Tangerine Dream

Probe 6-8

- Studio, released November 2021 -

Cover

CD release Germany 2021
Photo: Edgar Froese
Artwork: Bianca Froese-Acquaye

Tracks


1.	Raum		A	14:55
2.	Para Guy		A	5:43
3.	Continuum		B	7:12
4.	Raum - Grand River Remix [Remix by Grand River (Aimée Portioli)]			6:19
5.	Continuum - Barker Remix [Remix by Sam Barker]			5:49
Total running time		39:58

Details


Recording date	2020 - 2021
Recording site(s)	Raum Studio & The Shoppe Studio (Berlin)
Composer(s)	Edgar Froese, Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick
Musician(s)	Edgar Froese, Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, Paul Frick

Notes

In late November 2021 Tangerine Dream released Probe 6-8, a foretaste to their full length album Raum, scheduled for February 2022. This is the first release featuring the new line-up after Ulrich Schnauss had left the band: Tangerine Dream now consists of Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Haslinger. All tracks were composed by all three members, with two of them being credited to the late Edgar Froese as well, as the band used material from his archives.

Probe 6-8 was released at the same time by Eastgate in Germany and by Kscope in the UK. Both CD versions come in a 4-panel cardboard sleeve including a 4-page booklet with track listing and credits plus some photos of electronic gear and the current line-up.

With Raum and Continuum, this EP features two album tracks, plus two remixes of these tracks and an additional composition Para Guy which is exclusive to this EP. (Notably, Para Guy has been misspelled as Para Gu on the backside of the Kscope CD release.)

The Eastgate Music Shop about the CD release"Probe 6-8 is the band's preview to their upcoming album in February 2022, the second studio album after the passing of the founder Edgar Froese. For the first time in decades, Tangerine Dream's tracks can not exactly be re-created for a live performance. An EP, which was not meant to be performed live, as a direct response to the many canceled shows of the last months.

Classic studio productions and late night real time compositions became the blueprint for slowly evolving ambient structures. The band's sequencer driven sound in the tradition of the early '70s work was combined with lush 1980s crystalline bliss. Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick composed and produced with full access to Edgar Froese's Cubase arrangements and Otari Tape Archive with recordings from 1977 to 2013.

This EP also contains two remixes: Berlin-based composer and producer Grand River (Aimée Portioli) gave Raum her signature sound. Continuum was remixed by Berghain resident and Leisure System co-founder Sam Barker, who harnesses kick-less ambient techno since his praised 2019 debut album Utility."

A short time after its CD release this album became available as MP3 or FLAC download at the Tangerine Dream Download Shop as well.

Releases


Germany	2021: Eastgate CD: eastgate 091 CD; multi-coloured disc; matrix code: IFPI LZ89; cardboard sleeve; no order number on disc or sleeve; barcode on back cover: 0 764460 189704 Download: complete album or individual tracks as MP3 or FLAC
UK	2021: Kscope CD: KSCOPE735; multi-coloured disc; cardboard sleeve LP: KSCOPE1145