Ricochet (Tangerine Dream album)

Ricochet
1975 LP album cover
Live album by Tangerine Dream
Released	December 1975
Recorded	October 1975, The Manor Studio, England 23 October 1975, live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London
Genre	Electronic music, kosmische musik
Length	38:15
Label	Virgin
Producer	Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream chronology
Rubycon (1975) Ricochet (1975) Stratosfear (1976)

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Ricochet is the seventh major release and first live album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. It was released, on the Virgin label, in 1975. It consists of two side-long compositions mixed from studio recordings and the UK portion of their August–October 1975 European Tour. The sound of the album is similar to that of the group's other "Virgin Years" releases, relying heavily on synthesizers and sequencers to produce a dense, ambient soundscape, but is much more energetic than their previous works. Ricochet uses more percussion and electric guitar than its predecessors Phaedra and Rubycon, and borders on electronic rock. The main innovation on the album is the use of complex, multi-layered rhythms, foreshadowing the band's own direction in the 1980s and trance music and similar genres of electronic dance music.