Peter Baumann
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| Birth name | Peter Baumann |
| Born | January 29, 1953 |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, Organ |
| Associated acts | Tangerine Dream |
Peter Baumann (born January 29, 1953 in Berlin) formed the core line-up of the German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke in 1971. While touring with the band, Baumann composed his first solo album in 1976. Shortly thereafter, in 1977, he left the band and started his own solo career.
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[edit] Background
During the 1980s, he founded a record label, Private Music, specializing in instrumental music in a style popularly referred to as New Age. Artists signed to the label included Yanni, Patrick O'Hearn, Jerry Goodman, Suzanne Ciani, and former bandmates Tangerine Dream. The label was eventually sold to Windham Hill Records' parent company, BMG, who continue to distribute some of the back catalogue of its more successful artists. Baumann has since kept a low profile from the music business.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Romance '76 (1976) (LP)
- Trans Harmonic Nights (1979) (LP)
- Repeat Repeat (1981) (LP)
- Strangers In The Night (1983) (LP)
- Phase by Phase: A Retrospective '76 - '81 (1996) (CD)
[edit] EP
- Bicentennial Present (7" single) (1976)
- Biking Up The Strand (7" single) (1979)
- Realtimes (7" single) (1981)
- Daytime Logic (Extended Dance Mix) (12" single) (1981)
[edit] Faux Baumanns
An album from 1978 named Baumann / Koek is sometimes believed to be a Peter Baumann collaboration, as the album is German, the music is in a style similar to early 1970s Tangerine Dream and contains a track called TD-Mem. Despite all this the album was actually composed by two musicians called Wolfgang Baumann and Eta Koek, and is not connected with Peter Baumann in any way. [1]
In 2001, a musician/technician called Peter Baumann was credited with audio engineering work on Landing's EP Oceanless, and has since become a group member, rounding out the quintet for 2005's Brocade. However this is a different, much younger and unrelated Peter Baumann.
