Tangerine Dream - Oasis

The boys are back with what, to all intents and purposes, looks like a 'Canyon Dreams II'. TD seem to be on somewhat of a roll here. With recent albums like 'The Dream Mixes' signalling a marked return to meaningful EM rather than bland guitar/sax laden AOR it's good to see that 'Oasis' doesn't disappoint. OK, it doesn't challenge the listener one iota and most sounds can be found by scraping around the edges of a few modern day presets but it's difficult to argue with the fact that TD are still a class act and can bash out polished EM compositions with alarming ease and regularity. All 8 of these pieces have aspects to admire and it's great to know that they can still produce some fine sequences as admirably demonstrated on tracks such as 'Zion'. Still the benchmark then? Well, the solid wooden bench has turned into an MFI flat-pack but hey, everyone's buying them so who can argue?

Tracklist:

1 Flashflood 7:00
2 Zion 5:43
3 Reflections 5:08
4 Cliff Dwellers 5:06
5 Waterborne 7:20
6 Cedar Breaks 5:07
7 Summer Storm 6:06
8 Hopi Mesa Heart 5:53
9 Chia Maroon (Bonus Track) 4:10