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Tangerine Dream Castle Music Abstract Experimental Ambient

Performer: Tangerine Dream
Album: Alpha Centauri
Label: Castle Music
Catalog #: CMRCD566
MP3: 2000 mb | FLAC: 1296 mb
Country: UK
Style: Abstract, Experimental, Ambient
Rating: 4.3/5
Votes: 486
Category: Electronic

Tracklist

1	Sunrise In The Third System	4:21
2	Bonus Track
3	Ultima Thule Part 1 (Single) Producer – Dieter Dierks, Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser	3:22
4	Alpha Centauri	22:04
5	Fly And Collision Of Comas Sola	13:23

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
OMM 56.012, OMM 56 012	Tangerine Dream	Alpha Centauri ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Ohr, Ohr	OMM 56.012, OMM 56 012	Germany	1971
BELLE 121942	Tangerine Dream	Alpha Centauri ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Belle Antique	BELLE 121942	Japan	2012
4 940.509	Tangerine Dream	Alpha Centauri ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin	4 940.509	France	1975
EOP-80479	Tangerine Dream	Alpha Centauri ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Odeon	EOP-80479	Japan	1971
TNGRN DRM-AC-1083	Tangerine Dream	Alpha Centauri ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Tangerine Dream)	TNGRN DRM-AC-1083	Russia	Unknown

Credits

Coordinator [Project Co-ordinators] – Antony Amos, Steve Hammonds
Design [Reissue Design] – Becky Stewart
Design [Sleeve], Painting [Cover Painting] – Edgar Froese, Monique Froese
Engineer – Dieter Dierks
Flute, Words By – Udo Dennebourg
Guitar, Bass [Gliss], Organ, Voice, Other [Coffee Machine] – Edgar Froese
Mastered By – Tony
Music By, Other [Manuscript] – Tangerine Dream
Organ, Voice, Effects [Several Echo Machines], Percussion [Iron Stick] – Steve Schroyder
Percussion, Flute [Lotos], Harpsichord [Pianoharp], Zither, Synthesizer – Chris Franke
Photography By – Monique Froese, Unknown Artist
Producer, Directed By – Tangerine Dream
Sleeve Notes – Paul Russell
Synthesizer – Roland Pualyck
Written-By – Franke, Froese, Schroeder

Notes

Some copies came in a cardboard slipcase, some did not, the lack of which is an manufacturer's error. Otherwise, there are no differences.

Recorded at the Dierks Studios Stommein (Koeln).
A product of the cosmic couriers.
Ohr Music Production GmbH, 1 Berlin 30, Europa-center.

This album is dedicated to all people who feel obliged to space.

Tracks published by GEMA/Zomba Music Pub. Ltd.

Reissue design @ Hi-Hat. Project co-ordination @ Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. Mastered at Masterpiece.

All tracks ℗ 1971 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Tadream Music Productions under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. © 2002 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
An Essential Production for Castle Music, a label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Made in England

Issued in a standard jewel case with eight page booklet.
Both written by and music by credits appear on the release. Credits in the first instance have been taken from the rear tray as they are most complete.
There are no remastering credits present on this reissue of Essential's ESMCD346 release.

Released not earlier than 2007

Barcodes

Barcode: 5 050159 156627
Matrix / Runout (Outer ring text): 50501 591 566-2 01 + 52317173
Matrix / Runout (Inner ring text): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A
Label Code: LC 6448
Mould SID Code: ifpi 0124

Companies

Recorded At – Dierks Studios
Manufactured By – EDC, Germany – 52317173
Published By – GEMA
Published By – Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.

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Darkshaper

Of Alpha, Atem, Meditation and Zeit this is my least favourite of the early period TD releases. There seems to be a lack of focus and 'gelling' in the sessions that makes the flute parts at odds with the organ (and so on). Mood and tempo are on the light and breezy side, my preference is for the brooding, suprising and more satisfying 'Zeit-like' material. Musical elements employed just don't seem wholly compatible to my ears, and this type of music is about generating an overarching feeling in the listener. Good to have as a touchstone to their roots but probably best not to start here if you are unfamiliar with their work.

Alien

This one became instantly one of my favorite "cosmic" records. Read the track titles and you know what you can expect: Intergalactic music for tripping away, even when you are not taking drugs.
The music is not really complicated, but the atmosphere it creates is just incredible.
"Sunrise In The Sird System" begins very slowly and maintains a steady tension with more and more strings and pulsating synth sounds. The only negative point about this track is, that it is too short.
According to the title "Fly And Collision Of Coma Sola" is divided in several parts. There's an ambient part at the beginning (the flight?) that is followed by a synthesizer transition and then the last part, containing of really moving drums (the collison?).
"Alpha Cebtauri" is even more incredible like the two other tracks, a beautiful, very long ambient track with some german voices as a climax, speaking about god, the cosmos and mankind.
This edition of the record also contains "Ultima Thule pt.1" as a bonus track. This song doesn't really fit to the other tracks, but anyway, it's a great piece of music too, and not such easy to get as other Tangerine Dream material.
It's not hard to find this record, so if you are a fan of spacey music, get it or you miss something!

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