Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar … Read Full Bio ↴Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only continuous member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the group was its mid-'70s trio of Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann. In 1979, Johannes Schmoelling replaced Baumann. Since Froese's death in 2015, the group has been under the leadership of Thorsten Quaeschning (Froese's chosen successor and the current longest-serving band member, having joined in 2005). He is joined by violinist Hoshiko Yamane who joined in 2011, Ulrich Schnauss who joined in 2014 and Paul Frick who joined 9 June 2020.
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.
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.
Purple Haze
Tangerine Dream Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Purple Haze' by these artists:
16. Jimi Hendrix Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
armada groove Well, make me see you one up there And make me…
Ateyaba J'rentre achète, j'sors de l'asile, waddup nigga? J'sors ma …
Blaz Pit Pour bagarre je n’ai plus l’âge J’ai la tête dans les…
Cam'ron [Cam'Ron] Tito, crack that dutch Roll that purple up Niggaz …
Clementino (Purple Haze) Yes, Yazee Beat Iena White Widow (Purple Haze)…
Clementino Salmo Jack The Smoker Nitro Si ta faij cu' mme forever l'evr 'e verè fin a quann…
Coroner [Jimi Hendrix]…
Curren$y ft Lloyd Trinidad Ja The four-one done, another one rolled up I don't sip lean,…
Dion Purple haze Running through my brain Somehow, people, lately…
Diplomats [Cam'Ron] Tito, crack that dutch Roll that purple up Niggaz …
E.G.Q Baby let's blow the purple haze I'm counting money everyday …
Eminem Vs. Jimi Hendrix Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Frank Zappa Purple haze All in my brain Well lately things they just d…
Galavant I'm feeling good about tonight Ignore the trouble in my side…
Gary Moore Purple Haze was in my brain, Lately things don't seem the…
Groove Armada Well, make me see you one up there And make me…
Groove Armada Feat. Red Rat & Nappy Roots Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't seem…
Groove Armada; Nappy Roots Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't seem…
Hendrix (Jimi) Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Hendrix Jimi Purple Haze was in my brain lately things don't seem the…
Hendrix Jimi (Experience) Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Hugh Marsh Purple haze in my brain Lately things just don't seem the…
Jimi Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Jimi Hendrix (Backing Track) Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix (The Best Of Jimi Hendrix) (cd1) (comp) (1997) Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
JimiHendrixExperience Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Jimmy Hendrix Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
John Verity Band Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Johnny & The King Casuals Jones Purple Haze was in my brain lately things don't seem the…
Johnny Jones Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Johnny Jones & the King Casuals Purple Haze was in my brain lately things don't seem the…
Johnny Jones & The King Casuals Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Joy Oladokun Rather have us than have nothing at all Not trying to…
KITCHEN - Jimi Hendrix Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Lawnmower Deth Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't seem…
Leszek Cichonski & Friends You see I find nowadays that its Best to keep…
Lonnie Youngblood Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Melanie Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don′t seem the…
Ministry Purple haze All in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Ministry and Co-Conspirators Purple haze All in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Moya (Máire) Brennan Now one for free Someone save me Now one for free Now glory…
Noel Redding & Friends You see I find nowadays that its Best to keep…
nulldB Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't…
Olexesh Ich hab 10 Gramm im Paper Gib mir 2Pac Hellrazor, smoke Purp…
Ozzy & Lenny Kravitz Purple Haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Ozzy Osbourne Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde Purple Haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Ozzy Osbourne feat. Zakk Wylde Randy Castillo & Geezer Butler Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Ozzy Osbourne/Zakk Wylde Purple Haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Paul Gilbert Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Rhythm Del Mundo Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Rhythms Del Mundo feat. The Killers Purple Haze was in my brain lately things don't seem the…
Sakk-Matt Purple haze all in my brain Lately things…
Salmo (Purple Haze) Yes, Yazee Beat Iena White Widow (Purple Haze)…
selfyy Ruf nicht an ich geh nicht ran, Handy aus Hab kein…
Six Feet Under [Jimi Hendrix Cover] Purple haze all in my brain Lately thi…
SKY-HI x SALU You Know We Gotta Swim Like a Holiday 君の頭上泳ぐ Like a Purple…
Snuff Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
Stor Inget här som stör Min Purple haze Världen utanför Kom över …
Tankcsapda Purple haze is on my brain. Lately things don't seem the…
The Beatcoins Purple Haze all in the rain Purple Haze is not a…
The Cure Purple haze All in my brain Lately things don't seem the…
The Diplomats [Cam'Ron] Tito, crack that dutch Roll that purple up Niggaz …
The Jimi Hendrix Classic Singles Collection Vol. 2 Cold cut killer with the ice pen Sub hitting hard need…
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
The Jimi Hendrix Experienceꀁ Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
The Perception Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
Vladimir Markin Сиреневый туман над нами проплывает, Над тамбуром горит полн…
Vyvienne Long (By Jimi Hendrix) Purple haze all in my brain Lately thi…
Winger Purple haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem…
Zella Day Purple haze on Saturdays Smoking with no clothes on I bet he…
`Olexesh Ich hab 10 Gramm im Paper Gib mir 2Pac Hellrazor, smoke Purp…
Jimi Hendrix Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Tangerine Dream:
A Dream of Death I DIED; they wrapped me in a shroud, With hollow mourning,…
A Lesson Perhaps The early morning castle stirred, The King of the forest st…
Alpha Centauri Der geist the spirit, der liebe of love Erfuellt den kosmos…
Astrophel And Stella What if we new beauties see, Will they not stir new…
Bent Cold Sidewalk When I talk to the trees O great trees who have…
Cry Little Sister A last fire will rise behind those eyes Black house will…
Dancing on a White Moon Dancing on a white moon with a twist like a…
Dear Nellie Goodrich Dear Nellie Goodrich I am writing to you To tell you of…
Dive Into Yesterday Dive into yesterday, dive into yesterday Dive into yesterda…
Eleanor Rigby Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Episode 1: Wisdom and Tragedy Ano hi kara zutto boku wa zutto matte ita Iro aseta…
Flight From Ashiya Bursts of white cotton passing the window Everyone talking,…
Forever Young Let's dance in style Let's dance for a while Heaven can wa…
Hear The Voice HEAR the voice of the Bard, Who present, past, and future,…
Hymn To Intellectual Beauty The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats though unseen …
In The Room Of Percussion Mountainous pictures of coloured scenes appear upon my face …
Is Your Love Strong Enough Just one step at a time And closer to destiny…
Kaleidoscope Relax your eyes, For after all, We can but share these min…
Kiew Mission Континенты Азия, Африка, Европа Австралия, Америка, это земл…
Kiew Mission - 1995 - Remaster Kiew Mission - Exit (Froese says "words in parenthesis are …
Kiew Mission {from Exit} Континенты Азия, Африка, Европа Австралия, Америка, это земл…
Lady Greengrass She lifts her dress and floats to dreamland makes love…
Lake of Pontchartrain It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans…
London I wander thro' each charter'd street Near where the charter'…
Love Of Mine Your skirt's so short that your thighs are showin you…
Love On A Real Train Lift off, we have a lift off, 32 minutes pass…
Loved by the Sun I have seen the mystics blather Once or twice but I…
Mad Song The wild winds weep And the night is a-cold; Come hither, …
Man My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a…
My Name is Bad Hair 僕ら最高速でいつだって 走れるわけじゃないんだって いつかは 止まってしまう日が来る それでも僕は良しとして 靴紐を固く…
Norwegian Wood I once had a girl, Or should I say She once had…
One Hour of Madness ONE hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me…
Please Excuse My Face Silently, you wave good bye, Lots of love untied, If my sh…
Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender Rising runner missed by endless sender, never coming back, …
Shape My Sin I found my invisible Your beauty burned my blood Beneath t…
Shy People Down through the ages with same structures and thoughts …
Smile There is a smile of love, And there is a smile…
Solution Of All Problems I like a church; I like a cowl; I love a…
Something to Remember Me By Well you can run for you life, Make a Break for…
Space Oddity Ground control to major Tom Ground control to major Tom Ta…
The Blessed Damozel DEAR, back my wounded heart restore, And turn away thy powe…
The Murder Of Lewis Tollani In the night something is stirring Someone is moving withou…
The Sky Children A million white flowers in a field in the sky Seemed…
Tyger Tyger, Tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night Wha…
Zeit جیکو دیگه واسه جبران لحظه ها دیره مثه دود سیگار داره این…
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Mermaid
Really glad i found your channel.
Great vids of an era i missed but love.
شكراً جزيلاً :)
Evergreen Best Music
crazy good performing ! lol :)
mj cowgill
I had the pleasure of seeing TD in Washington DC and I loved every single bit of it!!!!!!
And also was blessed to be able to get Edgar Froese s autograph 😁👍💝💙🌝🌞❣
Bee Kay
Howard Theater? I was there, the meet and greet was fun because I got to meet Edgar.
Edgar Froes
My father named me after him.
motorlife
They should have made their own electronic version of it. That I could also
Moa
Great concert...:)
Kernel Studios
grandi tangerine dream
Anthony Modica
EXCELLENT :0)
Jesús Rubén Peña
amazing, OMG