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Friday, May 11, 2007
Old Dutch Masters
TANGERINE DREAM
By JAN LIBBENGA
As spectator of a concert of the German band Tangerine Dream one is very curious who will be visiting such a special, nevertheless everyday, event.
Are the visitors electronic music maniacs? Just curious people or only fans of TD?
In any case the people visiting the concert of TD in the “Amsterdamse Rai-congrescentrum” on the 11th of february are not the usual rockmusic public.
For that, the three German man produce unusual music, which needs some concentration to listen to.
Dancing, slaps, shouts or sing, calling for favoriete music, crush barriers or ordinance people, none of all was present.
However, people around me made bad jokes and tasteless remarks about the complex towering, blinking lights, Moog synthesisers and connected electronic equipment shining in pale-blue light established on stage.
It was the very first gig of Tangerine Dream in the Netherlands. In contrast to the United Kingdom, where the band is very popular, the Dutch people have to get used to the mysterious music of the German sound factory.
This kind of music, also called “cosmic” music, is getting more fascination at the Dutch audience, as can seen by the unexpected success of the no less than half year old album “Time Wind” by Klaus Schulze.
Without promoting this album it was possible for it to reach the Dutch LP (Album) Top20.
A concert of the trio starts with tuning the instruments.
This happens with headsets on, so the public can watch the tuning for more than half a minute in deathly silence.
Finally, very softly swelling, the first sounds become audible.
Entirely left Edgar Froese with VCS3, mellotron, Arp-synthesizer, guitar and playing piano.
In the middle Christopher Franke with an incredibly big Moog-synthesizer while on the right Peter Baumann can be seen between a bunch of keyboards, buttons and switches.
Tangerine Dream is at least one of the only bands playing with their backs to the audience.
OOR/1976
Labels: 1976, dutch review, live, oor
posted by 24_frames at 4:57 PM
translation : Peter de Blécourt PB2RDF
