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Rediscovering an old love...
Jan. 16th, 2004 12:23 pmand no, not an ex- girlfriend.
In my never-ending quest for new music with strong melodic sense, great rhythm, good harmonies and chord progressions, and a true sense of composition and strength, I often find myself facing bands that had been doing what I love for decades.
XM Radio's AudioVisions-103 has led me to rediscovering a very strong love for Tangerine Dream. Along with Jean-Michele Jarre and Kraftwork, TD were among the early pioneers in synthesizer-based music, and very early experimentors in analog and digital sequencers. Unlike the standard dance-music that would popularize sequencers with producers at the expense of the careers of session drummers, TD used sequencers solely as a compositional tool, to be blended with other technologies, sounds, and melodies to create something real, not something for "a market".
Me thinks a new collection will start to grow...once some of the debts of the last 4 months get whittled down.
Warning: that link will likely launch a sound-file automatically. There's a stop-button in the top frame. Its a preview of their new album. The current lineup only has one member of the original group / key 70s-era lineup, and that member's son.
In my never-ending quest for new music with strong melodic sense, great rhythm, good harmonies and chord progressions, and a true sense of composition and strength, I often find myself facing bands that had been doing what I love for decades.
XM Radio's AudioVisions-103 has led me to rediscovering a very strong love for Tangerine Dream. Along with Jean-Michele Jarre and Kraftwork, TD were among the early pioneers in synthesizer-based music, and very early experimentors in analog and digital sequencers. Unlike the standard dance-music that would popularize sequencers with producers at the expense of the careers of session drummers, TD used sequencers solely as a compositional tool, to be blended with other technologies, sounds, and melodies to create something real, not something for "a market".
Me thinks a new collection will start to grow...once some of the debts of the last 4 months get whittled down.
Warning: that link will likely launch a sound-file automatically. There's a stop-button in the top frame. Its a preview of their new album. The current lineup only has one member of the original group / key 70s-era lineup, and that member's son.
