Tangerine Dream are considered a pioneering act in electronica. Their work with the electronic music Ohr label produced albums that had a pivotal role in the development of the German musical scene known as kosmische ("cosmic"). Their "Virgin Years", so called because of their association with Virgin Records, produced albums that further explored synthesizers and sequencers, including the UK top 20 albums Phaedra (1974) and Rubycon (1975). The group also had a successful career composing film soundtracks, creating over 60 scores, which include those for the films Sorcerer, Thief, The Soldier, Risky Business, Flashpoint, The Keep, Firestarter, Legend, Three O'Clock High, Near Dark, Shy People, and Miracle Mile.
From the late 1990s into the 2000s, Tangerine Dream continued to explore other styles of instrumental music as well as electronica. Their recorded output has been prolific, including over one hundred albums. Among other scoring projects, they helped create the soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Their mid-1970s work has been profoundly influential in the development of electronic music styles such as new age (although the band themselves disliked the term) and electronic dance music.
Their most recent album of all-new music, Quantum Gate, was released on 29 September 2017. In December 2019, the band released Recurring Dreams, a compilation of new recordings of some of the band's classic compositions.
The group is currently working on a new album as a four-piece to be released in 2021 via Kscope.
Tangerine Dream began as a surreal rock band, with each of the members contributing different musical influences and styles. Edgar Froese's guitar style was inspired by Jimi Hendrix, while Christopher Franke contributed the more avant garde elements of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Terry Riley. Yes-like progressive rock influence was brought in by Steve Jolliffe on Cyclone. The sample-based sound collages of Johannes Schmoelling drew their inspiration from a number of sources; one instance is Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians on parts of Logos Live, and the track "Love on a Real Train" from the Risky Business soundtrack.
Classical music has had an influence on the sound of Tangerine Dream over the years. György Ligeti, Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Maurice Ravel, and Arcangelo Corelli are clearly visible as dominant influences in the early albums. A Baroque sensibility sometimes informs the more coordinated sequencer patterns, which has its most direct expression in the La Folia section that comes at the very end of the title track of Force Majeure. In live performances, the piano solos often directly quoted from Romantic classical works for piano, such as the Beethoven and Mozart snippets in much of the late 1970s – early 1980s stage shows. In the bootleg recording of the Mannheim Mozartsaal concert of 1976 (Tangerine Tree volume 13), the first part of the first piece also clearly quotes from Franz Liszt's Totentanz. The first phrase is played on a harpsichord synthesizer patch and is answered by the second half of the phrase in a flute voicing on a Mellotron. During the 1990s, many releases included recordings of classical compositions: Pictures at an Exhibition (on Turn of the Tides), Largo (from Xerxes) (on Tyranny of Beauty), Symphony in A Minor (by J. S. Bach), and Concerto in A Major / Adagio (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) (both on Ambient Monkeys).
Since the 1990s, Tangerine Dream have also recorded cover versions of Jimi Hendrix' "Purple Haze" (first on 220 Volt Live) and The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby", "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "Tomorrow Never Knows", and "Norwegian Wood".
An infrequently recurring non-musical influence on Tangerine Dream, and Edgar Froese in particular, have been 12th–19th-century poets. This was first evident on the 1981 album Exit, the track title "Pilots of the Purple Twilight" being a quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Locksley Hall. Six years later, the album Tyger featured poems from William Blake set to music; and around the turn of the millennium, Edgar Froese started working on a musical trilogy based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, completed in 2006. Most recently, the 2007 album Madcap's Flaming Duty features more poems set to music, some again from Blake but also e.g. Walt Whitman.
Pink Floyd were also an influence on Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream, the band in its very early psychedelic rock band phase playing improvisations based on Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive". Madcap's Flaming Duty is dedicated to the memory of the late Syd Barrett. The title refers to Barrett's solo release "The Madcap Laughs".
The band's influence can be felt in ambient artists such as Deepspace, The Future Sound of London, David Kristian, and Global Communication, as well as rock, pop, and dance artists such as Porcupine Tree, M83, DJ Shadow, Ulrich Schnauss, Cut Copy, and Kasabian. The band also clearly influenced 1990s and 2000s trance music, where lush soundscapes and synth pads are used along with repetitive synth sequences, much like in their 1975 releases Rubycon and Ricochet, as well as some of their music from the early 1980s. The group have also been sampled countless times, more recently by Recoil on the album SubHuman, by Sasha on Involver, and on several Houzan Suzuki albums. Michael Jackson also cited Tangerine Dream as one of his favourite bands, especially their 1977 soundtrack for Sorcerer.
Kiew Mission
Tangerine Dream Lyrics
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Азия, Африка, Европа
Австралия, Америка, это земля
Прошедшее время
Настоящее время
Будущее время
Мир, это мир
Понимать, понять, спрашивать
Проговорить зная, передача
Общаться с друзьями
Обмениваться мнениями
Безграничность
Существо умное
Разговор, беседа
Континенты
Азия, Африка, Европа
Австралия, Америка, это земля
The lyrics to Tangerine Dream's song Kiew Mission speak about the interconnectedness of the world and the importance of communication in understanding it. The song starts by listing the continents - Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and America - and identifies them as part of the same landmass. The lyrics then move to describing the different tenses of time - past, present, and future - and point out that "world" refers to all of these states of being.
The second half of the song focuses on communication and understanding. The lyrics emphasize the importance of asking questions and engaging in conversation in order to gain knowledge and share opinions. They describe this process as a transmission of knowledge and suggest that it is a way of connecting with others. The song ends with a repetition of the continents, offering a sense of unity and totality.
Line by Line Meaning
Континенты
The vast landmasses on Earth
Азия, Африка, Европа
Asia, Africa, and Europe - the three largest continents on Earth
Австралия, Америка, это земля
Australia and America are also part of the same planet Earth
Прошедшее время
The time that has already passed
Настоящее время
The current time we exist in
Будущее время
The time that is yet to come
Мир, это мир
The world we live in is our entire world
Понимать, понять, спрашивать
To understand, learn, and ask questions
Отвечать, говорить, задумываться
To answer, speak, and contemplate
Проговорить зная, передача
Expressing oneself with knowledge, sharing information
Общаться с друзьями
Communicating with friends
Обмениваться мнениями
Sharing opinions and ideas
Безграничность
The infinity that exists in the world
Существо умное
The intelligent beings on Earth
Разговор, беседа
The act of conversing
Континенты
The vast landmasses on Earth
Азия, Африка, Европа
Asia, Africa, and Europe - the three largest continents on Earth
Австралия, Америка, это земля
Australia and America are also part of the same planet Earth
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Christoph Franke, Edgar W Froese, Johannes Schmoelling
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Континенты
Азия
Африка
Европа
Австралия
Америка
Это Земля
Прошедшее время
Настоящее время
Будущее время
Мир - это мир
Понимать
Понять
Спрашивать
Отвечать
Говорить
Задумываться
Радовать знаниями
Передача
Общаться с друзьями
Обменяться мнениями
Безграничность
Существо разумное
Разговор
Беседа
Континенты
Азия
Африка
Европа
Австралия
Америка
Это Земля
@Tritium5678
Continents
Континенты
Asia, Africa, Europe
Азия, Африка, Европа
Australia, America, this is the land
Австралия, Америка, это земля
Past tense
Прошедшее время
present tense
Настоящее время
Future tense
Будущее время
The world is the world
Мир, это мир
understand, understand, ask
Понимать, понять, спрашивать
answer, speak, think
Отвечать, говорить, задумываться
Speak knowing transmission
Проговорить зная, передача
Chat with friends
Общаться с друзьями
exchange opinions
Обмениваться мнениями
infinity
Безграничность
The creature is smart
Существо умное
conversation, conversation
Разговор, беседа
Continents
Континенты
Asia, Africa, Europe
Азия, Африка, Европа
Australia, America, this is the land
Австралия, Америка, это земля
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Kiew Mission
English Translation:
Continent
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australia
America
This is Earth
Past
Present
Future
World, this is the world
To understand
To understand
To ask
To answer
To speak
To be absorbed in thought
To say knowing what you are talking about
Transmission
To communicate with friends
To exchange views
Boundlessness
Clever being
Conversation
Talk
Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/kiew-mission-kiew-mission.html#ixzz3O7pWlbpu
@phillipjones1817
I have 57 TD Albums, so i could qualify as a bit of a fan Lol…… For me Kiew Mission is by far the most beautiful track they’ve ever done, i bought it when it was released 41 years ago and I play it every other day, still gets me right here ❤❤❤, Edgar,Chris & Johannes I’m forever in your debt. RIP big man.
@aspjake123
I do like Peter Bauman also in this lineup. That is one heck of a collection!!!!
@richardconnold5207
You get no argument from me, dude.
I heard EXIT for the first time, in 1981, and right there and then it became my favourite TD record. Almost 42 years later, it still is.
@Arthropolis
First time i heard this song i was 3 years old and never forgot the melody when the song breaks,found it in My fathers cassettes 35 years later and the feeling is the same as it was back Then, músic helps You remwmber yourself
@Marthark1
There was a little to movie called rocking out the bats with a contemporary version of Kiev mission
@CristinaTomas-xd6dk
I like Peter Bauman too, Trans Harmonic Nights is great.
@andrestoral88
One of the best TD songs ever!
@youtubeisevil
Listening to this in Kiew
@kamilgroblewicz3184
Hope You are ok. Sending prayers and hugs from Poland, stay safe!
@shocked1991
This song means a lot right now. In fact, it’s more important now than it was in 1981. Kiew is another old spelling of Kyiv/Kiev … A song in Russian about peace and communication named after Kyiv. Damn. Нет войне. Мир на земле.