Zeit

Tangerine Dream - Zeit

Zeit
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Artist: Tangerine Dream
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-11-18
Music Label: Universal I.S.
Soundtracks:
  1. Birth of Liquid Plejades
  2. Nebulous Dawn
  3. Origin of Supernatural Probabilities
  4. Zeit

Free Music Notes for Zeit

Free Music Review: medieval zeit of cosmic proportions
Hit: 5 Stars

If you listen to later albums of Tangerine Dream for a while and then pick up Zeit (possibly because you notice five stars next to it) you might say 'oh my God where did the music go?'. I agree with you. Parts of this recording sound as if the microphone could have been located next to a malfunctioning water heater or refrigerator. Then at other times as if some strange noise was added to the sound of a frequently erupting geyser. On occasion it's just a whole bunch of unexplainable and unnecessary cosmic noise. However, the depth of your experience really depends on where you are coming from. If you happened to spend a lot of time listening to modern classical music of Gavin Bryars, Krzysztof Penderecki or Gyorgy Ligeti and then you start listening to Zeit, you might find the beginning this album sounds of overwhelming cellos truly spectacular and avant-garde. You might get the sense of finding yourself in the space of avant-garde modern classical essence captured and being minutely dissected.

Birth Of Liquid Plejades is truly awesome if you really want to find yourself on another plane all together. The beginning seven minutes could be an orchestra sound recorded from the inside of a cello, or on another hand, an awful nightmare of a cello player. It is mostly a multiple cello sound distorted and blown out of proportions. However, it really achieves the objective of taking us out of our environment and preparing us for what comes next. For a while we are being surrounded by very distorted Moog synthesizer (used by TD for the first time) and by a mellotron vibrating in and out of this wall of sound void of any rhythm but with plenty of bubbly texture. In the 10th minute the organ sound appears and it feels very ancient, like it could have been the sound of the organ prototype. Unfortunately there is a lot of recording noise we can hear as well, but what is the problem with an additional layer of noise? In the 16th minute the organ takes the central stage for a while and it really starts feeling like some mediaeval performance. Are we the only ones listening or has some UFO landed nearby, attracted by this amazing vibe? All we need is some paintings of Bosch to go along with the music. The Nebulous Dawn comes next and this is my least favorite section of this album, mostly because it takes me away from the medieval mood I was finding myself inside of, and it positions me near some outer cosmic highway, where I am hiding from scary creatures and their vehicles, which I can hear passing me by. Could it be that the meaning of Zeit has something to do with the destination the album takes (me at least) to? I travel to the past as well as the future when I listen to this music. Origin Of Supernatural Probabilities brings on quite a magical mood which unfortunately does not last long enough and in the 5th minute gets overwhelmed by the bubbling noise, soon getting distorted by the band. I still like this part a lot, I just would love to go back to the beginning of this song again. We find ourselves listening to the experimental noise broken by occasional screams of some poor dinosaur getting eaten alive. Why would you listen to things like that? Again, to find yourself in an altogether different dimension. This music is strange but I still find it ambient and peaceful. It lets me concentrate on my things and it provides not a beautiful but interesting and unique background to my occasional hours. The fourth and title track Zeit unites the album's previous themes and chapters. The cellos come back in the 12th minute and they don't necessarily sound extremely inviting or reassuring. The over amplified recording puts to test the limits of our speakers or headphones. Oh well, this really is a museum piece, so I shouldn't complain. This final section of Zeit ends without any warnings. This is my second favorite section of this album, with plenty of growth potential in it, if you can provide time and patience.

Again, my five stars reflect my utmost respect for Tangerine Dream for creating such bizarre and unusual work. This is not one of the albums I ever play on repeat for an entire day, as is sometimes the case with some of their later music. I like playing Birth Of Liquid Plejades on repeat 1, which for me creates more of a mediaeval and less of a cosmic overall mood. I listen to Zeit, as I listen to the music of Rapoon or Zoviet France, Ultra Milkmaids or The Hafler Trio, when I really feel like clearing the state of my mind. I have heard people say that while in such corner, watching a movie works for them. I use experimental music instead. However, I chose peaceful experimental music over anything hectic. I am not a big fan of music which drags me down spiritually and Zeit although so dense and deep, is not dark to me. It is a monumental work of art positioned on its own ground, although definately not an easy listening experience.

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Quintessential 1972 Krautrock album repackaged, remastered from original tapes and packaged with slipcase and insightful sleeve notes. Part of an ongoing reissue program. Castle.

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