Electronic Meditation

Electronic Meditation

1970 LP album cover
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released June 1970
Recorded October 1969
Genre Experimental music
Krautrock
Length 36:37
Label Ohr
Producer Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream chronology
Electronic Meditation
(1970)		 Alpha Centauri
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10)[2]

Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.

Contents

Recording and history

The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.[3] Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock; or as Sound on Sound magazine described it, "free electronic rock".[3] Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums, and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds such as broken glass, burning parchment, and dried peas being shaken in a sieve. The backwards vocals at the end of side two are actually Edgar Froese reading from the back of a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover; the 2004 Japan CD release is a copy of the original LP cover and includes the balloon.[4]

Electronic Meditation is the only Tangerine Dream album to feature the line-up of Froese, Schulze and Schnitzler. The 2002 CD reissue on Sanctuary Records revealed that there were two previously uncredited musicians: organist Jimmy Jackson and flautist Thomas Keyserling.[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler. 

No. Title Length
1. "Genesis"   5:57
2. "Journey Through a Burning Brain"   12:26
3. "Cold Smoke"   10:38
4. "Ashes to Ashes"   4:06
5. "Resurrection"   3:27

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ a b "Tangerine Dream: Their Changing Use Of Technology Part 1: 1967–1977". Sound on Sound. December 1994. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/dec94/tangerinedream.html?print=yes. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  4. ^ a b Berling, Michael. "Electronic Meditation". Voices in the Net. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011115117/http://voices-in-the-net.de/electron.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
Tangerine Dream
Current members
Past members
Guest artists
  • Udo Dennebourg (1971)
  • Roland Paulyck (1971)
  • Florian Fricke (1972)
  • Christian Vallbracht (1972)
  • Jochen von Grumbcow (1972)
  • Hans Joachim Brüne (1972)
  • Johannes Lücke (1972)
  • Eduard Meyer (1979)
  • Susanne Pawlitzki (1985)
  • Jocelyn Bernadette Smith (1987)
  • Jacquie Virgil (1987)
  • Diamond Ross (1987)
  • Jerome Froese (1989)
  • Hubert Waldner (1989–1990)
  • Chi Coltrane (1991)
  • Zlatko Perica (1992–2005)
  • Enrico Fernandez (1992)
  • Richi Wester (1992)
  • Jayney Klimek (1993–2004)
  • Roland Braunstein (1993)
  • Julie Ocean (1993)
  • Gisela Kloetzer (1994)
  • Mark Hornby (1994–2002)
  • Gerald Gradwohl (1994–2001)
  • Emil Hachfeld (1997–1999)
  • Vicki McClure (1998)
  • Iris Camaa (2001–present)
  • Barbara Kindermann (2001)
  • Claire Foquet (2001)
  • Jane Monet (2001)
  • Bianca Acquaye (2001, 2005)
  • Bry Gonzales (2001)
  • Jack Liberty (2002, 2009)
  • Lerk Andebracht (2002, 2009)
  • Saskia Klumpp (2003, 2005)
  • Tatjana Kouchev (2005)
  • Fridolin Johann Harms (2005)
  • Brandenburg Symphonic Orchestra (2005)
  • Neuer Kammerchor Potsdam (2005)
  • Christian Hausl (2006–2007)
  • Claire Fouquet (2005)
  • Barbara Kindermann (2005, 2008)
  • Diane Miller (2005)
  • Jane Monet (2005)
  • Gynt Beator (2006
  • Thomas Beator (2006)
  • Bernhard Beibl (2006–present)
  • Hetty Snell (2010)
  • Zoe Marshall (2010)
  • Stephanie Oade (2010)
  • Rebecca J. Herman (2010)
Works
Klaus Schulze
Albums
Irrlicht (1972) · Cyborg (1973) · Blackdance (1974) · Picture Music (1975) · Timewind (1975) · Moondawn (1976) · Body Love (1977) · Mirage (1977) · Body Love Vol. 2 (1977) · "X" (1978) · Dune (1979) · Live (1980) · Dig It (1980) · Trancefer (1981) · Audentity (1983) · Dziękuję Poland Live (1983) · Angst (1984) · Inter*Face (1985) · Dreams (1986) · En=Trance (1988) · Miditerranean Pads (1990) · The Dresden Performance (1990) · Beyond Recall (1991) · Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 (1992) · Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 (1992) · The Dome Event (1993) · Le Moulin de Daudet (1994) · Goes Classic (1994) · Totentag (1994) · Das Wagner Desaster Live (1994) · In Blue (1995) · Are You Sequenced? (1996) · Dosburg Online (1997) · Live @ KlangArt (2001) · Moonlake (2005) · Kontinuum (2007) · Farscape (2008) · Rheingold (2008) · Dziękuję Bardzo (2009)  · Big in Japan (2010)  · Shadowlands (2011)
Richard Wahnfried albums
Time Actor (1979) · Tonwelle (1981) · Megatone (1984) · Miditation (1986) · Trancelation (1994) · Trance Appeal (1996) · Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub) (1997)
Boxed sets
Collaborations
Electronic Meditation (1970) · Ash Ra Tempel (1971) · Tarot (1973) · Join Inn (1973) · Lord Krishna von Goloka (1973) · The Cosmic Jokers (1974) · Planeten Sit-In (1974) · Galactic Supermarket (1974) · Sci Fi Party (1974) · Gilles Zeitschiff (1974) · Planet of Man (1974) · Go (1976) · Go Live from Paris (1976) · Go Too (1977) · French Skyline (1984) · Aphrica (1984) · Drive Inn (1984) · Transfer Station Blue (1984) · Babel (1987) · Friendship (2000) · Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall (2000) · Come Quietly (2009)