Tangram (album)
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| Tangram | ||
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| Studio album by Tangerine Dream | ||
| Released | May 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1980, Polygon Studios, Berlin | |
| Genre | Electronic music | |
| Length | 40:15 | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Producer(s) | Edgar Froese, Chris Franke | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Tangerine Dream chronology | ||
| Force Majeure (1979) |
Tangram (1980) |
Quichotte (Pergamon) (1980) |
Tangram is a 1980 album of electronic music by Tangerine Dream. It became their fifth biggest selling album, reaching #36 in the British Top 40, and spending 5 weeks on the chart.
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[edit] Overview
At a turning point between two eras, Tangram contains fond glimpses back at the "classic long-form sequencer" period and also contains foreshadows of the "new age melodic short track" period to come. Each set contains multiple movements, some rhythmic, some atmospheric. The live set in Berlin documented in Tangerine Dream's Quichotte (later retitled Pergamon) is very similar to their work on Tangram.
[edit] Track listing
- "Tangram Set One" – 19:47
- "Tangram Set Two" – 20:28
All tracks written by Franke, Froese, Schmoelling. (Note that since 1995, the Virgin "Definitive Edition" erroneously credits Peter Baumann or "Baummann"[1] instead of Schmoelling.)
[edit] Personnel
- Musical
- Edgar Froese - keyboards, guitar
- Chris Franke - keyboards, electronic percussions
- Johannes Schmoelling - keyboards
- Technical
- Eduard Meyer - mixing engineer @ Hansa Studios Berlin
- Monique Froese (alias Monika Froese) - cover photo (all editions), sleeve design ("Definitive Edition")
[edit] References
- Liner notes to Tangram (Definitive Edition) CD by Mark Prendergast (1993) and Virgin (1995)
- Berling, Michael. Tangram. Voices in the Net. Retrieved on 12 December 2006.
Footnotes
- ^ Berling, Michael. Tangram. Voices in the Net. Retrieved on 12 December 2006.
