![]() ![]() Genre / Style: Electronic / Modern Classical / Experimental / AmbientĬD: FLAC / Level 6 (img + *cue / *cue with ISRC + EAC log, AccurateRip) (16CD + 2 Blu-ray Box Set Universal Music) 1973 Phaedra Out-Takes Volume 1 & 2ġ974 Live Victoria Palace, London Part 1 & 2ġ974 Live At The Rainbow, London Part 1 & 2ġ975 Royal Albert Hall, London Part 1 & 2ġ977 Encore. ![]() While I find nearly all of TD albums great and very enjoyable from between 1974-1983, I'd absolutely leave the 'Zeit' out of any listings.1974 Phaedra I strongly disagree with the previous poster. Personally, I stick to the Booster releases these days, which give a good representation of the various products and are the nearest thing to the 'an album every year or two' format Edgar would have been wise sticking to. There exists a modest sized fanbase who excitedly await everything put out under the TD name (a considerable proportion of the 'Eastgate Years' output is Edgar solo material) and seem to enjoy it, but the general consensus tends to be that although great tracks exist, they are few and far between. Plenty of modern TD pieces could be little more than remastered Haslinger-era tracks.īe it the heavy use of live instrumentation in the '90s, or the 'throw enough shit and some of it'll stick' approach to the modern heavy release schedule, there have been different attempts at hiding the staleness over the past twenty-odd years, although most see through them. The band sort of washed ashore at this point, most tellingly by the fact that Edgar is still using the same synth sounds to this day. ![]() These albums are much maligned by some, and although they are almost embarrassingly dated in their production, there are plenty of strong compositions waiting under the surface of rigid MIDI programming and harsh FM synths. The rest of the '80s saw them ironing out the remaining kinks into the heavily streamlined, poppy sound found throughout the Froese/Haslinger lineup. Over their ten years signed to Virgin, their stylistic progression was incredible: something which slowed down considerably shortly after they left. Like many (possibly most), I hold the Virgin albums in highest esteem, particularly Phaedra, Rubycon, Tangram and Hyperborea. It's seemingly impossible to discuss TD without comparing eras, although this is occasionally a little unfair, especially given that there aren't many straight cut changes between them. ![]()
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