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Re: OT: Tangerine Dream

I saw them @ UCLA/Royce Hall a few years ago. I'm not a huge fan, but I 
dig their 70s/80s work, as well.

It was enjoyable, but a bit of a snoozer, honestly.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 9, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, what did you think? I'd love to hear Tangerine Dream do stuff like
> they did in the 70s and early 80s. Not so excited about the idea of
> them playing their late 80s, 90s and 00s stuff. They are playing in
> Napa, California this friday. Tickets are $40. If it was in town, I'd
> certainly go to see them. However, wine country gigs are often for
> bands that are way past their heyday.
> 
> You'd think with all the hip bands that sound like Tangerine Dream now
> (such as Oneohtrix Point Never), that they could do well in a San
> Francisco or Oakland venue....
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Christophe <cburke55@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Good Morning All,
>> 
>> I was lucky enough to be in the first row at the House of Blues last
>> Thursday for the first Tangerine Dream concert in Boston in 20 years.  A
>> great show!  I'm writing though, because I thought you might find their
>> setup interesting.  They're touring as a six piece - guitar, 
>> precussionist,
>> violin/cello/theremin player, and three keyboardists, one who doubles on
>> woodwinds.  The three keyboardists Edgar Froese, Thorsten Queschning, 
>> and
>> Linda Spa each had a Nord synth (an older Nord Lead, a Lead 3 and a 
>> Wave,
>> respectively) and Froese and Queschning each had a Korg Radias as well 
>> as a
>> MIDI controller I coudln't quite see.  But they also had 2 big plasma
>> screens on which they were running softsynths (Arturia Moog Modular,
>> Minimoog, Massive, and a few more.  But what I found  couldn't help but 
>> note
>> after all the recent Mac talk is that they appeared to be running the 
>> lot
>> off Dell laptops.
>> 
>> Edgar is pretty much the granddaddy of live electronic performance, so 
>> it
>> might be interesting to hear his reasoning on computer choices!
>> 
>> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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