Optical Race

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Optical Race
1988 LP album cover
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released	August, 1988
Recorded	April-May, 1988, in Berlin and Vienna
Genre	Electronic music
Length	52:39
Label	Private Music
Producer	Paul Haslinger, Edgar Froese
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Tangerine Dream chronology
Livemiles (1988) Optical Race (1988) Miracle Mile (1989)

Optical Race is an album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream, which was released in 1988. Optical Race marked the first appearance of the band on Private Music, a label founded by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann.^[1]

The sleeve of the 12" release and the first release on CD features a die-cut outer sleeve with a multicolored inner sleeve.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Equipment 4 Trivia 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Track listing

1. "Marakesh" – 8:17
2. "Atlas Eyes" – 4:04
3. "Mothers Of Rain" – 5:13
4. "Twin Soul Tribe" – 4:28
5. "Optical Race" – 3:13
6. "Cat Scan" – 5:35
7. "Sun Gate" – 4:44
8. "Turning Off The Wheel" – 6:11
9. "The Midnight Trail" – 5:54
10. "Ghazal (Love Song)" – 5:00

[edit] Personnel

• Paul Haslinger - composer, musician
• Edgar Froese - composer, musician
• Ralf Wadephul - composer
• Christian Gstettner - studio technician
• Monica Froese - cover concept
• Norman Moore - art direction and design

[edit] Equipment

The album was produced using Steinberg/Jones software on an Atari ST computer.

[edit] Trivia

• "Atlas Eyes" is in 5/4 time.
• "Mothers of Rain" first appeared two years before the album's release, during the band's 1986 European tour.
• "Turning Off The Wheel" was re-released on the Transsiberia album in 1998 under the title "The Golden Horn".

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Tangerine Dream discography