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Edgar Froese
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German electronic music pioneer (1944-2015)
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Edgar Froese was a German composer, film score composer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Sovetsk, also known as Tilsit in East Prussia, he worked primarily in Berlin. His musical output spanned from 1964 to 2014, focusing on electronic music genres including ambient, krautrock, and the Berlin school. He played the electronic keyboard and spoke German.
Froese was a member of the group Tangerine Dream. He released recordings on Virgin Records and EMI Records. He died in Vienna on January 20, 2015, from a pulmonary embolism resulting from natural causes.
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Film & TV
Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany
Edgar Willmar Froese (6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. Although his solo and group recordings before 2003 name him "Edgar Froese", his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Froese". Froese was…
Known for
- Tangerine Dream: Ricochet2019
- Tangerine Dream: Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 London — Keyboards, Electric Guitar2015
- Track Stories — Self (archive footage)2015
- Tangerine Dream: Electric Mandarine Tour - The Zürich Concert (Set 2) — Self - keyboards / guitar2012
- Tangerine Dream - The London Eye Concert — Keyboards2011
- Tangerine Dream . The Epsilon Journey2010
- Tangerine Dream - Live in Lisbon — Self2010
- Tangerine Dream - One Night in Space - Live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt — Himself2009
- Tangerine Dream . Rocking Out The Bats2009
- Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany — Self2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
- Aqua1974
- Epsilon in Malaysian Pale1975
- Macula Transfer1976
- Ages1978
- Electronic Dreams1979
- Stuntman1979
- Kamikaze 19891982
- Pinnacles1983
- Beyond the Storm1995
- Ambient Highway, Volume 12003
Member of
- Tangerine Dream1967–2015
- The Ones
- Ed Jefro
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 87,494
- Total plays
- 733,514
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Edgar Froese (born Edgar Wilmar Froese on 6 June 1944; died 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. While his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Froese". Froese was born in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia) during World War II. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edgar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Sovetsk
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- electronic keyboard
- Record label
- EMI Records
- Official website
- www.edgarfroese.com
- Image
- Tangerine-dream-ebw-2 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
Show 8 more facts
- date of death
- 2015-01-20
- date of birth
- 1944-06-06
- Commons category
- Edgar Froese
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pulmonary embolism
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- member of
- Tangerine Dream
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