''Alpha Centauri'' is the second studio album by

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

group

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 released in March 1971 by record label

Ohr ''Ohr'' ("Light" he, אור; plural: ''Ohros/Ohrot'' "Lights" ) is a central Kabbalistic term in the Jewish mystical tradition. The analogy of physical light is used as a way of describing metaphysical Divine emanations. ''Shefa'' ("Flow" an ...

Content

The music on this album is quite different from Tangerine Dream's first album ''

Electronic Meditation ''Electronic Meditation'' is the first major release and first studio album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released in June 1970 by record label Ohr. Recording and history The album was recorded in a rented factory in ...

'', partly because of a heavier reliance on keyboards and electronic technology, although they still mostly remain in the background: the dominant instruments on the album are organ and flute. The other difference is that this album focuses on dark, spacey soundscapes as opposed to jam sessions. The shift in instrumentation resulted in an atmosphere dubbed by Edgar Froese himself as "

kosmische musik Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electronic music, a ...

". Julian Cope's Head Heritage wrote that the album "used the

space rock Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound. It may feature distorted and reverberation-laden guitars, minimal drummin ...

template from /nowiki>Pink_Floyd's.html"_;"title="Pink_Floyd.html"_;"title="/nowiki>Pink_Floyd">/nowiki>Pink_Floyd's">Pink_Floyd.html"_;"title="/nowiki>Pink_Floyd">/nowiki>Pink_Floyd's''A_Saucerful_of_Secrets.html" ;"title="Pink_Floyd">/nowiki>

/nowiki>Pink_Floyd's">Pink_Floyd.html"_;"title="/nowiki>Pink_Floyd">/nowiki>Pink_Floyd's''A_Saucerful_of_Secrets">Saucerful_of_Secrets''_(and_removed_the_rock)". A_nowadays_extremely_rare_single_"Ultima_Thule"_was_released_in_February_of_the_same_year._Side_1_employs_the_same_guitar_riff_as_"Fly_and_Collision_of_Comas_Sola",_but_the_single_was_at_the_time_otherwise_an_unconnected_release._Re-releases_of_Alpha_Centauri_in_the_2000s_have_however_included_either_or_both_parts_of_Ultima_Thule_as_bonus_tracks.

__Release_

''Alpha_Centauri''_was_released_in_March_1971_by_record_label_Ohr_ ''Ohr''_("Light"__he,_אור;_plural:_''Ohros/Ohrot''_"Lights"_)_is_a_central_Kabbalistic_term_in_the__Jewish_mystical_tradition._The_analogy_of_physical_light_is_used_as_a_way_of_describing__metaphysical_Divine_emanations._''Shefa''_("Flow"__an_...

._It_sold_20,000_copies_in_their_native_Germany,_nearly_four_times_as_many_as_their_later_classic_''Phaedra_(album).html" "title="Pink_Floyd's.html" ;"title="Pink_Floyd.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Pink Floyd">/nowiki>Pink Floyd's">Pink_Floyd.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Pink Floyd">/nowiki>Pink Floyd's''A Saucerful of Secrets">Saucerful of Secrets'' (and removed the rock)". A nowadays extremely rare single "Ultima Thule" was released in February of the same year. Side 1 employs the same guitar riff as "Fly and Collision of Comas Sola", but the single was at the time otherwise an unconnected release. Re-releases of Alpha Centauri in the 2000s have however included either or both parts of Ultima Thule as bonus tracks.

Release

''Alpha Centauri'' was released in March 1971 by record label

. It sold 20,000 copies in their native Germany, nearly four times as many as their later classic ''Phaedra (album)">Phaedra Phaedra may refer to: Mythology * Phaedra (mythology), Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus Arts and entertainment * ''Phaedra'' (Alexandre Cabanel), an 1880 painting Film * ''Phaedra'' (film), a 1962 film by ...

Content

__Release_

Release

Track listing

Personnel

References

External links