Booster

Tangerine Dream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0016GLZUG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A new 2 CD studio masterpiece from the legendary electro ambient pioneers, Tangerine Dream!

Still led by found Edgar Froese, Booster harkens back to the early sound of the classic albums Phaedra and Rubycon with touches of the group s Grammy nominated masterpiece, Canyon Dreams!

With an astounding collection of vintage gear - from sequencers to synthesizers, keyboards and more - Tangerine Dream continue to make some of the most beautiful and compelling electronic music today. Booster, the band s latest effort, harkens back to the early sound of the classic albums Phaedra and Rubycon with touches of the group s Grammy nominated masterpiece, Canyon Dreams. Still led by founder Edgar Froese, TD s Booster is the perfect vaccine against the ho hum boredom of average electronic music, blending heady ambiance and gorgeous melodies into an organic symphony of life. Enjoy! --Official Press Release

Product Description

DISC 1
1. One Night In Space
2. Hyper Sphinx
3. Metaphor Part One
4. Metaphor Part Two
5. The Greek Mirror
6. Lady Monk
7. I Could Hear It When The Moon Collapsed On Broadway
8. Logos

DISC 2
1. Tangram Chin Part
2. Sleeping Watches Snoring In Silence
3. Tangines On And Running
4. All Thirsty Angels Pass
5. World Away From Gagaland
6. Big Sur And The Oranges From Hieronymus Bosch
7. Ça Va - Ça Marche - Ça Iran Encore
8. Bells Of Accra

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging at times... the best Tangerine Dream in ages, February 2, 2009

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Booster (Audio CD)

I should say upfront that I am a Tangerine Dream of the old days, the Virgin releases era really (1973-1983), and I lost interest in the band pretty much in the late 1980s. Couldn't stand the band's eventual drift into new age, mixes, and whatever else. But when I read about this album, I was intrigued, and so on a whim really, sound unheard, I purchased this from Amazon recently. I must add that I'm into another phase of being into electronic music from watching the excellent "Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution" DVD, which explores the German music scene in the 70s, including of course Kraftwerk, but also Klaus Schulze, Cluster, Harmonia, and Tangerine Dream, among others.

"Booster" (2 CDs, 16 tracks, 114 min.) is a curious mix. I was immediately skeptical when I read the liner notes, which tell us "Some titles have been exclusively compiled 2007 from various Tangerine Dream releases", and then that only a couple of tracks (3 in fact) are unreleased. After a tentative opener "One Night In Space" though, I am very charmed by the 14+ min. "Hyper Sphinx", which reminds me of latter 80s Tangerine Dream, nicely done. The re-recording of classic tracks "Logos" and "Tangram" are worthless, as they only want to make you want to listen to the original tracks. But there are several other highlights, none better than the 14+ min set closer "Bells of Acra", which I really like.

It is surely not a coincidence that I liked the 2 longest tracks on here by far. That said, this is not the return of the Tangerine Dream of old, but it surely is the best new music I've heard from Edgar Froese in, well, forever. Is it 'essential' to have? no, but it's decent enough.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A rooster for the rest . . ., February 11, 2009

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John W. Dunner "Jay Dunner" (Atco, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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Touted as a return to the band's early, analog-driven improvisations, circa Phaedra and Rubycon, this 2-disc set promises a lot. Originally known for stretching the capabilities of early synthesizers, the '70s Tangerine Dream, led by keyboardist / guitarist Edgar Froese, constructed a trademark sound of free-form washes of audio smears, frantically beeping sequences, symphonic electronics, and subterranean motor rhythms. Subsequent decades found the band stuffing its catalog with blander, poppier, Yanni baloney. So does Booster really redeem the band? Maybe. Several tracks, such as the Floydish "The Greek Mirror" or the 14-minute episodic "Hyper Sphinx," do recall the throbbing oscillations that made Phaedra a theme song, to this day, of WXPN's long-running space-music show Stars' End. But several tracks trip over their drum machine laces and major-key feet, falling into sun-drenched flowerbeds rather than an orbit around the dark side of Neptune. Phaedra *****, Rubycon ****, and Ricochet **** remain the untouched trio of Dream classics, supplemented by Froese's first two solo discs, Aqua **** and the rare Epsilon in Malaysian Pale *****. Booster is a rooster for the rest.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Booster, October 12, 2008

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Paul M. Gaerisch (Howard Beach, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews
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I've been a fan of TD since thier early days (Zeit, Rubycon) and this is the first time I have seen TD go back to thier early style as well as have some of the newer style of music. I still prefer their long pieces like Tangram and Pheadra, but this is a good mix of their music and its all new.