R.I.P. Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese

[MrGongGong]

Very sad news to those of us who remembered the long noodling gigs of the 1970's / 80's complete with step ladders on stage to reach the higher modules.

http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/rip_tangerine_dreams_edgar_froese

[richardfinegold]

Very sad news to those of us who remembered the long noodling gigs of the 1970's / 80's complete with step ladders on stage to reach the higher modules.



http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/rip_...s_edgar_froese

One of my friend's older brother introduced me to them. I still remember "Autobahn". They were my first exposure to both Electronica and Krautrock.

[Beef Oven!]

Very, very sad news indeed.

The first five or six TD albums were pioneering and were certainly part of my album collection in the early/mid 1970s, with Zeit and Phaedra played in the last week.

Currently playing 'Ricochet', in memoriam.

[Serial_Apologist]

Thanks for letting us know, GG. Tangerine Dream were much a part of my listening, early 70s, along with Neu (was it?) Atem, Can, and Faust - the best of them, we thought.

[Beef Oven!]

Thanks for letting us know, GG. Tangerine Dream were much a part of my listening, early 70s, along with Neu (was it?) Atem, Can, and Faust - the best of them, we thought.

I'd give a similar list. Atem being a TD album rather than a band, IIRC.

Neu! must never have their exclamation mark lopped off!

And Can were the best of the bunch

[Beef Oven!]

One of my friend's older brother introduced me to them. I still remember "Autobahn". They were my first exposure to both Electronica and Krautrock.

Autobahn was by Kraftwerk, a great album

[MickyD]

I remember being entranced by the album Rubicon (did I get the name right?)

[Beef Oven!]

I remember being entranced by the album Rubicon (did I get the name right?)

Rubycon was TD's 6th album from 1975. One of my schooldays favourites!

[MickyD]

Ah that's the one, Beefy...I remember that cover! Only had a musicassette of it which I played on my crappy old Philips portable machine, but I loved it all the same! I was in the sixth form around 76-77, happy memories!

[Beef Oven!]

Ah that's the one, Beefy...I remember that cover! Only had a musicassette of it which I played on my crappy old Philips portable machine, but I loved it all the same! I was in the sixth form around 76-77, happy memories!

HeHe, I was in the lower 6th and we had a similar cassette set up in the common room - the awful sound-reproduction systems that we had to put up with in those days!

[EdgeleyRob]

Brought back memories here too.

RIP Edgar Froese.

[Radio64]

"changing cosmic address". I like that.

Some very good 'seminal' albums in the 1970s but also some not so good ones later. Anyway, thanks Edgar.