Green Desert is the twenty-seventh major release and the fifteenth studio album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream. The music was recorded in Berlin in 1973, during a period when Peter Baumann had temporarily left Germany to tour Nepal and India.[2] Though unreleased at the time, it landed Tangerine Dream a record deal when Virgin heard the tapes.[3] A remixed version of the music was released in 1986.
| Green Desert | ||||
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 1986 LP album cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Skyline Studios, Berlin August 1973, with additional remixing in 1984 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, krautrock | |||
| Length | 38:22 | |||
| Label | Jive Electro | |||
| Producer | Edgar Froese, Christoph Franke | |||
| Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The group had recently acquired new equipment including a Minimoog, a phaser, and an EKO ComputeRhythm which could be pre-programmed and/or changed on-the-fly while it was playing. Chris Franke considered the six[4] internal sounds to be "pretty lousy" but, due to its flexibility as a sequencer, later modified it as a controller to trigger external sounds.[3] This rhythmic effect was featured in several of Tangerine Dream's later albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Green Desert" | 19:25 |
| 2. | "White Clouds" | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Astral Voyager" | 7:03 |
| 4. | "Indian Summer" | 6:53 |
Personnel
- Edgar Froese - synthesizers, guitars, keyboards
- Christopher Franke - drums, percussion, synthesized percussion, synthesizers
Additional personnel
- Pete Beaulieu – engineering
- Mark Weinberg – sleeve design