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Optical Race 
1988 LP album coverStudio album by Tangerine Dream Released August, 1988 Recorded April-May, 1988, in Berlin and Vienna Genre Electronic music Length 52:39 Label Private Music Producer Paul Haslinger, Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream chronology Livemiles
(1988)Optical Race
(1988)Miracle Mile
(1989)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Optical Race is an album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream, which was released in 1988. Optical Race marked the first appearance of the band on Private Music, founded by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann.[2] It was their first album without Christopher Franke since 1970's Electronic Meditation and the band's first to be programmed largely with a computer, an Atari ST using Steinberg/Jones software. The sleeve of the 12" release and the first release on CD and Compact Cassette features a die-cut outer sleeve with a multicolored inner sleeve.
"Atlas Eyes" is in 5/4 time. "Mothers of Rain" first appeared two years before the album's release, during the band's 1986 European tour. "Turning Off The Wheel" was re-released on the Transsiberia album in 1998 under the title "The Golden Horn". "Optical Race" was played by the group on German TV-Show "Wetten daß?" (moderated by Thomas Gottschalk) in 1988.
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Marakesh" 8:17 2. "Atlas Eyes" 4:04 3. "Mothers of Rain" 5:13 4. "Twin Soul Tribe" 4:28 5. "Optical Race" 3:13 6. "Cat Scan" 5:35 7. "Sun Gate" 4:44 8. "Turning off the Wheel" 6:11 9. "The Midnight Trail" 5:54 10. "Ghazal (Love Song)" 5:00 Personnel
- Paul Haslinger - composer, musician
- Edgar Froese - composer, musician
- Ralf Wadephul - composer
- Christian Gstettner - studio technician
- Monica Froese - cover concept
- Norman Moore - art direction and design
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Berling, Michael. "Optical Race". Voices in the Net. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011123135/http://voices-in-the-net.de/opticalr.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
Tangerine Dream Current members - Edgar Froese (1967–present)
- Linda Spa (1990–present)
- Thorsten Quaeschning (2005–present)
Past members - Volker Hombach (1968–1969)
- Lanse Hapshash (1968–1969)
- Kurt Herkenberg (1968–1969)
- Charlie Prince (1969)
- Klaus Schulze (1969–1970)
- Conrad Schnitzler (1969–1971)
- Steve Schroyder (1971)
- Peter Baumann (1971–1977)
- Christopher Franke (1971–1987)
- Michael Hoenig (1975)
- Klaus Krüger (1978–1979)
- Steve Jolliffe (1969, 1978)
- Johannes Schmoelling (1980–1985)
- Paul Haslinger (1986–1990)
- Ralf Wadephul (1988)
- Jerome Froese (1990–2006)
Guest artists - Udo Dennebourg (1971)
- Roland Paulyck (1971)
- Florian Fricke (1972)
- Christian Vallbracht (1972)
- Jochen von Grumbcow (1972)
- Hans Joachim Brüne (1972)
- Johannes Lücke (1972)
- Eduard Meyer (1979)
- Susanne Pawlitzki (1985)
- Jocelyn Bernadette Smith (1987)
- Jacquie Virgil (1987)
- Diamond Ross (1987)
- Jerome Froese (1989)
- Hubert Waldner (1989–1990)
- Chi Coltrane (1991)
- Zlatko Perica (1992–2005)
- Enrico Fernandez (1992)
- Richi Wester (1992)
- Jayney Klimek (1993–2004)
- Roland Braunstein (1993)
- Julie Ocean (1993)
- Gisela Kloetzer (1994)
- Mark Hornby (1994–2002)
- Gerald Gradwohl (1994–2001)
- Emil Hachfeld (1997–1999)
- Vicki McClure (1998)
- Iris Camaa (2001–present)
- Barbara Kindermann (2001)
- Claire Foquet (2001)
- Jane Monet (2001)
- Bianca Acquaye (2001, 2005)
- Bry Gonzales (2001)
- Jack Liberty (2002, 2009)
- Lerk Andebracht (2002, 2009)
- Saskia Klumpp (2003, 2005)
- Tatjana Kouchev (2005)
- Fridolin Johann Harms (2005)
- Brandenburg Symphonic Orchestra (2005)
- Neuer Kammerchor Potsdam (2005)
- Christian Hausl (2006–2007)
- Claire Fouquet (2005)
- Barbara Kindermann (2005, 2008)
- Diane Miller (2005)
- Jane Monet (2005)
- Gynt Beator (2006
- Thomas Beator (2006)
- Bernhard Beibl (2006–present)
- Hetty Snell (2010)
- Zoe Marshall (2010)
- Stephanie Oade (2010)
- Rebecca J. Herman (2010)
Works - Tangerine Dream discography
- Tangerine Tree
- Tangerine Dream bootleg recordings
Categories:- 1988 albums
- Tangerine Dream albums
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