''Green Desert'' is the twenty-seventh major release and the fifteenth studio album by

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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 ...

. The music was recorded in Berlin in 1973, during a period when Peter Baumann had temporarily left Germany to tour Nepal and India. Though unreleased at the time, it landed Tangerine Dream a record deal when Virgin heard the tapes. A remixed version of the music was released in 1986. The group had recently acquired new equipment including a Minimoog, a phaser, and a
EKO ComputeRhythm
which could be pre-programmed and/or changed on-the-fly while it was playing. Chris Franke considered the six internal sounds to be "pretty lousy" but, due to its flexibility as a sequencer, later modified it as a controller to trigger external sounds. This rhythmic effect was featured in several of Tangerine Dream's later albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Edgar Froese and

Christopher Franke Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventu ...

Personnel

* Edgar Froese - synthesizers, guitars, keyboards *

- drums, percussion, synthesized percussion, synthesizers Additional personnel * Pete Beaulieu – engineering * Mark Weinberg – sleeve design

References

1986 albums Tangerine Dream albums {{1980s-electronic-album-stub