music.wikisort.org - CompositionAlpha Centauri is the second major release and second studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in March 1971 by record label Ohr.
1971 studio album by Tangerine Dream
Alpha Centauri |
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 1971 LP album cover |
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Released | March 1971 |
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Recorded | January 1971 |
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Studio | Dierks Studio |
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Length | 39:48 |
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Label | Ohr |
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Producer | Tangerine Dream |
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Content
The music on this album is quite different from Tangerine Dream's first album Electronic Meditation, partly because of a heavier reliance on keyboards and electronic technology, although they still mostly remain in the background: the dominant instruments on the album are organ and flute. The other difference is that this album focuses on dark, spacey soundscapes as opposed to jam sessions.[citation needed] The shift in instrumentation resulted in an atmosphere dubbed by Edgar Froese himself as "kosmische musik".[citation needed] Julian Cope's Head Heritage wrote that the album "used the space rock template from [Pink Floyd's] Saucerful of Secrets (and removed the rock)".[4]
A nowadays extremely rare single "Ultima Thule" was released in February of the same year. Side 1 employs the same guitar riff as "Fly and Collision of Comas Sola", but the single was at the time otherwise an unconnected release. Re-releases of Alpha Centauri in the 2000s have however included either or both parts of Ultima Thule as bonus tracks.
Release
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [3] |
Head Heritage | positive[2] |
Pitchfork | 7.8/10[1] |
Alpha Centauri was released in March 1971 by record label Ohr. It sold 20,000 copies in their native Germany, nearly four times as many as their later classic Phaedra.[citation needed]
Track listing
Side ATitle |
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1. | "Sunrise in the Third System" | 4:21 |
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2. | "Fly and Collision of Comas Sola" | 13:23 |
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Side BTitle |
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1. | "Alpha Centauri" | 22:04 |
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Reissue bonus tracksTitle |
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4. | "Oszillator Planet Concert" (Sanctuary/Castle (2002), Arcàngelo (2004), Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 8:03 |
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5. | "Ultima Thule, Part One (2000 remix)" (Arcàngelo (2004), Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 3:24 |
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6. | "Ultima Thule, Part Two" (Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 4:24 |
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Personnel
- Edgar Froese – guitar, organ, bass, composer
- Christopher Franke – drums, percussion, flute, zither, piano, VCS3
- Steve Schroyder – organ, voice, echo machines, iron stick
- Udo Dennebourg – flute, voice
- Roland Paulick – synthesizer
References
External links
Tangerine Dream main albums discography |
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Main studio, live and soundtrack albums (1970–present) | The Pink Years (1970–1973) | |
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The Virgin Years (1974–1984) | |
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The Blue Years (1984–1988) | |
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The Melrose Years (1988–1990) | |
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The Seattle Years (1991–1995) | |
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The TDI Years (1996–2005) | |
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The Eastgate Years (2005–2014) |
- Phaedra 2005 (re-recording)
- Blue Dawn
- Paradiso
- Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream (re-recordings & remix)
- Springtime In Nagasaki
- Madcap's Flaming Duty
- Summer in Nagasaki
- Purple Diluvial
- Views from a Red Train
- Tangram 2008 (re-recording)
- Hyperborea 2008 (re-recording)
- Autumn In Hiroshima
- The London Eye Concert (live)
- Flame
- Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part I
- Winter in Hiroshima
- Izu (live)
- DM V (remix)
- Zeitgeist (live)
- Under Cover – Chapter One (covers)
- The Endless Season
- The Island of the Fay
- The Gate of Saturn
- The Angel of the West Window
- Live at the Lowry (live)
- Mona Da Vinci
- Finnegans Wake
- Knights of Asheville (live)
- Machu Picchu
- Live in Budapest (live)
- Live at Admiralspalast Berlin (live)
- Cruise to Destiny (re-recordings)
- Starmus — Sonic Universe (with Brian May) (live)
- The Castle
- The Cinematographic Score GTA 5 (soundtrack)
- Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part II
- Sorcerer 2014 (re-recording)
- Josephine the Mouse Singer
- Phaedra Farewell Tour - The Concerts (live)
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The Quantum Years (2014–present) |
- Mala Kunia
- Supernormal - The Australian Concerts (live)
- The Official Bootleg Series Volume One (live)
- Quantum Key
- The Official Bootleg Series Volume Two (live)
- Live at the Philharmony Szczecin - Poland (live)
- Particles (live & studio)
- Light Flux (re-recordings & studio)
- The Sessions I (live)
- Quantum Gate
- The Sessions II (live)
- The Sessions III (live)
- The Sessions IV (live)
- Recurring Dreams (re-recordings)
- Oedipus Tyrannus
- Live at Augusta Raurica Switzerland (live)
- The Sessions V (live)
- Live at Reims Cathedral (live)
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Singles | |
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Related |
- Discography
- Filmography
- Tangerine Tree
- Bootleg recordings
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На других языках
- [en] Alpha Centauri (album)
[es] Alpha Centauri (álbum)
Alpha Centauri[1] es el segundo álbum de estudio del grupo alemán de música electrónica Tangerine Dream. Publicado en 1971 por el sello discográfico Ohr[2] en esta ocasión, a diferencia de su álbum debut Electronic Meditation totalmente experimental, el sonido está más basado en el órgano y flauta con una importante aportación de teclados y aparatos electrónicos.[3] Se le suele considerar uno de los primeros trabajos calificables en la denominación "música cósmica".[4]
[ru] Alpha Centauri (альбом)
Alpha Centauri — второй студийный альбом немецкой группы Tangerine Dream и первый альбом, на котором группа использовала синтезаторы. Альбом был выпущен в 1971 году. Эта работа во многом предвосхитила появление Берлинской школы электронной музыки.
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