Electronic Meditation

Infobox Album |
Name = Electronic Meditation
Type = Album
Artist = Tangerine Dream


Caption = 1970 LP album cover
Released = June 1970
Recorded = October 1969
Genre = Experimental music
Krautrock
Length = 36:37
Label = Ohr
Producer = Tangerine Dream
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:86psa9ugy23f~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22452/Tangerine_Dream_Electronic_Meditation_Alpha_Centauri link]
This album = "Electronic Meditation" 1970
Next album = "Alpha Centauri" 1971

"Electronic Meditation" is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.

Recording and history

The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.cite journal|title=Tangerine Dream: Their Changing Use Of Technology Part 1: 1967–1977|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/dec94/tangerinedream.html?print=yes|month=December|year=1994|journal=Sound on Sound|accessdate=2007-12-10] Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock; or as "Sound on Sound" magazine described it, "free electronic rock". Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums, and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds such as broken glass, burning parchment, and dried peas being shaken in a sieve. The backwards vocals at the end of side two are actually Edgar Froese reading from the back of a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover; the 2004 Japan CD release is a copy of the original LP cover and includes the balloon.cite web | last =Berling | first =Michael | url =http://www.vitn.homepage.t-online.de/electron.htm | title =Electronic Meditation | work =Voices in the Net | accessdate =2007-12-19]

"Electronic Meditation" is the only Tangerine Dream album to feature the line-up of Froese, Schulze and Schnitzler. The 2002 CD reissue on Sanctuary Records revealed that there were two previously uncredited musicians: organist Jimmy Jackson and flautist Thomas Keyserling.

Track listing

All songs written by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler.
#"Genesis" – 5:57
#"Journey Through a Burning Brain" – 12:26
#"Cold Smoke" – 10:38
#"Ashes to Ashes" – 4:06
#"Resurrection" – 3:27

Personnel

*Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
*Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, typewriter
*Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks
*Jimmy Jackson – organ (uncredited)
*Thomas Keyserling – flute (uncredited)

References

ee also

*Tangerine Dream discography