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Edgar Willmar Froese (6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W. Froese".
Froese was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, on D-Day during the Second World War; members of his family, including his father, had been killed by the Nazis and his mother and surviving family settled in West Berlin after the war. He took piano lessons from the age of 12, and started playing guitar at 15. After showing an early aptitude for art, Froese enrolled at the Academy of the Arts in West Berlin to study painting and sculpture.
In 1965, he formed a band called The Ones, who played psychedelic rock, and some rock and R&B standards. While playing in Spain, The Ones were invited to perform at Salvador Dalí's villa in Cadaqués. Froese's encounter with Dalí was highly influential, inspiring him to pursue more experimental directions with his music. The Ones disbanded in 1967, having released only one single ("Lady Greengrass" / "Love of Mine"). After returning to Berlin, Froese began recruiting musicians for the free-rock band that would become Tangerine Dream.
0:00:00 - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale [16.27] 0:16:27 - Maroubra Bay [16.58] 1987: Virgin CD - CDV 2040 Edgar Froese recorded his second solo album, Epsilon In Malaysian Pale after returning from Tangerine Dream's Australian tour 1975. Obviously the music reflects his impressions of south-eastern Asia and Australia. According to Edgar Froese, "Epsilon" was the synonym for a person who is completely enveloped by his environment, and the "Pale" stood for the ever-present heavy humidity. Epsilon In Malaysian Pale was recorded in Berlin, Cologne, Bonn and Hamburg. The main instrument was the Mellotron for which Edgar Froese had recorded various tape segments in London, but also the VCS 3 synthsiser, modified organs and modular synthesiser have been used.
This is the first release of this album in 1979. In 2005 it was re-recorded and the music was edited a bit. STUNTMAN BY EDGAR FROESE 1979 1. Stuntman (4:13) 2 It would be like Samoa (10:40) 3 Detroit Snackbar Dreamer (6:26) 4 Drunken Mozart in the Desert (9:55) 5 A Dali-Esque Sleep Fuse (8:26) 6 Scarlet Score for Mescalero (4:12)
0:00:00 - Aqua [17.00] 0:17:01 - Panorphelia [9.41] 0:26:41 - NGC 891 [14.01] 0:40:42 - Upland [6.41] While many band members of Tangerine Dream started a successful solo carreer after they had left the band (Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler, Peter Baumann, Johannes Schmoelling, Chris Franke or Paul Haslinger, only to name a few), TD's founder Edgar Froese launched his solo career in that year TD got their contract with the British record label Virgin. His debut album Aqua was recorded in winter 1973/1974 in Berlin at the same time TD's Virgin debut Phaedra was recorded in England. The reason for Edgar Froese to produce an album on his own was the need of additional financial support. It allowed TD to develop their custom-built equipment. According to Edgar Froese, his advance was im...
Edgar Froese all instruments Claus Crieger drums 00:00 Metropolis (inspired by Fritz Lang's movie) 11.00 11:00 Era of the slaves 8.05 18:05 Tropic of capricorn 21.06 39:11 Nights of automatic women 9.00 48:11 Icarus 9.07 57:18 Childrens deeper study 4.21 1:01:39 Ode to granny A. 4.39 1:06:18 Pizarro and Atahuallpa 7.30 1:13:48 Golgatha and the circle closes 8.30 Rezension: Siggy Zielinski "Ages" entstand 1977, nachdem Peter Baumann und Tangerine Dream getrennte Wege gingen. Scheinbar aufgrund der emotionalen Aufgewühltheit war es Froese ausnahmsweise mal möglich, genug Material für eine Doppel-LP zusammenzutragen. Allerdings stieß das Album bei den Kritikern und einigen Fans auf wenig Gegenliebe. Zu groß waren wohl die Unterschiede zu der damaligen Tangerine Dream-Musik, zu mechanisch...
Edgar Froese Dalinetopia 2004 - Full Album
Edgar Froese - Collection (In a Memory of) Tracklisting: Colorado Dawn 00:01 Sahara Child 09:15 Moolight On A Crawler Lane 14:58 Raindance 19:05 Santa Elena Marisal 28:07 Carneol 35:49 One Fine Day In Siberia 40:38 Bobcats In The Sun 45:48 Juniper Mascara 51:18 The Night At Ayers Rock 55:48 Afternoon On The Nile 59:10 Genesta in The Afternoon Glow 01:06:17 Shores Of Guam 01:10:00 Vulcano 01:15:10 Crane Routing 01:20:15 Gizeh Sunset 01:26:15 Tierra Del Fuego 01:32:19 Dome Of Yellow Turtles 01:36:43 Koala Sunrise 01:41:54 Summer In Key West 01:50:01 Car Dreaming 01:56:50 Raindrops On Black Skin 02:01:55 Silence 02:05:53
0:00:00 - OS 452 [7.52] 0:07:52 - AF 765 [11.03] 0:18:54 - PA 701 [7.32] 0:26:27 - Quantas 611 [4.58] 0:31:24 - IF 810 [4.25] Edgar Froese's third solo album, Macula Transfer (the title referring to the sun spots), was recorded just before Tangerine Dream's Stratosfear in summer 1976 by Edgar Froese just on his own using an old 4-track Ampex tape machine that Tangerine Dream had bought from Abbey Road Studios. According to Edgar Froese, there were some differences at the time in TD dynamics and Edgar Froese recorded Macula Transfer just for fun. Macula Transfer was released 1976 in Germany only, and furthermore fans had to wait nearly 22 years for the first official CD release of this rare album in 1998. After all other solo albums by Edgar Froese had been re-released by Virgin on ...
0:00:00 - Drunken Mozart In The Desert 0:10:02 - IF 810 [Excerpt] 0:13:06 - Tropic Of Capricorn [1982 remix] 0:17:52 - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale [Excerpt] 0:21:53 - PA 701 [1982 remix] 0:26:41 - Stuntman 0:31:02 - OS 452 [1982 remix] 0:36:34 - Pizarro And Atahuallpa [1982 remix] 0:40:56 - NGC 891 [1982 re-recording] 1982, three years after the release of Edgar Froese's previous solo album, Virgin issued the compilation Solo 1974 - 1979. Some of the tracks had been remixed and re-recorded by Edgar Froese for this album, thus this compilation includes material not available on any other record. Solo 1974 - 1979 has never been released on CD, but in 2012 at least some of the re-recorded and remixed tracks eventually became available on CD as part of the compilation box Solo (1974-1983) - T...
0:00:00 - Specific Gravity Of Smile [09.39] 0:09:39 - The Light Cone [04.24] 0:14:04 - Walkabout [07.13] 0:21:17 - Pinnacles [21.54] May 1983 Amber Studios (Berlin) The 1983 studio album Pinnacles would be Edgar Froese's last solo recording for the next twelve years. According to Edgar Froese, it reflected his deep love for the Australian Outback. Thus it was named after a region in Western Australia, a couple of hundred miles from Perth where bizarre stones have grown out of the desert sands thousands of years ago. Pinnacles was stylistic like TD's White Eagle (1982) and Hyperborea (1983) using much the same instruments and digital sampling techniques. It was recorded by Edgar Froese for the first time on his own 16-track tape.
TANGERINE DREAM live Paris Trianon France (6) Jeudi 22 mai 2014 / Thursday may 22nd 2014 The final and last words on stage in Paris of the mighty Edgar Froese. Goodbye mister Edgar Froese (1944-2015) and thank you for your beautiful music.
Tangerine Dream Place des Arts June 30th Montreal Qc
Tangerine Dream live in Padova 05-05-12. Great Edgar Froese guitar performance
from London Eye Concert - 1st November 2008 Final cut audio/video remastered Hd HiFi Musicians: Edgar Froese - keyboards guitar Bernhard Beibl - guitar Iris Camaa - percussion drums Linda Spa - sax flute keyboards Thorsten Quaeschning - keyboards All rights reserved to their respective holders ® http://www.tangerinedream.org/
Edgar Froese keyboards,guitar 00:00 Specific gravity of smile 9:38 09:38 The light cone 4:24 14:02 Walkabout 7:13 21:15 Pinnacles 21:52 Rezension: Siggy Zielinski "Pinnacles" ist den wilden Landschaften Australiens gewidmet, einem von Edgar Froese heißgeliebten Kontinent. Von dieser Zuneigung zeugen auch die bisher nicht umgesetzten Absichten des Musikers dorthin auszuwandern. Die Platte wird von klanglich originellen, gefälligen Sequencermustern getragen und dominiert, die zwischen optimistisch, farbenfroh, leichtfüßig, treibend, und geheimnisvoll variieren. Diese werden von gelegentlichen digitalen Stimmenimitationen oder sanften Synthietönen unterstützt. Besonders schön läßt sich so ein Froese-typisches, mehrstimmiges Geflecht als letztes Thema des Titeltracks verfolgen. "P...