New Age

RFNAPLES · #1 | Posted: 04/05/2009 16:39 | Post subject: New Age

Check these out:

Ackerman, Will-A Windham Hill Retrospective
Oldfield, Mike -Tubular Bells 2003
Various -Sanctuary: 20 Years Of Windham Hill
Winston, George-December: Piano Solos
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telefunker · #2 | Posted: 04/07/2009 12:20 | Post subject:

Mate, is there any music you don't listen to? Do you sleep with an iPod on or something?

Haha.. cheers for the suggestions though. Just checked out George Winston. Gonna get "Forest" now..
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RFNAPLES · #3 | Posted: 04/07/2009 15:06 | Post subject:

No, I enjoy all types of music. My collection is quite eclectic. While I own an iPod and other mp3 players, I rarely use them preferring CDs and radio.
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JohnnyRocketFingers · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 562 Location: PA My Charts

Klaus Schulze may be a cliche pick for best new age artist but its hard deny his brilliance. He cranked out excellent album after album. Irrlicht, Cyborg, Moondawn, and Mirage are all fantastic.

Some other great new age artists:

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Edgar Froese - Eplison in Malaysian Pale
T.O.N.T.O.'s Expanding Head Band - Zero Time
Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return and Suspended Memories, Forgotten Gods
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Elston · Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 895 My Charts

Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
Mundus Subterraneus - Lightwave (1995)
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
Dolemen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989)

JohnnyRocketFingers · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 562 Location: PA My Charts

Enya - Watermark

One of the best examples of Non-Electronic New Age. A cross over of Celtic and Electronic New Age.

Also Jean Michel Jarre has to be the most influential New Age artist. His work with Electro-Acoustic Music ventured into new land of purely electronic music which was totally new at the time. His album Oxygene is the best example of his genius.
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telefunker · #7 | Posted: 04/08/2009 17:33 | Post subject:

I got Oxygene free in a national newspaper. Literally fell out of the pages. After a tentative first listen, it was assigned the role of frisbee for the day before being discarded without even the honour of being ripped and consigned to some obscure corner of my hard disk.

'New Age' is hard to quantify really, but there is a lot of good music that would seem to fit the bracket. Buddhist chants, Tibetan chorus' etc are easy to come by and most of them are suitably inspiring as far as I've heard.

Harold Budd is another name you might be familiar with. He's made some pretty good stuff..
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JohnnyRocketFingers · Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 562 Location: PA My Charts

Nice pick with Harold Budd, but i don't think you fully understand the importance of Oxygene (if we are talking about the same album because it doesn't seem like the album that would come with a newspaper). Jene Michel Jarre was a true innovator when it comes to electronic music. Although it took him until 1974 to record his music on an album, he composed many fully electronic "symphonies" which he performed in europe, primarily France, because he was first a composer who then turned to recording albums later. Much of his early albums are similar to the symphonies he did in the late 60s, but regardless of if he had composed during the 60s or not Oxygene revolutionized electronic music.
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telefunker · #9 | Posted: 04/21/2009 21:11 | Post subject:

Well, it was definitely Oxygene by Jean Michelle Jarre. Just didn't click for me at all.

If you like the idea of 'electronic symphonies' then I would seriously suggest you check out 'Snowflakes Are Dancing' by Isao Tomita. It's on my chart. You may already know it, but it's basically synthesized versions of Claude Debussy's impressionist-type piano works. Sounds cheesy I know, blasphemous even. But it is incredible. I actually prefer them to the piano originals and that really is a testament to the skill and sensitivity of the guy. And he was doing it way back in the day, when synthesizers were still in their infancy really.

I'll try and check out some more of Jean Michele Jarre's stuff.
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