Even without the deceased founder, Tangerine Dream gives a warm music massage ★★★☆☆

When Edgar Froese, the founder of the German krautrock band Tangerine Dream, passed away in 2015, the later band members decided to continue his work. That was also possible, because the synthesizer genius had left tape recordings and computers full of arrangements, in the old music software Cubase. Tangerine Dream, founded in 1967, survived thanks to the efforts of violinist Hoshiko Yamane and producers Thorsten Quaeschning and Paul Frick, and their will to make something tangible of Froese’s legacy.

The ghost of Froese really haunts the record raumin the soothingly pulsating synths and the fluffy beeping arpeggios of the song, for example Along the Canal† The pieces have a somewhat museum-like feel, but are a nice music massage for lovers of classical synthesizer work. The warm and emotional melodies of the fifteen-minute title track sweep the listener away, especially in the ever-changing color In 256 Zeichen With the help of the band – and of course the venerable Froese – you zoom through a universe of electronic beauty.