- The pioneering German collective Tangerine Dream has been delivering their distinctive style of ambient music for nearly three decades, laying down a foundation of sound textures and sonic imagery that has influenced many of today's electronic musicians. Founded in 1967 by fine art aficinado Edgar Froese the group released their first album, "Electronic Meditation" in 1970, and, through many different line-ups in proceeding years, delivered a unique brand of space-rock, making use of electronic instruments like synths and Mellotron, along traditional instruments like rock guitar and blues harmonica. Their work on William Friedkin's Sorcerer (1977) was the beginning of many film projects that the group would undertake throughout the 1980s, including Thief (1981) and The Keep (1983), both directed by Michael Mann, Legend (1985) by Ridley Scott, Near Dark (1987) by Kathryn Bigelow and the boxoffice hit Risky Business (1983) with Tom Cruise. Throughout the 1990s, the group has been as active as ever, releasing as many as five albums a year, including remastered versions of early material.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Dazzling stage shows
- Long-sequenced synth rhythms overlayed by various guitar, flute and organ lines
- Mysterious album titles and covers
- Lengthy tracks
- Before becoming an experimental electronic group in Berlin of 1969, they were first a Beatles-inspired rock band.
- Founder Edgar Froese was formerly a sculptor and protégé of Salvador Dali.
- The model for the ads of their 1975 album "Rubycon" (Virgin Records) is Bebe Buell.
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