Epsilon in Malaysian Pale Epsilon in Malaysian Pale Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, also known as Ypsilon in Malaysian Pale, is Edgar Froese's second studio album, released in 1975. "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale" was recorded between June and July 1975, following Tangerine Dream's Australian tour, and was heavily influenced by the places they had visited whilst on the tour. David Bowie named "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale" as an influence for his Berlin Trilogy albums "Low", ""Heroes"" and "Lodger". "It was the soundtrack of my life when I lived in Berlin", Bowie once said. The album consists of two instrumental compositions, each originally filling one side
Berlin Trilogy condition to want to make friends." Recordings from the tour made up the live album "Stage", released the same year. It was around the time of "Lodger" (1979) that Bowie began framing his previous two albums as the beginning of a Berlin-centered trilogy concluding with "Lodger", largely as a marketing technique to support the unusual new album. "Lodger", the final piece in what Bowie called his "triptych", eschewed the minimalist, ambient nature of the other two, making a partial return to the drum- and guitar-based rock and pop of his pre-Berlin era. Recorded in Switzerland and New York, the result