Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Tangerine Dream – Rubycon (Virgin Records, 1975/2019 reissue)
Rubycon is part of the reissue set of classic Tangerine Dream electronic music albums. Rubycon was Tangerine Dream’s 6th album, first released in 1975.
The original album includes two tracks, Rubycon Parts 1 and 2. The album begins with layers of synths and mellotrons and mysterious sounds that seem like haunting whale chants. Slowly and gradually, the sequencers drift in, creating an ecstatic, trancelike atmosphere accompanied by bubbling sounds and distant melodies.
This new remastered version includes a bonus track, an extended introduction of Rubycon mixed by progressive music artist Steven Wilson.
The lineup during Rubycon was the same as one ther iconic Phaedra album: Edgar Froese on mellotron, guitar, gong, VCS 3 synthesizer, organ; Chris Franke on double moog synthesizer, Synthi A, organ, modified Elka organ, prepared piano; and Peter Baumann on organ, EMS Synthi A, electric piano, ARP 2600 and prepared piano.
Rubycon refined the trailblazing sound of Tangerine Dream, one of the group’s finest recordings.
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