Jean-Michel Jarre, son of the famous film composer, Maurice Jarre, has enjoyed a lifetime of compositions that began with his extraordinary work, Deserted Palace in 1972. But it was his…
Thorsten Quaeschning is a long-time member of Tangerine Dream, and the last member of TD to be in the group while Edgar Froese was still alive. Steve Rothery is a…
Tangerine Dream has a long history of ambient excellence, Their popularity periods are measured in label productions. For their most popular era, they were known as “The Virgin Years. The…
Tangerine Dream has had a lot of talent and faces throughout their storied and still active career. But in their peak, for about 8 albums, 2 of them live sets…
Steve Roach has long been a master of ambient tones that exceed the boundaries of any dreamscape. When you’re looking for an otherworldly audio experience, Steve Roach is the artist…
Arriving in the late ’80s with a brand of ambient style that sticks with you, Canadian band, Delerium entertained the world. With 15 albums over a period of 33 years,…
For the ambient audience of MusicTAP, I have a new “discovery” recently stumbled upon in a shuffle (bless those shuffles). The artist’s name is Julianna Barwick, who is actually not…
The German band, Can, was an influential pioneer in the brave world of experimental electronic music. Alongside such greats as Tangerine Dream, and others, Can left behind a small string…
Steve Roach is one of our premiere ambient artists, deserving to be celebrated as richly as we celebrate Tangerine Dream and other ambient masters. Since 1982, Steve Roach has explored…
For those lovers of ambient music, Klaus Schulze stands out as one of the pioneers in that genre. He’s spent time with Tangerine Dream, and Ash Ra Temple, both of…
Formed in 2003, and currently with 13 albums to their name, this UK trio (Richard Talbot, Duncan Meadows, Jamie Crossley) of Marconi Union are a blend of electronica (’80s-like but…
In 1974, years after a well-received career in music in Japan, Isao Tomita released a bold re-imagining of Claude Debussy’s famed compositions termed “tone paintings” by Tomita. The album was…