Album
Zeit
1972 · Electronic
16 collectors on Gatefold own this
Zeit is an Electronic album by Tangerine Dream, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 73 pressings tracked, owned by 16 collectors.
About
Tangerine Dream’s third album, 1972’s <i>Zeit</i>, is a landmark of dark ambient music, spinning the krautrock impulses of their first two LPs into ominous abstraction. In “Birth of Liquid Plejades,” quivering strings set the somber mood before celestial organs and spectral wails soar skyward; “Nebulous Dawn” deploys blackened drones and gurgling sound effects to suggest noxious alien atmospheres. The closing “Zeit” might be the spookiest of them all, as eerie wails float sorrowfully against a backdrop of pure, shimmering dissonance.
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Tracklist
- 1Birth of Liquid Plejades19:57
- 2Nebulous Dawn17:55
- 2.1Origin of Supernatural Probabilities19:36
- 2.2Zeit17:01
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- cavernous
- meditative
- spacey
Several details listed on the sleeve notes of this album are inaccurate. According to an article by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, in Flash, No.11. Page 9. In German - it is stated that the sessions at Dierks Studio happened over two weeks in January 1972, largely by a quartet version of the group and with Florian Fricke involved in all the recordings except for 'Nebulous Dawn'. The album was mixed two weeks later after recording finished. An Ohr newsletter and Rock In Deutschland (Taurus Press) both give the release date as May 1972.
The title track is abridged on all individual CD editions of the album. Most versions are missing the first 35 seconds of the piece, whereas the 1980s Jive/Electro edition which has the full intro, but fades out approximately 3 minutes before the end. The first complete CD version is the master tape edition included in the Esoteric Recordings The Pink Years Albums 1970-1973 (UK 2018) (opens in a new tab) set.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Christian VallbrachtCELLO CELLO, GUEST GUEST, CELLO
- Christopher FrankeBAND , SYNTHESIZER , CYMBAL, KEYBOARDS COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER CYMBAL , SYNTHESIZER
- Edgar FroeseARTWORK , COMPOSED BY, GUITAR , SYNTHESIZER BAND , GUITAR , ELECTRONICS DESIGN , ARTWORK , COMPOSED BY, GUITAR , AUDIO GENERATOR
- Florian FrickeGUEST, SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER, GUEST
- Hans Joachim BrüneCELLO CELLO, GUEST GUEST, CELLO
- Joachim von GrumbkowCELLO CELLO, GUEST GUEST, CELLO
- Johannes LückeCELLO CELLO, GUEST GUEST, CELLO
- Peter BaumannBAND , SYNTHESIZER , ORGAN, VIBRAPHONE COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER
- Steve SchroyderGUEST, ORGAN ORGAN ORGAN, GUEST
16 collectors on Gatefold own this · 73 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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