| Ambient 1/Music for Airports (1978,Brian Eno)[***] |
| | 4 medium length
pieces. Very slow and quiet keyboard canthi notes and canthi
choral. |
| Ambient 2/The Plateaux of Mirror (1980,Harold Budd/Brian Eno)[***] |
| Beautiful slow quiet music, with a bit more of slow careful
piano, mixed with supportive canthi keyboard. Another review
says, "Absolutely beautiful piano music, very relaxing". |
| The Pearl (1984,Harold Budd/Brian Eno)[***] |
| Beautiful, slow, very
quiet music. 11 short pieces, each piece "holographic" in that
you could start playing it at any point in the piece,
atmospheric. Another reviewer says, "piano - background
music". |
| Lovely Thunder (1986,Harold Budd)[***] More of The Pearl
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| I can't
even tell the albums apart. Music that hangs around and
permeates the air. |
| The Room (2000,Harold Budd)[***] |
| Ambient with piano as primary instrument. Another piece has
sprinkly bells. |
STEVE ROACH |
| Structures from Silence (1984,Steve Roach)[***] |
| | Another review says
"serene, yet haunting synthesizer breaths". I don't know about
haunting, but is sure is serene and quiet. |
| Quiet Music (1988,Steve Roach)[***] |
| Another review says "a subtle
collection of ambient pieces with subdued melodies". It's
definitely serene quiet music as the title implies. |
| Desert Solitaire (1989,Steve Roach) Collaboration with Kevin
|
| Brahney, featuring some powerful work by Michael Stearns. A bit louder
and more active than other ambient albums. |
| Try: Western Spaces |
| Western Spaces (1990,Steve Roach)[***] |
| Considered by many to be a
classic in the progressive electronic and ambient genres. A bit
louder and more active than other ambient albums. |
| Try: Desert Solitaire |
| The Magnificent Void(1992,Steve Roach,HOS) |
| Traditional AMBIENT music.
Although there are eight tracks, each one bearing a different
theme, they are all contiguous making the album one long
uninterrupted listening experience. |
| Well of Souls(1995,Steve Roach/Viands Obmana,2cd set) |
| Traditional AMBIENT. |
| Dreamtime Return(1988) | |
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An "Essential Collection" item, meaning it
should be a part of any beginning collection.
|
| Australia: Sound of the Earth (1990) |
| A sonic journey through the outback. |
| World's Edge (1992 double CD) |
| An accomplished album. |
| Now/Traveler (1992) |
| This CD reissue features music from Roach's
first two albums, originally recorded in the early 80s. A good
example of his early, high-energy, sequencer-based style, with
some hints at his developing ambient and tribal learnings. |
| Artifacts |
| The Lost Pieces |
| Origins |
| Dream Circle |
| Soma (with Robert Rich) |
| Empetus |
| Now/Traveler (both on one CD) |
MYCHAEL NYMAN
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Decay Music (1975)[**,Mychael Nyman]
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Experimental. Piano notes which decay into silence. Ambient, holographic. |
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Another Green World (1975)
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Great album, masterpiece, less vocal,
atmospheric, moody, Rock Album. Track "Becalmed" is very AMBIENT.
Suggesting the rest of this album is AMBIENT? |
|
Discreet Music (1975)
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Belongs to the family of works which also
includes Thursday Afternoon and Music for Airports
|
|
Nerve Net (1992)
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It's very ambient-like.
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JEAN-MICHEL JARRE
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Waiting for Cousteau(1990)
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Quite surprising is track 4 "Waiting for
Cousteau" (46:53) is very Ambient, like Brian Eno, quite unlike
any previous Jean-Michel Jarre music.
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THOMAS CIUFO
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Sun At Midnight(????)
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The Essential Fripp and Eno(1994,Robert Fripp/Brian Eno) |
| The Familiar(1992,Roger Eno with Kate St. John) Try: MYCHAEL NYMAN? |
| Body Electric(1999,Steve Roach/Vir Unis) |
| Here Come the Warm Jets (1973) More rock, avant, vocals all over it.
Fingernails on the chalkboard music. |
| Light Fantastic(1999, Steve Roach, www.fathomusic.com) |
| Strata(1990, Robert Rich, Steve Roach) |