Tangerine Dream

Raum

- Studio, released February 2022 -

Cover

CD release Germany 2022
Photo: Edgar Froese
Artwork: Bianca Froese-Acquaye

Tracks


		[a]
1.	Continuum		7:10
2.	Portico		6:42
3.	In 256 Zeichen		19:08
4.	You're Always On Time		8:08
5.	Along The Canal		5:30
6.	What You Should Know About Endings		6:55
7.	Raum		14:54
Total running time		68:27


		[b]
1.	In 256 Zeichen	A	19:08
2.	You're Always On Time	B	8:08
3.	Along The Canal	B	5:30
4.	Continuum	C	7:10
5.	Portico		6:42
6.	What You Should Know About Endings		6:55
7.	Raum	D	14:54
Total running time		68:27

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

Raum, released in February 2022, is the second full-length studio album after Edgar Froese had passed away in January 2015, and the first one by the line-up Quaeschning/Yamane/Frick. Three of the seven tracks -- Portico, What You Should Know About Endings, and Raum -- have been credited to Edgar Froese as well, as the band incorporated recordings from his archive into these.

The Eastgate Music Shop about the CD release"On their new album Raum, Tangerine Dream develop the concept of its precursor EP (Probe 6-8) further.

Composed and produced with full access to Edgar Froese's Cubase arrangements (and Otari Tape Archive with recordings from 1977-2013), Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick deliver late-night real time compositions combined with classic studio productions, sequencer driven haunting soundscapes alternate with anthemic warm synthesizers.

Composed in a time of social distancing and cancelled shows, the tracks cannot exactly be recreated (or will at least need significant re-instrumentation for a live performance). With the 17-minute In 256 Zeichen they lay the fundament of this record. Continuum, with its repetitive sequence and broken beat shows glimpses of acid sounds and increasing choral atmospheres. You're Always On Time is built on PPG wavetable sounds and eerie field recordings. The title track Raum makes a nod towards the early live studio performances like Zeit and Phaedra -- the melody accompanied by a chorus-like Roland Jupiter 8 part. An ambient rave Moog Minitaur sequence highlights the final peak, till the violin slowly transports the listener out. A heavy Moog bass marks the beginning and the end of this 15-minute piece.

Raum is the band's second studio album after the passing of the founder Edgar Froese in 2015. With deep respect for the sound of the previous five decades, this record continues in the ever-evolving pathway of Tangerine Dream."

The album was released both as CD and vinyl double album, the latter with a somewhat different track order. The regular LP release comes on black vinyl, but there is also an edition with orange vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies.

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	2022: Eastgate CD [a]: eastgate 092 CD; multi-coloured disc; matrix code: IFPI LZ88; digipack; no order number on disc or sleeve; barcode on back cover: 0 764460 189711 Download: complete album or individual tracks as MP3 or FLAC
UK	2021: Kscope CD [a]: KSCOPE633; multi-coloured disc; digipack 2LP [b]: KSCOPE1147; foc, printed inner sleeves, orange vinyl; limited edition of 1,000 copies; divergent order number on sticker only, labels and sleeve show order number of regular release 2LP [b]: KSCOPE1019; foc, printed inner sleeves, black vinyl