Electronic Music

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The bit I heard on the radio was absolute crap in my opinion and lacked that 'sound' of oxygene and Equinox too, although that could well be the Beeb fecking around with the sound at their end, as they seem to do on a daily basis - I use the tuner a lot these days...

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'Oxygene 3' ; just had a couple of listens to this and - well, it ain't bad and it ain't great.

Positive: Great recording quality, lovely analogue tones and effects. Awesome on headphones.
Negative: Lack of tunes, bit 'modern' sounding.

All in all it is a pleasant affair, being moodier and more laid-back than 'Oxygene 7-13' and an obvious attempt to recapture the atmosphere and feel of the original album.

Might well be a 'grower' though - when you've played it a few times and stop comparing it, it could well stand up on its own. Certainly NOT a poppy and weak effort (and JMJ has done a couple of those!) but a worthy look back to past glories.

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From Ron Boots (Groove Music) weekly newsletter:

Last week was the first time we could see the wonderful Documentary of Tangerine Dream.
And for those who missed it it is still online for you to watch!!
TD DOCUMENTARY STILL ONLINE @ ARTE
SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER WORLD
Those who missed the film on TV can watch it for another 20 days in the ARTE library (in German or French):
GERMAN version: http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/056763-000- ... country=AA
FRENCH version: http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/056763-000- ... rine-dream
Even is you can not understand it the vibes come across brilliantly!!
A must see for all EM fans and beyond!!
(Thanks to Bianca Froese to point this to me)

Edit: there is also a new 2-disc TD release 'Particles' comprising an EP of new studio recordings and a live concert.

[slinger]

Just picked this up for £11.85 including postage, from America via Amazon... At least the track listing is in English

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Fascinating collection, Slinger. Intrigued to hear your thoughts about this.

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From this week's Groove Music Newsletter:

First of all a brand new Vangelis a new 13CD box set, called Delectus,
will feature all of Vangelis‘ Vertigo and Polydor albums – including
the Oscar winning Chariots Of Fire – newly remastered (from the
original first generation master tapes) ever under the legendary
composer’s own supervision.

As well as the albums Earth, L’Apocalypse Des Animaux, China, See You
Later, Antarctica, Mask, Opera Sauvage, Chariots of Fire, Soil
Festivities and Invisible Connections, Delectus also features
recordings with Jon Anderson as ‘Jon & Vangelis’. These are Short
Stories, The Friends of Mister Cairo, and Private Collection.
Additionally, this set features four bonus tracks, one of which,
Neighbours Above (on the See You Later disc) is previously unreleased.

Delectus is presented as an outer box which contain two large die-cut
wallets to hold all of the discs and a 64-page book, with essays, and
rare photos. The image suggests a poster may be included as well.

Speaking about the new box, Vangelis said “I always welcome
remastering my old work for two basic reasons. Firstly, I get the
opportunity to bring the sounds to today’s standards, secondly, it
gives me the chance to go through the experiences and memories of the time.”
Delectus will be released on 3 February 2017.



Price for the set looks to be around the 100 euro mark for me, but there are a couple of favourites here - I've been waiting for years to get a decent remaster of 'Soil Festivities' which is one of my most-used Hifi test discs.
And all the Jon & Vangelis albums are here too, don't have them (just a best-of sampler).
Also 'Invisible Connections' is very difficult to find, having only been released on the classical Deutsche Grammofon label.

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Breaking news here for TD fans and lovers of top-notch EM.

From Groove Music :

+++ TANGERINE DREAM - SPECIAL NEWS - JANUARY 2017 +++

Here some very cool and special news about TD !!

TANGERINE DREAM IN CONCERT
LIVE STREAM FROM BUDAPEST

Great news from TANGERINE DREAM for you:
We will have a LIVE STREAM directly from the A38 SHIP in Budapest/Hungary tonight (28 Jan 2017) -
so you will have the opportunity to enjoy our concert "THE QUANTUM YEARS - In honour of Edgar Froese"!

We are very happy to make you such a beautiful present and hope that many of you will tune in!

SHOW START: 7 p.m. (C.E.T)
LIVE STREAM LINK: https://is.gd/7Odc2n

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Forthcoming:



Cherry Red's Esoteric label will be reissuing an expanded and remastered version of Tim Blake's 'Crystal Machine' in March.

Blake was the synth-man in Gong during their classic 'Angel's Egg' period, then he went solo and produced this album which is regarded as THE seminal British EM record.

Absurdly hard to find a copy of this (I've been after it for years),
you lot can get in the queue behind me.

Tim Blake - Crystal Machine (album) 1977

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had to right a wrong and mention the (sadly (long) departed) american Arthur Russel, if you like your EM on the droning side try his 'World of Echo' album (as with most artists who gain fame after they died his albums tend to be compilations of dug-up material with hits and misses (but always a few gems)) - try Tone Bone Kone (short & sweet), Soon To Be Innocent Fun / Lets See (the one that got me hooked), and Hiding Your Present From You. it's scary to think he was making this music in the 70s/80s, especially now we're (endlessly) exposed to the same derivative-recurring realityTV/boygirlband shiteMusic.

i'd also propose Tilt onwards Scott Walker - it's as much EM as any other genre (and who needs genres when you've got genius? Tilt's 20 years old and it's still years (decades?) ahead)

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Arthur Russell is not a name I know - but I am a HUGE admirer of Scott Walker, even if the more recent releases take a lot of work to get into.