Inferno | ||||
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Live album with studio elements by | ||||
Released | March 2002 | |||
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Venue | St. Marien Church, Bernau, Germany | |||
Genre | Modern classical, electronic, ambient | |||
Length | 79:02 | |||
Label | TDI Music | |||
Producer | Edgar Froese [1] [2] | |||
Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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Inferno is the seventy-third release and twelfth live album by German electronic group Tangerine Dream. It is the first live album to feature new compositions since 220 Volt Live (1993). The lyrical content is based on the first part of the Italian narrative poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. [2] Inferno is the first album to feature percussionist Iris Camaa who remained with the group until 2014.
Prog Archives described the work as "something of quite astonishing beauty". [3] The Times Literary Supplement called the work a "musical extravaganza". [4]
Tangerine Dream used the album as a modern soundtrack for the 1911 Italian silent film L'Inferno. [5] Nick Hasted in The Independent wrote that while the film was a "fascinating relic", with their soundtrack "Tangerine Dream add momentum and even melodrama, restricting themselves at times to dark, low strings." [6] Ed Potton included the album in The Times 2021 list of "The 20 best film soundtracks". [7]
Inferno is the first album of a trilogy consisting of the following albums all inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy:
All compositions are by Edgar Froese, except where indicated.
Inferno | ||||
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Live album with studio elements by | ||||
Released | March 2002 | |||
Recorded |
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Venue | St. Marien Church, Bernau, Germany | |||
Genre | Modern classical, electronic, ambient | |||
Length | 79:02 | |||
Label | TDI Music | |||
Producer | Edgar Froese [1] [2] | |||
Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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Inferno is the seventy-third release and twelfth live album by German electronic group Tangerine Dream. It is the first live album to feature new compositions since 220 Volt Live (1993). The lyrical content is based on the first part of the Italian narrative poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. [2] Inferno is the first album to feature percussionist Iris Camaa who remained with the group until 2014.
Prog Archives described the work as "something of quite astonishing beauty". [3] The Times Literary Supplement called the work a "musical extravaganza". [4]
Tangerine Dream used the album as a modern soundtrack for the 1911 Italian silent film L'Inferno. [5] Nick Hasted in The Independent wrote that while the film was a "fascinating relic", with their soundtrack "Tangerine Dream add momentum and even melodrama, restricting themselves at times to dark, low strings." [6] Ed Potton included the album in The Times 2021 list of "The 20 best film soundtracks". [7]
Inferno is the first album of a trilogy consisting of the following albums all inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy:
All compositions are by Edgar Froese, except where indicated.