- Alpha Centauri (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Alpha Centauri
Type = Studio album
Artist =Tangerine Dream
Caption = 1971LP album cover
Released = March 1971
Recorded = January 1971, Dierks Studio
Genre =Kosmische musik ,Electronic music
Length = 39:48
Label = Ohr
Producer =Tangerine Dream
Reviews =
*Allmusic : Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:pyen97rjkrat link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22452/Tangerine_Dream_Electronic_Meditation_Alpha_Centauri link]
Last album = "Electronic Meditation " (1970)
This album = "Alpha Centauri" (1971)
Next album = "Zeit " (1972)"Alpha Centauri" (1971) is an album by the German
electronic music groupTangerine Dream . The music on this album is quite different from Tangerine Dream’s first album "Electronic Meditation ", due to a heavier reliance on keyboards and electronic technology, although they still mostly remain in the background: the dominant instruments on the album are organ and flute. The shift in instrumentation still resulted in a new, exciting atmosphere, dubbed by Edgar Froese himself asKosmische musik .This album sold 20,000 copies in their native Germany, nearly four times as many as their later classic "Phaedra".
A nowadays extremely rare single "Ultima Thule" was released in the same year. Side 1 employs the same guitar riff as "Fly ...", but the single was at the time otherwise an unconnected release. Re-releases of Alpha Centauri in the 2000s have however included either or both parts of Ultima Thule as bonus tracks.
Track listing
#"Sunrise in the Third System" – 4:21
#"Fly and Collision of Comas Sola" – 13:23
#"Alpha Centauri" – 22:04
#"Ultima Thule, Part One" – 3:24 (2002 Sanctuary release, 2004 Arcàngelo release)
#"Ultima Thule, Part Two" – 4:09 (2004 Arcàngelo release)Personnel
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Edgar Froese – guitar, organ, bass, coffee machine, composer
*Steve Schroyder – organ, voice, echo machines, iron stick.
*Christopher Franke – drums, percussion, flute, zither, piano, VCS3
*Udo Dennebourg – flute, voice
*Roland Paulyck – synthesizerReferences
*cite web | last =Berling | first =Michael | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url =http://www.vitn.homepage.t-online.de/alphacen.htm | title =Alpha Centauri | format = | work =Voices in the Net | accessdate =2007-12-19
ee also
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Tangerine Dream discography
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