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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Tangerine Dream
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| image             = Tangerine Dream live at The Barbican 7th Oct 2024 - Phaedra at 50 Tour (54052390691).jpg
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| caption           = Performing in 2024 at the [[Barbican Centre]], London <br />(l–r: [[Hoshiko Yamane]], [[Thorsten Quaeschning]], [[Brandt Brauer Frick|Paul Frick]])
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| origin            = [[West Berlin]], Germany
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Electronic music|Electronic]]
* [[kosmische musik|kosmische]]
* [[Ambient music|ambient]]
* [[progressive electronic]]
* [[New-age music|new-age]]
* [[krautrock]] (early)
}}
| years_active      = 1967–present
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* [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
* [[Ohr (record label)|Ohr]]
* [[Jive Electro]]
* [[Private Music]]
* Miramar
* TDI
* Eastgate 
* [[Sanctuary Records|Sequel/Castle/Sanctuary]]
* [[BMG Records|BMG]]
* [[Relativity Records|Relativity]]
* Esoteric Reactive
* [[Kscope]]
* [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]
* [[Invisible Hands Music|Invisible Hands]]
* [[Purple Pyramid Records|Purple Pyramid]]
* [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Bush, John|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tangerine-dream-mn0000002411/discography|title=Tangerine Dream Discography|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* Free Union Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/alpha-centauri-ultima-tima-thule-mr0000381037|title=Alpha Centauri/Ultima Tima Thule – Tangerine Dream &#124; Release Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref>}}
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|https://tangerinedreammusic.com/}}
| current_members   = [[Thorsten Quaeschning]]<br />[[Hoshiko Yamane]]<br />[[Brandt Brauer Frick|Paul Frick]]
| past_members      = <!--DO NOT CHANGE ORDER OF MEMBERS! See page entitled 'Template:Infobox musical artist' for details.-->[[Edgar Froese]]<br />Lanse Hapshash<br />Kurt Herkenberg<br />Volker Hombach<br />Charlie Prince<br />[[Steve Jolliffe]]<br />[[Klaus Schulze]]<br />[[Conrad Schnitzler]]<br />[[Christopher Franke]]<br />Steve Schroyder<br />[[Peter Baumann]]<br />[[Michael Hoenig]]<br />Klaus Krüger<br />[[Johannes Schmoelling]]<br />[[Paul Haslinger]]<br />[[Ralf Wadephul]]<br />[[Jerome Froese]]<br />[[Linda Spa]]<br />[[Zlatko Perica]]<br />Iris Camaa<br />Bernhard Beibl<br />[[Ulrich Schnauss]]<!--Do not add touring musicians to this list. They were not official members of the band.-->
}}

'''Tangerine Dream''' is a German [[electronic music]] band founded in 1967 by [[Edgar Froese]]. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the group was its mid-1970s trio of Froese, [[Christopher Franke]], and [[Peter Baumann]]. In 1979, [[Johannes Schmoelling]] replaced Baumann until his own departure in 1985. This lineup was notable for composing many movie soundtracks. Since Froese's death in 2015, the group has been under the leadership of [[Thorsten Quaeschning]]. Quaeschning is Froese's chosen successor and is currently the longest-serving band member, having joined in 2005. Quaeschning is currently joined by violinist [[Hoshiko Yamane]] who joined in 2011  and [[Brandt Brauer Frick|Paul Frick]] who joined in 2020. Prior to this Quaeschning and Yamane performed with [[Ulrich Schnauss]] from 2014 to 2020. Schnauss only played two shows with Froese in November 2014 before Froese's passing.

Tangerine Dream are considered a pioneering act in [[electronica]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Swan, Glenn|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rubycon-mw0000198494|title=Rubycon – Tangerine Dream|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Their work with the electronic music [[Ohr (record label)|Ohr]] label produced albums that had a pivotal role in the development of the German musical scene known as [[kosmische Musik]] ("cosmic music"). Their "Virgin Years", so called because of their association with [[Virgin Records]], produced albums that further explored [[synthesizer]]s and [[music sequencer|sequencers]], including the UK top 20 albums ''[[Phaedra (album)|Phaedra]]'' (1974) and ''[[Rubycon (album)|Rubycon]]'' (1975). The group also had a successful career composing film soundtracks, creating over 60 scores.

From the late 1990s into the 2000s, Tangerine Dream continued to explore other styles of instrumental music as well as electronica. Their recorded output has been prolific, including over one hundred albums. Among other scoring projects, they helped create the soundtrack for the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''. Their mid-1970s work has been profoundly influential in the development of electronic music styles such as [[New-age music|new-age]] and [[electronic dance music]].

On 29 September 2017, the band released an all-new music studio album entitled ''[[Quantum Gate (album)|Quantum Gate]]''. In December 2019, they released ''Recurring Dreams'', a compilation of new recordings of some of the band's classic compositions. On 26 November 2021, the band released an EP entitled ''Probe 6–8'' (including three tracks: "Raum", "Para Guy" and "Continuum"), whose concept was developed further on their following album ''Raum'', their latest studio album to date which was released on 25 February 2022.

==History==
===Origins: psychedelia and krautrock===
Edgar Froese arrived in [[West Berlin]] in the mid-1960s to study art. His first band, the [[psychedelic rock]]-styled ''The Ones'', disbanded after releasing only one single. After The Ones, Froese experimented with musical ideas, playing smaller gigs with a variety of musicians. Most of these performances were in the famous [[Zodiak Free Arts Lab]], although one grouping also had the distinction of being invited to play for the surrealist painter [[Salvador Dalí]]. The music was partnered with literature, painting, early forms of [[multimedia]], and more. It seemed as though only the most outlandish ideas attracted any attention, leading Froese to comment: "In the absurd often lies what is artistically possible." As members of the group came and went, the direction of the music continued to be inspired by the [[Surrealism|Surrealists]], and the group came to be called by the surreal-sounding name of Tangerine Dream, inspired by mishearing the line "tangerine trees and marmalade skies" from [[the Beatles]]' track "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]".<ref name="derogatis">{{cite book |first=Jim |last=DeRogatis |author-link=Jim DeRogatis |title=Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock |date=2003 |location=Milwaukee |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |page=263 |isbn=0-634-05548-8}}</ref>

Froese was fascinated by technology and skilled in using it to create music. He built [[custom-made instrument]]s and, wherever he went, collected sounds with tape recorders for use in constructing musical works later. His early work with tape loops and other repeating sounds was the obvious precursor to the emerging technology of the [[music sequencer|sequencer]], which Tangerine Dream quickly adopted upon its arrival.

Released in 1970 by record label [[Ohr (record label)|Ohr]], the first Tangerine Dream album, ''[[Electronic Meditation]]'', was a tape-collage [[Krautrock]] piece, using the technology of the time rather than the synthesized music they later became famous for. The line-up for the album was Froese, Klaus Schulze, and [[Conrad Schnitzler]]. ''Electronic Meditation'' began the period known as the ''Pink Years'' (the Ohr logo was a pink ear). Subsequent albums, beginning with ''[[Alpha Centauri (album)|Alpha Centauri]]'', relied heavily on electronic instruments. The band's music during the early 1970s prominently featured organ from Steve Schroyder (on ''Alpha Centauri'') or [[Peter Baumann]] (on subsequent releases), commonly augmented by guitar from Froese and drums from [[Christopher Franke]]. They also started their heavy usage of the [[Mellotron]] during this period.<ref name="phase1">{{cite book |last=Stump |first=Paul |title=Digital Gothic: A Critical Discography of Tangerine Dream |date=1999 |publisher=Firefly Publishing |isbn= 0-946719-18-7 |pages=29–48}}</ref>

===Rise to fame: the Virgin years===
The band's 1973 album ''[[Atem (album)|Atem]]'' was named as one of British DJ [[John Peel]]'s records of the year, and this attention helped Tangerine Dream to sign to the fledgling [[Virgin Records]] in the same year.<ref name="Larkin"/> Soon afterward they released the album ''[[Phaedra (album)|Phaedra]]'', an eerie soundscape that unexpectedly reached No. 15 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and became one of Virgin's first bona fide hits.<ref name="Larkin"/> ''Phaedra'' was one of the first commercial albums to feature sequencers and came to define much more than just the band's own sound. The creation of the album's title track was something of an accident: the band was experimenting in the studio with a recently acquired [[Moog synthesizer]], and the tape happened to be rolling at the time. They kept the results and later added recorder, bass guitar, and [[Mellotron]] performances. The Moog, like many other early synthesizers, was so sensitive to changes in temperature that its oscillators would drift badly in tuning as the equipment warmed up, and this drift can easily be heard on the final recording. This album marked the beginning of the period known as the 'Virgin Years'.

Their mid-1970s work has been profoundly influential in the development of electronic music styles such as [[New-age music|new-age]] (although the band themselves disliked the term)<ref>{{cite web |last=Fatali |first=Liberi |title=Tangerine Dream: Madcap's Flaming Duty |work=Sputnikmusic |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/15463/Tangerine-Dream-Madcaps-Flaming-Duty/ |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref> and [[electronic dance music]].<ref name="independent">{{cite web|author=Perrone, Pierre|title=Edgar Froese : Leader of electronic band Tangerine Dream whose influence has been felt for more than four decades|date=27 January 2015|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/edgar-froese-leader-of-electronic-band-tangerine-dream-whose-influence-has-been-felt-for-more-than-10006676.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/edgar-froese-leader-of-electronic-band-tangerine-dream-whose-influence-has-been-felt-for-more-than-10006676.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>

In the 1980s, along with other electronic music pioneers such as [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] (with whom Edgar Froese collaborated on Jarre's 2015 album ''[[Electronica 1: The Time Machine]]'') and [[Vangelis]], the band were early adopters of the new [[Digital data|digital]] technology, which revolutionized the sound of the synthesizer, although the group had been using digital equipment (in some shape or form) as early as the mid-1970s. Their technical competence and extensive experience in their early years with self-made instruments and unusual means of creating sounds meant that they were able to exploit this new technology to make music quite unlike anything heard before.

===Tangerine Dream live===
Tangerine Dream's earliest concerts were visually simple by modern standards, with three men sitting motionless for hours alongside massive electronic boxes festooned with patch cords and a few flashing lights. Some concerts were even performed in complete darkness, as happened during the performance at [[York Minster]] on 20 October 1975. As time went on and technology advanced, the concerts became much more elaborate, with visual effects, lighting, lasers, pyrotechnics, and projected images. By 1977 their North American tour featured full-scale [[Laserium]] effects.

Through the 1970s and 1980s, the band toured extensively. The concerts generally included large amounts of unreleased and improvised material and were consequently widely [[Bootleg recording|bootlegged]]. They were notorious for playing extremely loudly  and for a long time. The band released recordings of a fair number of their concerts, and on some of these the band worked out material that would later form the backbone of their studio recordings.

===Forays into vocals===
[[File:E-mu Audity.jpg|thumb|right|The [[E-mu Audity]] synthesizer, commissioned by Peter Baumann in 1979]]
Most of Tangerine Dream's albums are entirely instrumental.  Two earlier albums that prominently featured lyrics were ''[[Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)|Cyclone]]'' (1978)<ref name=UC>{{cite web|work=Uncut|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/tangerine-dream-search-hades-virgin-%E2%80%A8recordings-1973-1979|title=Tangerine Dream – In Search Of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973–1979|author=Pinnock, Tom|date=June 21, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Tyger (album)|Tyger]]'' (1987). While there were occasionally a few vocals on the band's other releases, such as the track "Kiew Mission" from 1981's ''[[Exit (Tangerine Dream album)|Exit]]'' and "The Harbor" from 1987's ''[[Shy People]]'', the group only returned to featuring vocals on a larger scale in a musical trilogy based on [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]''. This was followed by a 2007 album ''[[Madcap's Flaming Duty]]'' and a 2010 cover collection ''[[Under Cover – Chapter One]]''.

After their 1980 [[East Berlin]] gig, when they became one of the first major Western bands to perform in a communist country, Tangerine Dream released a double live album of one of their performances there, called ''[[Poland (album)|Poland]]'', recorded during their tour in the winter at the end of 1983. With ''Poland'', the band moved to the Jive Electro label, marking the beginning of the ''Blue Years''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jive Electro|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/432-Jive-Electro|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref>

===Soundtracks===
Throughout the 1980s, Tangerine Dream composed scores for more than 20 films. This had been an interest of Froese's since the late 1960s, when he scored and acted in the experimental film "''Auf Scheißer schießt man nicht''", directed by [[Hansjürgen Pohland]]. Many of the group's soundtracks were composed at least partially of reworked material from the band's studio albums or work that was in progress for upcoming albums; see, for example, the resemblance between the track "Igneous" on their soundtrack for ''[[Thief (soundtrack)|Thief]]'' and the track "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" on their studio release ''[[Force Majeure (Tangerine Dream album)|Force Majeure]]''. Their first exposure on US television came when a track for the then in-progress album ''[[Le Parc (album)|Le Parc]]'' was used as the theme for the television program, ''[[Street Hawk]]''. Some of the more famous soundtracks have been ''[[Sorcerer (soundtrack)|Sorcerer]]'', ''[[Thief (soundtrack)|Thief]]'', ''[[Legend (Tangerine Dream soundtrack)|Legend]]'', ''[[Risky Business (soundtrack)|Risky Business]]'', ''[[The Keep (Tangerine Dream album)|The Keep]]'',<ref name=U>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/movies/tangerine-dreams-music-in-bamcinematek-series.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Underscoring the Drama in the Dark |author=Rapold, Nicolas |date=June 1, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Firestarter (soundtrack)|Firestarter]]'',<ref>{{cite web |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0CE0DD1E38F932A25756C0A962948260 |title=SCREEN: 'FIRESTARTER', A STEPHEN KING STORY |author-link=Vincent Canby |author=Canby, Vincent |date=May 11, 1984}}</ref> ''[[Flashpoint (1984 film)|Flashpoint]]'',<ref>{{cite web |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9805E3DB1038F932A0575BC0A962948260 |title=SCREEN: 'FLASHPOINT', WITH KRIS KRISTOFFERSON |author-link=Janet Maslin |author=Maslin, Janet |date=August 31, 1984}}</ref> ''[[Heartbreakers (1984 film)|Heartbreakers]]'', ''[[Shy People]]'', and ''[[Near Dark]]''.<ref>{{cite web |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE0D71439F937A35753C1A961948260 |title=Film: 'Near Dark', a Tale of Vampires on the Road |author=James, Caryn |date=October 4, 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|title=Film: 'Identification of a Woman' |author=Michelangelo, Antonioni |date=October 21, 1982}}</ref>

Tangerine Dream also composed 35 hours of music stems for the video game, ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''.<ref name="gamescores">{{cite magazine |author=Shamoon, Evan |title=Inside The Grand Theft Auto V Soundtrack |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=28 August 2013 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/inside-the-grand-theft-auto-v-soundtrack-20130828 |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153755/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/inside-the-grand-theft-auto-v-soundtrack-20130828 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, Tangerine Dream released their own version of the [[theme music]] for the television series ''[[Stranger Things]]''.<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-tangerine-dreams-eerie-take-on-stranger-things-theme-w439301 |title=Hear Tangerine Dream's Spooky Cover of 'Stranger Things' Theme |author=Kreps, Daniel |date=12 September 2016 |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=20 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920063941/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-tangerine-dreams-eerie-take-on-stranger-things-theme-w439301 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Tangerine Dream had inspired music for the series.<ref name=RS/>

===Going independent===
Several of the band's albums released during the 1990s were nominated for Grammy Awards.<ref>{{allMusic |last=Brenholts |first=Jim |title= Tangerine Dream — The Grammy Nominated Albums |date=2014 |id=the-grammy-nominated-albums-mw0000616820}}</ref> Since then, Tangerine Dream with Jerome Froese took a directional change away from the new-age leanings of those albums and toward an electronica style. After Jerome's departure, founder Edgar Froese steered the band in a direction somewhat reminiscent of material throughout their career.

In later years, Tangerine Dream released albums in series. The ''Dream Mixes'' series began in 1995 with the last being released in 2010. The ''Divine Comedy'' series, based on the writings of Dante Alighieri, spanned 2002–2006. From 2007 to 2010, the ''Five Atomic Seasons'' were released. Most recently, the ''Eastgate Sonic Poems'' series, based on the works of famous poetic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Franz Kafka, began in 2011, with the last appearing in 2013. Also, beginning in 2007, Tangerine Dream released a number of EPs, referred to as "CupDiscs" by the band.

Edgar Froese also released a number of solo recordings, which are similar in style to Tangerine Dream's work. Jerome Froese released a number of singles as TDJ Rome, which are similar to his work within the ''Dream Mixes'' series. In 2005, he released his first solo album ''Neptunes'' under the name Jerome Froese.  In 2006, Jerome left Tangerine Dream to concentrate on his solo career. His second solo album ''Shiver Me Timbers'' was released on 29 October 2007, and his third, ''Far Side of the Face'', was released in 2012. Beginning in 2011, Jerome Froese joined with former Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and keyboardist Robert Waters to form the band Loom, which plays original material, as well as Tangerine Dream classics. Thorsten Quaeschning, leader of Picture Palace Music, was brought into Tangerine Dream in 2005 and contributed to most of the band's albums and CupDiscs since then.

The group had recording contracts with Ohr, Virgin, [[Jive Electro]], Private Music, and Miramar, and many of the minor soundtracks were released on Varèse Sarabande. In 1996, the band founded their own record label, '''TDI''', and more recently, '''Eastgate'''. Subsequent albums are today generally not available in normal retail channels but are sold by [[mail-order]] or through online channels. The same applies to their Miramar releases, the rights to which the band bought back. Meanwhile, their Ohr and Jive Electro catalogs (known as the "Pink" and "Blue" Years) are currently owned by [[Esoteric Recordings]]. 

Since 2017, Tangerine Dream has been signed to the independent label [[Kscope]], which has released their studio albums Quantum Gate, Recurring Dreams and Raum.

===Concert updates===
[[File:Tangerine-dream-blo--w.jpg|thumb|right|290px|Tangerine Dream performing in 2007]]
To celebrate their 40th anniversary (1967–2007), Tangerine Dream announced their only UK concert: at London Astoria on 20 April 2007. The band also played a totally free open-air concert in [[Eberswalde]] on 1 July 2007 and at the [[Alte Oper]] in Frankfurt on Main on 7 October 2007. 2008 saw the band in [[Eindhoven]] Netherlands playing at E-Day (an electronic music festival); later in the year they also played the Night of the Prog Festival in [[Loreley]], Germany, as well as concerts at the Kentish Town Forum, in London on 1 November, at the Picture House, Edinburgh on 2 November, and their first live concert in the US for over a decade, at the [[UCLA]] [[Royce Hall]], Los Angeles on 7 November.

In 2009, the group announced that they would play a concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, on 1 April 2010, titled the Zeitgeist concert, 35 years after their milestone concert there on 2 April 1975. The entire concert was released as a 3-CD live album on 7 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zeitgeist Concert – 3CD Set |website=Eastgate Music Shop |url=https://www.ssl-id.de/edgarfroese.de/shop/products.php?p=51be2a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127130909/https://www.ssl-id.de/edgarfroese.de/shop/products.php?p=51be2a |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-01-27 }}</ref>

Tangerine Dream embarked in spring and summer 2012 on a tour of Europe, Canada and the USA called ''The Electric Mandarine Tour 2012'':<ref>
{{cite web |title=Concert Dates |website=Tangerinedream-music.com |url=http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/index.php?/concert_dates.php|access-date=2012-01-27}}</ref> The 1st leg was a 5-date European tour, beginning on 10 April in Budapest (Hungary) via Padua (Italy), Milano (Italy), Zurich (Switzerland), and ending on 10 May in Berlin (Germany). The 2nd leg was a North-American tour that started with the Jazz Festival in Montréal (Canada) on 30 June, followed by a concert on 4 July at the Bluesfest in Ottawa (Canada) and continued as a 10-date US journey beginning in July in Boston, then New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and California. On 16 November 2014, Tangerine Dream performed in Melbourne, Australia, as part of Melbourne Music Week. They were the final shows with Froese.<ref>{{cite web |title=Melbourne Music Week Tangerine Dream |website=Victorian Government |url=http://www.vic.gov.au/event/2014/11/melbourne-music-week-tangerine-dream.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033753/http://www.vic.gov.au/event/2014/11/melbourne-music-week-tangerine-dream.html |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>  Tangerine Dream played two consecutive nights at the [[Union Chapel, Islington]] London on April 23 & 24 2018, the second supported by ex-[[Japan (band)|Japan]] and [[Porcupine Tree]] musician [[Richard Barbieri]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} In October and November 2019, Tangerine Dream went on its 16 step ''Random & Revision'' Tour.

2023 saw the band embark on the largest tour of their entire career, including a 19-date tour of North America (September 8 – October 5: taking in Miami, Asheville, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Albuquerque, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Chicago), 13-dates in Germany (October 10 – 28), and 10-dates in the UK (November 5 – 14){{cn|date=June 2024}}

===After Edgar Froese's death===
Edgar Froese died suddenly in [[Vienna]] on 20 January 2015 from a [[pulmonary embolism]].<ref name="guardianobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/23/tangerine-dream-founder-edgar-froese-dies|title=Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese dies|work=The Guardian|date=23 January 2015|access-date=24 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/rip_tangerine_dreams_edgar_froese|title=R.I.P. Tangerine Dream's Edgar Froese|work=[[Exclaim!]]|date=23 January 2015|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> On 6 April 2015, the group's remaining members (Quaeschning, Schnauss and Yamane) and Bianca Acquaye (Froese's widow), pledged to continue working together in an effort to fulfill Froese's vision for the group. However, ex-member [[Jerome Froese]] announced on his Facebook timeline that, in his opinion, Tangerine Dream will not exist without his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=784787968275463&set=a.109533702467563.23956.100002328016962&type=1 |title=Jerome Froese – Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |access-date=2016-01-27}}</ref>

Tangerine Dream played their first show following Froese's death on 9 June 2016 in [[Szczecin]], Poland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internationales Festival für Elektronische Musik|first=Edgar|last=Froese|url=http://www.schwingungen-festival.de/programm/tangerine-dream/|website=Schwingungen-festival.de}}</ref>

On 29 September 2017, Tangerine Dream released their new studio album entitled, ''Quantum Gate'', celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band's foundation. The album is based on ideas and musical sketches by founder Edgar Froese and was completed by the remaining members of the band.<ref name="kscopemusic.com Tangerine Dream Quantum Gate Tear Down the Grey Skies">{{cite web |url=http://www.kscopemusic.com/artists/tangerinedream/|title=Tangerine Dream – The new studio album, Quantum Gate Celebrating 50 years of Tangerine Dream – Listen to the first song "Tear Down the Grey Skies" above|date=September 2017|website=Kscopemusic.com|access-date=19 September 2017}}</ref>

On 31 January 2020, Tangerine Dream re-released their December 2019 album ''Recurring Dreams'', an eleven-track collection of new recordings of some of the band's classic tracks, worldwide through [[Kscope]]. This was launched to coincide with the ''Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer'' exhibition, which opened on 17 January 2020 at [[London]]'s [[Barbican Centre|Barbican]] and runs until 2 May 2020.<ref name="www.loudersound.com Tangerine Dream Recurring Dreams">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/tangerine-dream-to-revisit-classic-tracks-on-recurring-dreams-album |title=Tangerine Dream to revisit classic tracks on Recurring Dreams album – Tangerine Dream's 2020 lineup will release 11-track album to coincide with London's Zeitraffer Exhibition – listen to 2014 version of Phaedra (by Scott Munro (Prog)) |date= 18 January 2020 |website=Loudersound.com |access-date= 31 January 2020}}</ref>

On 9 June 2020, [[Brandt Brauer Frick|Paul Frick]] became the first member to join the group following Edgar's death after having made guest appearances with the band, starting in November 2018. Later on, the group started working on a new studio album entitled, ''[[Raum (album)|Raum]]'', featuring Froese's archival recordings in early 2022 via Kscope.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/TANGERINEDREAM.OFFICIAL/posts/4733723393369196 | title=Working on the new album in Berlin | url-access=registration | website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> Frick has the unique distinction of being the first addition to the group who did not ever personally meet Froese.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10224663309634272&set=p.10224663309634272&type=3 | title=Unknown| website=[[Facebook]]}}{{Dead link | date=November 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

It was announced on 22 June 2021 that Ulrich Schnauss has decided to stop performing live. Since then, the band's official website lists him as a former member.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=5692547064153486&id=128514197223495 | title=Due to the current situation, Ulrich Schnauss has decided to step back from playing live with Tangerine Dream | website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

In March 2023, the band embarked on the longest tour of their entire career, with concerts in Portugal ([[Casa da Música]]), Switzerland ([[Geneva]]'s Electron Festival), the Netherlands (3-date tour), Belgium (Het Depot), France ([[La Gaîté Lyrique]]), Poland (2-date tour), Romania ([[Transilvania International Film Festival]]), the United States (16-date tour), Canada (3-date tour), Germany (12-date tour), the United Kingdom (10-date tour), and Poland (1-date).

==Artistic connections==
===Influences===
Tangerine Dream began as a surreal [[krautrock]] band, with each of the members contributing different musical influences and styles, before becoming a "revered [[progressive electronic]] act."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Tangerine Dream Unearth 'Phaedra' Outtakes for Massive Seventies Box Set |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tangerine-dream-phaedra-box-set-823527/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> Edgar Froese's guitar style was inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Joyce |first=Mike |title=Spotlight; The Group With a Synth Of Adventure; Tangerine Dream's Long Electronic Music Quest |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 September 1988 |url=http://www.arm.ac.uk/~ath/music/td/postings/td_washingtonpost.html |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-date=17 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817063427/http://www.arm.ac.uk/%7Eath/music/td/postings/td_washingtonpost.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the avant-garde composers [[Iannis Xenakis]] and [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], while Christopher Franke contributed elements of [[György Ligeti]] and [[Terry Riley]]. [[Yes (band)|Yes]]-like progressive rock influence was brought in by [[Steve Jolliffe]] on ''Cyclone''. The sample-based sound collages of Johannes Schmoelling drew their inspiration from a number of sources; one instance is [[Steve Reich]]'s [[Music for 18 Musicians]] on parts of ''[[Logos Live]]'', and the track "[[Love on a Real Train]]" from the ''[[Risky Business]]'' soundtrack.<ref name=KQED>{{cite web|publisher=[[KQED Inc.|KQED]]|url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/12014754/steve-reichs-turning-80-heres-where-youve-heard-him-before|title=Steve Reich's Turning 80 — Here's Where You've Heard Him Before|author=Pope, Shelby|date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>

Classical music has had an influence on the sound of Tangerine Dream over the years. [[György Ligeti]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Iannis Xenakis]], [[Maurice Ravel]], and [[Arcangelo Corelli]] are clearly visible as dominant influences in the early albums. A Baroque sensibility sometimes informs the more coordinated sequencer patterns, which has its most direct expression in the [[La Folia]] section that comes at the very end of the title track of Force Majeure. In live performances, the piano solos often directly quoted from Romantic classical works for piano, such as the Beethoven and Mozart snippets in much of the late 1970s – early 1980s stage shows. In the bootleg recording of the [[Mannheim]] Mozartsaal concert of 1976 ([[Tangerine Tree]] volume 13), the first part of the first piece also clearly quotes from [[Franz Liszt]]'s ''[[Totentanz (Liszt)|Totentanz]]''. The first phrase is played on a harpsichord synthesizer patch and is answered by the second half of the phrase in a flute voicing on a [[Mellotron]]. During the 1990s, many releases included recordings of classical compositions: [[Pictures at an Exhibition]] (on ''[[Turn of the Tides]]''), [[Ombra mai fù|Largo (from Xerxes)]] (on ''[[Tyranny of Beauty]]''), Symphony in A Minor (by J. S. Bach), and Concerto in A Major / Adagio (by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]) (both on ''[[Ambient Monkeys]]'').

Since the 1990s, Tangerine Dream have also recorded cover versions of Jimi Hendrix' "[[Purple Haze]]" (first on ''[[220 Volt Live]]'') and [[The Beatles]]' "[[Eleanor Rigby]]", "[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]", "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]", and "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)|Norwegian Wood]]".

An infrequently recurring non-musical influence on Tangerine Dream, and Edgar Froese in particular, have been 12th–19th-century poets. This was first evident on the 1981 album ''[[Exit (Tangerine Dream album)|Exit]]'', <!--

Actually, I recall reading that the vocoder intro on _Cyclone_ is a Shakespeare quote, but I'm not sure so I'm leaving it away for now. --Tropylium

-->the track title ''"Pilots of the Purple Twilight"'' being a quote from [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]]'s poem ''[[Locksley Hall]]''. Six years later, the album ''[[Tyger (album)|Tyger]]'' featured poems from [[William Blake]] set to music; and around the turn of the millennium, Edgar Froese started working on a musical trilogy based on [[Dante Alighieri]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', completed in 2006. Most recently, the 2007 album ''Madcap's Flaming Duty'' features more poems set to music, some again from Blake but also e.g. [[Walt Whitman]].

[[Pink Floyd]] were also an influence on Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream, the band in its very early psychedelic rock band phase playing improvisations based on Pink Floyd's "[[Interstellar Overdrive]]". ''Madcap's Flaming Duty'' is dedicated to the memory of the late [[Syd Barrett]]. The title refers to Barrett's solo release ''[[The Madcap Laughs]]''.

The band's influence can be felt in ambient artists such as Deepspace, [[The Future Sound of London]], [[David Kristian]], and [[Global Communication]], as well as rock, pop, and dance artists such as [[Porcupine Tree]], [[M83 (band)|M83]], [[DJ Shadow]], [[Ulrich Schnauss]], [[Cut Copy]], and [[Kasabian]]. The band also clearly influenced 1990s and 2000s [[trance music]], notably [[Chicane (musician)|Chicane]]; both  "[[Offshore (song)|Offshore]]" and "Sunstroke" borrow heavily from "Love on a Real Train" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/chicane-interview/|title = CHICANE Interview|date = 3 May 2014}}</ref> where lush soundscapes and [[synth pads]] are used along with repetitive [[synth]] sequences, much like in their 1975 releases ''[[Rubycon (album)|Rubycon]]'' and ''[[Ricochet (Tangerine Dream album)|Ricochet]]'', as well as some of their music from the early 1980s. The group have also been sampled countless times, more recently by [[Recoil (band)|Recoil]] on the album ''[[SubHuman]]'', by [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]] on ''[[Involver]]'', and on several Houzan Suzuki albums. [[Michael Jackson]] also expressed being a fan of Tangerine Dream, specifically their 1977 soundtrack for the film [[Sorcerer (film)|''Sorcerer'']]. It inspired him to get a [[Synclavier]] II, which a demo of would be used as the intro for [[Beat It]]. <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dolby |first=Thomas |date=2016-10-06 |title=Inside Michael Jackson's Mansion: Thomas Dolby Recalls Surreal Visit |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-michael-jacksons-mansion-thomas-dolby-recalls-surreal-visit-192458/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dolby |first=Thomas |title=The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir |date=2016 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1250071842 |edition=First |language=en}}</ref> <!-- I don't own the book but that article is just an exceprt from it, which confirms the previous two sentences. Also I can't site copyrighted media but you can find that demo pretty easily online.   -->

===In popular culture===
* In the critically acclaimed 1991 [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[telenovela]] [[Cadenas de amargura|Cadenas de Amargura]], Tangerine Dream's song "Yucatan" is used as part of the novela's music score particularly in the more suspenseful scenes.
* [[Steven Wilson]], of [[Porcupine Tree]], stated that Tangerine Dream was one of his influences to make his music, and often cites ''[[Zeit (Tangerine Dream album)|Zeit]]'' as his all-time favorite album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/backstage-with-steven-wilson/ |title=Backstage with Steven Wilson |first=Tushar |last=Menon |location=London, United Kingdom |date=24 June 2012 |access-date=17 July 2016 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone India]]}}</ref>
* Japanese electronic musician [[Susumu Hirasawa]] dedicated his song {{Nihongo|"[[Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)|Island Door (Paranesian Circle)]]"|トビラ島（パラネシアン・サークル）|Tobira Shima (Paraneshian Circle)}} to Tangerine Dream.
* In 2016, [[Netflix]]'s original show ''[[Stranger Things]]'' used three Tangerine Dream tracks in its soundtrack: "Green Desert" from Green Desert (1986) in episode five, "Exit" from Exit (1981) in episode six, of season 1 and "Tangent (Rare Bird)" from Poland (1984) in episode nine of season 2. Composers of the soundtrack for the show, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the electronic band [[Survive (band)|Survive]], also cited Tangerine Dream as the key influence behind the soundtrack,<ref>{{cite web |title=Obsessed with "Stranger Things?" Meet the musicians behind the show's spine-chilling synth score |author=Maerzm Jennifer |date=23 July 2016 |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/07/23/obsessed_with_stranger_things_meet_the_band_behind_the_shows_spine_chilling_theme_and_synth_score/ |work= [[Salon (website)|Salon]]}}</ref> the main theme of which was later covered by Tangerine Dream.<ref name=RS/>
* In 2022, the horned dinosaur ''[[Bisticeratops|Bisticeratops froeseorum]]'' was named in memory of Edgar Froese, the late founder of Tangerine Dream.<ref name=Dalman2022>{{cite journal|vauthors=Dalman SG, Jasinski SE, Lucas SG|title=A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, New Mexico|year=2022|journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=90 |pages=127–153 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362680358}}</ref>

==Personnel==

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Tangerine Dream existed as several short-lived incarnations, all of which included Froese, who teamed up with several musicians from West Berlin's underground music scene, including [[Steve Jolliffe]], [[Sven-Åke Johansson]], [[Klaus Schulze]], and [[Conrad Schnitzler]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1162}}</ref>

Froese's most notable association was his partnership with [[Christopher Franke]].<ref name="Larkin"/> Franke joined Tangerine Dream in 1970 after serving time in the group [[Agitation Free]], originally to replace Schulze as the drummer. Franke is credited with starting to use electronic sequencers, which were introduced on ''[[Phaedra (album)|Phaedra]]'', a development that had not only a large impact on the group's music but on many electronic musicians to this day. Franke stayed with the group for 17 years, leaving in 1988 because of exhausting touring schedules, as well as creative differences with Froese.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Other long-term members of the group include [[Peter Baumann]] (1971–1977), who later went on to found the [[New-age music|new-age]] label [[Private Music]], to which the band was signed from 1988 to 1991; [[Johannes Schmoelling]] (1979–1985); [[Paul Haslinger]] (1986–1990); Froese's son [[Jerome Froese]] (1990–2006); [[Linda Spa]] (1990–1996, 2005–2014), a saxophonist & flute player who appeared on numerous albums and concerts, contributing one track on ''Goblins' Club''; and most recently [[Thorsten Quaeschning]] of Picture Palace Music (2005–present).

A number of other members were also part of Tangerine Dream for shorter periods of time. Unlike session musicians, these players also contributed to compositions of the band during their tenures. Some of the more notable members are Steve Schroyder (organist, 1971–1972), [[Michael Hoenig]] (who replaced Baumann for a 1975 Australian tour and a London concert, included on ''Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1''), [[Steve Jolliffe]] (wind instruments, keyboards and vocals on ''Cyclone'' and the following tour; he was also part of a short-lived 1969 line-up), Klaus Krüger (drummer on ''Cyclone'' and ''Force Majeure'') and [[Ralf Wadephul]] (in collaboration with Edgar Froese recorded album ''Blue Dawn'', but it was released only in 2006; also credited for one track on ''Optical Race'' (1988) and toured with the band in support of this album).

Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, Tangerine Dream was often joined on stage by Zlatko Perica or Gerald Gradwohl on guitars, and Emil Hachfeld on electronic drums. Jerome Froese left in 2006 after a concert at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Until late 2014, Tangerine Dream comprised Edgar Froese, as well as Thorsten Quaeschning, who first collaborated in the composition of ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (2005). For concerts and recordings, they were usually joined by [[Linda Spa]] on saxophone and flute, Iris Camaa on drums and percussion, and Bernhard Beibl on guitar. In 2011, electric violinist [[Hoshiko Yamane]] was added to the lineup and is featured on some of the most recent albums.<ref name=T>{{cite web |work=[[Telepolis]] |language=de |url=https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Musik-aus-geordneten-Geraeuschen-3813791.html?seite=2 |title=Musik aus geordneten Geräuschen}}</ref>

In late 2014, Bernhard Beibl announced on his [[Facebook]] page that he would stop collaborating with Tangerine Dream. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that Tangerine Dream would no longer be touring with Linda Spa or Iris Camaa, but that [[Ulrich Schnauss]] had been brought into the fold. Edgar Froese's death in January 2015, however, left this a short-lived line-up.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese dies |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 January 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/23/tangerine-dream-founder-edgar-froese-dies}}</ref>

===Members===
;Current members
* [[Thorsten Quaeschning]] – [[bandleader]], [[music director]], [[synthesizer]], [[Music sequencer|sequencer]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[guitar]] {{small|(2004–present)}} {{small|Recording engineer; (2003)}}
* [[Hoshiko Yamane]] – acoustic [[violin]], 5-string electric violin/viola, [[cello]], [[Ableton|Ableton Push]] controller, [[Loop (music)|looper]], synthesizer {{small|(2011–present)}}
* [[Brandt Brauer Frick|Paul Frick]] – synthesizer, piano, sequencer, looper {{small|(2020–present, guest: 2018–2020)}}

[[Bianca Froese-Acquaye]], Edgar Froese's widow, has taken up the mantle of continuing the legacy of the group and works closely in a non-musical capacity with the remaining members.

;Former members
{{div col|colwidth=35em}}
* [[Edgar Froese]] – leader and founder, keyboards, guitars {{small|(1967–2015; his death)}}
* [[Christopher Franke]] – keyboards, drums {{small|(1970–1987)}}
* [[Peter Baumann]] – keyboards {{small|(1971–1973, 1973–1975, 1975–1977)}}
* [[Johannes Schmoelling]] – keyboards {{small|(1979–1985)}}
* [[Jerome Froese]] – keyboards, guitars {{small|(1990–2006)}}
* [[Paul Haslinger]] – keyboards, guitars {{small|(1986–1990)}}
* [[Linda Spa]] – saxophone, flute, keyboards {{small|(1990–1996, 2005–2014)}}
* [[Klaus Schulze]] – drums, [[percussion]] {{small|(1969–1970; died 2022)}}
* [[Conrad Schnitzler]] – cello, violin, fx {{small|(1969–1970; died 2011)}}
* [[Steve Jolliffe]] – saxophone, keyboards, flute, vocals {{small|(1969, 1978)}}
* [[Michael Hoenig]] – keyboards {{small|(1975)}}
* [[Ulrich Schnauss]] – synthesizer, [[piano]], sequencer, Ableton {{small|(2014–2020)}}
* Klaus Krüger – drums, percussion {{small|(1978–1979)}}
* [[Ralf Wadephul]] – keyboards {{small|(1988–1989)}}
* Steve Schroyder – keyboards, vocals {{small|(1970–1971)}}
* Bernhard Beibl – guitars, violin {{small|(2006–2014)}}
* Iris Camaa – percussion, [[Roland V-Drums]] {{small|(2001–2014)}}
* [[Zlatko Perica]] – guitars {{small|(1992–1997)}}
* Al Akhbar – drums and percussion {{small|(1969)}}
* Happy Dieter – bass {{small|(1969; died 1974)}}
* Lanse Hapshash – drums {{small|(1967–1969)}}
* Kurt Herkenberg – [[Bass (guitar)|bass]] {{small|(1968–1969; died 1983)}}
* Volker Hombach – [[saxophone]], violin, [[flute]] {{small|(1967–1969)}}
* Charlie Prince – vocals {{small|(1967–1968)}}
{{div col end}}

===Line-ups===
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"  style="float:width:375px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #e2e2e2; width:99%;"
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1967–1968
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1968–1969
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1969
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1969–1970
|-
| valign=top |
* '''[[Edgar Froese]]''' – guitars
* '''Lanse Hapshash''' – drums
* '''Kurt Herkenberg''' – bass
* '''Volker Hombach''' – saxophone, violin, flute
* '''Charlie Prince''' – vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – guitars
* '''Lanse Hapshash''' – drums
* '''Kurt Herkenberg''' – bass
* '''Volker Hombach''' – saxophone, violin, flute
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''[[Steve Jolliffe]]''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''[[Klaus Schulze]]''' – drums, percussion
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Klaus Schulze''' – drums, percussion
* '''[[Conrad Schnitzler]]''' – cello, violin
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1970–1971
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1971–1975
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1975
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1975–1977
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''[[Christopher Franke]]''' – keyboards, drums
* '''Steve Schroyder''' – keyboards, vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''[[Peter Baumann]]''' – keyboards
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''[[Michael Hoenig]]''' – keyboards
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''Peter Baumann''' – keyboards
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1977–1978
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1978
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1978–1979
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1979–1985
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards
* '''Steve Jolliffe''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''Klaus Krüger''' – drums, percussion
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''Klaus Krüger''' – drums, percussion
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''[[Johannes Schmoelling]]''' – keyboards
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1985–1986
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1986–1987
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1987–1988
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1988
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Christopher Franke''' – keyboards, drums
* '''[[Paul Haslinger]]''' – keyboards, guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Paul Haslinger''' – keyboards, guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Paul Haslinger''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''[[Ralf Wadephul]]''' – keyboards
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1988–1990
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1990
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1990–1992
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1992–1996
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Paul Haslinger''' – keyboards, guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Paul Haslinger''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''[[Jerome Froese]]''' – keyboards, guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''[[Linda Spa]]''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Linda Spa''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''[[Zlatko Perica]]''' – guitars
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1996–1997
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1997–2001
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2001–2005
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2005–2006
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Zlatko Perica''' – guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Iris Camaa''' – percussion, V-drums
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Jerome Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Linda Spa''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''Iris Camaa''' – percussion, V-drums
* '''[[Thorsten Quaeschning]]''' – keyboards, drums, vocals
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2006–2011
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2011–2014
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2014–2015
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2015–2020
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Linda Spa''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''Iris Camaa''' – percussion, V-drums
* '''Thorsten Quaeschning''' – keyboards, drums, vocals
* '''Bernhard Beibl''' – guitars, violin
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Linda Spa''' – saxophone, flute, keyboards
* '''Iris Camaa''' – percussion, V-drums
* '''Thorsten Quaeschning''' – keyboards, drums, vocals
* '''Bernhard Beibl''' – guitars, violin
* '''[[Hoshiko Yamane]]''' – violin, cello
| valign=top |
* '''Edgar Froese''' – keyboards, guitars
* '''Thorsten Quaeschning''' – keyboards, drums, vocals
* '''Hoshiko Yamane''' – violin, cello
* '''[[Ulrich Schnauss]]''' – keyboards
| valign=top |
* '''Thorsten Quaeschning''' – keyboards, guitar, drums
* '''Hoshiko Yamane''' – violin/viola, cello, ableton push, looper
* '''Ulrich Schnauss''' – keyboards, sequencer control / ableton, FX
|-
!  style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2020–present
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Thorsten Quaeschning''' – keyboards, guitar, drums
* '''Hoshiko Yamane''' – violin/viola, cello, ableton push, looper, effect pedals
* '''Paul Frick''' – keyboards
|}

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===Guest musicians===
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* Jimmy Jackson {{small|(1970)}} – organ on ''[[Electronic Meditation]]''
* Thomas Keyserling {{small|(1970)}} – flute on ''[[Electronic Meditation]]''
* Udo Dennebourg {{small|(1971)}} – flute on ''[[Alpha Centauri (album)|Alpha Centauri]]''
* Roland Paulick {{small|(1971)}} – synthesizer on ''[[Alpha Centauri (album)|Alpha Centauri]]''
* [[Florian Fricke]] {{small|(1972)}}
* Christian Vallbracht {{small|(1972)}}
* Jochen von Grumbcow {{small|(1972)}}
* Hans Joachim Brüne {{small|(1972)}}
* Johannes Lücke {{small|(1972)}}
* Eduard Meyer {{small|(1979)}} – cello on [[Force Majeure (Tangerine Dream album)|Force Majeure]]
* Susanne Pawlitzki {{small|(1985)}}
* Jocelyn Bernadette Smith {{small|(1987)}}
* Jacquie Virgil {{small|(1987)}}
* Diamond Ross {{small|(1987)}}
* Hubert Waldner {{small|(1989–1990)}}
* [[Chi Coltrane]] {{small|(1991)}}
* Enrico Fernandez {{small|(1992)}}
* Richi Wester {{small|(1992)}}
* [[Jayney Klimek]] – vocals {{small|(1992–1994, 2002–2005)}}
* Roland Braunstein {{small|(1993)}}
* Julie Ocean {{small|(1993)}}
* Mark Hornby {{small|(1994–2002)}}
* [[Gerald Gradwohl]] – guitars {{small|(1994–1996, 1999–2001, 2006–2007)}}
* Gisela Kloetzer {{small|(1994)}}
* Milan Polak {{small|(1995)}}
* Emil Hachfeld – codotronic drums {{small|(1997–1999)}}
* Vicki McClure {{small|(1998)}}
* Barbara Kindermann {{small|(2001)}}
* Claire Foquet {{small|(2001)}}
* Jane Monet {{small|(2001)}}
* Bianca Acquaye {{small|(2001, 2005)}}
* Bry Gonzales {{small|(2001)}}
* Jack Liberty {{small|(2002, 2009)}}
* Lerk Andebracht {{small|(2002, 2009)}}
* [[Zlatko Perica]] – guitars {{small|(2003–2005)}} '''{{small|(1992–1997; full time member)}}'''
* Saskia Klumpp {{small|(2003, 2005)}}
* Tatjana Kouchev {{small|(2005)}}
* Fridolin Johann Harms {{small|(2005)}}
* Brandenburg Symphonic Orchestra {{small|(2005)}}
* Neuer Kammerchor Potsdam {{small|(2005)}}
* Claire Fouquet {{small|(2005)}}
* Barbara Kindermann {{small|(2005, 2008)}}
* Diane Miller {{small|(2005)}}
* Jane Monet {{small|(2005)}}
* Christian Hausl {{small|(2006–2007, 2010)}}
* Gynt Beator {{small|(2006)}}
* Thomas Beator {{small|(2006)}}
* Hetty Snell {{small|(2010)}}
* Zoe Marshall {{small|(2010)}}
* Stephanie Oade {{small|(2010)}}
* Rebecca J. Herman {{small|(2010)}}
* [[Carolina Eyck]] {{small|(2017)}} 
* [[Richard Barbieri]] {{small|(2018)}}
* Franz Bargmann {{small|(2019)}}
* Paul Frick {{small|(2018–2020)}} '''{{small|(2020–present; full time member)}}'''
* [[Steve Hillage]] {{small|(2020)}}
* [[Michał Łapaj]] {{small|(2021)}} 
* [[Steve Rothery]] {{small|(2022)}}
* [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]] {{small|(2023)}}
* [[Robert Rich (musician)|Robert Rich]] {{small|(2023)}}
* [[Adrian Belew|Julie Slick]] {{small|(2023)}}
* Cliff Hewitt {{small|(2023)}}
* [[Nick Beggs]] {{small|(2023)}}
* Ali Ferguson {{small|(2023)}}
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==Discography==
Tangerine Dream has released over one hundred albums (not counting compilations and fan releases) over the last five decades. A project to collect and release fan concert recordings, known as the [[Tangerine Tree]], was active from 2002 to 2006.
{{main|Tangerine Dream discography}}
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'''Core catalogue'''
# ''[[Electronic Meditation]]'' (1970)
# ''[[Alpha Centauri (album)|Alpha Centauri]]'' (1971)
# ''[[Zeit (Tangerine Dream album)|Zeit]]'' (1972)
# ''[[Atem (album)|Atem]]'' (1973)
# ''[[Phaedra (album)|Phaedra]]'' (1974)
# ''[[Rubycon (album)|Rubycon]]'' (1975)
# ''[[Ricochet (Tangerine Dream album)|Ricochet]]'' (1975) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Stratosfear]]'' (1976)
# ''[[Sorcerer (soundtrack)|Sorcerer]]'' (1977) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Encore (Tangerine Dream album)|Encore]]'' (1977) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)|Cyclone]]'' (1978)
# ''[[Force Majeure (Tangerine Dream album)|Force Majeure]]'' (1979)
# ''[[Tangram (album)|Tangram]]'' (1980)
# ''[[Quichotte (album)|Quichotte]]'' (1980) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Thief (soundtrack)|Thief]]'' (1981) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Exit (Tangerine Dream album)|Exit]]'' (1981)
# ''[[White Eagle (album)|White Eagle]]'' (1982)
# ''[[Logos Live|Logos]]'' (1982) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Hyperborea (album)|Hyperborea]]'' (1983)
# ''[[Wavelength_(1983_film)#Soundtrack|Wavelength]]'' (1983) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Risky Business (soundtrack)|Risky Business]]'' (1984) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Firestarter_(1984_film)#Soundtrack|Firestarter]]'' (1984) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Flashpoint_(1984_film)#Soundtrack|Flashpoint]]'' (1984) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Poland (album)|Poland]]'' (1984) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Heartbreakers_(1984_film)#Soundtrack|Heartbreakers]]'' (1985) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Le Parc (album)|Le Parc]]'' (1985)
# ''[[Green Desert]]'' (1986) <small>(recorded 1973)</small>
# ''[[Legend (Tangerine Dream soundtrack)|Legend]]'' (1986) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Underwater Sunlight]]'' (1986)
# ''[[Tyger (album)|Tyger]]'' (1987)
# ''[[Canyon Dreams]]'' (1987) <small>(Video album, issued on CD 1991)</small>
# ''[[Three_O%27Clock_High#Soundtrack|Three O'Clock High]]'' (1987) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Near_Dark#Soundtrack|Near Dark]]'' (1988) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Shy_People#Soundtrack|Shy People]]'' (1988) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Livemiles]]'' (1988) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Optical Race]]'' (1988)
# ''[[Miracle_Mile_(film)#Soundtrack|Miracle Mile]]'' (1989) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Lily on the Beach]]'' (1989)
# ''[[Destination Berlin]]'' (1989) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Melrose (album)|Melrose]]'' (1990)
# ''[[Dead_Solid_Perfect#Soundtrack|Dead Solid Perfect]]'' (1991) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1988)</small>
# ''[[The_Park_Is_Mine_(1985_film)#Soundtrack|The Park Is Mine]]'' (1991) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1985)</small>  
# ''[[The_Man_Inside_(1990_film)#Soundtrack|L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside)]]'' (1991) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1989)</small> 
# ''[[Rockoon (Tangerine Dream album)|Rockoon]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Rumpelstiltskin (album)|Rumpelstiltskin]]'' (1992) <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Quinoa (album)|Quinoa]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Deadly Care]]'' (1992) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1987)</small>
# ''[[220 Volt Live|220 Volt]]'' (1993) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Turn of the Tides]]'' (1994)
# ''[[Catch_Me_If_You_Can_(1989_film)#Soundtrack|Catch Me If You Can]]'' (1994)  <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1989)</small> 
# ''[[Tyranny of Beauty]]'' (1995) 
# ''[[The Dream Mixes]]'' (1995) <small>(Remixes/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Zoning (Tangerine Dream album)|Zoning]]'' (1996) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1994)</small>
# ''[[Goblins' Club]]'' (1996)
# ''Oasis'' (1997) <small>(Video album/CD soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[TimeSquare – Dream Mixes II]]'' (1997) <small>(Remixes/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Ambient Monkeys]]'' (1997)
# ''The Hollywood Years Vol. 1'' (1998)
# ''The Hollywood Years Vol. 2'' (1998)
# ''Transsiberia'' (1998)
# ''What a Blast'' (1999)  <small>(Soundtrack)</small>
# ''[[Mars Polaris]]'' (1999)
# ''[[Great Wall of China (album)|Great Wall of China]] (1999) 
# ''The Seven Letters from Tibet'' (2000)
# ''The Past Hundred Moons - Dream Mixes Three'' (2001) <small>(Remixes/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Inferno (Tangerine Dream album)|Inferno]]'' (2002) <small>(Live/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Mota Atma]] (2003)
# ''DM 4 - Dream Mixes 4'' (2003) <small>(Remixes/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Purgatorio (album)|Purgatorio]]'' (2004)
# ''Kyoto'' (2005) <small>(partially recorded 1983)</small>
# ''[[Jeanne d'Arc (Tangerine Dream album)|Jeanne d'Arc]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Phaedra 2005]]'' (2005) <small>(Re-recording)</small>
# ''Blue Dawn'' (2006) <small>(partially recorded 1988)</small>
# ''Paradiso'' (2006)
# ''[[Plays Tangerine Dream]]'' (2006) <small>(Re-recordings/Remixes)</small>
# ''Springtime In Nagasaki'' (2007) 
# ''[[Madcap's Flaming Duty]]'' (2007)
# ''Summer In Nagasaki'' (2007) 
# ''Booster'' (2007) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''Purple Diluvial'' (2008)
# ''Views from a Red Train'' (2008)
# ''The Anthology Decades'' (2008)
# ''Tangram 2008'' (2008) <small>(Re-recording)</small>
# ''Hyperborea 2008'' (2008) <small>(Re-recording)</small>
# ''Autumn in Hiroshima'' (2008) 
# ''Booster II'' (2008) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''Chandra – The Phantom Ferry Part I'' (2009)
# ''Winter in Hiroshima'' (2009) 
# ''Booster III'' (2009) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''DM V - Dream Mixes 5'' (2010) <small>(Remixes/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Under Cover – Chapter One]]'' (2010) <small>(Covers)</small>
# ''The Endless Season'' (2010)
# ''Booster IV'' (2011) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''[[The Island of the Fay]]'' (2011) 
# ''The Angel of the West Window'' (2011) 
# ''Mona da Vinci'' (2011)
# ''Finnegans Wake'' (2011) 
# ''Machu Picchu'' (2012) 
# ''Booster V'' (2012)  <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''Cruise to Destiny'' (2013) <small>(Live rehearsal recording)</small>
# ''Starmus — Sonic Universe'' (2013) <small>(Live with [[Brian May]])</small>
# ''One Night in Africa'' (2013) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''Booster VI'' (2013) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''The Castle'' (2013) 
# ''[[Music_of_Grand_Theft_Auto_V#The_Cinematographic_Score_—_GTA_5|The Cinematographic Score — GTA 5]]'' (2014) <small>(Video game soundtrack)</small>
# ''Chandra – The Phantom Ferry Part II'' (2014)
# ''Sorcerer 2014'' (2014) <small>(Live re-recording & new material)</small>
# ''[[Mala Kunia (Tangerine Dream album)|Mala Kunia]]'' (2014)
# ''Booster VII'' (2015) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''[[Quantum Key]]'' (2015) 
# ''Particles'' (2016) <small>(Collection of live and studio)</small>
# ''Light Flux'' (2017) <small>(Compilation/Studio)</small>
# ''The Sessions I'' (2017) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''[[Quantum Gate (album)|Quantum Gate]]'' (2017)<ref>Preceded by and companion to the 2015 [[mini-album]] ''[[Quantum Key]]''</ref>
# ''The Sessions II'' (2018) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''The Sessions III'' (2018) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''The Sessions IV'' (2018) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' (2019) <small>(recorded 1974)</small>
# ''The Sessions V'' (2019) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''Recurring Dreams'' (2019) <small>(Compilation/Studio re-recordings)</small>
# ''The Sessions VI'' (2020) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''[[The_Soldier_(1982_film)#Soundtrack|The Soldier]]'' (2020) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1981/2)</small>
# ''[[The Keep (Tangerine Dream album)|The Keep]]'' (2020) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1983)</small> <small>(Remixes previously released in 1997)</small> 
# ''The Sessions VII'' (2021) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
# ''[[Raum (album)|Raum]]'' (2022)
# ''[[Strange_Behavior#Soundtrack|Strange Behavior]]'' (2022) <small>(Soundtrack, recorded 1981)</small>
# ''The Sessions VIII'' (2023) <small>(Live real time compositions)</small>
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