Rockoon is an album by electronic

Electronic music

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 artist Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

, which was released in 1992. The album was started in March 1991 and completed January 1992, making it the longest production ever in the band's history. The album was nominated in the USA for the "Best New Age Album 1992" Grammy and reached the Top Ten in Billboard New Age charts and the Top Twenty in Billboard Jazz charts.

The album was re-released in 1999 on Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

's own TDI label with new cover artwork by Edgar Froese

Edgar Froese

Edgar Wilmar Froese is a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group, Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W. Froese".Froese...

.

Big City Dwarves was used as a promo

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 single

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. Penguin Reference was also used on the promo. There were maybe 200 to 300 copies of this single.

Track listing

1. "Big City Dwarves" - 6:00
2. "Red Roadster" - 8:30
3. "Touchwood" - 4:34
4. "Graffiti Street" - 5:04
5. "Funky Atlanta" - 4:00
6. "Spanish Love" - 5:40
7. "Lifted Veil" - 3:30
8. "Penguin Reference" - 4:45
9. "Body Corporate" -3:40
10. "Rockoon" - 7:21
11. "Girls On Broadway" - 4:44

Personnel

• Edgar Froese
  Edgar Froese
  Edgar Wilmar Froese is a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group, Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W. Froese".Froese...
  
   - composer, musician
• Jerome Froese
  Jerome Froese
  Jerome Froese is a musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father, Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006; currently he is working on several other projects...
  
   - composer, musician
• Enrico Fernandez - musician
• Zlatko Perica
  Zlatko Perica
  Zlatko Perica is a guitarist.He has played for the German group Tangerine Dream, but in 1994 recorded his last studio album with the band, and in 1997 he would appear on his last live album with them...
  
   - musician
• Richi Wester - musician
• Jeff Robinson
  Jeff Robinson
  Jeffrey Daniel Robinson is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, California Angels and Chicago Cubs.-Professional career:...
  
   - recording engineer
• David Marino - recording engineer
• Phillip Calvert
  Phillip Calvert
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  - recording engineer