Rubycon
by Tangerine Dream
- Type: Album
- Released: Mar 1975
- Label: Virgin
- Country: Germany
- Length: 50:03
- Community rating: 4.59/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann, Christopher Franke
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Rubycon' further develops the Berlin School sequencer-based sound through two side-long instrumental suites that define the band's classic era. The trio of Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, and Peter Baumann construct dense, atmospheric soundscapes using layered Moog synthesizers, Mellotron choirs, and processed instruments like prepared piano, creating a dynamic journey that shifts between ambient washes and taut, rhythmic passages. By refining the techniques introduced on 'Phaedra', the album uses its largely improvised structure and dissonant textures to create a haunting and influential work of progressive electronic music.
Genres
Descriptors: repetitive, minimal, synthesizers, long-form, expansive
Tracklist
Credits
- Edgar Froese - mellotron, guitar, vcs 3 synthesizer, organ, gong, composed by, performer [played by], synthi, Guitar Mellotron Synthesizer, Gong Guitar Mellotron Organ Synthesizer
- Christopher Franke - double moog synthesizer, synthi a, organ, modified elka organ, prepared piano, gong, composed by, performer [played by], Electronic Organ Moog Organ Prepared Piano Synthesizer, Gong Moog Organ Synthesizer
- Peter Baumann - organ, synthi a, electric piano (fender rhodes), prepared piano, voice, arp 2600, composed by, performer [played by], e-piano, Electric Piano Organ Prepared Piano Synthesizer, Electric Piano Organ Synthesizer, Synthesizer
- Mick Glossop - engineer, Engineer
- Monique Froese - photography by [cover photographs]
- Tangerine Dream - producer, Producer
- Roland Paulick - technician [technical assistant], Task Misc