Peter Baumann (born 29 January 1953) is a German musician. He formed the core line-up of the pioneering German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke in 1971. Baumann composed his first solo album in 1976, while still touring with the band, and embarked on a solo career in 1977. He founded the record label Private Music. Since the early 2000s, Baumann has devoted his time to studying and promoting initiatives in science and philosophy that shed light on the human condition.
Peter Baumann
Background information
Born
(1953-01-29) 29 January 1953 (age 69) Berlin, Germany
Peter Baumann was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1953, his father a composer, his mother an actress. When he was eight, the Berlin Wall was built, and Baumann entered the American/German Community School in Berlin, where he learned English and was first exposed to American culture. At age 14, Peter joined a cover band and performed at G.I. clubs. Then, in 1971, at age 18, he met Christopher Franke, and ended up joining Tangerine Dream as a replacement for their former organist Steve Schroyder.
Two years later, Tangerine Dream signed with Virgin Records and their first album on the label, Phaedra, became a Top 10 seller on the Melody Maker charts. As a result of this and other recording successes, Tangerine Dream toured the world for eight years. They also made successful forays into film scoring.
Baumann had temporarily left Tangerine Dream twice, first in 1973 (returning in time for Franke & Froese to shelf their current work on Green Desert and the three to start anew on what was to become Phaedra), and again in 1975, leaving Michael Hoenig as a temporary substitute for an Australian tour. His departure in 1977, shortly after the completion of the band's first U.S. tour, was final and led to a brief solo career.
Following his music career, Peter Baumann moved to San Francisco, where in 2009 he founded the Baumann Foundation: a think-tank that explores the experience of being human in the context of cognitive science, evolutionary theory and philosophy. The foundation pursues its fundamental mission, to foster greater clarity about the human condition, by organizing initiatives that facilitate scientific research and promote discussions between scientists, contemplatives, and the public.[1] The Baumann Foundation's main initiative is Beinghuman.org, a social website designed to spark a global conversation about how current developments in fields like behavioral economics, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, genetics, anthropology, and philosophy can help people make sense of their experiences.[2]
In 2012 the foundation sponsored Being Human 2012, an interdisciplinary conference held in San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts that brought together neuroscientists, philosophers, evolutionary theorists and meditation experts to hold a public dialogue about the nature of humanity.[3]
Baumann is the co-author, with Michael W. Taft, of the 2011 book Ego: The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity. The book draws on new research in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and other scientific fields to examine the origin and history of the human ego and the evolutionary implications of the September 11 attacks.[4]
Personal life
Baumann has been married to Alison Baumann since 1983, and has three children. He is the director of several real estate and natural resource companies. In addition to creating the Baumann Foundation, he is on the board of directors of the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute.[5]
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For other people named Peter Baumann see Peter Baumann disambiguation Peter Baumann born 29 January 1953 is a German musician He formed the core line up of the pioneering German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke in 1971 Baumann composed his first solo album in 1976 while still touring with the band and embarked on a solo career in 1977 He founded the record label Private Music Since the early 2000s Baumann has devoted his time to studying and promoting initiatives in science and philosophy that shed light on the human condition Peter BaumannBackground informationBorn 1953 01 29 29 January 1953 age 69 Berlin GermanyGenresElectronicOccupation s Musician songwriter record label ownerInstrument s Keyboards organLabelsVirgin EMI Portrait Arista Private Music Contents 1 Background 2 The Baumann Foundation 3 Personal life 4 Discography 4 1 As a member of Tangerine Dream 4 1 1 Albums 4 2 Solo career 4 2 1 Albums 4 2 2 EP 4 2 3 Other appearances 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBackground EditPeter Baumann was born in Berlin Germany in 1953 his father a composer his mother an actress When he was eight the Berlin Wall was built and Baumann entered the American German Community School in Berlin where he learned English and was first exposed to American culture At age 14 Peter joined a cover band and performed at G I clubs Then in 1971 at age 18 he met Christopher Franke and ended up joining Tangerine Dream as a replacement for their former organist Steve Schroyder Two years later Tangerine Dream signed with Virgin Records and their first album on the label Phaedra became a Top 10 seller on the Melody Maker charts As a result of this and other recording successes Tangerine Dream toured the world for eight years They also made successful forays into film scoring Baumann had temporarily left Tangerine Dream twice first in 1973 returning in time for Franke amp Froese to shelf their current work on Green Desert and the three to start anew on what was to become Phaedra and again in 1975 leaving Michael Hoenig as a temporary substitute for an Australian tour His departure in 1977 shortly after the completion of the band s first U S tour was final and led to a brief solo career During the 1980s he founded a record label Private Music specializing in instrumental music in a style popularly referred to as new age Artists signed to the label included Yanni Patrick O Hearn Jerry Goodman Suzanne Ciani and former bandmates Tangerine Dream In 1996 the label was sold to Windham Hill Records parent company BMG who continue to distribute some of the back catalogue of its more successful artists The Baumann Foundation EditFollowing his music career Peter Baumann moved to San Francisco where in 2009 he founded the Baumann Foundation a think tank that explores the experience of being human in the context of cognitive science evolutionary theory and philosophy The foundation pursues its fundamental mission to foster greater clarity about the human condition by organizing initiatives that facilitate scientific research and promote discussions between scientists contemplatives and the public 1 The Baumann Foundation s main initiative is Beinghuman org a social website designed to spark a global conversation about how current developments in fields like behavioral economics cognitive neuroscience evolutionary psychology genetics anthropology and philosophy can help people make sense of their experiences 2 In 2012 the foundation sponsored Being Human 2012 an interdisciplinary conference held in San Francisco s Palace of Fine Arts that brought together neuroscientists philosophers evolutionary theorists and meditation experts to hold a public dialogue about the nature of humanity 3 Baumann is the co author with Michael W Taft of the 2011 book Ego The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity The book draws on new research in neuroscience evolutionary biology and other scientific fields to examine the origin and history of the human ego and the evolutionary implications of the September 11 attacks 4 Personal life EditBaumann has been married to Alison Baumann since 1983 and has three children He is the director of several real estate and natural resource companies In addition to creating the Baumann Foundation he is on the board of directors of the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute 5 Discography EditAs a member of Tangerine Dream Edit Albums Edit Zeit 1972 Atem 1973 Phaedra 1974 Rubycon 1975 Ricochet 1975 Stratosfear 1976 Sorcerer soundtrack 1977 Encore 1977 Solo career Edit Albums Edit Romance 76 1976 LP Trans Harmonic Nights 1979 LP Repeat Repeat 1981 LP Strangers In The Night 1983 LP Blue Room promo cassette with Paul Haslinger amp John Baxter 1991 Phase by Phase A Retrospective 76 81 1996 CD Machines of Desire 2016 CD Neuland with Paul Haslinger 2019 CD LP EP Edit Bicentennial Present 7 single 1976 Biking Up The Strand 7 single 1979 Realtimes 7 single 1981 Daytime Logic Extended Dance Mix 12 single 1981 The Russians are Coming 12 single with Conrad Schnitzler 1982 Other appearances Edit Welcome to Joyland with Leda as Hacoon Mail 1978 6 Grosses Wasser co producer on the Cluster album 1979 See also EditList of ambient music artistsReferences Edit Core Activities of the Baumann Foundation Archived from the original on 23 July 2012 Retrieved 9 October 2012 About Being Human Archived from the original on 19 October 2012 Retrieved 9 October 2012 Being Human 2012 Website Archived from the original on 29 August 2012 Retrieved 9 October 2012 About Ego the Book Egothebook com Retrieved 9 October 2012 Peter Baumann Bio from the Baumann Foundation Website Archived from the original on 28 June 2011 Retrieved 6 April 2011 Voices In The Net Welcome To Joyland Voices in the net de Retrieved 10 March 2020 External links EditPeter Baumann at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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