Optical Race
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Optical Race | |||||
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1988 LP album cover
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Studio album by Tangerine Dream | |||||
Released | August, 1988 | ||||
Recorded | April-May, 1988, in Berlin and Vienna | ||||
Genre | Electronic music | ||||
Length | 52:39 | ||||
Label | Private Music | ||||
Producer | Paul Haslinger, Edgar Froese | ||||
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Tangerine Dream chronology | |||||
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Optical Race is an album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream, which was released in 1988. Optical Race marked the first appearance of the band on Private Music, a label founded by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann.[1]
The sleeve of the 12" release and the first release on CD features a die-cut outer sleeve with a multicolored inner sleeve.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Marakesh" – 8:17
- "Atlas Eyes" – 4:04
- "Mothers Of Rain" – 5:13
- "Twin Soul Tribe" – 4:28
- "Optical Race" – 3:13
- "Cat Scan" – 5:35
- "Sun Gate" – 4:44
- "Turning Off The Wheel" – 6:11
- "The Midnight Trail" – 5:54
- "Ghazal (Love Song)" – 5:00
[edit] Personnel
- Paul Haslinger - composer, musician
- Edgar Froese - composer, musician
- Ralf Wadephul - composer
- Christian Gstettner - studio technician
- Monica Froese - cover concept
- Norman Moore - art direction and design
[edit] Equipment
The album was produced using Steinberg/Jones software on an Atari ST computer.
[edit] Trivia
- "Atlas Eyes" is in 5/4 time.
- "Mothers of Rain" first appeared two years before the album's release, during the band's 1986 European tour.
- "Turning Off The Wheel" was re-released on the Transsiberia album in 1998 under the title "The Golden Horn".
[edit] References
- ^ Berling, Michael. Optical Race. Voices in the Net. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.