Electronic Meditation

1970 LP album cover

Studio album by Tangerine Dream

Released

June 1970

Recorded

October 1969

Genre

Experimental, krautrock, ambient, psychedelic rock

Length

36:37

Label

Ohr

Producer

Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream chronology

Electronic Meditation
(1970)

Alpha Centauri
(1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)^[2]

Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.

Recording and history

The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.^[3] Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock; or as Sound on Sound magazine described it, "free electronic rock".^[3] Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums, and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds such as broken glass, burning parchment, and dried peas being shaken in a sieve. The backwards vocals at the end of side two are of Edgar Froese reading from the back of a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover; the 2004 Japan CD release is a copy of the original LP cover and includes the balloon.^[4]

Electronic Meditation is the only Tangerine Dream album to feature the line-up of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler. The 2002 CD reissue on Sanctuary Records revealed that there were two previously uncredited musicians: organist Jimmy Jackson and flautist Thomas Keyserling.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Genesis"	5:57
2.	"Journey Through a Burning Brain"	12:26
3.	"Cold Smoke"	10:38
4.	"Ashes to Ashes"	4:06
5.	"Resurrection"	3:27

Personnel

Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes
Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, addiator
Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks
Jimmy Jackson – organ (uncredited)
Thomas Keyserling – flute (uncredited)

References

↑ Brenholts, Jim. Electronic Meditation - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
↑ Dominique Leone, Leone (6 February 2003). "Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation/Alpha Centauri". Pitchfork.
1 2 "Tangerine Dream: Their Changing Use Of Technology Part 1: 1967–1977". Sound on Sound. December 1994.
1 2 Berling, Michael (3 August 2014). "Electronic Meditation". Voices in the Net.

Tangerine Dream

Thorsten Quaeschning Hoshiko Yamane Ulrich Schnauss Edgar Froese Lanse Hapshash Kurt Herkenberg Volker Hombach Charlie Prince Steve Jolliffe Klaus Schulze Conrad Schnitzler Christopher Franke Steve Schroyder Peter Baumann Michael Hoenig Klaus Krüger Johannes Schmoelling Paul Haslinger Ralf Wadephul Jerome Froese Linda Spa Iris Camaa Bernhard Beibl

Live and studio albums	Electronic Meditation Alpha Centauri Zeit Atem Phaedra Rubycon Ricochet Stratosfear Encore Cyclone Force Majeure Quichotte Tangram Exit White Eagle Logos Live Hyperborea Poland Le Parc Green Desert Underwater Sunlight Tyger Livemiles Optical Race Lily on the Beach Melrose Rockoon Quinoa 220 Volt Live Turn of the Tides Tyranny of Beauty The Dream Mixes Goblins' Club Tournado TimeSquare – Dream Mixes II Ambient Monkeys Dream Encores Valentine Wheels Sohoman Mars Polaris Soundmill Navigator Antique Dreams The Seven Letters from Tibet The Past Hundred Moons Inferno The Melrose Years The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 DM 4 Rockface The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 2 Purgatorio Aachen–January 21st 1981 Montreal–April 9th 1977 Paris–February 2nd 1981 Sydney–February 22nd 1982 Ottawa–June 20th 1986 East Arizona Live Cleveland–June 24th 1986 Brighton–March 25th 1986 Kyoto Jeanne d'Arc Rocking Mars Phaedra 2005 Blue Dawn Paradiso Springtime In Nagasaki Madcap's Flaming Duty Summer In Nagasaki One Times One Detroit–March 31st 1977 Preston- November 5th 1980 Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream Purple Diluvial Views from a Red Train The Anthology Decades Tangram 2008 Hyperborea 2008 Autumn in Hiroshima Flame Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part I Live @ Dussmann Berlin Winter in Hiroshima DM V Zeitgeist Concert Under Cover – Chapter One The Endless Season The Island of the Fay The Angel of the West Window The Gate of Saturn Finnegans Wake Knights of Asheville Live at Admiralspalast Berlin Cruise to Destiny Starmus — Sonic Universe Lost in Strings — Volume I Franz Kafka — The Castle Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part II Sorcerer 2014 Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 Supernormal

Soundtracks	Sorcerer Thief Das Mädchen auf der Treppe Risky Business Wavelength Firestarter Flashpoint Heartbreakers Legend Three O'Clock High Near Dark Shy People Miracle Mile Destination Berlin Dead Solid Perfect Canyon Dreams The Park Is Mine L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside) Deadly Care Rumpelstiltskin Catch Me If You Can The Keep Zoning Oasis Der Meteor The Hollywood Years Vol. 1 The Hollywood Years Vol. 2 Transsiberia What a Blast Great Wall of China Mota Atma L'Inferno The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: Volume 2 The Score The Cinematographic Score: GTA5

Singles	Dreamtime

Videos	Canyon Dreams Three Phase Oasis The Video Dream Mixes Live In America 1992 Inferno Dante's Inferno Live at the Tempodrome Berlin Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 35th Phaedra Anniversary Concert Madcap's Flaming Duty London Astoria Club Concert 2007 Orange Odyssey One Night In Space The Epsilon Journey Loreley The London Eye Concert Rocking Out the Bats Izu Live In Lisbon Live in Budapest

Works	Discography Filmography Tangerine Tree Bootleg recordings

Klaus Schulze

Albums	Irrlicht (1972) Cyborg (1973) Blackdance (1974) Picture Music (1975) Timewind (1975) Moondawn (1976) Body Love (1977) Mirage (1977) Body Love Vol. 2 (1977) X (1978) Dune (1979) Live (1980) Dig It (1980) Trancefer (1981) Audentity (1983) Dziękuję Poland Live (1983) Angst (1984) InterFace* (1985) Dreams (1986) En=Trance (1988) Miditerranean Pads (1990) The Dresden Performance (1990) Beyond Recall (1991) Royal Festival Hall Vol. 1 (1992) Royal Festival Hall Vol. 2 (1992) The Dome Event (1993) Le Moulin de Daudet (1994) Goes Classic (1994) Totentag (1994) Das Wagner Desaster Live (1994) In Blue (1995) Are You Sequenced? (1996) Dosburg Online (1997) Live @ KlangArt (2001) Moonlake (2005) Kontinuum (2007) Farscape (2008) Rheingold (2008) Dziękuję bardzo (2009) Big in Japan (2010) Shadowlands (2013) Big in Europe (2013–15) Stars Are Burning (2014) Silhouettes (2015)

Richard Wahnfried albums	Time Actor (1979) Tonwelle (1981) Megatone (1984) Miditation (1986) Trancelation (1994) Trance Appeal (1996) Drums 'n' Balls (The Gancha Dub) (1997)

Boxed sets	Silver Edition (1993) Historic Edition (1995) Jubilee Edition (1997) The Ultimate Edition (2000) Contemporary Works I (2000) Contemporary Works II (2002) La Vie Electronique (2009–15)

Collaborations	Electronic Meditation (1970) Ash Ra Tempel (1971) Tarot (1973) Join Inn (1973) Lord Krishna von Goloka (1973) The Cosmic Jokers (1974) Planeten Sit-In (1974) Galactic Supermarket (1974) Sci Fi Party (1974) Gilles Zeitschiff (1974) Planet of Man (1974) Go (1976) Go Live from Paris (1976) Go Too (1977) French Skyline (1984) Aphrica (1984) Drive Inn (1984) Transfer Station Blue (1984) Babel (1987) Friendship (2000) Gin Rosé at the Royal Festival Hall (2000) Come Quietly (2009) The Schulze–Schickert Session (2013)

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