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Ulrich Schnauss is a busy guy. Not only has he released an excellent album already this year with fellow synth aficionado and Causa Sui guitarist Jonas Munk called Passage, but he’s also readying a new Tangerine Dream album called Quantum Gate, which marks the final concepts of TD founder Edgar Froese(who passed away in early 2015) and a new beginning for the Berlin School masters. You’d think that would be plenty for the year, but Schnauss seems constantly abuzz with ideas and creativity. He’s teamed up with Tangerine Dream band mate Thorsten Quaeschning and the two have made an album filled with analog synth heaven called Synthwaves. It’s a testament to the golden age of analog sounds and hazy oscillation that komische music gave us in both the pre-Watergate and post-end of the dream decade known as the 70s. It’s also a bit of a tribute to the mentor both Schnauss and Quaeschning had in Froese. The record is a heady sonic trip into the past, while keeping eyes firmly pointed to the future.
“Main Theme” feels like a proper announcement to the world of Synthwaves. It blankets you in a warm sea of analog waves and melodic, early 80s pop hooks. This track could have easily soundtracked a lost Michael Mann film. It’s the ki
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The legendary German electronic band, Tangerine Dream, is on its way to Montreal! With more than half a century of history, around 100 published albums, and a penchant for improvisation, Tangerine Dream’s shows are wildly unpredictable and invigorating.
PAN M 360: I’m sure you’ve been asked this a million times over, but where did the name Tangerine Dream come from?
Thorsten Quaeschning (band leader, keyboards, guitar, drums): There are a couple of different answers and we’re not sure which one is right for today because there is no right one. Maybe it’s a Dali painting. It sounds like something from a Beatles song. It’s a sort of weed or grass. Or it’s just a good name. I’m feeling number three today.
Paul Frick (keyboards): One anecdote that’s unconfirmed and maybe not true is that the founding members misunderstood lyrics from Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.
PAN M 360: It’s good to have a little mystery around the band. It makes things interesting. Further to that, you’ve been around for a long time – you’re nearing your 56th year soon – but all the founding members have been gone since Edgar Froese passed away in 2015. How would you say that you’re all keeping the spirit of the band alive?
Thorsten Quaeschning: Most of the found
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Interview: Tangerine Dream
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