Christopher Franke

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Works

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Film & TV

Berlin, Germany

Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially, a drummer with The Agitation later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards and synthesizers as the group moved away from its psychedelic rock origins. While he was not the first musician to use an analog…

Known for

• Tangerine Dream: Ricochet2019
• Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral — Himself2006
• Tangerine Dream - Signals from the Schwäbischen Strasse — Self1976

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

DE

Active from

1953-04-06

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51,393

Total plays

715,061

Christopher Franke (born Berlin, 6 April 1953) was a member of the German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann from 1970. He originally played drums, but began playing synthesizers as the group moved away from its psychedelic rock origins. Since his departure in 1988, he has founded the Sonic Images record label, the Earthtone New Age Music label and the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra, and produced a number of solo works. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Christ

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Official website

Christopher Franke - Official Website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Christopher

Family name

Franke

Gender

male

Citizenship

Germany

Place of birth

Berlin

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

German

Instrument

keyboard instrument

Record label

Private Music

Official website

christopherfranke.com

Image

Tangerine Dream 1980something (12882520393).jpg

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