Tangerine Dream, one of the most well-known German electronica bands, was built upon Surrealist roots: Edgar Froese, who was the founding member, met and was greatly influenced by Salvador Dali in that he turned towards more experimental styles of music. Froese was born in East Prussia during World War II, but moved to West Berlin to study traditional visual art. His background in art as well as an interest in technology led him towards a multimedia approach to music, often using custom-made instruments and synthesizers. This shows how at that time, artists of all kinds were migrating to West Berlin, and that many influences contributed to the German music scene. Tangerine Dream members also claim classical composers such as Stockhausen as influences, making German electronica more of a melting pot for all kinds of German music and other musical forms abroad. That both Dali and Stockhausen shaped a band that was influential itself illustrates the wide-range that German artists in the '60s drew upon to create their own style of music that was ethereal and dream-like to perhaps convey the absurdity they saw in their own existence.
Edgar Froese biography
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