Tangerine Dream 1980 Musik pt2.

Tangerine Dream playing in studio for a German TV documentary (Musik aus dem computer?)in the early 80's

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tangerine
• Dream
• Edgar
• Froese
• Crhistopher
• Franke
• Johannes
• Schoelling

[soepil]

Don't write TD off as bad musicians. You can play in many different ways : Sometimes by hitting a drum with a stick, sometimes strumming some strings, sometimes by playing a keyboard, sometimes by turning a knob or putting a cable in a socket. It may be that the playing-a-keyboard part by TD is quite simple, but I bet most trained classical pianist woudn't know how to get the right sound out of the modular Moog, like Franke did. Playing is just knowing how to interact with an instrument.

[podinspace]

I love these clips from 1980, because it's rare to find footage of TD from this time. TD music for me has always been about the vibe, not twiddly solos. I like a lot of different music, some showcasing amazing musicianship. For me, TD was always about being taken on a journey. Not many other musicians can do this in quite the same way as TD, apart from Klaus Schulze, and sometimes JMJ. I would not have gotten into synths if it wasn't for these influences.

[marcellinux]

what's the song play?

[RobMunro1]

@soepil Bloody true that

[haikucigarette]

Anybody who thinks sequencers (especially analog) aren't legitimate instruments for rhythm are close-minded when it comes to what music can be. Even apart from programming the sequence, an analog sequencer needs to be handled by someone who knows what the hell they're doing. If you listen to Cherokee Lane, Franke has multiple sequencers playing and is constantly changing the time signatures, creating complex, ever-changing polyrhythm.

[nebby6]

@soepil Very true. Playing a synth involves alot more than simply pressing down keys. I couldn't have said it better. :]

[cosmicrider287]

how cool is edgar froese?

[studiodreadful]

Gute Reportage und absoluter Kult, merci ...

[truebrunorc]

Seopil, you're right. In fact, both Schmoelling and Franke were classically trained musicians... with Franke being heavily influenced by modern composers, like Stockhausen or Cage. So they definitely weren't "bad" in terms of technical skills regarding playing itself.

If the problem is, they were using machines to play arpeggios or sequences... many composers use the orchestra, does it mean they are "bad", since they don't play all the intruments at once by themselves?

[d0dge25]

@TheBicLighter ... can't even handle his native language.