‘Rubycon’: How Tangerine Dream Crossed Over Into New Territory

‘Rubycon’: How Tangerine Dream Crossed Over Into New Territory

After releasing a quartet of albums for German label Ohr, electronica pioneers Tangerine Dream signed to Richard Branson’s newly established Virgin imprint late in 1973, for whom they released a string of classic albums, among them Phaedra, Rubycon, and Stratosfear. Listen to Rubycon right now. The West Berlin trio’s timing was impeccable, as Virgin were basking in the success of their first album release, Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, and were…