Tangerine Dream

Electronic Meditation

- Studio, released June 1970 -

Covers

CD release Europe 1996 Photo: Reinhard Hippen	CD release UK 1987
CD release Europe 2002 Photo: Reinhard Hippen	CD release Japan 2004 Photo: Reinhard Hippen

Tracks


1.	Genesis	5:57
2.	Journey Through A Burning Brain	12:32
3.	Cold Smoke	10:48
4.	Ashes To Ashes	3:58
5.	Resurrection	3:21
Total running time		36:36

Details


Recording date	October 1969
Recording site(s)	Mixed Media (Berlin)
Recording engineer(s)	Klaus Freudigmann
Composer(s)	Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler
Musician(s)	Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler, Jimmy Jackson, Thomas Keyserling
Producer(s)	Edgar Froese

Notes

In autumn/winter of 1969 Edgar Froese, founder of Tangerine Dream, met Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler. This trio formed the line-up of Tangerine Dream to record the debut album Electronic Meditation. The band was supported by two other musicians: Jimmy Jackson (organ) and Thomas Keyserling (flute), but both were mysteriously left out of the credits of the original album.

Klaus Schulze later remembers: "We recorded and toured Electronic Meditation. That for me is the primary electronic album. Edgar played guitar, Schnitzler organ and me drums through loads of effects. We were experimenting with a lot of random stuff and were making up our own sounds. I remember Conrad had this metal cup full of these bits of glass in which he stuck a microphone attached to each machine. I played a lot of different percussive sounds that were then altered by machines. It was just great to be in a band who were open to so much experimentation."

In 1987 the album was released on CD for the first time. While the USA release featured the reworked original cover artwork, the UK release had a total different cover design, originating from the boxed set In The Beginning. Nine years later, in 1996, the CD was re-released again. For this release the music was digitally remastered from the original tapes, and the cover artwork was very similar to the original LP cover. The CD booklet features sleeve notes taken from the book "Krautrocksampler" by Julian Cope.

In 2004 the album was re-released in Japan with a cardboard sleeve featuring the exact replica of the original lp sleeves, including the balloon insert.

Releases


Europe	1996: Essential/Castle CD: ESMCD345 1999: Essential/Castle LP: ESMLP345; picture label/white label 2002: Sanctuary/Castle CD: CMRCD565; standard jewel case with additional cardboard wrapper
France	1976: Virgin LP: 940 530; multicoloured labels, foc 1976: Virgin/Polydor LP: 2401 722; multicoloured labels, foc LP: 2401 722; red/silver labels, foc 1981: Virgin LP: 202 724; red/green labels 1983: Virgin LP: 70 051; red/green labels
Germany	1970: Ohr LP: OMM 56004; ear labels, foc; some of the first releases come together with a rubber balloon attached to a cut out on the front cover 1971: Ohr LP: OMM 556004; ear labels, foc
Italy	1976: PDU/EMI Italia LP: PLD A 6072; black/silver labels 2003: Earmark LP: 42020; 180g vinyl
Japan	1971: EMI Odeon/Toshiba LP: EOP 80618; black/silver labels, foc LP: EOP 80618; red vinyl, black/silver labels, foc Promo-LP: EOP 80618; white labels, foc 1976: Virgin/Nippon Columbia LP: YX-7124-AX; white/gray labels, foc 1978: Virgin/Nippon Columbia LP: YZ-95-AX; white/gray labels, foc 2004: Arcàngelo CD: ARC-7045; cardboard sleeve, obi, fold-out poster, rubber balloon insert 2008: Arcàngelo SHM-CD: ARC-8005; cardboard sleeve, obi
New Zealand	1972: Interfusion/Festival LP: L-35450; brown labels
UK	1987: Jive CD: C TANG 4
USA	1987: Relativity LP: 88561-8068-1; black labels CD: 88561-8068-2 1996: Sequel/Castle CD: 1032-2 1999: Castle CD: CMACD554 2002: Sanctuary CD: 06076-81240-2
Electronic Meditation was also released as part of the sets In The Beginning, Three Classic Albums and Nebulous Dawn.