Berliner Schule
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The "Berliner Schule" (Berlin school of electronic music)
was a small group of artists that invented a new form of electronic music in Berlin in the beginning of the 70`s.
They started with the idea of a contemporary technical but atmospheric sound that was never heard before. In the beginning (1970 TD: Electronic Meditations, 1972 Schulze: Irrlicht) they didn`t even have electronic instruments, because there were none.
The were creating simple electronical devices and used various technical instruments and oscillators to create sounds.
A soon as they`ve got the first Moog synthesizers that were handmade by Robert Moog in New York they were able to create a music that came close to the visions that they had.
The time between the invention of the Mini-Moog (1971)and the beginning of the digital aera(Schulze: Dig It 1980 - the first fully digitally recorded and released album) was the best time of the artists of the Berliner Schule.
This chart consists of:
1. The classical artists of the berlin school:
Tangerine Dream
Ash Ra Temple
Klaus Schulze
Agitation Free
...and some obscure artists of that time..
2. Solo Projects or productions from musicians of these bands:
Froese, Franke, Baumann, Schmölling, Schnitzler, loom... (TD)
Goettsching (AshRa), Hoening (Agitation Free)...
Robert Schroeder, Double Fantasy, Software, Mickie D... (from Schulzes IC-label)
3. Followers and epigones who tried to keep the spirit of the 70`s:
Kistenmacher, Neden, Klaus Klare, Peter Namlock...
- Chart updated: 08/14/2023 22:15
- (Created: 09/02/2014 20:44).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
1,478
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Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
1,614
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I think it´s the best album of the "classical" TD:
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann [First added to this chart: 09/02/2014]
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann [First added to this chart: 09/02/2014]
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Year of Release:
1984
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1,275
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Berliner Schule composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 42 | 42% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 2% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Tangerine Dream | 10 | 10% | |
| Klaus Schulze | 8 | 8% | |
| Ash Ra Tempel | 5 | 5% | |
| Agitation Free | 3 | 3% | |
| Robert Schroeder | 3 | 3% | |
| Manuel Göttsching | 3 | 3% | |
| Ashra | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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74 | 74% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 02/27/2025 09:40 |  doombringer | 15 | 88/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2022 20:42 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
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From doombringer 02/27/2025 09:43 | #307796
doombringer 02/27/2025 09:43 | #307796
This chart shows how innovative and inspiring those artists have been . Fantastic !
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this a great custom chart, thanx for the intro
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Love custom charts and this is as good as any. Rec city.
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Wow. Splendid theme chart. Tons of recs, thanks.
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