Tangram (album)

Tangram
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
Tangerine Dream chronology
Force Majeure
(1979)		 Tangram
(1980)		 Quichotte
(Pergamon)
(1980)
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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.[2]

Contents

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. It introduced new member Johannes Schmoelling, re-establishing the band as a keyboard trio.

Each set contains multiple movements, some rhythmic, some atmospheric. The live set in Berlin documented in Tangerine Dream's Quichotte— later retitled Pergamon — contains passages similar to Tangram.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Tangram Set 1"   19:47
2. "Tangram Set 2"   20:28

Personnel

Musical[3]
Technical

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

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Berling, Michael. "Tangram". Voices in the Net. http://www.voices-in-the-net.de/tangram.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
  3. ^ Prendergast, Mark (1995). Album notes for Tangram (Definitive Edition) [CD liner]. Virgin.
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