2007 seems a good year for musical pioneers to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Sharing this auspicious celebration with Pink Floyd, who also started their professional career in 1967, Tangerine Dream have just announced their new album.

Madcap's Flaming Duty, which will be released on April 2nd 2007, is dedicated to the late Syd Barrett who passed away in July 2006. Tangerine Dream are a German electronic group founded by Edgar Froese, who has been the band's only continuous member over their entire career. Well known for their atmospheric and ethereal music, the band have provided soundtracks for over forty films and also television series.

Recorded in Vienna and Berlin during October 2006, the album features Froese, along with other long term members Thorsten Quaeschning, Chris Housle, Bernhard Beibl, Linda Spa, Gynt Beator, Thomas Beator, Iris Camaa, and Vincent Nowak.

Track listing:

• Astrophel and Stella
• Shape My Sin
• The Blessed Damozel
• The Divorce
• A Dream of Death
• Hear The Voice
• Lake of Pontchartrain
• Mad Song
• One Hour of Madness
• Man
• Hymn To Intellectual Beauty
• Solution of All Problems

The album will be released through the Voiceprint label, and if you email your name and postal address to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it they will send you (while stocks last) a promotional interview CD with Froese, explaining the background to the project and giving you tasters from the album. More information can also be found over at Noble PR's website.

Advance orders can be placed through the following special links, for delivery upon release: Amazon UK/Europe, Canada, France, or Germany. Any item bought through these links at Amazon (not just Floyd items) helps with the running costs of the site, and we really appreciate it. It can also be ordered through the record label, www.voiceprint.co.uk.

Our thanks to Justin Purcell and Peter Noble for their help with this intriguing project.