Quantum Key

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Quantum Key
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Studio album (mini-album)by
ReleasedNovember 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)
Recorded2015
Studio
Genre Electronic, ambient
Length32:50
Label Invisible Hands Music Eastgate
Producer Bianca Froese-Acquaye
Tangerine Dream chronology
The Official Bootleg Series Volume One
(2015)
Quantum Key
(2015)
The Official Bootleg Series Volume One
(2016)
Tangerine Dream mini-album chronology
Mala Kunia
(2014)
Quantum Key
(2015)
Particles
(2016)
Reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
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Babyblaue-Seiten11/15 [2]

Quantum Key is a 2015 mini-album by Tangerine Dream. It is roughly the groups 145th release. It is a precursor and companion album to the 2017 major studio album Quantum Gate . [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Edgar Froese, Thorsten Quaeschning and Ulrich Schnauss except where noted [3]

  1. "Genesis of Precious Thoughts" – 9:13
  2. "Electron Bonfire" – 5:05
  3. "Drowning in Universes" – 11:07
  4. "Mirage of Reality" – 6:44 (Quaeschning, Schnauss)

Personnel

Tangerine Dream

Credits

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