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quoted 2 lines could anyone give recommendations/info/comments on any of the following:> could anyone give recommendations/info/comments on any of the following:
> Brian Eno - Apollo - Editions EG
this is a great mellow record, made as the soundtrack to a wonderful
film about the us space program called "for all mankind". most of the
cliche astronaut/space samples you heard in ambient music a few years
back came from this movie in fact. apollo is not my favorite eno
ambient record but it is very good. if you don't have any of the
following, consider getting them first: ambient 4 on land, thursday
afternoon, the shutov assembly.
quoted 1 line Horizon 222 - ???> Horizon 222 - ???
trance by former members of zoviet france. i'm surprised at how badly
these albums held up. i loved them when they came out but now i'm
quite bored with them.
quoted 1 line Peyote - Alcatraz (R&S)> Peyote - Alcatraz (R&S)
very boring early 90's r&s "user friendly" trance with irritating
american indian samples.
quoted 1 line Paul Schultze - New Maps of Hell> Paul Schultze - New Maps of Hell
brilliant jazz/ambient/noise collision. scary as all get out.
quoted 1 line Underground Resistance - Acid Rain III> Underground Resistance - Acid Rain III
can't go wrong with UR. they rule.
quoted 1 line Uzect Plaush - More Beautiful Human Life> Uzect Plaush - More Beautiful Human Life
another great paul schutze album. much more serene than new maps,
plus much more on the electronic/gamelan side of things.
quoted 1 line Will - any> Will - any
if this is the will with rhys of front line assembly, run far far
away. bad bad bad gothic stuff with hideously embarrassingly bad
lyrics.
quoted 1 line Sasha - any> Sasha - any
super commercial house/trance for top 40 clubs. i don't like it but
my wife loves it.
quoted 2 lines V/A - Ambient Senses> V/A - Ambient Senses
> V/A - Ambient Senses: The Vision
i have one of these, can't remember which... all the good tracks are
on the respective artists albums. if you aren't familiar with the
artists, it's a good introduction.
quoted 1 line V/A - Kicks like a 12" - astralwerks> V/A - Kicks like a 12" - astralwerks
good mix of rare astralwerks tracks, unfortunately marred by extremely
crappy sound quality.
quoted 1 line Robert Rich, etc. - Death Ambient - ???> Robert Rich, etc. - Death Ambient - ???
heh, i'll tell bob you called it that. :) his stuff ranges from
extremely creepy to extremely pretty. on the pretty end of the
spectrum are albums like "gaudi" with lots of chords & melodies &
gentle percussion loops. on the creepy end you have his collaboration
with lustmord called "stalker" which gets my vote for best abstract
noise collage album of last year.
most of the stuff on the hearts of space sub-label Fathom is worth a
listen. if you saw "baraka" and liked the synth music, check out
anything by michael stearns. steve roach is pretty dependable; i
especially like his "world music"-y project Suspended Memories.
Lightwave is a really good "scary ambient" project.
that oughta get you started.
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How the drunk and the maimed both are dragged forward out of the arena
like a boneless Christ, one man under each arm, feet dragging, eyes on
the aether. (David Foster Wallace/Infinite Jest)