Tangerine Dream is a seven-time Grammy nominated German electronic music group band, and a phenonemon of synth music.
The group, founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese, right, has gone through multiple changes over the years, but has managed to stay active and relevent in the world of synth music, releasing 100+ CDs, including studio, live and [...]

Mota Atma is a 2003 soundtrack by Tangerine Dream to a very obscure movie. While the movie may have disappeared into oblivion, though, the soundtrack is classic Tangerine Dream.
On first listen, Mota Atma seems like it could be a long-lost recording from TD’s glory days. The tracks strongly recall TD’s classic soundtracks from 20-25 years [...]

Beyond Silence is the latest CD from electronic/ambient artist Alpha Wave Movement. The album is a set of modern electronica instrumentals, infused with the sounds and forms of classic synth music.
Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording names of Gregory Kyryluk, who also records as part of Thought Guild. As Alpha Wave Movement, Kyryluk [...]

The Tenth Planet is the latest CD from synth artist David Wright, and captures the music from two live planetarium performances that he did earlier this year.
Wright is a UK keyboardist, synthesist and composer, and his style grows out of the classic tradition of Berlin-school synth artists like Tangerine Dream and the more melodic approach [...]

Spheric Music, Das Label für Elektronische Musik, recently sent us a “best of” CD by Lambert Ringlage, Essential.
Lambert (Ringlage performs under his first name) has been creating and publishing music since the late 1980’s. He published several solo cassette tapes independently early on, and since the early 90’s he has published multiple CDs. Lambert’s not [...]

Zero-G’s Analogue Sequencer Loops (ASL) is a sound library by Ian Boddy, a synthesist that carries the torch for classic 70’s Berlin-school style electronic music.
The library is presented in Native Instruments Intakt format, which means that it’s a pain to register, but compatible with just about anything (it supports VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, AU, RTAS, [...]

Ashok Prema’s Matter captures a live electronic music concert performed at the  Jodrell Space Center by Ashok Prema and Rob Jenkins in 2002. While a live recording, this is only betrayed by the occasional applause between tracks.
Prema is a UK electronic music artist who’s been performing for twenty years. Rob Jenkins, also known as Red [...]

Record label Shima has posted free electronica MP3s from the Greek electronica group Parallel Worlds.
Parallel World’s music is a combination of dreamy/atmospheric textures with pure analogue electronic rhythms and sequences, combining the feel of 70s electronic music with modern electronica and ambient music. For Parallel Worlds, melody is essential, but most important is emotional context. [...]

Alpha Wave Movement’s latest CD, A Distant Signal, is a great collection of tracks in the tradition of classic space music.
Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of Gregory Kyryluk, who also records as ambient/world music as Open Canvas, and as part of the synth group Thought Guild. Alpha Wave Movement represents his [...]

The latest CD from Thought Guild, [context] is an exciting retro-synth CD that showcases a talent for creating live electronica and an extensive knowledge of classic synth music.
Thought Guild is made up of Gregory Kyryluk and Christopher Cameron. Kyryluk also records as Alpha Wave Movement and Open Canvas. Johannes Neuer plays guitar on one track.
On [...]

The Berlin school of electronic music lives on….in Poland!
The latest CD from E=Motion showcases the interlocking sequences originally made popular by artists like Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. While the Berlin style originated years ago, E=Motion keeps it relevant with new sounds and by incorporating elements of trance and other more recent styles.

Fractal Music Lab provides examples and explanations of fractal music, music composed using the same types of iterative or recursive processes that are used to create fractal images.
It includes discussions of algorithmic composition, random music, Voss music, chaotic attractor music, Mandelbrot music and more. Each section provides a short explanation of the idea behind the [...]

This album by DJ Sasha is a bit of a surprise. Sasha has already made a name for himself with his dance cuts and remixes, so you might expect airdrawndagger to be full of high BPM dance and trance cuts. Instead, Sasha delivers a wide-ranging set of electronica cuts that will please all types of [...]

Relentlessly funky, Headhunters, defined the world of jazz-funk.
In the early 70’s, jazz audiences were getting smaller, a result of jazz vearing into an experimental, avant garde direction in the 60’s. Jazz musicians were looking for ways to connect with audiences again, and many looked into other, more popular forms of black music for inspiration.
Herbie Hancock’s [...]

This 1981 release is an upbeat set of tunes that highlights some of the best qualities of Tangerine Dream’s music: atmospheric sounds and driving sequencers.
More than most earlier TD releases, the cuts on Exit have traditional melodies and forms. This may disappoint some fans, who prefer their earlier free-form recordings. However, Exit does a good [...]