Jerome Froese

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Name = Jerome Froese


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias = TDJ Rome
Born = birth date and age|1970|11|24)
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Origin = West Berlin, Germany
Genre = Guitartronica Ambient Electronic music
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Label = TDI Ground Liftaz Moonpop Cargo Records Darla Records
Associated_acts = Tangerine Dream
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/jerometadream Jerome Froese On Myspace]
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Jerome Froese (born 24 November, 1970 in Berlin, Germany) is a musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006; currently he is working on several other projects. Prior to his direct involvement, Froese often appeared on the covers of the band's albums as a child.

In 1982, Froese started playing guitar and keyboard. A few years later, in 1985, he began playing drums after he got a drumkit for Christmas. From here, Froese became proficient on both keyboards and guitar, leading up to his induction into Tangerine Dream. Froese's first guest appearance with the band was on their 1989 album, "Lily on the Beach", playing guitar on "Radio City". His first official appearance was on "Melrose" (1990), appearing on tour with the band that same year.

Following the departure of Paul Haslinger, Tangerine Dream continued as a two-piece father-and-son band with various musicians guesting in the studio and in concert. The band has gone on record that their musical relationship is kept entirely separate from their family relationship, as witnessed by visitors to their studio seeing the two argue over a few notes. [ [http://www.tangerinedream.org Official Tangerine Dream Website] ]

In 2000, Froese began releasing a series of solo recordings aimed at DJs under the name of TDJ Rome. His first solo credit under his own name came in 2004 with the limited edition 1-track single, "C8 H10 N4 O2" (named after the chemical formula of caffeine). In 2005, Froese maintained his parallel solo career with the release of "Radio Pluto", an EP that served as a precursor to his first solo album, "Neptunes". The fourth album in the Dream Mixes series, released in late 2004, had was already created without participation from his father, thus being a solo album of sorts too.

In 2007 because of an agreement between father and son, Jerome Froese's Moonpop label obtained the rights of over eighty Tangerine Dream titles. This means that Jerome's and Edgar's works are going to be re-released separately. [ [http://www.moonpop.org/ Welcome to Moonpop Music ] ]

Discography

Albums

* Neptunes (2005)
* Shiver Me Timbers (2007)

ingles

As Jerome Froese

* C8 H10 N4 O2 (2004)
* Radio Pluto (EP) (2005)
* Precooked Munchies (EP) (2007)

As TDJ Rome

* Serenely Confident / Vivid Scarlet Hue (2000)
* Freeze Framez / Ground Clearance (2000)
* Vermond Curry / Babe Soda (2001)

Compilations

* (2004) - a compilation of the 3 TDJ Rome singles and two tracks by Ulrich Schnauss

References

External links

* [http://www.moonpop.org/ Moonpop - Jerome Froeses Record Label]
* [http://www.myspace.com/moonpopmusic Moonpop - Jerome Froeses Record Label On Myspace]
* [http://www.cybersounds.org/ Cybersounds - The Moonpop Online Shop]
* [http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/ The Official Tangerine Dream Website]