Looking back at : Phaedra

bigmoog · Post by **bigmoog** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:02 pm

electronic music as beautiful realisation of dreams and nightmares

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:10 pm

bigmoog wrote:electronic music as beautiful realisation of dreams and nightmares

Another glorious peice of work but topped by Rubycon all IMHO of course

71 dB · Post by **71 dB** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:27 pm

For me Phaedra was a disappointment. I had too hign expectations.

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:28 pm

71 dB wrote:For me Phaedra was a disappointment. I had too hign expectations.

woah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... but hey each to their own, if it doesn't do it for you then that's it really.

Interesting to read that TD only had the completed Moog a matter of weeks before Phaedra...they bought it in bits.

71 dB · Post by **71 dB** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:48 pm

24db wrote:woah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... but hey each to their own, if it doesn't do it for you then that's it really.

Yeah, I have a strange problem with Phaedra. It does not captivate me like 95 % of TD does. Well, Sequent C' does but it's so damn short!

24db wrote:Interesting to read that TD only had the completed Moog a matter of weeks before Phaedra...they bought it in bits.

Yeah, they were in the process of creating something new. Phaedra is the first step and perhaps a bit infantile compared to the following steps.

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:54 pm

71 dB wrote:
24db wrote:woah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... but hey each to their own, if it doesn't do it for you then that's it really.
Yeah, I have a strange problem with Phaedra. It does not captivate me like 95 % of TD does. Well, Sequent C' does but it's so damn short!

24db wrote:Interesting to read that TD only had the completed Moog a matter of weeks before Phaedra...they bought it in bits.
Yeah, they were in the process of creating something new. Phaedra is the first step and perhaps a bit infantile compared to the following steps.

Infantile? hmmm don't think so....slightly crude perhaps? born out of mistakes...but then again mistakes in art are sometimes some of the most creative bits.

I love Phaedra, always have, even though I didn't hear it until many years after it came out

71 dB · Post by **71 dB** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:05 pm

24db wrote:Infantile? hmmm don't think so....slightly crude perhaps? born out of mistakes...but then again mistakes in art are sometimes some of the most creative bits.

I love Phaedra, always have, even though I didn't hear it until many years after it came out

In my opinion Phaedra is "infantile" compared to the following releases. Phaedra is rather simple and has less substance than most TD releases. It's about pioneering like EM was. Fortunately TD is good music even at it's worst and we can love it all.

24db · Post by **24db** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:09 pm

71 dB wrote:
24db wrote:Infantile? hmmm don't think so....slightly crude perhaps? born out of mistakes...but then again mistakes in art are sometimes some of the most creative bits.

I love Phaedra, always have, even though I didn't hear it until many years after it came out
In my opinion Phaedra is "infantile" compared to the following releases. Phaedra is rather simple and has less substance than most TD releases. It's about pioneering like EM was. Fortunately TD is good music even at it's worst and we can love it all.

I agree....it is, as you see and hear it

Michael66 · Post by **Michael66** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:20 pm

Phaedra is a good album, but I've heard the mighty Rubycon before I heard Phaedra, and so it comes I associate with Phaedra "2nd class Rubycon". I prefer TD's OHR releases to Phaedra, and so it comes I don't often listen to that record...

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:19 pm

Phaedra was, for me, the sign of a band finally hitting it's stride. It's very experimental but done with great confidence. The result is some very captivating music.

cantosis · Post by **cantosis** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:43 pm

I like Phaedra quite a lot but I like Phaedra05 even more

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:57 pm

cantosis wrote:I like Phaedra quite a lot but I like Phaedra05 even more

Shhhh!!!

...don't tell anyone but so do I.

Said so a few years back and got pilloried. Some people even questioned my sanity. Still; you like what you like and not a lot you can do about it.

cantosis · Post by **cantosis** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:01 pm

Chris Monk wrote:
cantosis wrote:I like Phaedra quite a lot but I like Phaedra05 even more
Shhhh!!!

...don't tell anyone but so do I.

Said so a few years back and got pilloried. Some people even questioned my sanity. Still; you like what you like and not a lot you can do about it.

yeh I remember someone saying I must be stupid or something to that effect, I dont really care.

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:55 pm

Really hooked me when i first heard it

Hyperboreauk · Post by **Hyperboreauk** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:27 pm

Never really got into this one.

Tangerine Dream

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