DIGITAL GOTHIC

A critical discography of Tangerine Dream

by Paul Stump

ISBN: 0946719 071

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Having recorded more than 50 albums over a thirty year period, Tangerine Dream are one of the most prolific groups of our time, yet somehow they remain elusive and difficult to categorise. To some, they will forever remain part of the Krautrock phenomenon which spawned them. Many newer fans will be more familiar with the group through their soundtrack work for Hollywood films. To others, the dreamy soundscapes of their mid-seventies period both predated and influenced the ambient and new age music of recent times.

By way of a critical discography, music journalist Paul Stump picks his way through a veritable minefield of releases, determining both the explosive and those which have failed to ignite. Starting off by tracing the development of electronic music, he goes on to assess the shifting musical stances and varied line-ups that have proliferated Tangerine Dream's long career and for the very first time places their mammoth output within an ordered perspective. Includes full discography of band and solo recordings.

“It focuses fascinatingly on the pre-soporific roots of the group and their place in a cool electronic lineage which traces right up to Detroit techno.” Mojo

“A stimulating companion to the group’s music”. The Wire

Paul Stump is a self-confessed Tangerine Dream fan, but is nevertheless happy not to own an anorak nor to get sexually aroused by the mere mention of ring modulators.

He has also contributed to a number of other magazines and newspapers including Harpers & Queen, The Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph. He is also the author of the acclaimed history of progressive rock The Music's All That Matters.

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