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  "slug": "tangerine-dream",
  "name": "Tangerine Dream",
  "description": "Tangerine Dream appears 2 times in our Krautrock and The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock lists, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/tangerine-dream/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1974,
    "last": 1974
  },
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    },
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      "slug": "the-desk-krautrock",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock",
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      "trackKey": "tangerine-dream--phaedra",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/tangerine-dream--phaedra/",
      "title": "Phaedra",
      "year": 1974,
      "label": "Virgin",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A sequencer drifting out of tune with itself for seventeen minutes, which the band kept because it was better than the accurate take. Ambient's immediate ancestor, and considerably more sinister than its descendants.",
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        }
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          "exact": false
        },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "tangerine-dream--phaedra",
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      "year": 1974,
      "label": "Virgin",
      "isrc": null,
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