Edgar Willmar Froese was a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onwards bear the name "Edgar W. Froese".
Electronic Meditation is the debut album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, released in June 1970 by record label Ohr.
Alpha Centauri is the second album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, released in March 1971 by record label Ohr.
Atem is the fourth studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, released in March 1973 by record label Ohr.
Phaedra is the fifth studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was recorded during November 1973 at The Manor in Shipton-on-Cherwell, England and released on 20 February 1974 through Virgin Records. This is the first Tangerine Dream album to feature their now classic sequencer-driven sound, which is considered to have greatly influenced the Berlin School genre.
Exit is the sixteenth album by the German group Tangerine Dream. The first track features an uncredited Berlin actress chanting, in Russian, the names of the continents of the world and pleading to end the threat of "limited" nuclear war, which was a potential danger facing the world during the late Cold War era in which the album was released. Exit reached No.43 in the UK, spending five weeks on the chart.
Jerome Froese is a German musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006. Prior to his direct involvement in Tangerine Dream, Froese often appeared on the covers of the band's albums as a child, beginning with the 1973 release of Atem, when he was two years four months old at the time the album was released.
The electronic music group Tangerine Dream has released more than one hundred albums, singles, EPs and compilations since the group was formed in 1967.
The Keep (1997) is the twenty-third soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream and their fifty-eighth overall. It is the soundtrack to the movie The Keep (1983). A limited run of 150 CDs were sold at a concert by the group in the UK in 1997. Virgin soon announced that the album would be available for general release in early 1998, but legal issues with the film studio stopped the release. In 1999, Tangerine Dream's own record label sold 300 copies of the Millennium Booster album set that included The Keep with a different cover.
Optical Race is the thirty-sixth album by Tangerine Dream. Optical Race is the inaugural album of the Melrose Years era, as it is the first appearance of the band on the Private Music label, founded by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann. It was their first album without Christoph Franke since 1971's Alpha Centauri (album) and the band's first to be programmed largely with a computer, an Atari ST using Steinberg/Jones software. The sleeve of the 12" release and the first release on CD and Compact Cassette features a die-cut outer sleeve with a multicolored inner sleeve.
Green Desert is the twenty-seventh album released by electronic artists Tangerine Dream. The music was recorded in Berlin in 1973, during a period when Peter Baumann had temporarily left Germany to tour Nepal and India. It was intended as promotional recordings to present to Virgin Records, a newly formed company that had shown an interest in the group. "Though unreleased at the time, it landed Tangerine Dream a record deal when Virgin heard the tapes." The music was released as Green Desert in 1986.
Underwater Sunlight is the twenty-ninth album released by the electronic artists Tangerine Dream.
Melrose is the fortieth album by Tangerine Dream. This album was released in 1990 on the Private Music label founded by former Tangerine Dream member, Peter Baumann. The album further developed the instrumental pop style known from the previous two Private Music albums, Optical Race and Lily on the Beach. Edgar Froese's son, Jerome, for the first time appears on a Tangerine Dream album as a full-time member. This was Paul Haslinger's last album with Tangerine Dream.
Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream is an album by German electronic music group, Tangerine Dream. It features re-recordings by several present and past members of the band.
Canyon Dreams is the thirtieth album, and the fourteenth soundtrack, by German band Tangerine Dream. It was recorded in 1986 and released in 1991 on compact disc and compact cassette formats. The music was written as a sound accompaniment for an eponymous scenic video film about the Grand Canyon by Jan Nickman, released by the record label Miramar. The album's tracks are divided into various episodes and related to the titles of the cuts.
Rockoon is the forty-fourth album released by Tangerine Dream. The album was started in March 1991 and completed January 1992, making it the longest production ever in the band's history until the release of Quantum Gate in 2017. The album was nominated in the USA for the "Best New Age Album 1992" Grammy and reached the Top Ten in Billboard New Age charts and the Top Twenty in Billboard Jazz charts.
Turn of the Tides is the forty-ninth album by the band Tangerine Dream. It is the first album featuring saxophone player Linda Spa performing as a full-time member despite joining in 1990. It was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 1995 Grammys.
Antique Dreams is a live album by Tangerine Dream released in 2000. It is their seventieth album overall. It is the third and last of the Tangerine Dream Classics Edition series, following Sohoman and Soundmill Navigator. The album consists of remixed works.
Quantum Gate is a 2017 album by Tangerine Dream. It is roughly their one-hundred and fiftieth album. It is the first full-length album since the death of founder Edgar Froese in 2015, and is largely based on ideas and musical sketches left by Froese.
