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The Tangent

THE TANGENT

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Also known asTangentThe Tangent For One

Members

Theo Travis Jonas ReingoldAndy TillisonMorgan Ågren Gavin HarrisonPaul BurgessDavid JacksonJakko M. JakszykGuy ManningJaime Salazar

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Phil Collins

Phil Collins

Genesis

Genesis

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett

Tony Banks

Tony Banks

Music videos by The Tangent

Music videos

The Tangent — Kartoffelsalat Im Unterseeboot

Kartoffelsalat Im Unterseeboot

The Tangent — Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

Releases

Albums

To Follow Polaris

To Follow Polaris

2024

Songs From The Hard Shoulder

Songs From The Hard Shoulder

2022

Auto Reconnaissance

2020

Proxy

2018

The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

2017

A Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

2015

L’Étagère Du Travail (The Shelf Of Work)

2013

Not As Good As The Book

2008

Going Off On One

2007

III: A Place In The Queue

2006

The Music That Died Alone

2003

EPs

Le Sacre Du Travail

2013

Down And Out In Paris And London

2009

The World That We Drive Through

2004

Other

Comm

Comm

23rd September 2011

Tracks by The Tangent

50+ tracks in our catalogue

-The Music That Died Alone

1st Movement: Coming Up On The Hour (Overture)Le Sacre Du Travail

21st Century Schizoid ManGoing Off On One

A Case of Misplaced Optimism

A Case Of Misplaced OptimismProxy

A Crisis in Mid Life (live in UK, 2012)

A Case of Misplaced Optimism
A Crisis in Mid Life (live in UK, 2012)
A Like in the DarknessTo Follow Polaris
8:20
A Spark in the Aether (live in USA, 2017)
Fantasy Bootleg (Watcher Of The Skies)Comm
-The Music That Died Alone
1st Movement: Coming Up On The Hour (Overture)Le Sacre Du Travail
5:55
21st Century Schizoid ManGoing Off On One
A Case Of Misplaced OptimismProxy
6:13
A Crisis In Mid-LifeNot As Good As The Book

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Fantasy Bootleg (Watcher Of The Skies)

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A Case of Misplaced Optimism

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Two Rope Swings

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Sam Baine

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Steve Roberts (24)

Jonathan Barrett (2)

Marie-Eve de Gaultier

The Tangent — A Gap In the Night

A Gap In the Night

The Tangent — The Tangent - A Few Steps Down The Wrong Road

The Tangent - A Few Steps Down The Wrong Road

The Tangent — 2nd Movement: Morning Journey & The Arrival

2nd Movement: Morning Journey & The Arrival

The Tangent — The Ethernet

The Ethernet

The Tangent — The Full Gamut

The Full Gamut

The Tangent — Proxy

Proxy

A Crisis In Mid-LifeNot As Good As The Book

A Crisis In Mid-LifeNot As Good As The Book

A Few Steps Down The Wrong RoadThe Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

A Few Steps Down The Wrong RoadThe Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

A Gap In The NightThe World That We Drive Through

A Like in the DarknessTo Follow Polaris

A Sale Of Two SoulsNot As Good As The Book

A Sax In The DarkThe Music That Died Alone

A Spark In The AetherA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

A Spark In The AetherA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

A Spark in the Aether (live in USA, 2017)

A Spark In The Aether (Part Two)A Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

A Spark In The Aether (Part Two)A Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

A Voyage Through The Rush Hour (Piano Duet)L’Étagère Du Travail (The Shelf Of Work)

After RubyconGoing Off On One

AftereugeneA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

AftereugeneA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

AmericaGoing Off On One

Bat Out Of BasildonNot As Good As The Book

Bonus Track:Songs From The Hard Shoulder

Bonus TracksLe Sacre Du Travail

Bonus TracksGoing Off On One

Build A New House With The LegoL’Étagère Du Travail (The Shelf Of Work)

CantermemorabiliaThe Music That Died Alone

Captain Mann(er)ing's MandolinThe Music That Died Alone

Celebrity PuréeNot As Good As The Book

Chas At The Greasy SpoonThe Music That Died Alone

Clearing The AtticA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

Clearing The AtticA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

Codpieces & CapesA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

Codpieces & CapesA Spark In The Aether (The Music That Died Alone - Volume Two)

Dansant Dans ParisL’Étagère Du Travail (The Shelf Of Work)

DIY SurgeryIII: A Place In The Queue

Doctor Livingstone (I Presume)The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

Doctor Livingstone (I Presume)The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

Ethanol Hat Nail (Canterbury Sequence Vol. 2)Down And Out In Paris And London

Evening TV (Radio Edit)Le Sacre Du Travail

Excerpts From Exo-OceansProxy

Fantasy Bootleg (Watcher Of The Skies)Comm

Follow Your LeadersIII: A Place In The Queue

Forsaken CathedralsIII: A Place In The Queue

Forsaken CathedralsGoing Off On One

Fun With The AudienceGoing Off On One

GPS CultureGoing Off On One

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