50 Years Of Phaedra : At The Barbican

What began as an experimental session at Richard Branson's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire became a seismic event in modern sound. Using the Moog sequencer for the first time, Tangerine Dream - then comprised of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann - crafted Phaedra, an album that shimmered with innovation, mystery & a palpable sense of discovery.

Half a century later, Tangerine Dream returned to London's Barbican to honour that landmark work - reimagining it for a new era. Across its three vinyl LPs, 50 Years Of Phaedra: At The Barbican captures this transcendent live performance, in which the current line- up - Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick - revisit the spirit of Phaedra with the very tools that Froese and his collaborators helped pioneer.

Part of Phaedra's magic lay in its imperfections: the original sequences were never truly quantised, their timing drifting unpredictably through the Moog's analogue circuitry. That subtle instability became part of its charm - a human pulse within the machine - yet it long left current bandleader Thorsten Quaeschning intrigued by what a fully realised version might reveal. Now, fifty years later, Tangerine Dream have revisited the work with the precision that technology once denied them. 50 Years Of Phaedra: At The Barbican is the first time Phaedra has been performed fully quantised, each motif beautifully aligned with a crystalline precision previously unheard.

3xLP - Standard Black Vinyl

2xCD

Disc 1 -
1. Phaedra Suite Initial Applause ( 00:28 )
2. Sequent C, 2024 ( 04:25 )
3. Movements Of A Visionary, 2024 ( 09:01 )
4. Mysterious Semblance At The Strand Of Nightmares, 2024 ( 07:39 )
5. Hippolytos Session - Part 1 ( 02:51 )
6. Hippolytos Session - Part 2 ( 03:29 )
7. Hippolytos Session - Part 3 ( 03:35 )
8. Hippolytos Session - Part 4 ( 06:09 )
9. Hippolytos Session - Part 5 ( 05:08 )
10. Hippolytos Session - Part 6 ( 05:15 )
11. Hippolytos Session - Part 7 ( 07:03 )
12. Phaedra 2024 ( 05:56 )
13. Hippolytos Session - Part 8 ( 02:50 )
14. Phaedra Suite Applause & Words ( 03:14 )

Disc 2 -
1. Happy Ending ( 05:22 )
2. Sorceror Theme ( 05:04 )
3. You Are Always On Time ( 07:31 )
4. Dolphin Dance ( 05:04 )
5. Rare Bird ( 05:13 )
6. Continuum ( 07:11 )
7. Los Santos City Map ( 07:20 )
8. Logos ( Velvet ) ( 05:43 )
9. Portico ( 06:45 )
10. White Eagle ( 06:06 )
11. Raum ( 07:29 )
12. Encore Break ( 01:09 )
13. Phaedra 2022 ( 06:58 )
14. Closing Words ( 02:46 )