Hi Kristoffer, Thanks for posting this story. I’ve just been rummaging through my music and did a search online for ‘inspired by Tangerine Dream’ and here we are. Fond memories of Tangerine Dream. Picking up Phaedra from a record shop after school in the 70’s. (I bought records because of their covers back then – I was totally clueless!) – and then seeing them live in Melbourne playing an improvised ‘Rubycon’ which blew my mind. Your mention of the group improvisation in their performances reminded me of ‘Chill Out’, an album by the KLF. Chill Out was apparently made in one take, and for me, evokes a similar atmosphere as Tangerine Dream around the time of Ricochet + Stratosfear. Anyway, thanks again for your writing, it was a fun read! 🙂
Hey Anthony. I never received a notification that a comment had been left, and it had been two years since I wrote a new blog post. Sorry about that. I wasn’t even sure when my site moved that I was even getting any traffic to my older posts.
I’m envious you saw TD play live! I had every intention of it, and then Edgar passed away. To this day, I still listen to them when I’m working on a new book, plus some others. The new M83 is amazing!
Hi Kristoffer, Thanks for posting this story. I’ve just been rummaging through my music and did a search online for ‘inspired by Tangerine Dream’ and here we are. Fond memories of Tangerine Dream. Picking up Phaedra from a record shop after school in the 70’s. (I bought records because of their covers back then – I was totally clueless!) – and then seeing them live in Melbourne playing an improvised ‘Rubycon’ which blew my mind. Your mention of the group improvisation in their performances reminded me of ‘Chill Out’, an album by the KLF. Chill Out was apparently made in one take, and for me, evokes a similar atmosphere as Tangerine Dream around the time of Ricochet + Stratosfear. Anyway, thanks again for your writing, it was a fun read! 🙂
Hey Anthony. I never received a notification that a comment had been left, and it had been two years since I wrote a new blog post. Sorry about that. I wasn’t even sure when my site moved that I was even getting any traffic to my older posts.
I’m envious you saw TD play live! I had every intention of it, and then Edgar passed away. To this day, I still listen to them when I’m working on a new book, plus some others. The new M83 is amazing!