![]() Pieced together from sessions at Hansa Ton Studio (a stone’s throw from the notorious Berlin Wall), Force Majeure repositioned Tangerine Dream in their familiar, all-instrumental terrain. For Force Majeure, though, TD nucleus Froese and Christopher Franke chose to collaborate with cellist Eduard Meyer and drummer Klaus Kruger, who later departed to join Iggy Pop’s band. ![]() That album was recorded by a short-lived line-up that included vocals and Ian Anderson-esque flute contributions from Steve Jolliffe, formerly of British blues-rockers Steamhammer. The band continued in this direction when they recorded February 1979’s Force Majeure: one of their most enduring Virgin releases and – in retrospect – a far more natural successor to Stratosfear than 1978’s experimental Cyclone. With their next album, 1976’s Stratosfear, they began blending organic textures such as grand piano, harpsichord, and Froese’s rich electric guitar with their customary Moogs and Mellotrons. ![]() Led by the energetic Edgar Froese, however, the prolific Tangerine Dream were never ones to rest on their laurels.
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