News

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.

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 ...
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.

2022
Raum
On their new album 'Raum', Tangerine Dream develop the concept of its precursor EP ('Probe 6-8') further.

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 ...

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 ...

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
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
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 ...

1984
Flashpoint
The movie Flashpoint starred Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams.

1981
Exit
Exit containes six tracks produced with the then latest equipment.

1975
Ricochet
The first live album and seventh album overall consists of two side-long compositions mixed from recordings of the UK and France concerts of their ...

1972
Zeit
Zeit (English: Time) is the third studio album and subtitled as 'Largo in Four Movements'.

1971
Alpha Centauri
Besides the classic organ and flute, Alpha Centauri features keyboards and electronic instruments. It’s the beginning of Kosmische Musik and it’s ...
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
FAQs

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
On one of your latest releases, Paradiso, which was composed by you exclusively, what was the most crucial part as far as the orchestration goes?
There were both major and minor problems. To name them all here would take half of the FAQ on this Site. After composing most of the stuff on a grand piano and arranging everything on synth modules and plugs, the two hour and eight minute long piece had ...



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