Tangerine Dream

The pioneers of electronic music are back on tour in Germany in spring 2025. Their latest album, Raum, is one of the band’s most successful releases.
The pioneers of electronic music are back on tour in Germany in spring 2025. Their latest album, Raum, is one of the band’s most successful releases.
Electronic music group Tangerine Dream was founded by Edgar Froese in Berlin in 1967. Their groundbreaking album Phaedra, released in 1974, became a milestone in electronic music. Over the intervening 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, while their “virgin years” albums helped to define what became known as the Berlin School of electronic music. These and later albums had a major influence on the development of electronic dance music.
Following Edgar Froese’s death in 2015, Tangerine Dream’s line-up now consists of Thorsten Quaeschning (since 2005) as musical director, Hoshiko Yamane (since 2011), Ulrich Schnauss (since 2014) and Paul Frick (since June 2020). In the meantime, the band has returned to its classic, sequencer-driven sound. Each of their performances ends with a live session, a real-time composition that can last between 20 minutes and two hours.