Hate to burst your bubble but Aphex's
Selected Works II is one of the 'new age' classics
of our time, but above and beyond any stereotypes,
there have been some excellent releases. I always
saw a corrolation in SanFran between the development
of
the Hearts of Space record label, Jonah Sharps
Reflective, and Asphodel, who released the really
'new age' Swarms of Drones series a couple years
back.
Check out Steve Roach or Vidna Obmana on
Hearts of Space for some really good dark ambient
music. Windy and Carl or Stars of the Lid
on Kranky is about as new age as you can get... who
said this: "Your parents listened to Tangerine Dream,
you listen to Kranky." old Klause Schultze is really
weird dark stuff, Brian Eno pretty much wrote the
book on new age. Monolake, Burger/Ink, most Ninja Tune
records seem really mellow to me. Kruder and
Dorfmeister, Theivery Corporation, are ready for the
elevator.
Like IDM in 10 years, there's a lot of crap in
any new age section. There are however some really
good pre-IDM pieces of electronic music that shouldnt
be overlooked. Just be selective and listen with
an open mind.
On 3 Mar 2001, at 15:16, Lee Azzarello wrote:
quoted 1 line New Age music is weak program music. It's thin and
> New Age music is weak program music. It's thin and
boring and
quoted 1 line predictable. It's created to elicit a response,
> predictable. It's created to elicit a response,
usually one of
quoted 1 line relaxation for busy middle-aged professionals.
> relaxation for busy middle-aged professionals.
Exactly. The words New Age Music conjure up visions
of reiki,
shiatsu and other types of holistic massage background
relaxing
atmosphere-setting ambience. Nothing wrong with
*that*, but it
ain't IDM.
I
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