Tangerine Dream - Dream Sequence
FLAC LOSSLESS/CUE/IMG/LOG/SCANS | Rs.Com | 764 MB | 2xCD
2000 | Genre: Electronic, New Age
FLAC LOSSLESS/CUE/IMG/LOG/SCANS | Rs.Com | 764 MB | 2xCD
2000 | Genre: Electronic, New Age
Review by Mike DeGagne
Dream Sequence is an electronic wandering through this German band's most familiar instrumental endeavors. The two discs are made up of tracks stemming from such monumental albums as 1974's Phaedra and 1976's Stratosfear, merging right into some of their finest material from the early '80s. Fans of full-length Tangerine Dream tracks should take note that three of their most popular offerings are only excerpts, including "Rubycon Part One." The rest of the album is comprised of delightful synthesized washes that represent Tangerine Dream's mind-numbing electronic voyages, like the spaciousness of "Cloudburst Flight" or the finite complexity of "Logos Part One." Not all of their music basks in the coldness of keyboard machination though. The glistening beauty of "Beach Scene" fuses the genius of Franke, Froese, and Schmoelling and conveys marvelous imagery of both the sea and sand. Even the 19-plus minutes of "Tangram Part One" doesn't roam aimlessly, but instead is highlighted by sparkling pitch changes and numerous rhythms. If not looked upon as an essential collection, Dream Sequence can be regarded as an entertaining two-hour trip through some gorgeous electronic music.
When considering ambient music–from chill-out tunes, through progressive house to naturalistic New Age soundscapes–people tend to think of Kraftwerk as the electronic pioneers. Yet Kraftwerk themselves were influenced by another German act set on exploring the beauty of machinic music–Tangerine Dream–as were such electro luminaries as Jean Michel Jarre, the Orb and countless others. Formed by Edgar Froese in 1968 (and taking their name from a lyric in "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds"), Tangerine Dream spent the 1970s and early 1980s delivering a renowned series of abstract, instrumental synthesiser-led dreamworks like Phaedra, Rubycon, Force Majeure and Tangram. And the beautifully packaged Dream Sequence is a wonderful double-CD collection of digitally remastered pieces from those halcyon years (along with two tracks from their inappropriately classy soundtrack to Tom Cruise's Risky Business).
Tangerine Dream's lush, flamboyant, often tense and dramatic epics have marked much modern music, with the percentage still rising daily. Dream Sequence is an ideal introduction to their (for the most part) unsurpassed back catalogue. –Dominic Wills
This 2 CD set (reissued with a pretty new cover using graphics from "Tangents") contains a fair representation of almost all of the Tangerine Dream albums recorded in the period 1973 to 1983 (the only ones missing are "Sorcerer", "Pergamon" and "Cyclone"). While it is not always the best track from each album that makes it into this set, and some are presented in bleeding chunk form only, these discs do give the listener a good overview of each album, making this a good sampler set from which to set out on an exploration of the music of Tangerine Dream's so-called Virgin Years.
Disc: 1
1. The Dream Is Always the Same
2. Phaedra [Excerpt]
3. Rubycon Part One [Excerpt]
4. Stratosfear [Excerpt]
5. Choronzon
6. Cherokee Lane [Live]
7. Cinnamon Road
8. Kiew Mission
9. Ricochet Part Two
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Disc: 2
1. Cloudburst Flight
2. Force Majeure [Excerpt]
3. Tangram Part One
4. Beach Scene
5. Logos Part One [A]
6. Logos Part One
7. Logos Part Two
8. Dominion
9. White Eagle
10. Love on a Real Train
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