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June 14, 2024
Celebrating 50 years of Phaedra at Barbican Hall
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
March 1, 2024
50th Anniversary of PHAEDRA
Half a century ago, a groundbreaking electronic music masterpiece was born.
January 12, 2024
Concerts in 2024
Happy New Year! Wishing you all a fulfilling one!
October 6, 2023
Mainz Concert canceled
The concert on 12th October 2023 at Rheingoldhalle in Mainz must unfortunately be canceled due to unexpected production-related reasons.
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!
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 on March 17, 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.
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 ...
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!
Jan 13, 2022
New video release
The official music video for the single 'You're Always On Time' from the forthcoming album 'Raum' premieres on YouTube today:
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 ...
Sep 3, 2021
Tangerine Dream & BFA's Art Calendars
The year 2021 is almost over and the hope remains for a good and pandemic free year 2022 with more TD live concerts, which are already scheduled in ...
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 ...
May 7, 2021
New LP Releases
These double LPs are out by mid June at our Eastgate Shop:
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.
Concerts
Sunday29Jun 2025
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024 - OPEN AIR
Grafenegg (AT), Wolkenturm
Saturday7Dec 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Szczecin (PL), Filharmonia Szczecin
Friday6Dec 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Krakow (PL), ICE Congress Centre
Thursday5Dec 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Warsaw (PL), Progresja
Wednesday4Dec 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Poznań (PL), Sala Ziemi
Monday7Oct 2024
50 Years Of Phaedra
London (UK), Barbican Hall
Tuesday27Aug 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
TODAYS Festival (IT), Turin
Friday16Aug 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
A New Day Festival (UK), Kent
Sunday4Aug 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Leuven (BE), M-Idzomer Festival
Friday19Jul 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Ostrava Festival (CZ), Ostrava
Thursday4Jul 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Worm Up Festival (IT), Milan
Thursday27Jun 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Naples (IT), Duel Beat Club
Wednesday26Jun 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
BOtanique Festival (IT), Bologna
Saturday1Jun 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Serralves Festival (PT), Porto
Monday11Mar 2024
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2024
Athens (GR), Stavros Niarchos Hall
Monday27Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Alicja Chrzasz
Toruń (PL), Arena Toruń
SOLD OUT
Tuesday14Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Ali Ferguson
Edinburgh (UK), Liquid Room
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 + Nick Beggs
London (UK), Palladium
Tuesday7Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Falmouth (UK), Princess Pavilion
Monday6Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Robin Boult
Portsmouth (UK), Guildhall
Sunday5Nov 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Cliff Hewitt
Bexhill (UK), De La Warr
Saturday28Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
München (DE), Isarphilharmonie
Thursday26Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Hamburg (DE), Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Wednesday25Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Stuttgart (DE), Theaterhaus (am Pragsattel)
Tuesday24Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Essen (DE), Lichtburg Essen
Sunday22Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Osnabrück (DE), OsnabrückHalle
Saturday21Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Neunkirchen/Saar (DE), Neue Gebläsehalle
Friday20Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Karlsruhe (DE), Tollhaus
Wednesday18Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Berlin (DE), Admiralspalast - Theater
Tuesday17Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Bremen (DE), Metropol Theater Bremen
Monday16Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Hannover (DE), Theater am Aegi
Saturday14Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Bielefeld (DE), Lokschuppen
Tuesday10Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Leipzig (DE), Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Thursday5Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Chicago (IL), Metro
Tuesday3Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + John K. Farah
Toronto (ON), Opera House
Sunday1Oct 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Montreal (PQ), L'Olympia
Saturday30Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Queens (NY), Knockdown Centre
Friday29Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Washington (DC), Lincoln Theatre
Wednesday27Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Philadelphia (PA), Keswick Theatre
Monday25Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Julie Slick
Seattle (WA), Neptune Theatre
Sunday24Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Vancouver (BC), Rickshaw Theatre
Friday22Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Portland (OR), Revolution Hall
Wednesday20Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Robert Rich
San Francisco (CA), Regency Ballroom
Tuesday19Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023
Los Angeles (CA), The Vermont
Monday18Sep 2023
From Virgin To Quantum Years 2023 + Steve Roach
San Diego (CA), The Magnolia
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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
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)
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
Booster VI
The sixth release of the Booster series (Booster I – VII)
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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
The 9/11 crisis has increased spiritual awareness in the USA. What are your thoughts on spirituality?
I am doubtful as to whether 9/11 has really increased spiritual awareness in the world. It seems more accurate to say that it has given mankind’s greatest fears a concrete image. An increase in spiritual awareness would bring people to begin questioning ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Your successful collaboration with former band mate Johannes Schmoelling on the Kyoto recording triggers the hope of further co-projects together with other former members of TD. Any plans?
Yes, the both of us had real fun jumping into our musical time machine and travelling back a few years. We’ve also released a studio CD with compositions by Ralf Wadephul and myself. The material was originally composed in 1988 for the summer American ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Record companies and distributors are obviously an important part of the business who set up a functional link between musicians and fans/customers. Which company have you been most happy with during the years of your artistic career?
Maybe there is an unknown planet somewhere in our solar systems with a race just like humans and lots of happy artists who feel perfectly represented by agents, record companies or distributors. I would be very pleased – along with thousands of other ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Do you think it is really just a problem with the music business which doesn’t have any new ideas and keeps using the same old ideas and then suffers from its own mediocrity? Or is it due to the dream of young artists to achieve the wealth and fame, their hopes of living a glorious lifestyle, that drives them to sign every last crazy paragraph?
If someone is dying of thirst, whose fault is it if vinegar is given to him instead of water? I can say from experience that companies search with great effort to find young, inexperienced, but very talented musicians who would do anything to have a ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Why popular art forms are so often nothing more than hype machines – the deeper meaning, the wounded flesh of the artist, the philosophy, the tears and pain under which much work has been brought to life seems to be just worthless on the screaming marketplace. Is that part of the Zeitgeist in the 21st century?
Let me answer with a perfect statement from Ken Egbert of Tone Clusters magazine who wrote the following notes for a TD anthology release a few years ago: “The eternal problem: music cannot exist in a vacuum. It needs patrons to thrive; unfortunately, ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Fans sometimes argue that you’ve ruined the original version of a sound or record by adding new layers and/or changing parts of the original composition.
Nothing on the planet has an immortal value, nothing will survive forever. Every life form exists because of the fact that changing forms is a vital part of existence. Should an artist be jailed and locked in a mental framework by a group of fans who in ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Has America never been a real alternative as a place to live and work?
It’s just right after flying over from Europe that you get a very positive impression of the lifestyle and the easy way of putting the artistic possibilities into practice. You really get the feeling of living in an open society. This will work out, as ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Have you never experienced anything you like to remember when working in the USA for such a long time?
Once again – my relationship with the USA is excellent and there are many things in the US that I still appreciate very much. Due to the tough competition, a professionalism emerged in many fields of art that you will hardly find anywhere in Europe. You ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Are there any spots in Europe you feel especially attracted to?
Paris, Amsterdam, London and Vienna are the most inspiring cities in Europe. But Barcelona is also important. It’s the city of my youth. I hitchhiked there at the age of 17, when I pissed off from home for the first time, believing Spain was the country ...
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
Who was your most faithful audience and which social classes do your fans come from?
At the beginning, we played nearly exclusively in the lecture auditoriums of universities, then in larger locations for artistic events and expositions or at special events, where a group of parrots or birds of paradise making music were required. But ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Do you have any direct contact with your fans? Do you know what they really think about TD and what the group means in their daily life?
Well, the only personal contact occurs during the various concerts around the globe. Often we spend some time after gigs giving autographs and talking to fans. A lot of fans are quite cool and open-minded. It’s interesting how they’ve managed to make ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
But without fans or an audience, an artist has nothing to reflect his art off of. Do you sometimes feel you need to put your artistic desires aside and give your fans what they are looking for? Do you feel the need to serve your customers?
Of course you have to respect those people who are following you and spending their hard earned money on concert tickets or buying your records. It would be totally arrogant to ignore such facts and an artist should be very conscious of the way die hard ...
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 ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Were these tasks of composition and performance technology in any way similar to the tasks accomplished for the first two parts “INFERNO” and “PURGATORIO”?
Thematically, this was the third part, following the first and the second one. Of course, this fact did have an influence on the composition. Transforming a linguistically difficult contents into music was very difficult here. Some fans of our music ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
There were some really strange comments on the representation of part 2, “PURGATORIO”, in the Royal Festival Hall in London in 2004. Can you give any background information about this concert that might make these comments easier to understand for some fans?
It was definitely a very strange premiere of this 2nd part. An invitation for a concert in the RFH was put on our table by a promoter in London in November 2003. We only got the information that is was a special cycle of performances with several ...
Answered by Edgar Froese
Sharp tongues say that TD had already worked with tapes and other sound storage media in the seventies. Is live also live when it is not “now” does live remain ?
Good advertising slogan. In many old fotos and in films you can see that all three band members are having a very slow Revox tape machine. Of course, you might come to the idea that the music you can hear there comes from the sound storage media. The ...
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What about new technologies? In former times TD was a current topic in professional magazines. The music has stopped in the TD Hightech Laboratories.
If you stop shouting out loud and driving certain gazettes crazy with hightech spins, that doesn’t mean that our development has stopped. It’s just the opposite. It should be clear that, given the incredible oversupply in electronic rubbish on CD-ROM, ...
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What does TD music mean to someone who has composed and produced the largest part of this music himself or together with other musicians?
As I am a professed dadaist and surrealist, I think that, in addition to many statements in the corresponding Russian and French manifests, a sentence of Hugo Ball is very pertinent: "What we call Dada, is an extremely serious fool’s game coming ...
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In his book “Digital Gothic” Mr. Paul Stump did not exactly write extremely positive comments on TD. Why has TD never tried to adjust some of the statements – some parts are apparently pure fiction.
The writer has the right to give his opinion on a matter. It would really be a very good book if some pages had remained white. Stump is a little sorcerer’s apprentice who is extremely sure of himself when permanently chosing exactly the wrong way of ...
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What do you think about money? Do you charge a lot of money for your music?
I want to answer an intelligent question like this one with an even better citation of Kurt Schwitters, one of the greatest dadaists: „We invest our money in Dada. Dada is the only savings bank that will pay interests in eternity.“ If anybody believes ...
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According to TD, is there beauty in music?
Beauty exists just because there is ugliness, how could you define beauty otherwise? Beauty is as abstract as the pretended ugliness. In music, beauty is mostly kitsch, but for the only reason that you consider the noise of a tram on the rails to be ...
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In most productions where you can hear songs you work only with women. Tyger, Shy People, Dante Trilogy etc. Is there any reason for that?
I don’t know how other groups handle this, but we have experienced that working with women makes a very good atmosphere. There might be exceptions, but fortunately we have never had any real stress situations. According to our experience, women are much ...
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Within your Press Clips Library you must have tons of stuff that’s not even worth reading twice, but some of it would be quite interesting to if released to the public to give others an impression of how you’ve been treated around the world by the professional critics. If you had to say just one good thing about their work, what would it be?
Yes, definitely not everything that’s been written about us is crap and I’ve never claimed that it was. Unfortunately, in the public eye, the positive side of something isn’t half as interesting than dirtying someone’s reputations. Is that odd? But one ...
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Why TD did never get into making scores for video games or producing music and sounds for PC entertainment in general?
There is definitely good earning potential in that, but the price you have to pay as an artist is far too high in my eyes. I don’t want to see all of the violence and crap that characterizes most of the games that exist. Killing, fighting, monsters ...
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What if you composed, improvised and produced some music in the way you did your masterpieces within the seventies and early eighties?
As you said, we did that over and over again back in the seventies and eighties. These products are all spread out nearly everywhere. It doesn’t make any sense to reproduce yourself again and again. It also makes no sense to compare the different TD ...
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Can I record and/or videotape a TD show I am attending for my personal use?
It wouldn’t be a very wise decision. A recording of live concerts is against the law in most countries (all of the EU and, nowadays also most South American and former countries of the Eastern Block). Your recording will likely be confiscated and the ...
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There are a few paperbacks about TD on the market. Anything you like?
The covers of these books are too far apart (note by Ambrose Bierce). I can´t think of a better answer.
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What is TD’s stance on bootlegs?
The group accepts and tolerates the deep desire of many die hard fans to obtain every single note ever performed. Thus, as long as no one is earning a profit and as long as no recordings are commercially available are exchanged, we tend not to ...
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Are the names Tangerine Dream, TDI and Eastgate registered trademarks?
Yes, they are all officially registered trademarks worldwide. Thus, anyone naming his or her product directly or with a title closely resembling such names runs a good chance of getting into a legal conflict with us. There’ve already been some companies ...
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Is it true that Edgar is an absolutely devout vegetarian, non-smoker and hates any type of drugs?
Yes, he became a vegetarian, a non-smoker and anti-alcohol 28 years ago. He’s not fighting with anyone because of his attitude even if he lives that way by serious conviction. Often he finds himself in trouble because of the people around him not being ...
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Who discovered TD before they were well-known internationally?
The recognition for TD’s discovery and entrance onto the international market have to go to the BBC DJ Idol John Peel. He has featured TD so often on his weekly show that Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin record label, found out about the group and ...
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TD’s copyright notes of all compositions are mostly named and/or divided equally between the actual band members. Does this reflect the true contribution of each member to each composition on the individual albums?
This is due to a completely misguided principle that goes back to the early seventies, when it was socially very cool to divide things equally even if one of the people would be getting royalties just for making coffee and tea during the recording ...
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Mr. Franke has called himself a founding member of TD, is this true?
If he really said that then it’s a lie. When Edgar founded TD in September 1967 Mr. Franke had just reached the age of 13. Can anybody imagine Edgar asking a 13 year-old boy to join the band?
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Was Klaus Schulze a permanent Member of TD?
Edgar met Klaus briefly for the first time in July 1969 outside the Zodiak Club in Berlin. He was a drummer for a band called Psy Free. Because Edgar was looking for a new drummer for TD they met again a week later for an audition in a small club. A few ...
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Where did the name for the band’s first Virgin release Phaedra come from?
It was taken from Greek mythology. Phaedra was the daughter of Minos. This mythological story was adapted for the stage in a number of plays.
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What does the album title Rubycon stand for?
It is derived from the writings of the famous Roman Emperor Galus Julius Caesar. When he crossed the Rubycon (Italian River) symbolically it was a “point of no return.” He could only go for all or nothing. “To cross the Rubycon” has thus come to be an ...
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What does the album title Tangram stand for?
Tangram is an ancient form of a Chinese puzzle.
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What is the meaning of the album title Hyperborea?
“Hyperborea” is a term often used in conjunction with the history of the planet earth. In some anthroposophical writings, “hyperborea” is defined as the second race of pre-history. It was preceded by the Polarian race and succeeded by the Lemurian and ...
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Is it true that Nick Mason of Pink Floyd was brought to the Hansa at the Wall studios in Berlin in 1976 to do the final mix for Stratosfear?
Yes, that’s true. Nick was with us on the mixing for about a week. He was a very nice guy and pleasant to work with. He liked our stuff a lot. For some reasons we finalized the mix on our own. The way we set our recordings up at that time wasn’t easy to ...
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