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Neptunes

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Sensational stuff from Jerome and light years ahead of anything T Dream itself is capable of producing these days. If tracks that come from nowhere, do nothing and go nowhere are your thing, stick to T Dream and Edgar's current releases. If you like the opposite and the Dream Mixes groove of electronics, guitars and upbeat tracks then Neptunes is an absolute must. It might sound a bit new agey in places at first, but stick with it and after a few plays you'll be hooked. Track 10 - Murder Mystery Dinner Train - is probably the highlight.

I highly concur with the reviewers below: this album is a breath of fresh air, and -- as trite as this sounds -- delicious. It's impossible to not compare, and although I would say it's more reminiscent of newer TD than older, its personal identity is what really stands out.

If you've been disappointed with TD's output over the last decade, you can't go wrong by giving this album a listen. It's very nice, dreamy stuff by someone with a fresh, unjaded perspective.

Well done, Jerome; please stick around, I'm really looking forward to the next album.

Energetic guitarwork over spacey electronic soundscapes make this the best Tangerine Dream release not by Tangerine Dream!Son of Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese the first solo project by Jerome Froese is far better than his father's solo projects.With the exception of the great musical pieces on Tangerine Dream's new Jean D'Arc the instrumental pieces on this album outshine most recent Tangerine Dream releases!Back in the mainstream Gwen Stefani had huge success when she made her solo album without her group No Doubt.Jerome Froese achieves that same level of success here.If you're a Tangerine Dream fan the solo releases of Edgar Froese aren't really essential.Neptunes however is essential to all Tangerine Dream fans.

This album took a few months to track down on CD but the wait was worth it. I echo the sentiments of the other reviewers here in that this album by Jerome far surpasses in quality and originality any recent Tangerine Dream releases.

The album is composed of 12 impressive sonic soundscapes (though the last hardly counts as only 40 seconds long). All the tracks have a freshness and lush atmosphere that is quite appealing. its one of those albums that you listen to in entirety rather than selecting a few tracks.

With this 2005 début solo album, "Neptunes", 35-year old Jerome Froese has finally severed the reins and moved away from the familial music-making of Tangerine Dream to strike out on his own. And a very impressive affair it is, too, boding well for the future of his "Guitartronica" project -- blending guitar and MIDI synthesisers and sequencers -- of which this is the first release. Although there remain traces of his TD up-bringing, particularly in the use of wordless female vocal samples and the occasional orchestral string wash, the music here offers both a heavier base and wider range of styles, textures and moods than has been evident in the output of his father's band for a good many years. Jerome's guitar-playing is more versatile and more assured, and his sense of beat finitely more secure than those of Edgar; these combine to make this a very mature album indeed.

The whole production (78 minutes spread over 12 tracks) is heavily guitar- and drum-focused and very readily drops into a dance beat but is nevertheless rich and varied in texture and also offers a pleasing shift of mood and in atmosphere as it progresses. It provides many rewards for those who prefer to listen to their music rather than simply to feel (or to move to) it and this album should appeal both to a modern audience as well as to an older generation still bemoaning the disappearance of the 1980s' Tangerine Dream sound world.

Highly recommended to anyone looking for something new. (And if you're looking for more like this, try the 2007 follow-up album, "Shiver Me Timbers".)

I'm very happy to have in my hands one of the best CD's of this new Millennium.

Back in 2005 when I heard Jerome was going to release his first solo I said: "I don't know. Lets wait and see...". I WAS WRONG.

When I got my "Neptunes" CD nobody was at home that day. So, I took a time to relax, drink my orange juice with some drops of bitter almond extract and put my sound system to perform without blowing out any window.

Track one. What a beautiful tack!. The best introduction for a great CD.

Track two. Great!.

Track three. Fantastic!.

Track four. Ok, it blown-out my senses. "This track worth the whole CD", I said. But wait, there are more, a lot more.

Almost 80 minutes of exquisite music. Tacks 8 and 10 are as good as tracks 4 and 1.

"Neptunes" reminds me the same feelings I had when I listened "Underwater Sunlight" for the first time back in 1986.

"Neptunes" music is something like "Mars Polaris" mixed with "DM4" and "DM2: Timesquare".

Yes, it is that good.

Hats off to Jerome Froese.

Eduardo Nava. Mexico City.

I had been waiting for this cd to make it to the US,if you haven't ordered it. YOU ARE MISSING OUT! INCREDIBILE WORK, EVERY PIECE IS MAGIC! and this is Jerome's first.....we are very lucky.