Tangerine Dream – München, Isarphilharmonie

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Tangerine Dream is an electronic music group founded by Edgar Froese in Berlin in 1967. Their breakthrough album "Phaedra", released in 1974, achieved gold status in the UK and was the band's first success with Virgin Records, the label they had signed to shortly before. The recording became a milestone in electronic music. Over the last 53 years, Tangerine Dream have released more than a hundred albums. Their early "Pink Years" albums played a decisive role in the development of Krautrock. Their "Virgin Years" albums helped define what became known as the Berlin School of electronic music. These and later albums were influential in the development of electronic dance music.

Although the group has released numerous studio and live recordings, the majority of their fans became aware of Tangerine Dream through their film music. The total of over sixty film scores include "Sorcerer" (William Friedkin), "Thief" (Michael Mann), "Risky Business", "The Keep", "Firestarter", "Legend" (Ridley Scott), "Near Dark", "Shy People" and "Miracle Mile". In 2013, Tangerine Dream composed the original music for the video game "Grand Theft Auto V" by Rockstar.

After the death of Edgar Froese in 2015, the line-up of Tangerine Dream consists of Thorsten Quaeschning (since 2005) as musical director, Hoshiko Yamane (since 2011), Ulrich Schnauss (since 2014) and Paul Frick (since June 2020). The band has since returned to a classic, sequencer-driven sound and "Quantum Gate" (2017) is their best-selling album since 1987. Most recently, Tangerine Dream played live concerts at the Dekmantel Festival Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Barbican Hall in London. Each performance ends with a live session, a real-time composition that can last between 20 minutes and two hours.

Their current studio album "Raum" was released in February 2022 and presented on their tour "From Virgin to Quantum Years". The album reached number 39 in the German album charts and number 1 in the official British dance album charts, among others. "Raum" marks the band's most successful release since the 1980s and was highly praised by the press. ("the best Tangerine Dream record in decades" - Resident Advisor)