Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.
Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock;
or as Sound on Sound magazine described it, "free electronic rock".
Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums,
and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds
such as broken glass, burning parchment, and dried peas being shaken in a sieve.
The backwards vocals at the end of side two are actually Edgar Froese reading from the back of
a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover.
The album was recorded in a rented factory in Berlin in October 1969, using just a two-track Revox tape recorder.
Its style is a unique form of free jazz, electronic art music, and instrumental rock;
or as Sound on Sound magazine described it, "free electronic rock".
Its instrumentation ranges from conventional instruments such as the guitar, organ, drums,
and cello to various custom-made electronic devices implemented by Edgar Froese and found sounds
The backwards vocals at the end of side two are actually Edgar Froese reading from the back of
a ferry ticket from Dover to Calais. The original LP had a balloon inserted in the cover.