Tangerine Dream - Madcap's Flaming Duty
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Artist: Tangerine DreamEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Music Label: East Gate UK
Soundtracks:
- Astrophel and Stella
- Shape My Sin
- Blessed Damozel
- Divorce
- Dream of Death
- Hear the Voice
- Lake of Pontchartrain
- Mad Song
- One Hour of Madness
- Man
- Hymn to Intellectual Beatuy
- Solution of All Problems
Free Music Notes for Madcap's Flaming Duty
Free Music Review: Mad-fer-it
Hit: 5 Stars
Madcap's Flaming Duty review
Okay let's get this out of the way...TD can't do vocal music, they're masters of instrumental music, because...well, because...er.... Take a deep breath, because on this album TD blast some of those preconceptions out of the water...
Housed in a very weird fluorescent Green jewel case comes TD's latest CD
01. ASTROPHEL AND STELLA
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by Sir Phillip Sidney
Edgar kicks the album off with a breathy Blues Harp solo (that's Hohner Harmonica to you sonny). He hints at times past whilst preparing us for few new surprises to come on this album, and then it's straight into usual intro as heard on the Tempodrom DVD (a loop of choirs, modulated synths, and bass notes), but this soon changes from that version with wordless (echoed and perhaps flanged) vocal phrases. Drums are introduced and Chris Hausl's voice is right to the fore, emotional and forceful where needed. The mid paced tempo is kept up as instruments swap rolls within the track. A solid opening track.
02. SHAPE MY SIN
Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Christian Torsa
Opens with a chugging sequence, with strummed guitar chords with a very simple melody and swooshing synth sounds, later a higher sequence is added. Drums pound metronome like; hinting at TD's early work with drum machines. A catchy chorus is added with Chris's vocals doubled with an echoed spoken word counterpoint and then things take off into almost pop territory (don't panic though), the piece drops away and almost stops... and some very TD sounds bring it all back as panned drums are added. Ends with a very TD pad.
03. THE BLESSED DAMOZEL
Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Dante G. Rosetti
Starts with some layered acoustic guitar, with odd echoing vocal phrases. But this time with a lilting vocal phrase from Chris. The sequence is panned as a chugging tempo builds, full of small clicks and sonar type `zaps'. Plenty of space is left for atmosphere as Chris's vocals are double tracked, and guitar phrases interplay with an emotional `Mellotron like' string melody as it subtly weaves over the key changes. Bending its way through this comes a sustained melody (perhaps it's Thorsten using his e-bow on a guitar?). The bass line hints at the Metaphor EP as a breathy synth melody is added, but the track soon fades leaving you wanting more.
04. THE DIVORCE
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by Thomas Stanley
Ah... Edgar's track on the Road Map to Music EP comes back in new clothes, with Chris's new vocals and chorused guitar strums following the chord changes. The lush chords of the original have been removed, giving way to a rather digital piece which wouldn't out of place on most of Edgar's solo albums. OK, but nothing special.
05. A DREAM OF DEATH
Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Edmund C. Stedman
An atmospheric pad gives way to `surprise surprise' Thorsten's track from the same EP, with busy drums over soft pads but this time shorn of its awful `out of tune' vocal sample intro. Over this Chris adds some fine breathy vocals which cross-fade into an even more breathy synth note. A few flute notes from Linda and the whole piece takes off into a lengthy instrumental section, with the flute mirrored by a distant guitar, a few bars and Bernard's guitar takes centre stage, emotional and showing what an accomplished guitarist he is. Chris returns towards the end.
06. HEAR THE VOICE
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by William Blake
Ah now we are talking! Linda plays an emotional flute intro over a rolling/ echoing bass note, over this Chris's `note perfect' vocal phrasing plays with weird synth sounds and key changes. Subtle electric guitar is added as the tempo builds and the vocals become more impassioned. Guitar parts play against a ghostly backwards version of themselves, with an organic tempo that pulls again the clockwork small synth sequences that ripple as Chris's voice takes unusual key changes to keep things fresh, with Bernard bringing it into a more Rock area with some tasty Floyd like licks. Loved it!
07. LAKE OF PONTCHARTRAIN
Music and lyrics 'Irish Traditional', Arranged by Edgar Froese and Thorsten Quaeschning
TD's Irish tune! Which starts with all things a Didgeridoo (as weird as that sounds, but it fits perfectly). Acoustic (bodhran?) drums pound as a solid synth sequence chugs along giving the track it's backbone. Over this Chris's vocals give a nice feeling to what is a traditional song, albeit given a modern TD feeling. Only TD would dare to do this and pull it off so well. There's a nice instrumental break in the middle full of acoustic strings over the rubbery synth rhythms. Chris's vocals return over a woodwind-like melody, with some nice piano from Edgar. If somebody had said that TD would do an Irish tune and told me I would have liked it I would have said they were mad. They weren't and I love it.
08. MAD SONG
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by William Blake
A nice solid track based once again William Blake's Poem, but this is no Tyger, it's modern TD. Chris pulls off the usual pop falsetto phrases very nicely. Just when you think it's just the same old stuff from Edgar, steel drums are introduced over choir pads, with some recorder? and guitar licks added to the mix. Emotional if a bit MOR it should be played on the radio.
09. ONE HOUR OF MADNESS
Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Walt Whitman
Starts with a nice filtered `stretched' sound colour, over a repeated synth sequence, with flute trills and bass rumbles. Chris sings `One hour of Madness and joy...' (prophetic words about this album perhaps?)... distant chords take the track into a far more dramatic area, tragic perhaps? With panned synth hard sync sounds, the piece builds again with chugging bass lines, punchy drums. Some rather tasty melodies are added over a fairly static section. Drum hits punch a dramatic break, electric guitar comes to the fore and things really take off, with Bernard laying down some great and emotional melodies over the mechanical groove, as chords build and build...a crash and it's over. Superb!
10. MAN
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by George Herbert
Another mid-tempo chugging track from Edgar over a simple plodding rhythm. Chris's vocals build into a nice track with a Dobro or a steel guitar type melody, either way it saves the track. Once again quite MOR, and for me nothing special
11. HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY
Music by Thorsten Quaeschning, Lyrics by Percy B. Shelley
A piano repeated sequence plays over a complex echoing arrangement, and a slowed down drum `break beat' loop, Chris's vocals add drama with Shelley's words. The vocals die away as guitar and synths take over, only for the vocals to bound back in, with a yearning and heartfelt phrase `Why do we pass away and leave this world...?" Drum hits introduce a few notes from steel drums whilst Chris returns to Shelley's text, layered with metallic timbres, echo with speeded up vocal snippets as the cyclic piano phrase repeats to fade. A real album highlight.
12. SOLUTION OF ALL PROBLEMS
Music by Edgar Froese, Lyrics by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Blimey it's Depeche Mode I thought. Well perhaps not, but it's not a million miles away, with a rather flat recitation from Chris, but it fits the track perfectly. His voice is given a ghostly harmonised tail as a swirling echoed percussion arrangement plays. Distant guitars wail as the track builds with a more syncopated feeling as a synth weaves in and out `snake like' until it takes centre stage. The track ends with Chris's vocals over a rather Gary Numan type synth sound. A strange way to end an album perhaps, but it's certainly a nice little track.
Madcap's Flaming Duty Poster
The Stunning new album from Tangerine Dream. Tangerine Dream celebrates their 40th Anniversary in 2007 with the release of their latest album -'Madcap's Flaming Duty'. The album is dedicated to former Pink Floyd guitarist Syd Barrett who died in July 20Dance & DJ Music CDs
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