Tangerine Dream

Phaedra 2005

- Studio, released November 2005 -

Covers

CD release Germany 2005 Artwork: Edgar Froese	Download release 2007 Artwork: Edgar Froese
HQCD release Japan 2009 with obi	CD release USA 2010

Tracks


		[a]
1.	Phaedra [2005 remix]	11:10
2.	Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares [2005 remix]	9:53
3.	Movements Of A Visionary [2005 remix]	7:58
4.	Sequent C' [2005 remix]	3:05
5.	Delfi	6:07
Total running time		38:13

Details


Recording date	2005
Recording site(s)	Eastgate Studios (Vienna)
Composer(s)	Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann
Musician(s)	Edgar Froese, Thorsten Quaeschning
Producer(s)	Edgar Froese

Notes

On the official Tangerine Dream home page Phaedra 2005 was anounced as follows: "When the album Phaedra hit the album charts worldwide back in 1974, no one had foreseen such a remarkable career of a new musical sound created by Tangerine Dream. All instruments were new and unknown to the audience. The sound itself was the opposite of all common music at those days. During the concerts the band created an uncomparable atmosphere. Now, more than 30 years later you can listen to the modern form of this classic recording. The material has been re-recorded by using partly the same kind instruments as on the original recording. Also the new digital technology has played a keyrole during various recording sessions. It was not the intension to please all the TD purists and analogue fans - but you will have an idea of how the band is still connected to the style and trademark that has made them so original. The additional title Delfi has been composed 2005 in the spirit of the seventies."

In fact this re-release features all four compositions of the original album (plus the new bonus track mentioned above), all of them being either entirely re-recorded or remixed, making this album a similar affair as the 2004 re-recordings of Edgar Froese's solo works:

The new version of the title track is an expansion of the arrangement first heard during TD's 1988 US tour. It now runs for 11 minutes (that is six minutes shorter than the original 1974 version) and is centered around the fast-paced sequencer and simplistic melody that was the crucial part of the original, leaving out any other musicial aspects of the original composition.

Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares and Movements Of A Visionary are obviously based on the original recordings, but overlaid with modern synth sounds and washes, and, in the latter case, additional railroad-like percussion. Sequent C' (which is almost one minute longer than the original version) features the prominent flute of Thorsten Quaeschning duplicating Peter Baumann's original recording with a slightly different twist. The new track Delfi finally closes the album; it is essentially a rhythmic, minimalistic piece similar to other solo works by Edgar Froese.

Given the fact that the title track has been shortened by a considerable amount, due to the bonus track this new release has about the same running time as the original release, making this one of the shortest TD album releases of recent years.

Notably, Jerome Froese was not involved in this album at all; consequently it was released on Edgar Froese's own Eastgate label instead of TDI. According to the official website this album established a new era of Tangerine Dream: the 'Eastgate Years' have begun, setting an end to the 'TDI Years' (formerly known as 'Millennium Years') and finally resulting in a split between Edgar's activities (who continued TD together with Thorsten Quaeschning and guest musicians) and Jerome's own solo carreer.

With Phaedra 2005, a new series of complete album re-recordings done by Edgar Froese was started, that by now consists of the following releases:

Phaedra 2005 (2005)
Tangram 2008 (2008)
Hyperborea 2008 (2008)

Regarding the initial Eastgate CD release, neither the CD nor the paper inserts contain any order number or barcode, but the number given below is the order number the Eastgate Music Shop lists this release.

On the backside of the two-page front insert the compositions are credited to the original composers, although the credits for Movements Of A Visionary and Sequent C' are interchanged by mistake.

In January 2007 this release became available as MP3 download at the Tangerine Dream Download Shop. The mistake in the track listing mentioned above is corrected on the downloadable artwork.

In May 2009 the album was re-released in Japan as part of a series of HiQualityCDs with mini LP paper sleeves.

The US based Purple Pyramid label re-released the album in July 2010 with a completely different cover artwork and the new title Phaedra Revisited -- 35th Anniversary Edition.

Releases


Germany	2005: Eastgate CD: eastgate 008 CD; blue/silver disc; matrix code: 49012
Japan	2009: WHD Entertainment HQCD: IECP-10169; cardboard sleeve, obi; limited edition Promo-HQCD: IECP-10169; same as regular release, but with additional red promo sticker
USA	2010: Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra CD: 9275-2
Worldwide	2007: Tangerine Dream Download Shop Download: complete release or individual tracks as MP3