Tangram (album)

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Tangram
Tangram cover
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released May 1980
Recorded 1980, Polygon Studios, Berlin
Genre Electronic music
Length 40:15
Label Virgin
Producer Edgar Froese, Chris Franke
Professional reviews
Tangerine Dream chronology
Force Majeure
(1979)
Tangram
(1980)
Quichotte
(Pergamon)

(1980)

Tangram is a 1980 album of electronic music by Tangerine Dream. It became their fifth biggest selling album, reaching #36 in the British Top 40, and spending 5 weeks on the chart.[1]

Contents

[edit] Overview

At a turning point between two eras, Tangram contains fond glimpses back at the "classic long-form sequencer" period and also contains foreshadows of the "new age melodic short track" period to come. Each set contains multiple movements, some rhythmic, some atmospheric. The live set in Berlin documented in Tangerine Dream's Quichotte— later retitled Pergamon —is very similar to their work on Tangram.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tangram Set One" — 19:47
  2. "Tangram Set Two" — 20:28

[edit] Personnel

Musical[2]
Technical
  • Eduard Meyer - mixing engineer, Hansa Studios Berlin
  • Monique Froese (alias Monika Froese) - cover photo (all editions), sleeve design ("Definitive Edition")

Some editions erroneously credit Peter Baummann [sic] instead of Schmoelling.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Berling, Michael. Tangram. Voices in the Net. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
  2. ^ Prendergast, Mark (1995). Album notes for Tangram (Definitive Edition) [CD liner]. Virgin.

[edit] See also

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