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Le Parc is an album by electronic
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
 artists Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a Germany electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member....
, which was released in May, 1985. Each track on the album is inspired by a particular park from somewhere around the world. Le Parc marked Tangerine Dream's last studio release with Johannes Schmoelling; he left the band in October 1985. The title track "Le Parc" was used as the theme for the short-lived U.S television series Street Hawk
Street Hawk

Street Hawk was an United States television series that aired for 13 episodes on American Broadcasting Company in 1985. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00/7:00 CST....
. A video was produced for "Tiergarten".

  • "Bois de Boulogne (Paris)" – 5:07
  • "Central Park (New York)" – 3:37
  • "Gaudi Park (Guell Garden Barcelona)" – 5:10
  • "Tiergarten (Berlin)" – 4:28
  • "Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple Kyoto)" – 3:07
  • "Le Parc (L.A.






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    Le Parc is an album by electronic
    Electronic music

    Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
     artists Tangerine Dream
    Tangerine Dream

    Tangerine Dream is a Germany electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member....
    , which was released in May, 1985. Each track on the album is inspired by a particular park from somewhere around the world. Le Parc marked Tangerine Dream's last studio release with Johannes Schmoelling; he left the band in October 1985. The title track "Le Parc" was used as the theme for the short-lived U.S television series Street Hawk
    Street Hawk

    Street Hawk was an United States television series that aired for 13 episodes on American Broadcasting Company in 1985. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00/7:00 CST....
    . A video was produced for "Tiergarten".

    Track listing

    1. "Bois de Boulogne (Paris)" – 5:07
    2. "Central Park (New York)" – 3:37
    3. "Gaudi Park (Guell Garden Barcelona)" – 5:10
    4. "Tiergarten (Berlin)" – 4:28
    5. "Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple Kyoto)" – 3:07
    6. "Le Parc (L.A. - Streethawk)" – 2:56
    7. "Hyde Park (London)" – 3:50
    8. "The Cliffs of Sydney (Sydney)" – 5:20
    9. "Yellowstone Park (Rocky Mountains)" – 6:10


    Personnel

    • Christopher Franke
      Christopher Franke

      Christopher Franke is a musician and composer. From 1971 to 1988 he was a member of the German electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards andsynthesizer as the group moved away from its psychedelic rock origins....
    • Edgar Froese
      Edgar Froese

      Edgar Wilmar Froese is a Germany artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for co-founding the electronic music group, Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W....
    • Johannes Schmoelling
      Johannes Schmoelling

      Johannes Schmoelling Johannes was a member of the prolific electronic music group Tangerine Dream from 1980 to 1986. A classically trained musician he began playing piano at the age of eight....
    • Clare Torry
      Clare Torry

      Clare Torry is a United Kingdom singer who performed the Non-lexical vocables in music on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon....
       – vocals on "Yellowstone Park"
    • Katja Brauneis – vocals on "Zen Garden"
    • Robert Kastler – trumpets on "Bois de Boulogne"
    • Christian Gstettner – computer programming
    • Steffan Hartmann – computer programming
    • Monica Froese – sleeve design


    See also

    • Tangerine Dream discography
      Tangerine Dream discography

      Tangerine Dream has released over one hundred albums over the last four decades....
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