Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri

Label:
Catalog#:
CMRCD566
Format:
CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
Country:
UK
Released:
2002
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Abstract, Experimental, Ambient

Tracklist

1   Sunrise In The Third System 4:21
2   Fly And Collision Of Comas Sola 13:23
3   Alpha Centauri 22:04
  Bonus Track
4   Ultima Thule Part 1 (Single) 3:22
    Producer - Dieter Dierks , Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser

Credits

Artwork By [Reissue Design] - Becky Stewart
Artwork By [Sleeve Design And Cover Painting] - Monique And Edgar Froese
Engineer - Dieter Dierks
Flute, Words By - Udo Dennebourg
Guitar, Bass [Gliss], Organ, Voice, Other [Coffee Machine] - Edgar Froese
Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes] - Paul Russell (3)
Mastered By - Tony*
Music By, Other [Manuscript] - Tangerine Dream
Organ, Voice, Effects [Several Echo Machines], Percussion [Iron Stick] - Steve Schroyder
Other [Project Co-ordinators] - Antony Amos , Steve Hammonds
Percussion, Flute [Lotos], Harpsichord [Pianoharp], Zither, Synthesizer - Chris Franke*
Photography - Monique Froese , Unknown
Producer, Directed By - Tangerine Dream
Synthesizer - Roland Pualyck*
Written-By - Franke* , Froese* , Schroeder*

Notes

Recorded at the Deirks Studios Stommein (Koeln).
A product of the cosmic couriers.
Ohr Music Production GmbH, 1 Berlin 30, Europa-center.

This album is dedicated to all people who feel obliged to space.

Tracks published by GEMA/Zomba Music Pub. Ltd.

Reissue design @ Hi-Hat. Project co-ordination @ Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. Mastered at Masterpiece.

All tracks ℗ 1971 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Tadream Music Productions under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. © 2002 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
An Essential Production for Castle Music, a label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Barcode: 5 050159 156627
LC 6448
Made in England

Comes in a standard jewel case with eight page booklet. Early copies also came with a cardboard slipcase.
Both written by and music by credits appear on the release. Credits in the first instance have been taken from the rear tray as they are most complete.
There are no remastering credits present on this reissue of Essential's ESMCD346 release.

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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by Soundscan Oct 06, 2008
This one became instantly one of my favorite "cosmic" records. Read the track titles and you know what you can expect: Intergalactic music for tripping away, even when you are not taking drugs.
The music is not really complicated, but the atmosphere it creates is just incredible.
"Sunrise In The Sird System" begins very slowly and maintains a steady tension with more and more strings and pulsating synth sounds. The only negative point about this track is, that it is too short.
According to the title "Fly And Collision Of Coma Sola" is divided in several parts. There's an ambient part at the beginning (the flight?) that is followed by a synthesizer transition and then the last part, containing of really moving drums (the collison?).
"Alpha Cebtauri" is even more incredible like the two other tracks, a beautiful, very long ambient track with some german voices as a climax, speaking about god, the cosmos and mankind.
This edition of the record also contains "Ultima Thule pt.1" as a bonus track. This song doesn't really fit to the other tracks, but anyway, it's a great piece of music too, and not such easy to get as other Tangerine Dream material.
It's not hard to find this record, so if you are a fan of spacey music, get it or you miss something!
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