23-01-2015 23:27 via feeds.theguardian.com

Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese dies

Pioneer of electronic music suffered pulmonary embolism, aged 70One of the most influential figures in German rock music, Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream, has died. Froese, who was 70, suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Vienna on Tuesday, Tangerine Dream announced on their Facebook page.Froese founded Tangerine Dream in Berlin in 1967 and was the only constant member. Early in their career the group were associated with the scene known in the UK as “krautrock”, and their debut album w
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