CANYON DREAMS.

Just when you thought the mighty Grand Canyon couldn’t get any more naturally beautiful and awe-inspiring, enter electronic legends Tangerine Dream to push it to the limit.

In 1991, a scenic film by the name of Canyon Dreams was released by nature doc director Jan Nickman. T-Dream recorded a full length album to accompany the scenes in the film, which are so good that it earned them their first Grammy nomination for ‘Best New Age Album’ in the same year. TNUC feels that all life should be set to music, so we really appreciate the fact that this director knew who to tap on the shoulder to provide monumental soundscapes for something of this caliber.

Nothing could be more fitting and seemingly effortless than the pulsating, sunburst rhythms that these German wizards laid down for this video. Every shot in the film is either time-lapse or panning/flying over the endless maze of canyons. With one exception…the whitewater rafting scene where TD break the mood and provide an upbeat slice of atmosphere that works brilliantly over slo-mo scenes of a rip-roaring rafting trip down river.

It begs the question of why there aren’t more synth-based nature videos out there.

Sit back, press play and enjoy the ride.