Atem (album)

The music on Atem ranges from slow atmospheric pieces to more aggressive percussion and vocal experiments with dynamic Mellotron orchestrations. Describing its style, AllMusic wrote "Atem is more melodic and less dissonant than Tangerine Dream's other early works. The lineup [...] puts a nice topspin on the old prog rock sound. [...] While it is still very common to see TD listed as progressive rock and art rock, this album is pure space music."

The album marked the end of the band's seminal "Pink Years" period, with future albums adopting a more structured (and commercially viable) sound. Julian Cope's Head Heritage described it as Tangerine Dream's "transitional album".^[3]

The baby pictured on the cover is Jerome Froese, the son of Edgar Froese, who would eventually become a member of Tangerine Dream. He was two years four months old at the time this album was released.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Head Heritage	positive^[3]

It was largely through DJ John Peel's enthusiastic championing of this album (it was his "Album of the Year" in 1973), that Tangerine Dream first came to the attention of British music listeners in a big way. The public began ordering copies of the group's albums through mail order companies (although Atem, along with Alpha Centauri, did get an official UK release on Polydor around this time). According to legend, it was this mail order activity that caused Richard Branson to take notice.

In its retrospective review, Head Heritage described it as "TD's most adventurous and exhilarating listening experience", and the title track as "TD’s most powerful moment".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Atem"	20:27

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fauni-Gena"	10:47
2.	"Circulation of Events"	5:52
3.	"Wahn"	4:29

Personnel

Edgar Froese – mellotron, organ, guitar, voice
Peter Baumann – organ, piano, VCS3
Christopher Franke – VCS3, drums, percussion, organ, voice

References

1 2 Brenholts, Jim. Atem - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
↑ Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Atem". Voices in the Net.
1 2 3 "Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Reviews | Tangerine Dream – Atem". 9 March 2012.

External links

Atem at Discogs (list of releases)

Tangerine Dream

Thorsten Quaeschning Hoshiko Yamane Ulrich Schnauss Edgar Froese Lanse Hapshash Kurt Herkenberg Volker Hombach Charlie Prince Steve Jolliffe Klaus Schulze Conrad Schnitzler Christopher Franke Steve Schroyder Peter Baumann Michael Hoenig Klaus Krüger Johannes Schmoelling Paul Haslinger Ralf Wadephul Jerome Froese Linda Spa Iris Camaa Bernhard Beibl

Live and studio albums	Electronic Meditation Alpha Centauri Zeit Atem Phaedra Rubycon Ricochet Stratosfear Encore Cyclone Force Majeure Tangram Quichotte Exit White Eagle Logos Live Hyperborea Poland Le Parc Green Desert Underwater Sunlight Tyger Livemiles Optical Race Lily on the Beach Melrose Rockoon Quinoa 220 Volt Live Turn of the Tides Tyranny of Beauty The Dream Mixes Goblins' Club Tournado TimeSquare – Dream Mixes II Ambient Monkeys Valentine Wheels Sohoman Mars Polaris Soundmill Navigator Antique Dreams The Seven Letters From Tibet The Past Hundred Moons Inferno The Melrose Years The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 DM 4 Rockface The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 2 Purgatorio Aachen–January 21st 1981 Montreal–April 9th 1977 Paris–February 2nd 1981 Sydney–February 22nd 1982 Ottawa–June 20th 1986 East Arizona Live Cleveland–June 24th 1986 Brighton–March 25th 1986 Kyoto Jeanne d'Arc Rocking Mars Phaedra 2005 Blue Dawn Paradiso Springtime In Nagasaki Madcap's Flaming Duty Summer In Nagasaki One Times One Detroit–March 31st 1977 Preston–November 5th 1980 Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream Purple Diluvial Views from a Red Train The Anthology Decades Tangram 2008 Hyperborea 2008 Autumn in Hiroshima Flame Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part I Live @ Dussmann Berlin Winter in Hiroshima DM V Zeitgeist Concert Under Cover – Chapter One The Endless Season The Island of the Fay The Angel of the West Window The Gate of Saturn Finnegans Wake Knights of Asheville Live at Admiralspalast Berlin Cruise to Destiny Starmus — Sonic Universe Lost in Strings — Volume I Franz Kafka — The Castle Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part II Sorcerer 2014 Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 Supernormal Quantum Gate Live at the Philharmony Szczecin-Poland

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Singles	"Dreamtime"

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