Booster

Album Description:
Two CD set studio masterpiece from the legendary electro ambient pioneers, Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Still led by found Edgar Froese, Booster harkens back to the early soundof the classic albums Phaedra and Rubycon with touches of the group's Grammy nominated masterpiece, Canyon Dreams! The band has undergone several personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only continuous member. Drummer and composer Klaus Schulze was a member of an early lineup, but the most stable version of the group during their influential mid-1970s period was as a keyboard trio with Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann. •

Disc 1:

1. One Night in Space
2. Hyper Sphinx
3. Metaphor, Pt. 1
4. Metaphor, Pt. 2
5. Greek Mirror
6. Lady Monk
7. I Could Hear It When the Moon Collapsed on Broadway
8. Logos

Disc 2:

1. Tangram Chin Part
2. Sleeping Watches Snoring in Silence
3. Tangines on and Running
4. All Thirsty Angels Pass
5. World Away from Gagaland
6. Big Sur and the Oranges from Hieronymus Bosch
7. Ça Va -- Ça Marche -- Ça Ira Encore
8. Bells of Accra

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Booster
This is the "old" Tangerine Dream.It sounds innovative but has the core quality that TD has produced on earlier albums.Enjoyable yet familiar.
Rating: - Outstanding
I got back into TD's music because of Booster. Outstanding.
I have amassed quite a collection since.
Bought 'Summer in Nagasaki' the other day. It is one of a series of CDs and CDs in the making grouped under the title of 'The Five Atomic Seasons'. I keep playing it over and over and over and....
Other favorite albums: Rocking Mars (recorded-live 2 CD set, check out the track 'Tharsis Maneuver'); Hyperborea ('No Man's Land' is awesome. So is 'Sphinx Lightning'); Green ... Read More
Rating: - Booster Delivers some of Tangerine Dream's Best
Tangerine Dream through all of its iterations and personnel changes remains my favorite instrumental, synthesizer-based band out there.This album is no letdown -- it delivers catchy riffs, as well as, mellow tunes.Though termed a Tangerine Dream effort, Booster (2008) is a solo production by the multi-skilled Edgar Froese, and he manages to pull off the stunt exceptionally well with full-sounding, multi-instrument tracks.Hats off to Edgar Froese for continuing his pioneering efforts!

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Rating: - A rooster for the rest . . .
Touted as a return to the band's early, analog-driven improvisations, circa Phaedra and Rubycon, this 2-disc set promises a lot.Originally known for stretching the capabilities of early synthesizers, the '70s Tangerine Dream, led by keyboardist / guitarist Edgar Froese, constructed a trademark sound of free-form washes of audio smears, frantically beeping sequences, symphonic electronics, and subterranean motor rhythms.Subsequent decades found the band stuffing its catalog with blander, poppier, Yanni ... Read More
Rating: - Engaging at times... the best Tangerine Dream in ages
I should say upfront that I am a Tangerine Dream of the old days, the Virgin releases era really (1973-1983), and I lost interest in the band pretty much in the late 1980s. Couldn't stand the band's eventual drift into new age, mixes, and whatever else. But when I read about this album, I was intrigued, and so on a whim really, sound unheard, I purchased this from Amazon recently. I must add that I'm into another phase of being into electronic music from watching the excellent "Kraftwerk and the Electronic ... Read More