Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Artist:
Tangerine Dream
See Also:
Oldfield, Mike
Froese, Edgar
Original Soundtrack - Sorcerer
Description:
Tangerine Dream: Edgar Froese (guitar, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass instrument); Peter Baumann (flute, electric piano, organ); Chris Franke (keyboards, Moog synthesizer).
Recording information: The Manor, Shipton-On-Cherwell, England (12/1973).
Widely considered one of Tangerine Dream`s masterworks, fallout from the sonic phenomenon that is PHAEDRA can still be found lingering in the ambient movement of the early `90s and in much of contemporary electronica. The aural architecture that the band built from scratch remains unparalleled. Tangerine Dream was truly ahead of its time--the four epic-length tracks on PHAEDRA revealed a band that fully understood--and loved to manipulate--the complex array of knobs, dials, and switches that protruded from their synthesizer facades.
The title track is an almost spooky exercise in synth/sequencer tension and dynamics: while eerie atmospheres of Mellotron go head to head with spiraling Moogs, dense, humming sequencer webs percolate along the surface, motile and mobile. The album`s closer, "Sequent C," leaves the listener breathless, as black electronic clouds form and dissipate and the surrounding space becomes corporeal sound. PHAEDRA remains one of the seminal recordings of the electronic movement, and stands up--even years later--as an original, stunning piece of music.
Track Listing:
DISC 1
Phaedra
Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
Movements of a Visionary
Sequent C`
Album Information Release Date: 07/23/1996 Type: Performer Genre: Electronic Subgenre: Classic Electronic Label: Virgin Records (USA) Producer: Edgar Froese Catalog Number: 86064 Original Release Year: 1974 # of Discs: 1 SPARS Coding: AAD Studio/Live: Studio Mono/Stereo: Stereo Runtime: 37 : 34
Shipping - This item will be delivered to you via USPS Trackable Media Mail or UPS Mail Innovations and will take from 2 days to 3 weeks from the time the item leaves our warehouse.*
* For your safety, some orders go through our fraud prevention department.
If yours is selected, we will quickly notify you (doing this may cause a delay of up to 3 days).
