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(Full Album 1992-1995 Germany) Remastered + Live
1 Turn Of The Tides 0:00
2 Living In A Fountain Pen 7:38
3 Mindwinter Night 14:34
4 Tyranny Of Beauty 19:13
5 Birdwatcher's Dream 25:43
6 Body Corporate 32:31
7 Death Of A Nightingale 36:15
8 Haze Of Fame 41:45
9 Story Of The Brave 50:10
10 Homeless (1992 Live Version) 55:29
Composer(s) Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Paul Haslinger, Jerome Froese, Linda Spa,Krautrock, Avantgarde, Experimental, Berlin-School
Composed By – Edgar Froese
Composed By [Uncredited] – Linda Spa (tracks: 9)
Engineer – Christian Gstettner
Engineer [Studio Assistance] – Les 'Blanc' Meyer
Performer – Edgar Froese
Producer – Edgar Froese
Remastered By – Harald Pairits
Notes
Previously released in 2007 as an exclusive download (320 kbps MP3) in Tangerine Dream's store.

Track 6, "Body Corporate", is in it's 1992 live version, possibly from the album Arizona `92 Live (2004, unstated).

Track 10, "Homeless", is in it's live version as recorded on Tangerine Dream's album 220 Volt Live (1993).

All tracks come from 1992 - 1994/1995.

Founded by the late Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream is perhaps the premier exponent of "electronic rock" music of the "Berlin School". From their "free-rock" beginnings in the nascent "krautrock" scene to the eventual synthesizer-based trio which signed to Virgin, this German group can take significant credit in introducing synthesizer- and sequencer-based electronic music to most of the Western rock world. At the height of their success - during the mid to late 1970s - TD's spacey, pulsing music earned them a tenacious cult following. By the late Seventies, however, line-ups, and more importantly, the formula changed, tilting towards more conventional "rock" music.

Formed in Berlin in 1967, the initial line up (on their first release Electronic Meditation) included Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler (cello) and Klaus Schulze (drums). Their compositions, or rather experimental improvisations, had roots in the psychedelia of London albeit with the "krautrock" twist. Electronic Meditation is perhaps a misnomer; traditional instrumentation of organ, drums, guitar, cello, flute were hardly electronic and "freak out jamming" is the more appropriate adjective, reflecting the confluence of Twentieth Century avant-garde music. Both Schnitzler and Schulze would depart after this album, with the latter forming Ash Ra Tempel and going on to become the other major proponent of the "Berlin School". Second album, Alpha Centauri, saw the addition of long-standing member Christopher Franke replacing Schulze, while Peter Baumann would come aboard for Zeit. Although unissued until the mid-1980s, Green Desert was recorded in 1973. The core of Froese, Franke and Baumann would sign to Virgin Records in 1973, and the subsequent release Phaedra would cement their style for years to come. Understated, droning keyboard and guitar melodies intertwined with ambient washes of reverberating electronic textures, utilizing synthesizers and sequencers, was typical of the TD sound. Compositions were long, melodic, pulsing pieces. Michael Hoenig temporarily replaced Baumann for an Australian tour in 1975. One highlight of the Virgin period was Sorcerer, a soundtrack to the film of the same name. After Baumann's departure in 1978, TD experimented with the formula on Cyclone, which saw the addition of Steve Jolliffe, adding vocals and woodwinds and Klaus Krüger on drums. Force Majeure was the classic of this period. Johannes Schmölling would join for Tangram

After a brief stint with Jive Records TD fully embraced digital textures to distance from moody, psychedelic past. Paul Haslinger replaced Schmölling in 1985, and was replaced by Jerome Froese in 1990. Franke left in 1987 over creative differences with Froese. After a mid-1990s move to Edgar Froese's own TDI Music label (later renamed Eastgate), TD's reputation as a New Age band became less appropriate—father and son experimented with more modern sounds and revisited elements of past glories—but the group's artistic direction remained fairly entrenched in melodic pop-rock territory, with an increased use of acoustic instruments, particularly on stage. With Edgar Froese's death in 2015, the band continues, but with none of its original members.
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