Disco de Tangerine Dream: “Seven Letters From Tibet”

7 LETTERS won't be in any TD's fan's top ten, but hardly as bad as some of the negative reviews suggest. It's a mellow Hearts-of-Spacey work, a little haunting and a bit sugary. Each piece dips a toe into a potentially enchanting or exciting realm.

I wish it hadn't been split into 7 separate tracks with fancy titles; every track could easily and smoothly seque into the next; I know this sounds like armchair editing, but give it a listen on a good system and you'll hear what I mean; every track "artificially" closes when it could easily melt into the next, forming a solid [liquid?] journey.

If you look back in their discography, TD's "decline" began with their decision to focus on packaging, breaking works into marshmallow-treat-sized bits. Ok for soundtracks but not for extended works. TD has a long & faithful following (today, fans like us are simply referred to as "niche marketing.")

In short: 7 LETTERS is pleasantly meditative, even romantic, and may grow on you with repeated listenings. But it will leave the die-hards longing for the days of STRATOSFEAR, LOGOS and POLAND.

7 LETTERS won't be in any TD's fan's top ten, but hardly as bad as some of the negative reviews suggest. It's a mellow Hearts-of-Spacey work, a little haunting and a bit sugary. Each piece dips a toe into a potentially enchanting or exciting realm.

I wish it hadn't been split into 7 separate tracks with fancy titles; every track could easily and smoothly seque into the next; I know this sounds like armchair editing, but give it a listen on a good system and you'll hear what I mean; every track "artificially" closes when it could easily melt into the next, forming a solid [liquid?] journey.

If you look back in their discography, TD's "decline" began with their decision to focus on packaging, breaking works into marshmallow-treat-sized bits. Ok for soundtracks but not for extended works. TD has a long & faithful following (today, fans like us are simply referred to as "niche marketing.")

In short: 7 LETTERS is pleasantly meditative, even romantic, and may grow on you with repeated listenings. But it will leave the die-hards longing for the days of STRATOSFEAR, LOGOS and POLAND.

Tangerine Dream moved in a different direction yet again with this release. The entire CD is pure ambience and nothing else. There are no drums or sequencers; just smooth and warm synth washes.

Very relaxing; especially "The Orange Breath" (Track 2)

This is not one of TD's better releases, but it is perfect for when you want to relax and unwind. The music will transport you to other places and other realms.

Absolutely beautiful and very special album. Perfect for high meditations. I hide it from myself for fear of tiring of it, and keep it in my arsenal as a secret Samadhi weapon ;)

This Tangerine Dream album is an artful lushly sequenced composition. No percussive rhythms or beats here, just a stream of sonic atmospheres composed to evoke the feeling of different modes of consciousness, apparently associated with the 7 chakras and the rainbow of color frequencies and musical tones. This is not especially engaging meditative music, and the eastern instrumental sounds have an overly synthetic quality. Still, this album is effective as meditative background music and it has a bit of an unsettled feel to it, in case you don't want to be totally relaxed. If you are looking for something "different" in the way of relaxation music or ambient background music this album may be worth a listen.