Tangerine Dream

Marc M · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject:

I bought Macula Transfer in 87, I think. I was 21 at the time... I had already bought most of the Edgar Froese soo CD's and TD stuff in 85
I had mixed feeling about it but my interest developped later. I think the track I loved the most was "quantas 611". Very special, original sounds and a fairly weird atmosphere.. I wouldn't say this track is relaxed, yet. Certainly not.
I wonder if everything is done with the mellotron on it ?

"if810" was quite different, I think it kind of leads towards some of the music on "Stuntman" already...
One really weird track is "af765", which is maybe too stretched out... I say "weird" because we hear Edgar's voice on it, don't we ?! Quite exceptional. I cannot understand what he says but he speaks, doesn't he ?

I loved the mellotron textures, and especially Edgar's work on the mellotron.... I have always been sorry he didn't pursue his use of the instrument (which I think is weird as lately, he uses a ton of textures previously heard on the TD albums from the early 80's, for instance).

I liked the feeling of those recordings, there was a sense of mystery in what Edgar was composing... "Space rock" ? "Cosmic music" ? I don't know. Maybe I was inspired to think this by certain musics in science-fictions movies of the late 60's/early 70's or just older ones that had some electronic music in them - like "Forbidden planet".
Anyway "Macula Transfer" is maybe not enough focused, but I do like the album, anyway...
As I said, I bought Macula Transfer as a second-hand LP an dquite late, in 1987, (I couldn't find it in another way, anyway) so the sound has never been top notch (quite a bit of scratching) but well, OK. I never bought the CD version.... I thought an offical CD release didn't exist until I read about it in this forum !
I haven't heard the new reworked version... I am quite afraid by those reworked versions... Sometimes, I didn't like too much what Edgar did with some of the older TD material.. well, it depends...
Ooops, long post again, sorry. Embarassed

sparrow · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 5308 Location: Scotland

Marc your posts are spot on and a joy to read mate.. Very Happy

Marc M · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:58 pm Post subject:

rigel · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 47

I had much the same experience as you with "Macula Transfer." Bought it on vinyl in 1988 and enjoyed much of it, though very strange in places. Quite experimental and I agree about the atmosphere and mystery of the early Froese solo material. Echoes really of Rubycon and Sorcerer. "Macula Transfer" on CD is something I missed, as I didn't know of its existence until after it was corrected, and have no interest in a re-recorded version.

rigel · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 47

Er, some of my text has been auto-altered. "Corrected" wasn't the word I used. Is "discontinued" acceptable?

Marc M · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject:

homeless · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:40 am Post subject:

I bought the original MT outta 23rd Precinct (Bath Street)
in the grey old days.

During my first listen to "il810" , I saw an Interflug Ilyushin IL-62

Really spoooky!

A damn fine piece or work.

homeless

Seeker_UK · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 154 Location: Wellingborough, UK

It's a great album, like all Edgar's solo releases but it took the re-release to really make it something special.
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24db · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 19635

it was better than most of the EM at the time, and almost 30 years later it's still better than most of the EM around...go figure!
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