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Alpha Centauri | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1971 | |||
Recorded | January 1971 | |||
Studio | Dierks Studio | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 39:48 | |||
Label | Ohr | |||
Producer | Tangerine Dream | |||
Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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Alpha Centauri is the second album by Germanelectronic music group Tangerine Dream, released in March 1971 by record label Ohr.
Content[edit]
The music on this album is quite different from Tangerine Dream’s first album Electronic Meditation, partly because of a heavier reliance on keyboards and electronic technology, although they still mostly remain in the background: the dominant instruments on the album are organ and flute. The other difference is that this album focuses on dark, spacey soundscapes as opposed to jam sessions.[citation needed] The shift in instrumentation resulted in an atmosphere dubbed by Edgar Froese himself as 'kosmische musik'.[citation needed]Julian Cope's Head Heritage wrote that the album 'used the space rock template from[Pink Floyd's] [A] Saucerful of Secrets (and removed the rock)'.[3]
A nowadays extremely rare single 'Ultima Thule' was released in the same year. Side 1 employs the same guitar riff as 'Fly and Collision of Comas Sola', but the single was at the time otherwise an unconnected release. Re-releases of Alpha Centauri in the 2000s have however included either or both parts of Ultima Thule as bonus tracks.
Release[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Head Heritage | positive[4] |
Pitchfork | 7.8/10[1] |
Alpha Centauri was released on March 1971 by record label Ohr. It sold 20,000 copies in their native Germany, nearly four times as many as their later classic Phaedra.[citation needed]
Track listing[edit]
![Alpha Alpha](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125863409/587291953.jpg)
Side A | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Sunrise in the Third System' | 4:21 |
2. | 'Fly and Collision of Comas Sola' | 13:23 |
Side B | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Alpha Centauri' | 22:04 |
Reissue bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
4. | 'Oszillator Planet Concert' (Sanctuary/Castle (2002), Arcàngelo (2004), Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 8:03 |
5. | 'Ultima Thule, Part One (2000 remix)' (Arcàngelo (2004), Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 3:24 |
6. | 'Ultima Thule, Part Two' (Reactive/Esoteric (2011)) | 4:24 |
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Personnel[edit]
- Edgar Froese – guitar, organ, bass, composer
- Christopher Franke – drums, percussion, flute, zither, piano, VCS3
- Steve Schroyder – organ, voice, echo machines, iron stick
- Udo Dennebourg – flute, voice
- Roland Paulyck – synthesizer
References[edit]
- ^ abLeone, Dominique (6 February 2003). 'Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation/Alpha Centauri'. Pitchfork.
- ^ abBreece, Michael G.. Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri at AllMusic
- ^'Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Reviews | Tangerine Dream – Atem'. 9 March 2012.
- ^'Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Reviews | Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri'. 5 February 2005.
External links[edit]
- Alpha Centauri at Discogs (list of releases)
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