Electronic Meditation
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| Electronic Meditation | ||||
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| Studio album by Tangerine Dream | ||||
| Released | June 1970 | |||
| Recorded | October 1969 | |||
| Genre | Experimental music Krautrock |
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| Length | 36:37 | |||
| Label | Ohr | |||
| Producer | Tangerine Dream | |||
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Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
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[edit] Recording and history
The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.[1] 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".[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler.
- "Genesis" – 5:57
- "Journey Through a Burning Brain" – 12:26
- "Cold Smoke" – 10:38
- "Ashes to Ashes" – 4:06
- "Resurrection" – 3:27
[edit] Personnel
- Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
- Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, typewriter
- Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks
- Jimmy Jackson – organ (uncredited)
- Thomas Keyserling – flute (uncredited)
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Berling, Michael. "Electronic Meditation". Voices in the Net. http://www.vitn.homepage.t-online.de/electron.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
