Tangerine Dream – Stratosfear (E/E) – LP, JP 1977, With OBI

Stratosfear is an LP by Tangerine Dream from 1977 released on the Virgin label.

About this album

Stratosfear is a key Tangerine Dream album because it sharpens the group’s Kosmische sound into something more melodic, structured and immediately accessible without losing its sense of experiment. Issued in 1976, it finds the trio balancing sequencer-driven electronics with acoustic colour and extended forms, helping bridge early German progressive exploration and the more ambient direction that would follow. The title track, alongside pieces such as The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades and Invisible Limits, shows how Tangerine Dream could turn repetition into momentum and mood into form. It remains one of the band’s most admired releases and a major reference point in electronic music.