Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

1. Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

2. Maroubra Bay

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Edgar Froese - 'Epsilon In Malaysian Pale' (Caroline)
No Excuse
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Redressed for No reason
Why would one want to paint earrings and make-up on the Mona Lisa?

Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Edgar Froese
Manufacturer: Tangerine Dream Intl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009U5DGM
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

Epsilon In Malaysian Pale
Maroubra Bay

Album Description

Epsilon In Malaysian Pale was Edgar's (Tangerine Dream) 2nd solo release and was originally released in 1975. Written by Edgar while journeying through the jungles of Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia, the album is considered to be one of earliest examples of ambient music and is fully deserving of it's reputation within that genre. Remastered. 2005.

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Edgar Froese - 'Epsilon In Malaysian Pale' (Caroline).......2007-01-27

Originally released in 1975, this was the Tangerine Dream main man's second solo effort. You get two lengthy tracks here,the title cut "Epsilon In Malaysian Pale"(17:00) and "Maroubra Bay" (17:15), which both tend to flow together. This piece, overall has a nice flow to it and at times it appears to be semi-hypnotic, but it's STILL pretty much aimed toward the completists and die-hards. Casual Tangerine Dream fans might want to listen to the provided sound bites of this CD you can locate anywhere.

No Excuse.......2006-04-06

No, Edgar, it's not necessary to toy with a miniature masterpiece. The original is one of the most beautiful mellotron-dominated albums you'll ever hear. This "redux" version is pointless and, even worse, offensive to the very spirit of creation itself. What the hell were you thinking, Edgar?

What was he thinking?.......2005-11-23

I can not believe that this turned out so badly. I was waiting forever for the re-release, and the moment I heard that Froese had "added" something to it, I felt sick to my stomach.

After listening to this now three times over two weeks, my stomach is empty!

DO NOT BUY THIS - this was sacred territory, and the creator of it, has all but ruined it.

Redressed for No reason.......2005-09-27

Please seek out the original version of this one instead of this re-dressed updated version. The original would get a 5 star rating from me but this one has so many little changes and add ons that it's just a mess. The newly added sounds really stand out as well...they just don't fit into the aural landscape that's beneath them.

Why can't Edgar leave well enough alone? It was perfect before, but this is just unlistenable. Do yourself a favor and find the original version instead. You'll thank yourself that you did.

Why would one want to paint earrings and make-up on the Mona Lisa?.......2005-08-20

Why would one want to paint earrings and make-up on the Mona Lisa? That's just what Edgar has done here. Too much fluff.

Maroubra bay is driving me crazy. It sounds as if my kid is riding around on his tricycle ringing the bell the whole time.

If you do not have a copy of the first issue, try finding it instead. It is beautiful! Mr. Froese should have left it alone.

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have you never been mellotron?
A Treasured Rare Classic from Tangerine Dream's Main Man!!
Mellotron overload
A "Must Have" for all purist TD fans!
Interesting journey on a Malaysian elephant

Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Edgar Froese
Manufacturer: Caroline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000HTB
Release Date: 1992-09-09

Tracks:

Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Maroubra Bay

Customer Reviews:

have you never been mellotron?.......2006-06-22

The previous reviewer was correct: this may be the most Mellotron-drenched album ever made. The CD from 1990 (now harder to find than a single needle in a haystack factory) contains Froese's original recording from 1975; the more recent reissue is a remix done by him. The whole record is eerily reminiscent of the title track from Werner Herzog's film "Aguirre:The Wrath of God" by Florian Fricke and Popol Vuh.

Whether you love the Mellotron or classic, ethereally-evocative ambient music, or both, this one is indispensable. I was thinking as I wrote this that someone should do a compilation CD tribute to the 'Tron and that an extract from this album should be on it.

A Treasured Rare Classic from Tangerine Dream's Main Man!!.......2005-02-25

Around the same time that Tangerine Dream released their monumental 1975 classic "Rubycon", Dream founder Edgar Froese released his second solo album entitled "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale" - a loosly-based concept album inspired by his travels in Malaysia and Australia.
The album was not as successful as Tangerine Dream's group efforts but over the years, "Epsilon In Malaysian Pale" has become a fan favorite and a treasured rarity.
Consisting of just two long tracks, the album's main instrument is the Mellotron, a keyboard which pre-dates today's digital samplers utilizing tapes to play back the sounds of strings, woodwinds, horns etc. Froese was a master at the Mellotron and this album displays his best examples of what could be done with such a primitive yet pioneering device.
The title track is divided into three sections. The opening section consists of beautifully played Mellotron flutes and strings and definitely creates images of being outdoors. This leads into a darker section consisting of a sequencer loop accompanied by Mellotron strings. After this, the piece comes full circle with the same flute/string motiff only played in a much more minor key.
The second track, "Maroubra Bay" is a dark 17-minute piece opening with thick eeire Mellotron-string chords. A horn-synth lead cuts through the dark chords attempting to bring calm to the chaotic chords. Several minutes later, a hypnotic sequencer pulse enters into the mix punctuated by synth and Mellotron. Then, the thick Mellotron chords return to bring this haunting piece to a close. An interesting footnote to this piece is that there is a backwards version of this track in existance with the entire piece going in reverse from back to front (I obtained this version from a fellow TD collector who had it on a bootleg). The fascinating thing about this piece is that it sounds close to identical in reverse as it does at its normal forward speed.
Even 30 years after its release, Edgar Froese's "Epsilon In Malaysian Pale" is one of his finest solo efforts and is a sought-after collectors item. The work on this album is pioneering in many ways with excellent composition and structure. It is definitely an album worth owning.

Recently, Edgar has decided to re-record and remix this album. The new version has recently been released and is available through Edgar Froese's website.

Mellotron overload.......2004-10-10

If you're looking for what has to be the most Mellotron plastered album ever known (with the exception of Celluloid's Neptune, released in 1983, which I hadn't heard yet, which is said to be 100% Mellotron, but unfortunately only available as a rare LP), then look for Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, second solo offering from the main guy of Tangerine Dream. Recorded in between Rubycon and Ricochet, it seems without Chris Frank and Peter Baumann around, Froese simply went hog wild on the Mellotron, and he does indeed. He made it quite obvious he was a big fan of the instrument (and admitted once the polyphonic synths started appearing in TD's setup in the late '70s and early '80s, did he lose interest in the tron). The album starts off sounding a bit like "Fauni Gena" off Atem, with the jungle sounds, but about 80% of the title track consists of Mellotron, in which flute and strings are the most dominant. "Maruba Bay" is a bit more synth dominated, and unsurprisingly the closest to the TD sound, but with a more impressionistic feel. Still the Mellotron is dominant as ever. There is more tron on this album than on any Tangerine Dream album. Another great album to have if you're in to electronic music.

A "Must Have" for all purist TD fans!.......2004-02-07

Having first bought this album on vinyl in 1976 and then later on CD, I have never tired of listening to it. Edgar Froese handles the various themes with an unusual sensitivity and transports the listener to an imaginary tropical island and then gives them a "guided tour"! There are only two tracks - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale and Maroubra Bay. Each of these tracks took up the entire one side of the original vinyl LP.

Epsilon In Malaysian Pale takes the listener on a walk through a tropical rainforest (complete with railway!!) and introduces a couple of sequencer rhythms to keep the interest alive and help weave the spell.

Initially, Maroubra Bay is shrouded in darkness, but soon the dawn comes clear and cold. It's not long before the sun gets to work chasing away the dark shadows and then bathes the listener in some warm and truly enchanting melodies and sequencer rhythms - all of which leaves you wanting more - especially during the long cold winter nights!

Although this album is fairly similar to the mid-seventies TD style before they became more "commercial-sounding" after the release of their live album in late 1977, it has a rare charm and gentleness that is just perfect for enabling you to chill out with a beer after a stressful day at work.

Recommended!

Interesting journey on a Malaysian elephant.......2002-01-31

"Epsilon in Malayisian Pale" is the second solo album of Edgar Froese, recorded in 1975, after Tangerine Dream published one of their best albums, "Rubycon". The album starts with ambient samples of monkeys in a jungle. As an intro to an album like this, the monkeys do just fine. However, in 1997 Edgar Froese and his son published "Ambient Monkeys", an album filled with monkey screams from beginning to end, with classical and their own tunes mixed in. An aborted concept, if there ever was one. Mercifully, the samples do not last long on "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale", and soon enough we have an opportunity to hear an expansion on ideas explored on Tangerine Dream's "Phaedra". Similar synthesizer passages accompany the electronic flute. Painting musical passages, Froese takes his time to wander here and there, and roundabout, not paying too much attention to the timing and construction. This is the first album of Froese, where his lack of appreciation for that aspect is in evidence. However, we must give him due credit that in 1975 he still knew where to end a composition.

Lighter in touch than the mother band's albums, "Epsilon in Malayisian Pale" delivers variations on a theme that are pleasurable to listen to for every fan of the old, good analog music. Actually, two-thirds into the title track, 'Epsilon in Malayisian Pale', Froese quotes from "Rubycon", and from a chaos of sound samples emerges the main theme of the album. With flutes and mellotron playing along, the bubbling Moog rhythm theme takes over the track, and while the composition does not deliver as much as it suggests it will at the beginning, it's good enough. One simply cannot become satiated with this music.

The second half of the album consists of a single long track, 'Maroubra Bay', which is indeed superior to the rest of the album. If you're looking for a definition of a good Edgar Froese music, search no more, it's here. The chilling introduction reminds us of "Rubycon", and hints a bit towards Tangerine Dream's soundtrack, "Sorcerer", a masterpiece of electronic music, a type soundtrack you have never heard before or after. Just like on "Rubycon", the intensely atmospheric synthesizer passages transform into a brilliantly performed and unforgettable dynamic arpeggio. If Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann had thrown their two cents into this composition, 'Maroubra Bay' would have constituted another milestone in Tangerine Dream's musical heritage. Since it's a solo album of Edgar Froese, one must admit that the man had a streak of genius back then in 1975. "Epsilon in Malysian Pale" is one of the most important recordings of the decade, one which you shouldn't miss under any circumstances.

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