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Tangerine DreamHyperborea- Studio, released October 1983 -
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CD release Europe 1995
Photo & Design: Monika Froese | 
CD release UK 1984
Photo: Monika Froese |
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Details | | | | | | Recording date | August 1983 | | Recording engineer(s) | Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling | | Composer(s) | Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling | | Musician(s) | Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling | | Producer(s) | Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling |
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Notes | | | "Consider Your 'Self'"
- Buddha |
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The last official studio album for Virgin, Hyperborea, was recorded in August 1983. The title refers to the mythological land beyond the cold North wind, an earthly paradise of eternal sunshine. In Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophical book Hyperborea is named as the second earth race after the so called Polaric race, followed by the Lemurian, Atlantis and Aric race. In a interview with the journalist Mark Prendergast in January 1994 Johannes Schmoelling remembers: "Like Logos Live, Hyperborea was determined by the new generation of digital synthesisers and sampling technology. We were able to memorise sounds and used a lot of sampled drum sounds. We invented new rhythm structures by using a special arpeggiator technique and so on. The title No Man's Land was influenced by the film 'Gandhi' and its brilliant soundtrack." |
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In 1995 Virgin re-released the album on CD in the so-called "Definitive Edition" series, featuring the original front cover artwork. The sound quality of this release, using the Super Bit Mapping technology, is probably the best up to now, but like most of the other releases of this series, it contains a little error: The composition Sphinx Lightning is misspelled Sphinx Lighting on the CD body. |
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In 2008 a completely reworked version of this album has been released as Hyperborea 2008. |
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Releases | | | | | | Australia | - 1983: Virgin
- Promo-LP: V 2292; white promo labels, gsc
- LP: V 2292; picture labels
| | Canada | - 1983: Virgin
- Promo-LP: VL 2383; red/white labels, gsc
- LP: VL 2383; red/white labels
| | Europe | - 1995: Virgin
- CD: 839 446-2; identical to UK version from 1995
| | Finland | - 1983: Virgin/Polarvox
- LP: V 2292
| | France | - 1983: Virgin
- LP: 205 801; picture labels
- LP: 70 132; picture labels
- 1984: Virgin
- CD: CDV 2292; identical to UK version from 1984
| | Germany | - 1983: Virgin/Ariola
- LP: 205 801; picture labels
- 1984: Virgin/Ariola
- CD: 610 373; identical to UK version from 1984 with the German order number on a sticker fixed on the jewel case
- 1993: Virgin
- CD: 786 688-2
| | Greece | - 1983: Virgin
- LP: 062-VG 50032; red/green labels
| | Italy | - 1983: Virgin/Dischi
- LP: V 2292; red/green labels
| | Japan | - 1983: Virgin/Victor
- Promo-LP: VIL-6091; white promo labels
- LP: VIL-6091; red/green labels
- 1988: Virgin
- Promo-LP: VJL-127; red/green promo labels
- LP: VJL-127; red/green labels
- CD: VJD-127
- 1990: Virgin
- CD: VJCP-2524
- Promo-CD: VJCP-2524; same as regular release, but with additional red promo sticker
| | New Zealand | - 1983: Virgin
- LP: V 2292; red/green labels
| | Portugal | - 1983: Virgin/Edisom
- LP: 617 205; red/green labels
| | Spain | - 1983: Virgin/Ariola
- LP: I 205 801
| | UK | - 1983: Virgin
- LP: V 2292; picture labels
- 1984: Virgin
- CD: CDV 2292
- 1985: Virgin
- LP: OVED 175; red/green labels
- 1995: Virgin
- CD: TAND 4
| | USA | - 1994: Virgin
- CD: V21Y 39 446
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