Kennylogg Bubblebath Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Dear Friends, This is a message to you we are very sorry for… On January 20th, Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Froese suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from the effects of a pulmonary embolism in Vienna. The sadness in our hearts is immensely. Edgar once said: “There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address." Edgar, this is a little comfort to us. Yours, TANGERINE DREAM TEAM http://www.facebook.com/TANGERINEDREAM.OFFICIAL/photos/a.199773803430867.49245.128514197223495/780339082041000 Bummer :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen1966 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Gutted. RiP.. Just listening to Stratosfear out of respect; in my top 5 albums of all time, though any of the Virgin albums are essential listening for electronic music fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I remember listening to Phaedra loudly as an annoying teen and my mum storming into my room then shouting "what is this? It sounds like an alien attack". Tangerine Dream are so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He was certainly prolific through his life and left a major impact. I have barely dipped into the TD catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Damn! Good call on the Thief soundtrack, I scored the vinyl at an antique mall for $5. It gets pretty regular rotation. TD also did the soundtrack for Michael Mann's first film The Keep, which is another solid ost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 :( horrible news. Eternal respect for him. Playing these nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHyPgkMMUQhttp://youtu.be/4Gv43i_8Q_4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straigo Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very sorry to hear this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 He was certainly prolific through his life and left a major impact. I have barely dipped into the TD catalogue. Besides Phaedra and some other 70s era stuff, same here, embarrassingly enough. In fact I've listened to their peers (Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Temple, Popol Vuh, Cluster) and a plethora of recent kosmische, ambient, and drone artists who own a huge amount of their sound to TD and Edgar Froese. I didn't realize until years later, but one of my favotire movies as a kid, Three O'Clock High, had a OST mostly by Tangerine Dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Forgetting this epic masterpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmbrancity Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Huuuge talent,,,,,,,, Maroubra Bay (Backwards mix) is a master-piece...... if you like a good read J Cope's Krautrocksampler has a range of insightful bits on Edgar/Tangerine Dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 damn...was listening to kamikaze 1989 a couple minutes ago too. rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 man i'm truly gutted. the 'dream are among my all-time favorites. lately i've been exploring the Schmoelling era quite a bit and i think "hyperborea" is up there for me in so far as greatest TD songs go. froese is such a legend. sad to see him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 RIP , the Legend soundtrack was one of my first loves as a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The absolute fucking masters of electronic music. Forget Aphex. Forget BOC. All these IDM acts in the last twenty or thirty years. They all wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for this band. This group, their contributions to music, their frankly incredible number of release puts all the modern electronic bands to shame. There will never be any other like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindphaser Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 RIP edgar. legend of electronic music beautiful guitar playing from edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Really very surprised some of the big name electronic acts of the last twenty years (the ones people gush about on these forums) haven't been paying tribute to TD via social media. Only VHS Head & Ulrich Schnauss have mentioned about Edgar Froese. Thankfully, TD left such a ton of music, they are practically immortal now (in a musical sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 don't forget the great Global Communication cover: [youtubehd]eBsVGUTntzE[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Brian Dougans posted a tribute on his Facebook - and a photo of a badge he picked up at a gig when he was 13! I'm really not dealing with this at all. I think part of it is the planned retirement of TD on their 50th anniversary in 2017. Only two years time. And his autobiography of the band coming out next month. It just seems like such horrible timing. I was so looking forward to them going out on a big bang. But yeah, really quite cut up about this. I have more TD records than any band apart from FSOL, huge part of my musical life. Despite a dodgy period in the '90s, Edgar and his perfectly selected group of collaborators managed to put out a staggeringly consistent run of albums. Personal favourites are Hyperborea, Tangram, Rubycon and Jeanne D'Arc, with plenty more in the running. With so many Virgin era tracks doing the rounds, I'll throw in this absolutely wonderful three-parter from 2007, one of his brilliant collaborations with Thorsten Quaeschning: As he once said, “There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address.” I hope you are happy in your new home, Edgar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Just some of so many. http://youtu.be/UHJcJIj6u64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 http://youtu.be/LTbhT4BrS1Y Better to find the original VHS tape for the documentary of the Grand Canyon this piece was originally written for. http://youtu.be/T-tSoDgxRLk?list=PL9naemxo-D-bMYvK4tegQ4yHOsKr8rHma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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