Tangerine Dream

There seems to have been a slightly muted reaction to this album. And maybe yes, album overall, but certain tracks are outstanding. CLOUDWALK is simply sublime (one of the most beautiful EM tracks I've heard in a very long time....can't get it off the player), GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM is brilliantly arranged and sound designed, and TACHYCARDIA brings the absolute house down. I'm hugely looking forward to all future LOOM releases. For my taste I'd like it if they got much more in your face!

rigel wrote:Other tracks seem to me very obviously Jerome Froese's work (again, at least predominantly so). For example, the final track Tachycardia (love this one!) has Jerome's signature all over it.

Tachycardia is my least favorite track.

Insvims wrote:

Jon wrote:I finally got the new album. A really strong effort IMO, it really hasn't got a bad track. Maybe no absolute classic tracks on it, just very good craftsmanship, with some musical links back to Jerome's best album, his debut Neptunes.

I have seen that the album has received some only so-so reviews, calling it too "mellow". I can't say I agree.

I agree on this. Superb album. Only strange thing is the use of the traditional Irish tune in one of the tracks. That tune I only associate with the beautiful Simple Minds song Belfast Child. On an electronic instrumental album it sounds a bit out of place.

Well, I think the Emerald Suite was nice. Mixing traditional irish music with electronic music is an interesting thing IMO, remember TD's great Lake Of Pontchartrain from Madcap's Flaming Duty.

Emerald Suite : The original Irish song is called She Moved Through The Fair. Van Morrison & The Chieftains do a half decent version on their 'Irish Heartbeat' album

Loom project is in the works for a new album be scheduled in February 2015.

Like others, I'm struggling a bit with The Tree Hates The Forest. Scored was basically a series of greatest hits of TD, Jerome and Johannes whereas the new album, whilst interesting, does not grab me like Scored. Lets hope that the boys are now working on new material.

Loom has confirmed that they will play in Berlin at the UFA FABRIK in Tempelhof 05.03. 2016.
Tickets on sale from October.


http://www.loom-project.com/main.htm

http://www.ufafabrik.de/en



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