The Best of TD

Tangerine Dream (one could also say:. Mr. Froese et al) do now for over 40 years of music. Too much music, if you are honest. But on "Rubycon" I could not live without. But why? Basically, it's little more than improvised tooting as the previous and subsequent albums of the 70's also. It feels almost ridiculous that it took three people to produce these sounds - Klaus Schulze had the even then managed to single-handedly, then the board would certainly be 20 minutes longer.

Regardless, this album exudes a downright mystical atmosphere and has (perhaps only by accident) a tension; the 35 minutes result in a harmonious whole for me. "Rubycon" seemed more like an acoustic journey through the shimmering underwater world on an alien planet. Initially still wading through a swampy landscape, but then you can immerse yourself in a clear waters and is weightless ... The music is sometimes scary, then delicate and beautiful, sometimes static, then rhythmically impulsive. But they never sag. Everything fits. This impression can already "Stratosfear" one year later, no longer offer.

Conclusion: Although TD then still should produce some listenable albums: This here - along with "Ricochet" from the same year - I think already for the culmination of their work.