Reviews (page 5 of 8)
lowkey kinda creepy. not really my vibe. didn’t help that i listened in a dark room. there just isn’t a lot going on. a shame, since this this was a pioneering album for electronic music. i respect it and how it may have shaped the electronic style but just cannot get behind it. 1/5
The entire time I was waiting for the intro to end. It's not bad though, I feel like I'm in a movie soundtrack. Funny enough, I prefer the parts without electronica instruments in this album.
This sort of thing really needs sights to go along with the sounds, or maybe listen with eyes closed to imagine the sights, but I listen to these albums on my commute to and from work, so I can't do that. The sounds alone have to do, and they don't do much for me in that context. It's just spacey background music that doesn't change much at all.
At the risk of sounding like a bona fide philistine: I think that if around the 5 minute mark they had dropped a solid beat, let's say à la Global Communication, this would have been kind of the sickest thing ever. In its beatless form, however, it's still very evocative and impressive stuff, albeit something I respect a bit more than I actually enjoy it.
"Otherworldly space-travel escape dream synth trance music with no lyrics is my jam." I lifted this from another review and it describes how I feel exactly. A lot of my music listening has been Moog based Kosmische Musik this year. This album is fantastic.
**An ok album IF you enjoy listening to rhythmic sounds/noises
Pioneering synth work results in cosmic music. Grossartig, visionary, scary and beautiful.
Nog ff te spacend voor in de ochtend, ik ga erop terugkomen..
Erg rustgevend, denk dat het ook prima zou werken als je moet concentreren.
Not mad about this one. Would listen to this one again for sure. Just non stop instrumental gold
Another discovery of the generator - I like ambient music Obviously not musical in the traditional sense, lacking harmonies and traditional rhythms and hooks but it does what it sets out well, being a spacey ambient trip that builds and atmosphere. This doesn't feel dated, very impressive for a 50 year old electronic album The swirling synths and repeating Moog notes built a weird sort of intensity and anxiety, especially from about 9 and a half minutes onwards of Phaedra, with the rising synth. They also create what feels like an eery wind or voice effect at the start of Moments of a Visionary I liked how they used traditional instruments to achieve that sound as well, like the muted guitar picking on the title track helps reinforce that vibe well. That one in particular feels very well constructed, everything is very carefully placed. It doesn't come across as random noises just placed wherever (not that anything on the albums does) Highlights: Phaedra, Moments of a Visionary
We are not in easy listening land. What's with the veer toward the electronic? While I find this oddly entrancing, again not my style. Background.
Boooooooooorrrrrrrrimg!
My brother was really into Tangerine Dream back in the 70s. I like the synth soundscapes but never got into their music. I don't hate it but it's just ambient background music that doesn't trigger any interest. There are a few production ideas that would be cool but they only adders to something more substantial.
For the life of me, I can't make sense of this. If you find this soothing and relaxing or introspecting and mind expanding, good on you. I was fighting a creeping agitation as this played and finally just stopped. I remember thinking Tangerine Dream was such a wild and subversive band name when I was in high school, but now, I don't think I like it. Addendum: There are certainly mitigating factors at play, and when I was listening to this over coffee this morning with Marianne, it was pleasant enough as it wafted in the background. My first listen took place here at my desk, while working on a graphic design project. So, I won't go as far as to say I liked it this morning, I'm sticking with the 2-star review because I just don't get it. I don't hear compositions. I don't hear structure. I just hear billows of synth. It all seems so random. But they've been at this for 58 years, so they're doing something right, I guess.
I've always been underwhelmed by this. There are some nice moments here and there but I think others took their torch and lit brighter fires. Decent playing on here, though.
Never heard this of this prolific band and thrilled to discover. I really vibe to this background sound and bonus that they are Deutsch!
сложно без слов ну и в целом электроника
for starters; a lot of people don’t seem to realise the link to spotify is wrong and only shows two tracks on side B, making it 10 mins short. go to the deluxe version and the first four tracks is the actual full album. so the album; i Love this. def listen on a good pair of headphones. it massages my brain so nicely. i love ambient music in general and i’m very impressed they managed to create this back in 1973. in the same year they started recording the album, they purchased a moog that originally came from The Rolling Stones. so they had to learn how this worked in a short while before deciding to record. idk, it’s all very interesting reading about the process of this record. and the influence it had on the genre in the years to come. i wouldn’t listen to this without headphones as it probably won’t achieve the same nice brain massage. fave track is the 17 min title track. it’s simply Amazing. a low 5.
Just the kind of Echos-like fever dream I love. I should have been listening to this for decades already. 4.5/5
Often indulgent, this is about a tight as TD get.
Like being in a space horror but not in a fun way.
I probably wouldn't listen to this again but found it quite cool. It sounds really fresh and modern for an album released in 1974, like an experimental album Pitchfork would give 8.5/10. Quite moody and atmospheric electronica which I was absorbed with for sections Spotify link is missing some tracks, but the deluxe edition has all 4 tracks from the original album, for anyone reading this who might be confused by the short length
Nothing to write home about. It's fine for background listening, but not particularly engaging or interesting.
So I can see how this album would have been important and influential at the time. If you asked me what decade it came out I would have said the 1980s, not 70s, which speaks to how "ahead of its time" it might have been. That all being said, it just wasn't a great listen. Might be really good for like background noise while working.
insane pull to be blazed for first listen
Some of the creepiest beautiful music I've ever listened to made from a synthesizer. Not my fav TD album tho
Ég hefði aldrei búist við því að geta slakað á við raftónlist en það var mjög næs að liggja bara og hlusta á þessa plötu. Hún rann ljúfar í gegn en ég hefði haldið. Ég býst samt ekki við að hlusta aftur á hana.
ett plus för att det är gammalt
This album was a blend of electronic music and nature. As I read and listened to the album, I learned that what this group did was definitely revolutionary in the late 70s. I can definitely see hear that. Definitely a cool album for sure. Great for ambient music.
My Dad introduced e to Tangerine Dream. Have a soft spot for this prog rock electronica
I know people who would love this, but I don't. I don't have the patience.
odd
This kind of reminds me of when Ross Gellar played his “sound”. Quick, interesting listen, worth the 10 minutes. Wouldn’t buy the record, though.
I want to trip to this
At last, an album that definitely and without doubt deserves it's place here. This should certainly be in the top 50 albums of all time. Rubycon should probably be here too.
I liked this, was good coding music. Only complaint is that it was pretty stressful sounding electronica at times. 3/5
Meh...
This album is really fucking triggering my anxiety, though i don't know if that's unrelated. I don't know why, oxygene is really calming, but this just isn't. i want to like it, but it's just not for me i guess.
Day 29 - Interesting sound - I had not listened to this one before #musicsky #albumsky 3/5
Sauna music. I can appreciate it, but that's about it.
Not my thing. Only instrumental ambient music does need a bit of guidance in my honest opinion.
Just because it's weird doesn't make it good or an album
Beautiful, interesting, emotional, stressfull, intense, ahead of its time.
Envelheceu mal
Very nice stuff that knows when not to overstay its welcome. It has run out of tricks by the second half though
Cool
interesting. before their time
Ej mega scam że dostałam 10 minutowy album dzisiaj Eeee jestem na pierwszym tracku i boje się Jestem na 6 minucie i jednak mi się podoba czuję się jak kosmita z misją na ziemii żeby wtopic się w ludzi i poznać ich zwyczaje Albo jak w marsjańsko tropikalnym kościele Yooo drugi track jeszcze lepszy Sama nie wiem czemu mi się tak podoba, ale czuję się jakbym się zmniejszała i zmniejszała i vajbowala sobie teraz jako organellum komórkowe robiąc ruchy oscylacyjne z chloroplastami czy coś
p323. 1974. 2 stars. I can see why it was influential, but electronic hippy noodling with 17+ minute tracks tend to leave me cold.
Its good for an ambient background music, but hard to listen with full attention to the music. I imagine that it was quite innovative at the time - a space-rock trip - however I feel that Phaedra has not aged very well
Crap
Sounded like when you press your finger down on the forward button to skip to a different part of a song. Or like someone was trying to record the sound of a bong but there was feedback from the microphone.
I’m done listening to electronic music on this list
I liked Movements Of A Visionary a lot
plus 1 for being ahead of its time
Mystical sounding album
More like Strange Dream- Where I was stuck orbiting the earth in a holding pattern for a long time waiting for something to happen. Some of this is similar to some of the experimentation Pink Floyd was doing at the time. The fact that they are credited with movie scores makes complete sense.
Listening to this I was the protagonist in an indie Euro film only to realize it was just a dream. And just like a dream, it was soothing yet utterly forgettable.
Truly pointless
While not acoustically offensive, this felt like a whole lotta nothing. I had it on the background and it went completely unnoticed. Fine but very unnecessary for this list.
Thought the first track was alright even though it clocked in at 16 mins. Rest of the album was kinda meh. I’m rounding up my rating cuz apparently it is an influential album in the world of electronic music. Cool. 2.5/5
Plays like a sci-fi horror film soundtrack both disarming and engaging.
Unique and distinctive. TD is the pioneer of electronica. This pariticular album felt a bit non-descript to me but it fits certain moods.
This is music for exploring outer space. I am not exploring space. I have no desire to do so. This music isn't really for me. But if I was exploring space this music would be perfect.
If you ever wanted to enter the sewers with Mario for an hour, this is the album for you. It didn't resonate super emotionally for me, but I can appreciate how sick of a soundscape this is. Rating: 3.5
Eh, kinda mid.
I actually enjoyed the extended version. This is definitely "background" music, but it's crazy how fresh it sounds considering its age. This is closer to a classical music suite than a rock album, so it's hard to say what my favorite parts were.
Gear: Dunu SA6 Artwork: 🆒🩲🏜️ Production (1995 Remaster): 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🎹🌃🛸 Rating: 🪆🪆🪆(🪆)/5
Too much with the drugs
Atmospheric
Never heard anything like this. Obviously has to be listened to in a certain situation or it doesn't work, but this hit me at the exact right time
Not for me
Ambient, elevated.
This is a tough one to rate. It's actually a really pleasant listen, I can see why it was so popular. However I would never willfully put this on again, so I can't rate it that highly.
Kraftwerk, is that you? This reminded me a lot of the Kraftwerk albums on this list. And that isn't a bad thing. There's a lot to like in their work. The space-rock, prog-rock, synth-rock genre is wide and vast, and these two bands live in their own niches within it. This was alright. There's a lot here that reminds me of early Pink Floyd stuff, and even some Dark Side of the Moon era stuff too. I also appreciate the fact that they didn't overstay their welcome. Each track may be long, but the entire runtime is less than 40 minutes. Overall this was a fine album but nothing I'm going to remember moving forward. Ten albums from now I'll probably have forgotten about it. Rough. Three stars. Standout Track: Mysterious Semblance at the Stand of Nightmares
One of those classics that is impressive for it's time, easy to listen to intently or passively and hugely influential. That being said, my personal taste is that they got better from this point forward. Hyperborea and Rubycon being superior records. However, no DAW and they made something this futuristic sounding? Without them no progressive electronic? wild.
I’ve heard of Tangerine Dream but only through a Tenacious D bonus track. This mention in City Hall of the D had me expecting a rock band, but it’s actually very far from this. It felt like the most ambient album I’ve ever heard, despite previously hearing an album specifically intended to be listened to while waiting around in airports. For my taste, this was just a little too off the wall for me. It’d be stretching it to say I enjoyed this, so I shan’t.
It’s.. interesting. I dunno if I like it but it’s certainly different from the albums I’ve been getting on here. Synthy. Almost new age-y.
Atmospheric & extraterrestrial vibes. Made for an interesting commute. Not much in the way of interesting melodies or rhythms. Ultimately unmemorable.
I get it’s probably groundbreaking in its time but it seemed like some background music for a low budget sci-fi flick from the 70s. For that reason alone I gave it 3 stars.
So short I don't know if it's good or bad
Difficult to rate it as it requires a certain mood and attention to enjoy. Very happy to have learned about it as an album and will put it on from time to time.
IMAX movie at science museum/Miami Vice from the 80s
I sat and listened in a trance like state, mesmerized by the wayfaring, mysterious, alluring and hypnotic music. The oscillating, serpentine, space-age keyboard sounds are fascinatingly beguiling, sounding futuristic and antiquated at the same time. Put simply, it's a delight that takes me to another time and another place.
I enjoyed this so much as soon as it finished I started it again so I could hear more
Tangerine fart
Unexpectedly great! Just enough structure to keep the ambiance from becoming too ambient.
Pew! Pew! Pew! Warbble wibble. Wooshy swooshy thrwip! Bloopy bloopy bloo.
As if I'd been transported inside my computer, surrounded by a dreamlike stream of ones & zeros and curly braces. I have become one with our technological overlord. I know kung-fu!
Electronic sound effects. Not for me
Strange and kind of trippy. Not really sure how to describe it - I had no idea there was electronic music in the 70s? Certainly more interesting than modern EDM. An experience, though I'm not quite sure what kind
I kept wanting this to bust out into a metal/heavy psych riff ala Elder. That would have been sweet. Still, these were decent sounds to have in my earbuds while getting some work done.
Sleepy sci-fi music. Kinda cool, kinda weird. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 52/98
Interesting album. Complete ambience sound. Always building to something but never quite getting there, which i think is purposeful. This album feels wandering and searching, but never finding. It is not engaging, nor attention grabbing. Sometimes you think oh snap, ok they are about to do something interesting here... but then back to wandering. Good thing to put on in the background going to sleep, but, not really for the background of a party. Album is a bit underwhelming, but again, I think that is on purpose. If you want to sink your teeth into some M-U-S-I-C, this is not the album, know what i mean? I ended up listening a few times thru even tho 2.5 hours long.
I like this - another group I've heard mentioned a lot but never listened to. Very space-age. It doesn't sound particularly dated to me either, which is kinda wild. Parts of this sound like they could have been recorded last year. It's not the most engaging listen though, I did find it faded into the background at times. I'd say a lot of the electronic artists I listen to would consider this a big influence. It also made me think about the many parallels between Electronic and Classical music. A lot of this sounds very symphonic.
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It does this thing where it lets you drift in your thoughts until BAM it sucks you back. I love it. I wish it were longer. Though that is more likely the fact I heard it on a weekend. If it were a weekday, I may have thought it was the perfect length.
Honestly, a 1 wouldn't be an inappropriate rating either. It's just ambient music, which I think should exist, for times when you're floating through the cosmos (although personally I would still prefer Bowie or something). However, it shouldn't exist within a list of "must listen albums". However, I'm refraining from the 1 bc that is a rating reserved for the albums that are literally suffering to finish. This one finished and restarted without me realizing any songs had actually switched.
Felt like this had been going forever and I was only on song 2. As a big Pink Floyd fan, I’m no stranger to songs that go on for a long time but at least those songs have David Gilmour’s guitar to keep things interesting. This was just a lot nothing tbh.
I dont like this type of music.
5/10 - Very strange ambient album. A lot of the songs were just random sounds but all together not too bad. Plus I think Phaedra is a cool name for an album.
More mid ambient/electronica
Favorite track(s): phaedra, movements of a visionary Will I revisit?: middle priority/listened to this before Current rating: 7/10
Electronic music was something other worldly in the 70's so, with that in mind, this is an interesting record. Interesting sound design.
great background vibes.
I am wowed by this, it's beautifully crafted, minimalistic and meditative. It's the kind of album that just washes over you. I can only imagine how groundbreaking this must've been in the 70's.
I don't know how I feel. Was it brilliant? Was it terrible? was it both?
Why this album when Hyperborea is right there?
This music is perfect for astronauts who have come untethered on a space walk and are endlessly adrift in space. Luckily, I am not an astronaut so 2 stars or D for me.
I got sleep
I feel like I am in an aquarium watching fish swim around. Or one of those 3D or Imax movies showing me giant pictures of space or the world. Most of it is pleasant but all of it is long, far too long. I see why people got to know them through soundtracks. These songs would fit perfectly into the next Fantasia to see how others conceptualize the music. For me to just sit and listen to, I will pass.
It's a low 3. I'm sure this was ground breaking for the time. I didn't dislike it but it was kind of boring.
Without ever hearing them, I’ve always thought that Tangerine Dream was a psychedelic rock band. Boy was I completely wrong! I’m surprised in the best way possible because it turns out they are pioneers of ambient electronica who dropped a futuristic art piece the year that I was born, and I’m down with that. Phaedra sounds like it was made somewhere in the mid to late 90’s, which is truly a testament to how important and ahead of it’s time that this album is. I don’t live with ambient 24/7 so this could never be an all time great for me, but in the realm of ambient when I am in that mood, it’s a 5 star album.
This album feels more like an immersive soundscape, rather than intentionally composed "songs." Which presents the philosophical question, What IS a song? Anyway. It sounds like something they'd play at the Van Gogh (or other such artist) experience. It's pretty interesting to hear early experimentation into what was possible with electronic sounds though, and I appreciate their contributions to the genre! It was pleasant enough, but this isn't an album I'd probably return to, unless I was in one of those salt baths you can float in or something.
3.5 - I feel like this was probably really cool back in day and its still nice but maybe a little dated. Still nice though
It’s pretty good! I think I would listen to this again when needing to concentrate!
This dark, broody electronic music laid the groundwork for so much modern music. Unfortunately, like a lot of early electronic music it is eclipsed by more polished releases that came afterwards. But this still holds up and is a wonderful accomplishment over 50 years later.
Moody. Heavy. Good
Mixed feeling about this one, part of me likes the early ambient sound, and part of me dislikes the over-use of some effects esp. the flanger. I don't like that jet engine sound. Less can be more. It reminds me of my early PowerPoint days where I squeezed in all sort of effects in my presentations just because it was possible and (I wrongly thought) "cool". I'll give it a 3 for history's sake buy there is better electronic music from that era (Kraftwerk, Brian Eno).
Enjoyable weird ambient electronic album
"Imagine one instant of a song expanded to be the size of the universe" - Gabe Lewis Absolut nicht meine Musik - 2 Sterne
Ich fands chillig. Warum kommt die weirde Musik immer aus Deutschland?
Super beautiful stuff amazing study music. Big tangerine dream guy right here
not sure I get this one. A little too cinematic without the cinema.
Ambient boring shit
Meh, bunch of noise
Unfassbar schlecht. Album aus zwei „Songs“ die sich anhören wie eine Aneinanderreihung von irgendwelchen Tönen und Geräuschen. Unfassbarer Bullshit…
lovely, transcedentinis
Utterly boring.
Too slow and not interesting
Psychedelic prog rock instrumental. Its OK as background music.
BEST SONGS: - Phaedra - Sequent 'C'
Didn’t mind this
Absolutely fine in the background, though some parts were a little irritating
Didn’t mind this at all. Scooted by nicely
It's 2000 and I'm sitting in the planetarium at my high school trying to not to fall asleep. This is blasting over the speakers while my teacher is talking about some galaxy.
Very interesting! SW remixed album so it surely must be good Ok it turns out to be quite dull... I can't sit through 17 minutes of electronic. It's not ambient per se but it's not interesting enough. Not much direction. I think I 'd get it if I sat through it a few times in a row but not enough time to do that so this is my first impression!
Never listened to this kind of electronic before - interesting “celestial”, but with a certain force and drive
As someone who enjoys burbly synths, dark ambience, and even the bits of Tangerine Dream I'd previously heard, I was really expecting to enjoy this a lot, but it just left me a bit cold? Like, the last two tracks were good, but there was a whole lot of thinking "is this still going, and do I care" getting to that point.
Classic Tangerine Dream, I love a long faffy electronic track!
I mean, it's fine - I expected a little more from some of the originators of electronica, but this ambient twiddling is perfectly serviceable for background noise. A very middle of the road 3 stars to you, Good sirs
I think this is pretty inventive for a synth only album from '74. Would go well with some lsd or the like.
I respect it, but man these songs just didn't really engage me at all.
Incredible record. Not necessarily for everyone but I personally love the atmosphere it creates.
Makes up for the 2 and 3 hour listens
Eletronic ambiente music earlys 70. No listening again.
This is actually compelling. It’s different, challenging and weird, but beautifully composed.
4/5. Definitely requires more than one listen, but I do think this album is pretty sick. It is of the electronic ambient genre to create a weird, alien planet that still feels like Earth. Almost like a cold, arctic, uncharted tundra. It's creepy and yet exciting. No wonder they decided to go into movie soundtracks, that seems to be exactly where their skills excel. As an album, I don't know if it's perfect but it does excel as what it is aiming to do and that is respectable. Best Song: Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares, Phaedra, Sequent C'
Interesting
This album is a mood but I don’t see myself going back to it.
Loved this. Ship me off to another galaxy, I’m ready 🌌🪐
Brian Eno’s music for an alien abduction. “If we’re going to listen to artists from 80s horror soundtracks, I’d prefer Goblin” -John
Beep beep boop boop Would be nice as background music in a museum or something Great band name
It’s decent mood music. It does sound the same throughout though.
I have no idea. I did not find it comfortable or pleasant, it’s obviously inventive but I don’t think I want to ever hear it again, not what I want from music in any shape or form. 2 star. For the inventiveness.
Zeit and Rubycon are better than this for sure
3 stars. Slightly too experimental for our tastes. The second song was better than the first.
I love Tangerine Dream! Perfect trip music to relax to.i listened to it at least 1000 of times.
An equation: Throbbing Gristle + Actual Talent - Throbbing Headache - Butane Huffing = Tangerine Dream (at least this record). Plus brownie points for working on GTA V. Never heard of these guys before outside of their work on GTA V (which was great). The more I got through this record the more I enjoyed it. Fuck me, what an album. I was engaged the whole way through. I kind of got sad as I got towards the end of this, I didn't want it to stop. Something about this record just itches a part of my brain I didn't know I needed scratched. Crazy to think this came out in 1974, sounds like something you'd hear in a horror video game from 2010. Definitely not something that meshes with today's ADHD riddled society. Munch on a few dexies before jumping into this one and you'll have a good time.
Quite a departure in tone from what I have heard from them in other media. I'm kinda conflicted on how to rate this, I can admire this a lot more than a certain similarly dark and ambient album I have been given by this site in the past, but that is also not something I could see myself listening to regularly.
I am only familiar with Tangerine Dream insofar as their work on various film scores, and I can't say that this is much different to that. It's certainly not music in the conventional sense, but not to the degree that it's antimusic, and purely sound, it really falls into that middleground of sounding like a score. I didn't dislike it, but it's definitely something that needs to be listened to with accompaniment.
Great album, but fuck it was long for an album that was just 'great' 8/10
My first time listening to Tangerine Dream was like the musical version of taking random research chemicals. I did not know what to expect but I was blown away. Coming into this album, I knew what to expect. I wouldn't call their albums 'albums' per se but a soundscape to a really funky daydream you're about to have. It makes sense that these guys do soundtracks because they know how to set the stage for a story with their music. Phaedra is no different, to me this is like sitting down and watching a sci-fi movie in my head, I absolutely love it. Tangerine Dream composed and performed probably my favourite movie soundtracks of all time for (probably my favourite movie) Michael Mann's 1981 debut feature film Thief. It was nominated a razzie for worst movie soundtrack. The group were maligned at the time and reading the global reviews here are still maligned. I can understand not enjoying this type of music, but for me this is my jam. Highlights: All
# 404 : drearey Electronic noise is just not me. I think I went to sleep a couple of times Hahahaha zzzzzz. I thought it was very ordinary and Quiet forgettable. Way too long as well with a 17 minute opening track!, and as someone else said, life became a loading screen that was stuck for around 40 minutes. Might be alright in an elevator when you're stoned or as background music but that's about it.
One of the best albums from 1974 and Tangerine Dream´s best.
Ensoñador, pero del bueno.
These are some harsh reviews for such an incredible album. Tangerine Dream were at the cutting edge of electronic music and the German rock scene that would strive to reject tradition wherever possible. They looked to avant-garde and academic circles to see what else was possible. But calling this academic-inspired electronic music doesn't do it justice. It's the post-war uncertainty and bleakness that comes through, and probably more so than from the likes of Kraftwerk or Can. Tangerine Dream were facing the future with a sense of fear but unwilling to look back. You hear it in the very rich ambient soundscapes of this album. Unlike Eno's ambient that could be listened to or ignored, "Phaedra" sounds like it wants to invade your dreams. The Moog synthesizer is on full display here, and pushed to the absolute limits of the technology available at rhe time. Tangerine Dream would spend three hours a day getting the sound just right, followed by 12 hours of recording, pushing themselves to the limit as well. The synthesizers would overheat and the change in pitch would cause the music to warble in real time. Today, you could easily pre-set a synthesizer to cut back a lot of work. However, the limitations are what makes the album uniquely human and eerie. This is the stuff of very strange dreams and alien landscapes. It's beautiful and really holds up well today.
pleasantly different to what i thought
Fav: Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares Least Fav: Phaedra Felt like I was floating through space
Atmosfericna trip elektronika. Zanimljivo na prvu, no postane zamorno kasnije, ponavljaju se slicni obrasci. Fav tracks: Phaedra 4/10 = 2+
yay, another "ethereal sounds" album! Juuuuuust what I needed ... not
Nothing happens. All build-up and no payoff. I'm sure it was revolutionary when it came out, but even back then there were better examples of electronic music (namely Kraftwerk).
The drumming is the best part! Seriously, this was groundbreaking for its time. We now take for granted the sounds that took days to record in 1974. I remember seeing them in concert a few decades ago. At one point the sound suddenly stopped and the lights went off. Power failure. After a 20-30 minute delay Froese (I think) apologized and said that in all their years of performing, this had never happened before.
This is a top find for me from this project. Can’t believe I’ve never heard it before. I’m a sucker for ambient synth music. My favorite album of this genre is still Jean-Michel Jarre’s Equinoxe.( If you like this album, especially the second track, check that one out.) This album is definitely one that you want to give your full attention. Under a starry sky let yourself sink into it. It is expansive and meditative. I can’t wait to listen to it on my next camping outing and let my mind relax and follow this music.
Not really sometimes that appeals to me, i found this music a little boring tbh
Album 662 of 1001 Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974) Rating : 1.5 / 5\ Early Electronica. Maybe as a tool to help you go to sleep. It works as that.
Unlike any electronic music I’ve ever heard. A beautiful dream forever beyond one’s grasp.
Nah bruh
Yes, I HAVE to listen to this. Awesome thanks.
This was a nothing album
Its like Blood Incantation without the good parts. (Calm down it's a joke)
Wtf was this?
Too long and somewhat anxiety inducing
Patient spacious electronic dreamscapes pairing Echoes-era Pink Floyd psychedelic exploration of ambience with new toys from the land of synths and sequencers. The songs evolve slowly, with layers rising and falling, effects coming in and out of focus, melodies passing through inconspicuously, arpegios intensifying and dissipating over a sombre vamp of artifical strings. Stressful and anxious at times, relaxing and blissful at others.
More spaced out than a journey to the next galaxy. Three discs was probably too much for me though
"Phaedra" is the fifth studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Electronic, kosmische, ambient, space music and progressive electronic are the wiki-listed genres. It was their first album to feature sequencer-driven sound. The album was produced by bandmember Edgar Froste (mellotron, guitar, bass, VCS 3 synth, organ). Other bandmembers include Christopher Franke (Moog and VCS 3 synths) and Peter Bauman (organ, electric piano, VCS 3 synth, recorder). It was their first album released on Virgin and marked the beginning of international success. Commercially, it reached #15 in the UK and #196 in the US. It was critically acclaimed and is cited to be one of the most important artistic and exciting works in the history of electronic music. The 17-minute "Phaedra" opens with a droning sound. Then comes a reverbing noise. Overall, an ambient chill vibe but the song travels furher with pulsing and repetitive synths, galloping, pulsating and ticking-time bomb beats and various noises including barking dogs and whistling birds. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" takes us out to space with pace sounds and lasers. "Movement of a Visionary" has echoing whistles, helicopter and spiraling sounds. The synth notes themselves sound piercing, bubbling, chiming and glassy. The closer "Sequent C" opens abd closes with a horn-like drone. Slow pace synth notes are in the middle. There is an overall ambient and chill vibe vibe to the album but there is drama inside each song with the synth sounds and noises and changing beats. I have to admit it had me taking notes of glassy and bubbling to describe the music. I doubt I even knew what that would sound like before this album. There's no doubt this was ahead of its time or at least at the cutting edge of ambient music in the 70's along with Brian Eno. If you are ambient or even any electronic music fan, you will like this and actually casual music fans may like it as well.
Balances tension and calm in dream-like melodies.
Yes! More like this. Albums by artists I’ve been meaning to listen to, and/or hidden gems I was unaware of. This ticks both boxes. Right on.
Garbage
Kk
Orchestral electronic….its interesting. Electronic minus the party I guess. Not bad, just not for me.
Well okay. This was odd. Am I like being abducted my aliens? Am I in alien? Like I just don’t really get why such a specific thing is on the list amongst so many more influential things. I think +1 because it’s SO weird and SO different, but just eh.
Otherworldly space-travel escape dream synth trance music with no lyrics is my jam. I can see how people might hate this but I could live in this album. Headphones are mandatory. Debated whether giving this a 5 is consistent for me but knowing this is and will be a go-to for background/backdrop is enough. Memo to myself: even though it probably should...not everything has to be in 7/4 time. 9/10 5 stars.
This would have been cutting edge for its time, one supposes; otherwise, it's hard to explain its inclusion. Just not a lot of interest here or much to engage with. Gets sort of Vincent Price spooky at times. Highly dependent on listening environment – to wit, first-class international flight enhances the experience; stuck in traffic degrades it. The key question is, are these better than the songs on Risky Business OST? One's not too embarrassed to prefer the latter. 2.8 > 3
not really my thing- i do like electronic music sometimes but this was never fully catchy or active enough to be good dance/rave music, nor was it ever fully ambient enough to be relaxing or meditative. i can appreciate the effort and the artistry that went into it though, and i can see why it's considered important in the history and development of electronic music
Phaedra Sequent C
Sometimes this type of super chill, slow electronica hits just right, and it sure did today. I imagine it’s a polarizing subgenre, but for whatever reason, I think I really like it. Somehow it feels like it could serve equally well as background music, music to just sit and focus on, or music to fall asleep to. I’ve only rarely caught the “Hearts of Space” radio program on Sunday nights, and it occurred to me about halfway through that this is exactly that type of music. It always feels like something special when I happen to catch it, like I’ve slipped into some weird liminal space. I was happy to get that kind of experience again today. I didn’t expect to be giving this a 5 at the start, but by the end, I was pretty much sold. 4.5 rounded up
I typically like this ambient, background music. Coming from 1974, this is pioneering.. However, I had to chase songs (not everything was on Spotify), which severely limits accessibility for me, and usually comes with a dock in stars. That said, once I was able to listen to the whole thing, the sound is spacious but empty. There’s atmosphere, but not much else. It’s hard to stay interested when so little seems to happen. Just drifts too far off.
Some cool atmospheric noise and some nice movement.
i usually dont like this stuff but it was relaxing
Automatic 5, it's just blissfully delicious for my ears.
This stuff is catnip to me - there are whole genres of weirdness spawned from here, and I love almost all of them. A resounding YES to scifi background music! 🚀👽🛸 Fave track - "Phaedra" let's say, but you may as well listen to the whole thing!
Love it! I’ve never heard it before, but I really liked it. Would recommend if you like ambient music.
I get the historical importance of this work but I don’t think I’d ever want to listen to it again.
Floaty. Synthy. Ambient. Pleasant.
I want to like this, but it's just so abrasive in the most dull way possible, I moved between bored and annoyed in equal measures. How does that happen? At least throbbing gristle wasn't dull...
Incredibly calming. I can listen to this all day.
This is unstructured ambient noise. I couldn’t finish it.
Today's album is weird. It's like the music in the que while in line for some educational ride at EPCOT
Very cool, a real accomplishment. However terrible background listening on an already stressful day. Very anxious waiting for the other shoe to drop quality. I do think it earns a place on this list.
Intriguing. I may go down the rabbit on this band.
I respect what this record meant to the electronic genre, but it just was not my cup of tea. There are some interesting synth lines here, but the songs are far too long and unchanging.
Soundtrack to a fever dream.
atmospheric, long, boring, everything sounds the same
Not good.
This isn’t hurting anyone, but it’s not adding much for me either. Kind of seems like Pink Floyd without the fun parts. I appreciate the word of mouth nature of the success of the album, but I’m all set after that.
2 star cavalcade continues
Just was not the kind of thing I needed - too weird and heavy
Very much a soundtrack to 1980s Soviet cartoon about space, or perhaps a Stephen King movie. Fun. Not really for me though!
Very cool overall. I love the ethereal soundscape nature of it, and it’s crazy how popular this has gotten both given its style and also only through word of mouth. It’s definitely not a regular rotation album but it is very good.
All of the tracks were so mellow, I can appreciate the vibe, but generally didn't enjoy engaged listening.
1,001 Albums, you can feel free to keep the 1970s electronica coming. I wasn't aware of Tangerine Dream, so this furthers my education on the genre. I liked Phaedra. Noticed it shares a similar structure to another 1974 electronica album that's come up for me here, Kraftwerk's Autobahn - with a long title track occupying the full Side A, and then a handful of shorter pieces coming together for Side B.
It was a bit difficult to find the album on Spotify. The link on the website led to a shortened version. In my search for alternative versions on other albums, I luckily came across the deluxe version. After reading the first comments, I was a little skeptical. I love Krautrock. Back then, groundbreaking things were created in Germany. But even for me, some of the genre's aberrations are too weird and I can hardly follow them. It wasn't like that with this album. Even though Klaus Schulze hasn't been a member of Tangerine Dream for 5 years, the music still sounds very much like him. Or is it the other way around? In any case, I'm glad to have come across the album as part of this project. 5/5
The beeps and boops are fine, easy enough listening for the workday. BUT!!! NO SONG NEEDS TO BE 17 MINUTES!!!
It's nice, very mid. I guess I just don't understand the use case for this type of music other than overly dramatic movie soundtracks.
Sehr interessant. Hätte ich nicht erwartet. Fühlte sich insgesamt - wenn auch nicht in Gänze komplett - sehr gut an.
Cooli Vibes, het mi aber ned packt. Für mich eher hintergrund
Das Album oszilliert zwischen verschiedenen Rhythmen, Taktarten, Tonarten: Beinahe arhythmische abgespacete flächige Synthesizer-Klangteppiche wandeln sich zu schnellen elektronischen Rhythmen. Von einer Tonart glissandieren sie in eine andere und plötzlich wandelt sich die Musik zu tonlosen Geräuschen, von denen man nicht weiss, ob sie verzogene menschliche Stimmen, Atemgeräusche oder Naturklänge wie Vogelzwitschern oder das Rauschen eines Flusses sind. Die neuen Motive, Rhythmen und Klänge schleichen sich immer unbemerkt in die Musik und steigern sich so lange, bis sie selbst der Klangteppich sind, in den sich neue Motive schleichen. Sehr spannend zum Zuhören.
nah
Wait what
ugh why did people do this??
This was pretty cool for it's time. Lots you can hear that clearly influenced later electronica
I kinda liked this. It reminded me of that point in a space movie where the hero goes outside the space ship to repair it so the rest of the crew can get back home, even though he knows he can't get back in and will just float around until he dies. It felt lonely.
Referência de ambient eletrônico.
One of many albums that affirms my believe that electronic music has not aged well. Maybe pretty lights and other contemporaries will age better? This sounds like captain kirks nightmare.
Its pretty cool, its like the soundtrack to a really heady animated sci fi movie. Really long though
I think the most haunting and human electronic on this list so far. bleep bloop star debt: increased. (⌐💻_💻)
Maybe it’s because I listened to it while stuck in downtown traffic on a snowy evening, but the more I this album went on the more hypnotic and pleasant it became.
It's a step above white noise if I wanted to listen to music. Could be good for a movie scene but not really something that I'd want to listen to on its own. 2/10
I listened to this album twice and didn't come away with anything specific to say about it. I liked it enough as ambient background music, nothing grabbed me more than that. 6/10
kinda cool
Je comprends pourquoi ce band sont considéré tellement important dans l'histoire de la musique electro. Un album qui se laisse écouter tout seul, ambiant mais sans être ennuyant pour autant. Définitivement à réécouter. 8/10
the last track did it for me aaaaaaaaaa strong 3.5
um álbum de músicas instrumentais bacanas, parecem músicas de jogos de cenário aberto.
Very ambient. Surprised I liked this as much as I did.
not usually into ambient or electronic music. really enjoyed this a lot
Cool and interesting, could have it play in the background on the regular. Would love to see the movie this syncs up with.
I love this style of music. I could listen to this forever.
þýskt rafpopp. eru meira dreymandi en kraftverkamennirnir og nær ambient. finnst þetta fínt. aðra. 3,5.
# Playlist Track - Sequent C # Notes - NOTE: Only the last 2 tracks were available on the time of listening! - This is music tailored to a very precise kind of mood or situation. It's slow and trippy in a good way. The kind of trippy that takes you along for this smooth, quiet ride. - This isn't however, a ride you'll want to take every day.
Science documentary music. ...Kraftwerk for dead people.
It’s a very long Stranger Things intro. I enjoy hearing the pioneers of the electronica genre, but I can’t see myself revisiting something like this. Unless maybe I’m under the influence of something…
There’s a great album in there but fuck knows when the time to listen to it is
I don't like space. Always get this uneasy feeling whenever I see a universe zoom out video. Devoids me of any sense of meaning. "I'm so insignificant, yet I'm all I have" kind of feeling This is (bad) good music, it makes me feel (bad), makes me imagine (bad) things. If only I liked space What do you even do in space, get hit by an asteroid?
Before realizing that spotify only had the last 10 minutes of the album available for me, I had zoned out and listened to those two songs for about 40 minutes without realizing. Electronic music has that effect on me and I love it Listened to the full album and it was a bit moodier in full than it was in it's abridged version but I still enjoyed it somewhat
It kinda bums me a bit that electronica has ended up being such a low rated genre for me. I mean, before yesterday, before I gave PSYCHOCANDY a 1, it was number three in my bottom three genres. Only post-punk and (surprisingly) world music beat it out. And it just gets me because that's not even remotely close to how I feel about electronic music. I love it a lot, actually! Like, yeah, of course there's Daft Punk, but I also have a good love for Moog music and a lot of synthesizer work and electronic ambient soundscapes... I'm all for all of that kinda stuff. I suppose I've just been getting too many bad draws: those drum n' bass albums, MAXINQUAYE, FEVER RAY, KALA... All boring albums (or annoying, in KALA's case) that I couldn't help but give a 2 or lower, really bringing the average down against the fewer 5's I've given to Fatboy Slim and AUTOBAHN... I just don't find it entirely fair to 'em, y'know? So, y'know, I thank the powers above that this album isn't another bad draw. This album consists of long, ambient, space-y excursions, and oh, I mess with it so hard. Just lying back on this soft bed of stars and letting these beautiful sounds carry me across the cosmos to wherever they may. Believe me, it's absolutely not for people who want things to... Y'know, happen. To my ears, it's an album for relaxing. Letting these sounds fill up your mind, pushing out all the bad stuff in the process. Close your eyes and don't even think. Just let the sound envelope you; wrap you up tight. And more new age meditation jumbo like that. But you get what I'm talking about — that's just what this album means to and does for me. It's music I'd put on to calm down or focus. And in that lane, jeez, not since I heard the music Brian Eno did for airports. So, hooray, another 5 for an electronica album. The average goes back up and the genre gets further away from where it doesn't belong. Not that placement or averages really matter, anyway. Like I said, they don't reflect how I truly feel about electronica. And certainly, the 3.47 it currently has doesn't reflect how I feel about this album at all. All I need to do is turn off my mind, relax, and float down stream. 'Coz these numbers — they're all in the mind, y'know. They're nothing to get hung about, and nothing's gonna change my views about electronic music. (Lotta random Beatles quotes at the end there, goodness. Point is: this is a 5. Big recommendation if you're like me and love ambient music. I'd've maybe hoped for a spookier album to end October with, but, hey, I can't complain about what my group was given.)
For the most part, it feels like a predecessor to the ambient genre, while still having more traditional qualities of electronic. Overall, it's a 3.5 bumped up to 4 for me.
I’m at a 5. I mean, listen; if we’re weighing 5’s next to each other, this is at the low end of the 5’s I’ve given. It’s not doing anything so deeply impressive to actually put it up next to, say, Nevermind by Nirvana or Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. It’s a 5 on its own merits, for its genre, and for my experience with it. I just really fucking enjoyed this. Yes, one may disparage this as “beep boop music”, but I think it’s more than that – maybe it’s just because I’m a big sci-fi head, but I haven’t really heard an electronica soundscape so deeply capture the feeling of adventure, mystery, and ambience in this specific style so efficiently and effectively. I’m not saying this is easy to make, but it does a lot without really using up too much; a lot of what’s here is based in simple windy synths, panning tricks, volume tricks to add the illusion of depth, and the occasional Moog melody distorted to hell and back. It’s a really fast 37 minutes, despite how slow it felt in the moment. I walked around while listening to this album, and even my walking just felt more deliberate, more focused; it could’ve been because of how attentive I was to the soundscape, but I’d like to imagine it’s because it just felt more like space to me, with that sense of adventure really getting into my brain and actively working. It’s an album that’s deeply, deeply enhanced with headphones in, and it’s enhanced even further if you close your eyes – it’s an audio journey, and for me, about as effective as an ASMR video might be in terms of eliciting a specific feeling. Hell, ASMR just barely works for me, but this really fucking worked for me, so it might be even better for someone else. I thought it was a beautifully crafted set of compositions, and I can feel this album’s general influence on so much of modern ambient music. Not quite to the degree of, say, an Eno album, but something relatively close. It’s an enjoyable 5 if you let yourself melt into the soundscape – it’s certainly no less than a 3, at the very worst.
I think that if I hadn’t watched “Thief”, I wouldn’t get Tangerine Dream. Something about hearing their music playing while watching Michael Mann’s visuals of a car driving through a rainy, foreboding city at night and watching Jimmy Caan crack a safe just made what they were going for click for me and I’ve been a fan ever since. Not the right music for every situation, but in the right situation they are the perfect music.
Although this is not my style, I fell in love with the textures and moods from this album. I don’t know if I will come to it in a close future, to be honest. I completely recognize why it is part of the list.
🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊
Another 40 minute album that's only available in a bloated, multidisc, "deluxe" edition on Spotify, which is shit. I don't need to listen to Barry Chuckles Oh Dear Remix (Radio Edit) when the original song is right there. However, the actual album is pretty good. One to add to my rotation of ambient music to have in the background when I'm concentrating on something else.
More like a movie soundtrack
More like a soundtrack. Nice though.
Some nice ambient electronic soundscapes. It's hard to believe this sort of thing existed in the 70s. The Moog synth was really a game changer. I enjoyed the album as background music.
3.5/5
Weird, experimental techno
Space, time, the final frontier
long
Solid, var säkert banbrytande på sin tid
The first time I heard the titular track was in the Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror. I thought it worked really well in the context it was used in. I think I must have listened to the track again after watching the episode, and enjoyed it - given the episode was still fresh in mind. On this re-listen (and a first listen to the other 3 tracks on the album), while I enjoy more than a few elements of it, I just don't find it overtly engaging, and if anything a bit meandery.
Should relisten. More than ambient, but not much, with lots of delayed arpeggios and reverb
Hm this whole album only has 4 tracks and only 2 are available on Spotify. What is this, experimental, psychedelic? German Electronic...oh cool! these guys did the sound track to the 1986 movie Legend with Tom Cruise. I think I only ever watched that movie one time. I should rewatch it. This was cool but just 3 stars.
I don't know what to do with albums like this. I can't actively listen to this kind of music. If this was, say, a video game or movie soundtrack? Sure, I would probably think it was pretty good (assuming it, you know, complimented the rest of the work). As background music, it's absolutely fine. It's hard to rate this as "good," but I could see this record doing a great job of setting a mood.
Too boring. Ambient...
This is pretty good! Kind of a space odyssey of pulsing nebulae. Cool. Blast off and zone out.
I simultaneously love and hate the term 'Krautrock' Mostly because it has very little meaning and it's a fun word to say. This is an album you'd listen to while standing in line for a vintage space-themed rollercoaster that runs in the dark. Or, also the soundtrack you'd hear while lying face-up in a salt-bath surrounded by expansive darkness.
Previously, our spaciest and most cosmic album so far war Jean-Michel Jarre’s "Oxygène," which was a disappointing snoozer. “Phaedra,” on the other hand, is a much better planetarium soundtrack, with cool builds and waves that keep you engaged while also fading into the background of your outer space acid trip if that’s what you prefer. While I said that "Oxygène" sounded very 80s, “Phaedra” is much more successful at finding the elusive timeless nature of good electronica.
This album is a whole mood. Walking the dog around the dark neighborhood past creepy Halloween decorations is definitely one of two ways that you can enjoy the 17min opening track. The other is to be very high (I imagine).
This album starts out 🔥 with the title track Phaedra. It’s got energy and the vibes are off the charts. Then the album down shifts into something much less exciting, if not still intriguing. Truly disappointing based off the start.
Good electronic band. Good music, enjoyable to listen to.
Very chill. Good bedtime music.
I was all aboard on this one. I dig the ambient instrumentals and haunting nature. It's a niche area of the spectrum, but I'm a fan. 3.5/5
If you didn’t listen to this one at night, outside, while smoking weed, did you really give it a fair chance?
Knightrider did it better
Perfect background music
First track gave me anxiety. Pass!
Ground control to Major Tom.. don’t listen to this album, it’s total garbage.
I could not listen to this
An ambient electronic album, with a fair amount of structure. A very pleasant listen.
Just dull....I really didn't care for this at all.
I really wanted to like this but the cacophony just made me feel anxious. 2.0
Would’ve liked it better as a video game soundtrack or something…kinda boring to listen to by itself, but would have been cool as background music
Just put it on and don’t pay attention
te wacky
Dull
Weird. Wouldn’t listen to again.
A truly beautiful piece of work. I can't believe this is from 1974. The title track is the real obvious highlight here, but the 3 tracks after it all hold their own, if not as grand as "Phaedra". Love the interesting sounds and textures of this album
Of its time, for sure
i could see myself enjoying this in limited bursts, but ambient/electronic will never be my cup of tea