EDGAR FROESE THE THING WITH TWO HERDS
With his heavy German accent and low, measured tones Edgar Froese sounds remarkably like Henry Kissinger. Not that that matters. Edgar Froese is leader of Tangerine Dream, a popular German band that is part of a "new wave" of "Euro-rockers" currently invading the U.S.
EDGAR FROESE THE THK1G LUITH TWO HERDS
ROBERT OUnCRR
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With his heavy German accent and low, measured tones Edgar Froese sounds remarkably like Henry Kissinger. Not that that matters. Edgar Froese is leader of Tangerine Dream, a popular German band that is part of a "new wave" of "Euro-rockers" currently invading the U.S. Not that that matters either, at least for now. Because Edgar, is more eager to speak of the Invention.
"It took three years to develop at a German technical university. Doctors vere trying to analyze ze causes and find ze cure for a medical problem vith ze ears. I heard about ze Artificial Head from friends at university."
Artificial head, huh? Catchy. Digging deeper into Edgar's prepared speech about the Head, one discovers that it's a lifesize black rubber replica of a human head sans brains with a nose, a mouth, and condenser microphones for ears. The thing was designed for hearing experiments and is supposed to accurately approximate human hearing, in that the entire Head vibrates in response to sounds, just like the real organic McCoy. Edgar saw this thing as a boon to recording in that it "heard" accurately, or rather, humanly.