RIP Edgar Froese

Several years later, one thing has become clear ... the current lineup folks at TD are not capable of sustaining the Edgar Froese image and view of things. The music since he passed, has become mechanical, and it is no longer what I like to call "movie music", which his work always was able to add a visual to your imagination. This is a talent that is based on one's inner side and develops much like a novel would, or a painting would ... and the current members, are not exactly the "artists", though in their latest album (RAUM) it was better ... but the material that floats and flies like Edgar did is not released on CD, though they ar ein the toob ... the long stuff that has hours and time listed only and the visuals, while they seem to be very generic, are actual a good fit for a lot of this stuff ... some might not like it as it is not song oriented at all, and being free form, it tends to simply follow the moments that it creates along the way, which makes the music far more interesting.

I don't know that it can improve ... but at the very least they still enjoy a really good following in Europe ... though I wish their own material on the albums, was more interesting, instead of being too mechanical for my tastes.

It goes to show how we miss the great artists in time ... you can't copy them or continue with anything that is more them than not. And that's when you know that you enjoyed one of the special folks in our own lifetime.