Tangerine Dream – Zeit

Album Information:

Originally released in 1972

This pressing was released by Varése Vintage for Record Store Day 2018

Format: LPx2, Orange vinyl

Limited to 2000 copies

Overview

This is what I imagine a black hole might sound like. “Zeit” translates to “Time”, yet time feels completely suspended here, filled instead with vast negative space in which burbling VCS3 synthesizers, suspenseful organs, and a droning quartet of cellos float in and out. These four sidelong pieces erase all traces of rock or any kind of beat from Tangerine Dream’s sound, leaving ominous space-ambient music in its purest form.