jimbo@orca.UUCP (Jim Boggs) (01/14/85)
<> The recent discussion of Tangerine Dream has stirred me up a bit. I've been searching for a particular style of music for use with modern-dance pieces, and TD's Risky Business works nicely. The particular style of music I need (described from a non-musicians vocabulary) is typically electronic (although not necessarily so), and has a very repetitive/interwoven underlying melody with a simplier melody laid on top. Some sort of rhythm is absolutely necessary, either from the under-melody, or from percussion. An great example is 'Love on a Real Train' (Risky Business). The last requirement (rhythm) is what sets 'Risky Business' apart from anything else from TD I've heard. Cosmic TD is nice, but it's not what I need. When I read (here, in .music) that 'Risky Business' came from the album 'TANGRAM', I rushed right out and bought it, hoping for more of their poppish stuff with a beat. Alas, it was not to be - more Tangerine Dream sit-on-the-porch-and-watch-the-pretty-colors music. Again, good, but not I'm looking for. Is there any other Tangerine Dream like I described? Perhaps other soundtracks? Any other artists? Dave Elliott recommended old Vangelis, and maybe some Eno, except it was in the same breath as something about chainsaws and machine music, so I don't know... '...but is it really dance?' jim boggs {decvax,inhp4}!tektronix!tekecs!jimbo