CD was an addition to Edgar Froese's printed autobiography 'Force Majeure'.
2017
Light Flux EP
This CD was an addition to the pre-sale of Edgar Froese's printed autobiography 'Force Majeure'.
2017
The Sessions I
The EP contains real time live compositions from the TD line-up Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss, Hoshiko Yamane. (60 min)
2017
Revolution of Sound
A tribute to the musician Edgar Froese and the era of electronic music.
2016
Particles
A wonderful mixture of live and studio tracks will surprise your ears.
2016
Starmus - Sonic Universe
Recorded at the Starmus Festival 2011 on Tenerife Island (Spain) with guest appearances of Brian May. The festival was held in honour of the 50th ...
2016
Live at the Philharmony Szcecin
This was the first official concert for the three remaining TD members to perform live within the new musical period of THE QUANTUM YEARS, the period ...
2015
Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014
The London concert of the PHAEDRA FAREWELL TOUR 2014 on 23rd May at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire was the second concert in a row of a long multi-week ...
2015
Quantum Key
The continuation of the Quantum Years...
2015
Supernormal – The Australian Concerts
Recorded during the first concerts of the line-up Froese, Quaeschning, Yamane, Schnauss.
2015
Out of this world
This is the first album compiled by Bianca Froese-Acquaye (Edgar Froese's wife) after the passing of her husband on January 20, 2015.
2014
Booster VII
The seventh and last release of the Booster series (Booster I – VII)
2014
Zero Gravity
For his album Electronica, Jean Michel Jarre collaborated with Tangerine Dream on the track Zero Gravity. Jarre has dedicated the limited vinyl ...
2014
Mala Kunia
Mala Kunia is the first compositional work of the line-up comprising Edgar Froese, Ulrich Schnauss, Thorsten Quaeschning and Hoshiko Yamane.
2014
Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 – The Concerts
Material from Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra Farewell Tour through various places around Europe in 2014.
2014
Sorcerer 2014 - The Cinematographic Score
At the time Sorcerer was composed in 1976, Tangerine Dream had about ninety minutes on tape and another sixty minutes written down on sheet paper.
2014
Josephine the Mouse Singer
This album is a limited edition release on the occasion of the Phaedra Farewell Tour from 2014/2015.
2014
GTA 5 - The Cinematographic Score
The score for the groundbreaking game GTA 5 was based on the merging of four different artist inputs, a procedure the music supervisor of the game ...
2014
Chandra The Phantom Ferry (Part II)
The continuation of the Chandra story: Part two – exciting and unique music developed from of a mysterious unusual story.
2013
Cruise to Destiny
A sonic ghostly gig on a vessel that happens even if no one of the band was present…
2013
Franz Kafka - The Castle
There is a hidden secret behind this unfinished story of Franz Kafka.
2013
Lost in Strings - Vol. I
Edgar Froese's guitar landmarks.
2013
One Night In Africa
This album reflects the timeless atmosphere of those African spirits sprayed out over the globe in hundreds of years.
2013
Live at Admiralspalast
This is not just a concert, it’s a historic document.
2013
Starmus - Sonic Universe
Recorded at the Starmus Festival 2011 on Tenerife Island (Spain) with guest appearances of Brian May. The festival was held in honour of the 50th ...
2012
Live in Budapest
The Budapest concert was the opener for Tangerine Dream’s Electric Mandarine Tour on April 10, 2012.
2012
Booster V
The fifth release of the Booster series (Booster I – VII)
2012
Live at Admiralspalast
Enjoy a warm early summer night in Germany's capital with a score by TD.
2004 / 2012
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu at first was never meant to be released. Edgar Froese dedicated it to John Peel who passed away in Cusco, Peru in 2004. The BBC Radio DJ ...
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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.
Members
Lineup
Edgar Willmar Froese
In 1967, Edgar founded the band Tangerine Dream and started to experiment with sequencers and synthesizers, exploring and innovating with sound and ...
Community
Community
The Tangerine Dream community is a network that connects fans from all over the world. Go deeper into the exciting cosmos of Tangerine Dream on these ...
FAQ
This page has been set up to provide inside information to those who want to know more about the music and the character behind Tangerine Dream.
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
In 1974, Tangerine Dream left their birth place Berlin for London – was this decision important for their career?
It was the most important decision in the forty years TD’s existence. If we had stayed in Berlin and in Germany then, a diffusion of our music at an international level wouldn’t have been possible. Concerning progressive rock music, Germany was nothing ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
When surfing through various TD mailing lists one can spot a few comments which are far more than just impolite, sometimes expressing a very aggressive attitude specifically to Edgar. How do you react to such comments?
I don’t react at all. Such people reveal themselves for what they are: little frustrated people who always like shooting out of the dark. Some of them are always telling me what I should do or which direction I have to go. If people know better than I ...
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