From Jason Proctor Sent Fri, May 3rd 2019, 17:25
From Jason Proctor Sent Fri, May 3rd 2019, 17:25
Article in January 1982 E&MM about the making of Exit -- http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-new-tangerine-dream/3669 It was the first TD album I ever bought (as a result of the article) and I still love it. Boy does it need a remaster, though! On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 10:11 AM Brent Busby <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > Royce Lee <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> writes: > > > Exit is one of those albums where my feelings about it have evolved over > > the years. Now, I'm back to be fascinated by it as I was in childhood, I > > suppose due to letting go of acquired preconceptions about what is cool or > > not cool. > > > > I've heard on the list about some of the synthesizer choices that define > > the sound of the album. Can anybody point me to articles going into a bit > > more depth about the recording process? > > > > It is a fascinating album sonically. On Gearslutz there was once a great > > conversation about the spectral qualities of Blow-out Comb showing how its > > sonic distinctiveness is matched by it being an outlier in popular music in > > terms of where in the frequency spectrum it occupies. I feel that Exit also > > is unusual, and suspect that certain choices likely explain some of this. > > I'd also be very interested in any discussion of the way Exit was > produced, since it has always been very formative and influential for > me. This was the most important album that brought me into electronic > music originally, though discovering Phaedra later on was pretty amazing > also. > > I know for certain that there's lots of Oberheim OB-X and PPG Wave... > > -- > - Brent Busby + =============================================== > + "The introduction of a new kind of music must > -- Studio -- + be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for > -- Amadeus/ -- + styles of music are never disturbed without > -- Keycorner -- + without affecting the most important political > -- Recording -- + institutions." --Plato, "Republic" > ----------------+ ===============================================