Quinoa

I believe Quinoa was originally a fanclub-only release in the early 90s, so it's great that it's finally available for everyone, as it's a really exciting and adventurous suite of tracks. Tangerine Dream were always ones to use the latest synths in their music, which in many cases does date the sound to an extent, and that's quite clear here with the prominent use of the Korg M1, but for me, this only adds appeal. The 12-minute Voxel Ux gets off to a slow start, but soon gathers momentum, and the same can be said of the title track, which is almost 30 minutes in duration - but that time soon flies by, as the music travels through a myriad of styles and sounds. Creative and addictive; I really enjoyed this, and find it often the perfect soundtrack when reading or working.

Love T Dream. Saw them way back in '78 at the then Hammersmith Odeon. Though time has moved, this is still archetypal T Dream (from '92 that is) with ethereal soundscapes and typical Froese piano work and far eastern themed melodies. Wonderful.

Excellent! Very pleased.

This album shows the decline of Tangerine Dream from inspired avant garde music (I'm thinking Phaedra and Rubycon here) into the banal pop dross churned out by Froese senior and junior in later years. Forgettable stuff, I'm afraid.

Interesting snap shot in the development of the group

I refer the potential buyer partly to the larger review by 'Stonegnome' elsewhere on this page, as I don't want to duplicate what he said. Basically, the main track, Quinoa itself, is a full return to form, with a full variety of styles - just like Tangram, if I may be so bold. But, as happens with Tangram 2008 in places, the rhythm does not hide the music; this is a non-beat-driven (but there are rhythms and beats, just 'proper' TD ones) album, it's just that the music comes first.Anyway, I'm repeating myself, so do yourself a favour - it's not much to buy on either CD or download. If you're a TD fan, especially if you yearn for the great days of Tangram era, you'll appreciate it. Father and son done good!

This one album really epitomises all that went wrong with the Dream's music over the last 20 or so years. Predictable chords and melodic progressions, bland sequencing, ugly drum mechanics, dreary and uninteresting sound banks - you'd think with an arsenal of tragedies like this at their disposal, Edgar Froese and whoever he happened to be hiring at the time would have considered quitting the business altogether. But no, he/they plodded onwards, generating album after album of mediocrity and indifference, a production line of industrial dimensions, and the creativity of a jellyfish. The title track is just dullness taken to the nth dimension. Voxel Ux does have a reasonably interetsing piano sequence running behind the bland sound banks. Lhasa again is just unimaginative and sounds like many other tracks they recorded over and over during this lack-lustre period. Still, you'll know doubt be intrigued to hear it for yourself, just to put this review to the test....not so much a dream as a cure for insomnia.

Excellent Album