Soundmill Navigator - Live at the Philharmonics 1976, (Classics Edition) [Import, Live]

Tangerine Dream (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Tangerine Dream Intl
• ASIN: B00004RDSS
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,549 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Soundmill Navigator

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Welcome Addition, May 27, 2000

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soundmill Navigator - Live at the Philharmonics 1976, (Classics Edition) (Audio CD)

I agonized about buying this CD, but ultimately did and, perhaps because my expectations were limited (among others, because of the wildly varying reviews here on Amazon), I was very pleasantly surprised. This 1976 live recording fits nicely between the 1975 Ricochet live CD and the 1977 Encore live CD. The 41 min. track starts off tentatively, but gets really going about 14 min. into it, with throbbing sequencers and Mellotrons all over and a ripping Egdar Froese guitar for good measure. According to the liner notes, the entire piece was improvised as they played along, which only makes this even more intriguing and impressive. I'm trying to reconcile this with the review of this CD by Christian Turk (see his review), and in the end can only say that it sure doesn't sound like we listened to the same CD. Finally, as to some complaints that this CD is "only" 41 min. long: get over it already! Ricochet and Rubycon clock in each well under 40 min. and that doesn't bother anyone. Bottom line, I find this album to be a very welcome addition to the classic Tangerine Dream repertoire of the 73-77 era.

23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best, May 28, 2000

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Ali-John Chaudhary (Québec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soundmill Navigator - Live at the Philharmonics 1976, (Classics Edition) (Audio CD)

I found this album, like some of the previous reviewers mention, to be quite disappointing. In the cover sleeve, they put the emphasis on the fact that this was a hard album to make in and of itself, since it was recorded "live", which means that anything can and does happen. At no point do they tell you about the song or the sequences, which leads me to believe, after listening to the album, that indeed, they knew it was low on content. Do not buy this album if you want a sample of TD's original seventies music. This is not representative of their best material. Instead, may I suggest Ricochet, Force Majeure (My favorite from that period), or even some of their late seventies, early eighties material, such as Thief or Tangram. In truth, most of their seventies albums, "Virgin Years" as they are called, are quite impressive. I'll leave it to you to discover for yourself.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ambient stuff, December 6, 2003

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Francisco Salgado Cerredelo "Francisco Salgado" (Bertamirans-Ames, La Coruña Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soundmill Navigator - Live at the Philharmonics 1976, (Classics Edition) (Audio CD)

I agree with other reviewers that this is a modern overdub of a classic live recording.
That said, I think this is what TD has been doing since it's beginning. Ricochet is an excellent recording BUT is a studio overdub (with studio tracks included) of a mix taken from TD's previous European gig, and that doesn't make Ricochet a bad recording but on the contrary it's a masterwork. Other examples of TD's overedub action being, Encore, Poland, Tangents (compilation)and the 3 dream mixes.

Soundmill Navigator does not deserve to qualify as a masterwork BUT it's an enjoyable fictional performance. Forget any expectation about listening to a historical record and you'll enjoy a kind of partially invented, or fictitious, live performance, mixing 21st century dubs with 30 year old synths.
It's very spacey, ambient, if you like, so if you enjoy a more rhythmic TD this CD might disappoint you.

Francisco