Quinoa [Original recording remastered, Import]

Tangerine Dream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Tangerine Dream Intl
• ASIN: B00000B95S
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Voxel Ux

2. Quinoa

3. Lhasa

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue/ the first official release ofthis highly sought after recording. Features new cover art,the rare 'Voxel Ux' and two other tracks. Three trackstotal. 1998 TDI Music release.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting collection of curiosities, December 10, 2000

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Steve Benner "Stonegnome" (Lancaster, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quinoa (Audio CD)

Tangerine Dream's original "Quinoa" album was a special limited edition pressing, produced exclusively for former members of the Tangerine Dream International Fan Club upon the demise of that organisation in 1992. This 1998 general re-release of the album is usually referred to as "Quinoa Extended" because it adds another 20-odd minutes of previously unavailable material to the original 28.

The opening `Voxel Ux' was originally composed for a Tangerine Dream web-site competition in 1996. (The competition involved finding other competitors with fragments of the work and then co-operating to re-assemble it. The details of how the competition was finally won make fascinating reading on Tangerine Dream's official web-site!) The work is a lively and engaging piece of some 8 minutes duration.

The closing track, `Lhasa', is a more drawn-out and contemplative affair. Consisting mostly of long, sustained organ-like chords, this work is suggestive at first of some very early Tangerine Dream works (and later of some of the quieter moments of "Miracle Mile"). It is, in fact, an early version of a track from the album "The Seven Letters from Tibet" now re-titled `The Long Distance Blue' (or possibly `The Blue Pearl' - the tracks of that album are given two sets of names on its sleeve). The version presented here is shorter but sits well on the disc, and provides material for both of the other tracks.

`Quinoa' remains the principal item on this CD, though. As well as sharing ideas with both of the other two tracks here, it at times harks back to the band's earlier successes, whilst also providing some tantalising glimpses of the way the father and son team were to head later. In short, it provides an excellent summary of the status of the band in 1992. The track is full of variety and imaginative playing and it is hard to see how any Tangerine Dream fan, old or new, could find anything to dislike here.

Even in its extended form, though, "Quinoa" has a far from generous total timing (and with 11 minutes-worth of the music being subsequently released elsewhere). Its contents are nevertheless entirely satisfying and should appeal to more than just the established TD addict. It is certainly well worth a listen.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quinoa-essentially Terrific!, April 27, 2003

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Fishin & Grinnin (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quinoa (Audio CD)

Being the owner of 28 TD dics, I have to say this is my favorite. It compiles all that I've enjoyed about the old TD, with their spacial, eerie, made-for-headphones sounds, with some of the more melodic and rhythmic modifications made in later years. The opening track, "Voxel Ux" has surely got to be my favorite TD piece. It opens with a beautifully lyrical set, which builds into a musical tension, finally released with a carry-me-home melody driven by very good drumming, reminiscent of some of Phil Collins work with the now defunct "Brand X".

The title track, "Quinoa" is a series of synthetic sounds carried along in places by a somewhat repetitive percussion backing. Yet, when listened to eyes closed, one gets the sense that a journey is in progress, with a dreamy destination arrived at and deliciously sculpted from the 20th minute onward.

The final track "Lhasa" is without strong rhythym, and becomes a gentle set-down from the periodic energy of the previous two. Far from being meaningless meanderings, "Lhasa" is lovely in texture, exotic in depth, and is a place to allow ones imagination to wander carelessly.

This is an incredibly good disc, and the more so because of the absence of screeching electric guitars, which I personally find to be distasteful because of their aggressive interventions in some of TD's otherwise great work throughout the 80's.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Vanilla Ice Cream: Simple, but Delicious!, April 10, 2001

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M. D. MCGINLEY "Chief Highliner" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quinoa (Audio CD)

"Quinoa" from Tangerine Dream has one of the most attractive covers I've seen, but I purchased the album simply because it WAS Tangerine Dream. Completely different in style and rhythm of earlier Franke and Froese music, this album definitely shows their progression. Containing only three tracks, they blend together to nearly form a continuous, musical piece, tranquil and upbeat. If you like any kind of ambient music, not harsh or "dark," then "Quinoa" will make an excellent addition to your CD collection. Recommended for daytime listening.