For many years he led Tangerine Dream and released his own albums of ambient electronic soundscapes.
Tonight we pay homage to Froese and the music of Tangerine Dream.Froese was born on D-Day - 6 June, 1944 - in Tilsit in East Prussia, now the Russian city of Sovetsk.
Froese's father and other relatives were killed by the Nazis and the family lost all their belongings in the war.
His mother and the rest of his family settled in West Berlin, where he studied art.
Froese formed Tangerine Dream in Berlin in September 1967 with fellow students. The band was known for its uncompromising anti-pop performances and played at the villa of surrealist artist Salvador Dali in Spain.
The group later signed to Virgin after Froese had undertaken "several bouts of chess on Richard Branson's houseboat on the Thames".
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