General Music Discussions - RIP Edgar Froese

RIP Edgar Froese

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Topic: RIP Edgar Froese

Posted By: idlero
Subject: RIP Edgar Froese
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2015 at 4:45am

Mr Tangerine Dream has changed his cosmic address

"On January 20th, Tuesday afternoon, Edgar Froese suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from the effects of a pulmonary embolism in Vienna"

Great loss for the Electronic Music

I discovered Tangerine Dreams almost 40 years ago and they still are one of my favourite bands

RIP

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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns

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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2015 at 4:53am

Yeh, early Tangerine Dream albums and Edgar Froese solo works as well were golden fund of European and world advanced electronic music

Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2015 at 4:50pm

So sad to read. I know he was up there in age but I didn't expect it.

RIP

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Hit it on Five.

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Stab them in the ears.

Posted By: Moshkiae
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2025 at 8:14pm

Hi,

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.