Raum (album)

Raum ([ʁaʊ̯m], "space, room") is a studio album by Tangerine Dream, released on 25 February 2022 through Kscope.^[1] It topped the UK Dance Albums Chart.^[2] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.^[3]

Raum
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released	25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
Recorded	2021
Studio	Raum (Berlin, Germany) The Shoppe (Berlin, Germany)
Genre	Electronic
Length	68:35
Label	Kscope
Tangerine Dream chronology
Quantum Gate (2017) Raum (2022)

Background

Raum is Tangerine Dream's second studio album since the death of founding member Edgar Froese in 2015.^[1] It was created by Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane, and Paul Frick, using Froese's archives from 1977 to 2013, with access to his Cubase arrangements and tape recordings.^[4] Music videos were released for the songs "Raum"^[5] and "You're Always On Time".^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Pitchfork	6.7/10[8]
PopMatters	7/10[9]
Spectrum Culture	70%[10]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Raum received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.^[3]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic commented that "As Tangerine Dream's influence seemed more prominent throughout electronic music during the 2010s than it had since the group's heyday, the existing lineup produced the band's most inspired work in ages."^[7] He added, "Raum feels a little bit more like a transitional work than the unexpectedly solid Quantum Gate, but that album seemed like more of an overt revisit of the band's classic sound, while Raum finds them taking more chances and exploring fresh ideas."^[7] Parker Desautell of PopMatters stated that Raum is "every bit as spacey and floaty as you'd expect a Tangerine Dream album to be, but it doesn't fall into the wallpaper-music trappings that a lot of their work falls into."^[9] Ben Cardew of Pitchfork wrote, "Its unashamed drift and scale pay a tribute to a world where music is huge, omnipresent, and never ending."^[8]

Track listing

Raum track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Continuum"	Thorsten Quaeschning Hoshiko Yamane Paul Frick	7:08
2.	"Portico"	Edgar Froese Quaeschning Yamane Frick	6:44
3.	"In 256 Zeichen"	Quaeschning Yamane Frick	19:10
4.	"You're Always On Time"	Quaeschning Yamane Frick	8:08
5.	"Along the Canal"	Quaeschning Yamane Frick	5:29
6.	"What You Should Know About Endings"	Froese Quaeschning Yamane Frick	6:55
7.	"Raum"	Froese Quaeschning Yamane Frick	14:54
Total length:			68:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[11]

• Edgar Froese – synthesizer (2, 6, 7), sequencer (2, 6, 7), original photography
• Thorsten Quaeschning – musical direction, synthesizer, sequencer, piano, mixing
• Hoshiko Yamane – violin, electric violin/viola
• Paul Frick – synthesizer, sequencer, piano
• Birgir Jón Birgisson – mastering
• Bianca Froese-Acquaye – cover artwork
• Julian Moser – studio photography
• Melanie Reinisch – layout, design

Charts

Chart performance for Raum

Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	19
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[2]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14]	6