music.wikisort.org - CompositionElectronic Meditation is the first major release and first studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in June 1970 by record label Ohr.
1970 studio album by Tangerine Dream
Electronic Meditation |
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 1970 LP album cover |
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Released | June 1970 |
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Recorded | October 1969 |
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Genre |
- Krautrock[1]
- experimental rock[2]
- psychedelia[1]
- electronic rock[3]
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Length | 36:37 |
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Label | Ohr |
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Producer | Tangerine Dream |
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Recording and history
The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.[3]
Electronic Meditation is the only Tangerine Dream album to feature the line-up of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler. Two other musicians, organist Jimmy Jackson and flautist Thomas Keyserling, also performed on the album although they were uncredited in the original release.[4]
Content
Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock; or as Sound on Sound magazine described it, "free electronic rock".[3] Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums, and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds such as broken glass, burning parchment, and dried peas being shaken in a sieve. The backwards vocals at the end of side B are of Edgar Froese reading from the back of a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The first five albums released by Ohr Records, including Electronic Meditation, featured sleeves by Reinhard Hippen, all with dismembered baby doll parts as a central aspect of the imagery. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover; the 2004 Japan CD release is a copy of the original LP cover and includes the balloon.[4]
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [2] |
Classic Rock |          [5] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10[1] |
In its retrospective review, AllMusic wrote: "The album is not without its flaws, but it's strong in many ways and shows abundant promise".[2] Stephen Dalton in his review for Classic Rock described the album as "more an historically interesting cult curio than essential Krautrock milestone", reminding however that "from sketchy but seminal basement tapes like these, an entire cosmos of sound was mapped."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler.
Side ATitle |
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1. | "Birth" | 5:57 |
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2. | "Journey Through a Burning Brain" | 12:26 |
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Side BTitle |
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3. | "Cold Smoke" | 10:38 |
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4. | "Ashes to Ashes" | 4:06 |
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5. | "Resurrection" | 3:27 |
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Personnel
- Tangerine Dream
- Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
- Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, addiator
- Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks
- Additional personnel
- Jimmy Jackson – organ (uncredited in the original release)
- Thomas Keyserling – flute (uncredited in the original release)
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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Tangerine Dream |
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- Edgar Froese
- Christopher Franke
- Peter Baumann
- Johannes Schmoelling
- Paul Haslinger
- Jerome Froese
- Linda Spa
- Conrad Schnitzler
- Klaus Schulze
- Michael Hoenig
- Steve Jolliffe
- Ralf Wadephul
- Bernhard Beibl
- Zlatko Perica
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Soundtracks | |
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Related |
- Discography
- Filmography
- Tangerine Tree
- Bootleg recordings
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Klaus Schulze |
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Richard Wahnfried albums | |
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На других языках
- [en] Electronic Meditation
[es] Electronic Meditation
Electronic Meditation es el álbum debut del grupo alemán de música electrónica Tangerine Dream.[1] Editado en 1970 por el sello Ohr,[2] y categorizado dentro del género krautrock,[3] el proceso de composición y producción comenzó en otoño de 1969 con Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze y Conrad Schnitzler.[4]
[ru] Electronic Meditation
Electronic Meditation (рус. Электронные медитации) — дебютный студийный альбом немецкой электронной группы Tangerine Dream, выпущенный в 1970 году.
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