Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (CD 1995)

I found this on tape at my Uncle's house. I liked it so much that he let me keep it. Like other pioneers Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre, they used early electronic instruments to create haunting and beautiful music. The galloping beats in the first and last pieces sounds like proto Rave music! However, this seems to be more suited for listening than dancing. I think that track 2 was used in the Sci fi movie "Rollerball", when James Caan's charactar leaves his wife. This melody is achingly poignant and sad and helps to create real emotion throughout the film and this is my favourite track. There is a tension between interesting sounds and soaring melodies. I also enjoyed the last track, the beat seems like a galloping horse but the song has a mediaeval feel. The melodies are less repetitive than those of Jarre and I think present more musical variety, but the sounds are similar. Did they use similar synths? Jarre is good at putting on spectacular shows and is probably more well known. This music combines the haunting quality of Vangelis, the powerful tribal beats of Hawkwind and the innovative sounds of the BBC Radiophonic workshop. I also have a compilation CD but many of the later 80s tracks were boring, sounding like theme music for the News or lift music and perhaps their earlier creativity had been lost. There are many other Tangerinte Dream CDs, but I have only got Exit and I don't this this is anything like as good as Stratosfear.