I was listening to Pergamon earlier & it’s sublime. Getting into German music of the 70’s & early 80’s has been one of the greatest musical trips of my life.
An utterly fabulous document with questions that were germane (not a pun) and important to us nearly fifty years ago. The whole thing was spirit-driven, deeply impassioned. Or we wouldn't have done it! TD was classical music, for what labels are worth, but that also is WHY they were popular. It was a refreshing departure from anything expected. I still listen to them with great pleasure, which is a thing I cannot say about their era's guitar/ bass/ drums counterparts... or very, very few of them anyway. TD is the art of the age, and is the act with the best chance of being widely listened to in the 22nd century... and thereon...
They are famous of the same reason as Mike Oldfield. -No label wanned Tubular Bells, Richard Branson created Virgin so they could publish alternative music, the rest is history.
Truly a fascinating and utterly entertaining documentary I'd never seen on the classic era gentlemen of TD. Its so evident Edgar, Chris, and Peter were genuinely invested and passionate about every facet of their collective craft, from the music itself to their equipment and philosophy on life and the industry as a whole. The debate on labeling TD's music and the sprinkling of social and political commentary was a pleasant surprise highlight and I quite enjoyed the conversation and Edgar's perspective, which I happen to agree with. This trio is legendary for good reasons, as they were essentially modern day Mozarts. And yet despite being pioneers in the development and adoption of synthesizers and electronic gadgetry in the wider music industry, they were always so humble and down-to-earth, Edgar especially. Only increases my respect for him and his various band partners, Chris and Peter in particular, even more. And that last bit at the end.... Edgar showing his coy sense of humor with the boys in that amusing skit was rather unexpected but so amusing. A brilliant behind-the-scenes documentary!
@19:19 John Peel, a true hero of music in the UK and he did a great deal to popularize Tangerine Dream there. In fact I'm pretty sure it was by listening to his show (10pm to midnight on Radio 1) that I got into TD in the first place. Interesting to hear Edgar lecture him about Rock & Roll! That would be like, oh I don't know, J. K. Rowling lecturing Tolkien about fantasy fiction!
Wonderful documentary. I am glad they did the soundtrack for "Sorcerer ", because otherwise I may have never discovered their music. It's been a joy ever since, and many other discoveries because of this one album, such as Klaus Schulze and Edgar's solo work. And while it may be way different from the originals, I just saw the current iteration of TD 2 weeks ago and I still enjoy it.
Absolutely right!! In the beginning their music was way organic. Like listening to the galaxy or to a single cell for that matter. It all got lost when the music went digital . Unfortunately.
Thank you very much uploaded in a much more improved quality of image and sound , including too english subtitles from german - nice help from an interview tried to understand and transcribe not very succesfully for years
So what's the Tux in "Tangerine Tux"? 🤔 My favorite, and the only OS I use, 🐧Linux? 🤨 Thanks for uploading this, I lived it there and then, and appreciate the memories of my scene at the time!
That is indeed what it is. 😄 My main OS used to be Ubuntu (2007-2010) and later Arch Linux (2010-2020), although I now use Windows and macOS instead (but still Linux at work).
@@TangerineTux Ha! I'm on Arch btw! 🤣 Via Endeavour OS with KDE Plasma. I used to use windows, but as it got worse and worse with the spying n' shit, I tended more and more towards Linux. Last I tried Windows 10 ( my dad's PC) it was a total abomination of an OS, and now I won't touch it with a 400 foot pole! I still have my 86 Macintosh Lisa though, but even Apple is a no go. Too expensive, less and less quality, and they are building in planned obsolescence and giving no right to repair. Meanwhile Linux just keeps getting better and better!
On the other hand it's a completely different band now. Times have changed and the milieu has changed with it. I like to think quality is quality and that depth can be perceived in any music regardless of genre. Some are turned on and others turned off by this music to this day, likely it will always be so. But this music, like some soundtracks, seems fairly timeless 👽
Ce que vous n'avez pas compris Tangeriene Dream c'est le BAUHAUS de l'Architecture Moderne de la Music Electronique non de la Pop Rock non Kraut Rock mais plus de l'Experiemental Electronic Music de recherche = first album Genesis...
I've been wondering for ages what that weird thing that looks like an ' E ' turned on its side is , that is above Christopher Frankes' equipment . Anyone know ? Thanks 😶🌫
It was just a letter "E" taken from a CAFE sign turned to one side. For many years I thought it was some kind of electronic sonic device but the truth is actually quite mundane. 😅
When TD meant something. Why is there not more official output from that period given all of the material available to broadcasters? The box set gave us a glimpse, but I am sure there is more. I think we can live on the past instead of the mediocre content since the early 90s to this day.
Most of their albums were written in outline, but mostly improvisations, whether in the studio or live, and just like most musicians they had their good and bad days, and no musician would ever release everything, but that which they choose to represent themselves with, as they want to be seen. In the end, they released most of it in one form or another, because the tape was always rolling, and they could use parts live, and play on top and along with them, use parts in the studio... In the later 90's to 2015 when Edgar Froese died, he used all kinds of snippets and parts of their whole body of work to make new releases. I wouldn't be surprised if on closer inspection you will find parts of this "rare" material in there somewhere. This documentary is not like so many others made from whatever material some team picked from known recordings and footage all spliced together with added commentary and interviews, but instead was made with the band from the ground up, and all pretty much live and on the spot, which I think is brilliant. And so, if they decided to leave it untouched, and not pull out the audio and release it I can see why, as it stands as a masterful piece of art in and of itself. Thanks to the fact that I speak fluent German, it's that much better without the closed captioning, and I could even do without the German translation of the english parts. I actually lived in Germany at the time this was made, and was big into the so called (by the British) "Krautrock" scene and have seen some of their live performances that were mostly improvised unique and unreleased, and there's probably hundreds of hours of it in storage! Look at all of the dials, knobs and cables! At that time you couldn't save presets or switch what routs to what with a click of a mouse, and you would have to either have a bunch of minions taking detailed notes, or have spares of every module with the controls taped into positions and more minions to patch modules together on the fly to recreate a piece and play it more than once the same way. In live shows later when they performed Pheadra and did repeat it night after night, there were like 6 to ten other guys behind the rigs with little headlamps patching shit together on the fly, and still every concert was somewhat unique. Strangely, it's when they did have better control and could repeat things more precisely when that spontaneous matching the music to the audience and venue started getting lost, and the music started to suffer too. So may have their relationships to it and each other, as first Bauman and then Franke left, to where the formula itself was lost, never to be found again.
I was listening to Pergamon earlier & it’s sublime. Getting into German music of the 70’s & early 80’s has been one of the greatest musical trips of my life.
Great documentary. Although incredibly rude interviewer of Monique Froese Ricochet cover. I think its a beautiful photo and album cover.
What a joy and a surprise and a wonderful upload! THANK YOU for sharing this.
An utterly fabulous document with questions that were germane (not a pun) and important to us nearly fifty years ago. The whole thing was spirit-driven, deeply impassioned. Or we wouldn't have done it! TD was classical music, for what labels are worth, but that also is WHY they were popular. It was a refreshing departure from anything expected. I still listen to them with great pleasure, which is a thing I cannot say about their era's guitar/ bass/ drums counterparts... or very, very few of them anyway. TD is the art of the age, and is the act with the best chance of being widely listened to in the 22nd century... and thereon...
Very well said
They are famous of the same reason as Mike Oldfield. -No label wanned Tubular Bells, Richard Branson created Virgin so they could publish alternative music, the rest is history.
RIP Edgar Froese 🙏🏼
Documento che fa la felicità dei loro fan!
Truly a fascinating and utterly entertaining documentary I'd never seen on the classic era gentlemen of TD. Its so evident Edgar, Chris, and Peter were genuinely invested and passionate about every facet of their collective craft, from the music itself to their equipment and philosophy on life and the industry as a whole. The debate on labeling TD's music and the sprinkling of social and political commentary was a pleasant surprise highlight and I quite enjoyed the conversation and Edgar's perspective, which I happen to agree with. This trio is legendary for good reasons, as they were essentially modern day Mozarts. And yet despite being pioneers in the development and adoption of synthesizers and electronic gadgetry in the wider music industry, they were always so humble and down-to-earth, Edgar especially. Only increases my respect for him and his various band partners, Chris and Peter in particular, even more. And that last bit at the end.... Edgar showing his coy sense of humor with the boys in that amusing skit was rather unexpected but so amusing. A brilliant behind-the-scenes documentary!
Note that English subtitles are available if you would like to have them.
Tolle Dokumentation. Schade, dass sie nur von so wenigen gesehen wird.
@19:19 John Peel, a true hero of music in the UK and he did a great deal to popularize Tangerine Dream there. In fact I'm pretty sure it was by listening to his show (10pm to midnight on Radio 1) that I got into TD in the first place. Interesting to hear Edgar lecture him about Rock & Roll! That would be like, oh I don't know, J. K. Rowling lecturing Tolkien about fantasy fiction!
Wow I've never seen this before. Incredible
Das Beste ! Natürlich Tangerine Dream !
Wonderful documentary. I am glad they did the soundtrack for "Sorcerer ", because otherwise I may have never discovered their music. It's been a joy ever since, and many other discoveries because of this one album, such as Klaus Schulze and Edgar's solo work. And while it may be way different from the originals, I just saw the current iteration of TD 2 weeks ago and I still enjoy it.
The best music was created when they all had long hair and deteriorated when it was shorter and went digital.
Absolutely right!! In the beginning their music was way organic. Like listening to the galaxy or to a single cell for that matter.
It all got lost when the music went digital . Unfortunately.
Thank you very much uploaded in a much more improved quality of image and sound , including too english subtitles from german - nice help from an interview tried to understand and transcribe not very succesfully for years
Awesome!!! Oooh yes!!! Thanks for this wonderful upload! Unspoilt by progress.
Thanks for sharing, never seen this before ❤
love this music 4 ever
Endlich mal in guter Qualität. Danke!
Great documentary film!
Thank you for this upload
I Love You ❤️ Always
Top. Love TD.
Richard Barnes!
So what's the Tux in "Tangerine Tux"? 🤔 My favorite, and the only OS I use, 🐧Linux? 🤨 Thanks for uploading this, I lived it there and then, and appreciate the memories of my scene at the time!
That is indeed what it is. 😄 My main OS used to be Ubuntu (2007-2010) and later Arch Linux (2010-2020), although I now use Windows and macOS instead (but still Linux at work).
@@TangerineTux Ha! I'm on Arch btw! 🤣 Via Endeavour OS with KDE Plasma. I used to use windows, but as it got worse and worse with the spying n' shit, I tended more and more towards Linux. Last I tried Windows 10 ( my dad's PC) it was a total abomination of an OS, and now I won't touch it with a 400 foot pole! I still have my 86 Macintosh Lisa though, but even Apple is a no go. Too expensive, less and less quality, and they are building in planned obsolescence and giving no right to repair. Meanwhile Linux just keeps getting better and better!
Ohhh...Phaedra plus those box sets of Bootleg recordings
How fantastic were they,shame the 80s and beyond could be never match the brilliance of the 70s TD
You're definitely right!!! With the arrival of the digital sound devices TD lost its magic (around the time of Tangram)!!!!
On the other hand it's a completely different band now. Times have changed and the milieu has changed with it. I like to think quality is quality and that depth can be perceived in any music regardless of genre.
Some are turned on and others turned off by this music to this day, likely it will always be so.
But this music, like some soundtracks, seems fairly timeless 👽
Richard Barnes 😂
Poland Love Tangerine Dream ;-)
Brasil too
Ce que vous n'avez pas compris Tangeriene Dream c'est le BAUHAUS de l'Architecture Moderne de la Music Electronique non de la Pop Rock non Kraut Rock mais plus de l'Experiemental Electronic Music de recherche = first album Genesis...
My faves are Atem,Alpha Centauri,Ricochet,Distant Eclipses and Zeit.
Not mine.The TD train really started to roll with sequencers. Hence the order is Phaedra/Rubycon/Ricochet...
Stratosfaer is pretty good aswell
Te falta rubycon.stratorfer..etc.
I've been wondering for ages what that weird thing that looks like an ' E ' turned on its side is , that is above Christopher Frankes' equipment . Anyone know ? Thanks 😶🌫
It was just a letter "E" taken from a CAFE sign turned to one side. For many years I thought it was some kind of electronic sonic device but the truth is actually quite mundane. 😅
Die Schwäbische Str. Ist nicht in Wilmersdorf, sondern in Schöneberg!
Universal didn't correct a couple of typos in the subtitles ENDRO should read ANDREW, as in Andrew Graham-Stewart, TD's manager since 1973
Thanks Andy! It should be fixed now.
@@TangerineTux cheers
When TD meant something. Why is there not more official output from that period given all of the material available to broadcasters? The box set gave us a glimpse, but I am sure there is more. I think we can live on the past instead of the mediocre content since the early 90s to this day.
Most of their albums were written in outline, but mostly improvisations, whether in the studio or live, and just like most musicians they had their good and bad days, and no musician would ever release everything, but that which they choose to represent themselves with, as they want to be seen. In the end, they released most of it in one form or another, because the tape was always rolling, and they could use parts live, and play on top and along with them, use parts in the studio... In the later 90's to 2015 when Edgar Froese died, he used all kinds of snippets and parts of their whole body of work to make new releases. I wouldn't be surprised if on closer inspection you will find parts of this "rare" material in there somewhere.
This documentary is not like so many others made from whatever material some team picked from known recordings and footage all spliced together with added commentary and interviews, but instead was made with the band from the ground up, and all pretty much live and on the spot, which I think is brilliant. And so, if they decided to leave it untouched, and not pull out the audio and release it I can see why, as it stands as a masterful piece of art in and of itself.
Thanks to the fact that I speak fluent German, it's that much better without the closed captioning, and I could even do without the German translation of the english parts. I actually lived in Germany at the time this was made, and was big into the so called (by the British) "Krautrock" scene and have seen some of their live performances that were mostly improvised unique and unreleased, and there's probably hundreds of hours of it in storage!
Look at all of the dials, knobs and cables! At that time you couldn't save presets or switch what routs to what with a click of a mouse, and you would have to either have a bunch of minions taking detailed notes, or have spares of every module with the controls taped into positions and more minions to patch modules together on the fly to recreate a piece and play it more than once the same way. In live shows later when they performed Pheadra and did repeat it night after night, there were like 6 to ten other guys behind the rigs with little headlamps patching shit together on the fly, and still every concert was somewhat unique. Strangely, it's when they did have better control and could repeat things more precisely when that spontaneous matching the music to the audience and venue started getting lost, and the music started to suffer too. So may have their relationships to it and each other, as first Bauman and then Franke left, to where the formula itself was lost, never to be found again.
Iss ja irre, wo wurde denn das aufgetan?
zum Glück hat Punk 1 Jahr später dieses elitäre Geschwurbel weggeblasen...
🙈🤮