Atem

Atem
1973 LP album cover
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released	March 1973
Recorded	December 1972 – January 1973, Dierks Studio
Genre	Electronic music
Length	41:28
Label	Ohr
Producer	Tangerine Dream
Professional reviews
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Tangerine Dream chronology
Zeit (1972) Atem (1973) Phaedra (1974)

Atem is an album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The music on Atem ranges from slow atmospheric pieces to more aggressive percussion and vocal experiments with dynamic Mellotron orchestrations. The release of the album in 1973 marked the end of the band's seminal "Pink Years" period, with future albums adopting a more structured (and commercially viable) sound.

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

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, 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann.

1. "Atem" – 20:27
2. "Fauni-Gena" – 10:47
3. "Circulation of Events" – 5:52
4. "Wahn" – 4:29

Musicians

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

References

See also

• Tangerine Dream discography