''220 Volt Live'' is the forty-eighth release and seventh
live album by
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup ...
. It was recorded live in the USA in 1992. It would be the last live album to feature new compositions until ''
Inferno
Inferno may refer to:
* Hell, an afterlife place of suffering
* Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire
Film
* ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film
* Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker
* Inferno (1973 fi ...
'' (2002). This may be considered some of the band's most rock oriented music so far, with guitarist
Zlatko Perica's playing being a more prominent element. Re-issued in 1999 and then again in 2009 on ''Membran''. It was nominated for
Best New Age Album
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at the
1994
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Grammy Awards.
Track listing
Personnel
; Tangerine Dream
*
Edgar Froese – keyboards, guitar
*
Jerome Froese
Jerome Froese (born 24 November 1970 in Berlin, Germany) is a German musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006. Prior to his direct involvement in Tangerine Drea ...
– keyboards, guitar
*
Linda Spa
Linda Spa (aka Mag. Gerlinde Spazierer, born 4 September 1968, in Vienna) is an Austrian composer.
Originally she learned fashion design in Vienna, but soon started with her musical training. She studied flute, clarinet, saxophone and compos ...
– saxophone, keyboards
*
Zlatko Perica – guitar
Single
''Dreamtime'' was released alongside ''220 Volt Live'' in 1993. It contains three shortened tracks from the album, plus the studio track ''Treasure of Innocence'' which is a non-album version of their cover of "
Purple Haze", and an alternate version of ''Dreamtime''. This alternate version had lyrics written and performed by
Jayney Klimek
Jayney Miriam Klimek (born 18 August 1962 in Melbourne, Australia), is a Berlin-based Australian-born singer-songwriter.
Early years
Jayney Miriam Klimek was born on 18 August 1962 and grew up in Melbourne. Her father, Alfons Klimek, and mot ...
and Julie Ocean contributed to the lyric writing process.
Track listing
References
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1993 live albums
Tangerine Dream live albums