Loss Of A Tangerine #Dream ... One of the most influential figures in German rock music, Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream, has died. Froese, who was 70, suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Vienna on Tuesday, Tangerine Dream announced on their Facebook page. Froese founded Tangerine Dream in Berlin in 1967 and was the only constant member. Early in their career the group were associated with the scene known in the UK as “krautrock”, and their debut album was comprised of tape collages, but as they developed they had little in common with the “motorik” sound of Neu! and Harmonia, the challenging experimentalism of Faust or the free-flowing improvisations of Can. Instead they developed a spacey, synth-driven sound that was profoundly influential on electronic and ambient music. Tangerine Dream released more than 100 albums, including classics of synthesiser music such as Phaedra. Their 1973 album Atem was named by John Peel as his album of the year. They also recorded many film soundtracks, including those for hit Hollywood movies such as Risky Business and Legend. Despite Tangerine Dream’s influence on electronic music, Froese himself shied away from the label. “We’ve never ever created ‘electronic music’,” he told the Quietus in 2010. “Such music emphasises the intellect and is normally produced as a pure studio event. Working with synthesisers is a completely different approach to electrified music. We’re open to all kinds of modern music developments and wouldn’t be interested in the locked up situation you’re into while working in a musical ivory tower. Of course, I love the guitar a lot, Motown stuff as well as modern progressive rock music. Finally it’s all a crossover within all musical landscapes and if you’ve never stopped learning from others, you have always creative inputs for your own work.” Source: theguardian/music/2015/jan/23/tangerine-dream-founder-edgar-froese-dies tangerinedream.org/ #Art #Music #Loss #Dream #TangerineDream
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:30:35 +0000
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