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Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer

A Barbican Music Library Exhibition

Tangerine Dream Exhibition at the Barbican

Join us on an analogue journey through unseen footage, unpublished articles and original synthesizers with one of electronic music's pioneering groups.

The band Tangerine Dream was founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese in West Berlin. They were early pioneers of electronic music, who, with albums like Phaedra and Rubycon, laid the foundation for new styles such as Ambient and Trance.

Through uncovered photographs and videos, original synthesizers, cassettes and vinyl, this exhibition reveals London's key role in the international breakthrough of Tangerine Dream during the 1970s.

Fast-forward to the present day, when synthesizers and sequencers are being continually rediscovered in music and pop culture, and enjoy a retrospective ‘time-lapse’ (Zeitraffer in German) across the band’s influential 50-year history.

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A Barbican Music Library Exhibition curated by Bianca Froese-Acquaye, Felix Moser and Melanie Reinisch

Idea and responsibility: Bianca Froese-Acquaye / Eastgate Music & Arts

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Watch: Exhibition Tour of Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer

Watch this exhibition tour of 'Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer' in the Barbican Music Library, featuring interviews with exhibition curators Felix Moser, Bianca Froese-Acquaye, and Melanie Reinisch and archive performances and interviews with the band. 

Barbican Library

Location
The Barbican Libraries are located on Level 2 within the Barbican. They can be accessed from the main building via stairs or lifts from Level G or via Frobisher Crescent from the highwalks.


Address
Level 2, Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.