| Artist |
Title |
Description |
Buy
at Amazon USA or UK
|
Suggested
By
|
| Air |
Moon
Safari |
Apart
from a deceptively unimaginative album title which sounds more
like a cheap perfume, this is otherwise an ingenious blend of
supersmooth melody and psychedelic, thematic lounge.... "All
I Need" being one of the finest, deep cutting songs of the
1990's. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Alex
Reece |
various
(temporary generalization) |
A
general listing for a fine craftsman of sub atmospheres blended
with classy club syncopation, however the instrumental tracks
take precedence in this listing. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Allegri |
Miserere
Mei, Deus |
The
inclusion of choral works in these listings has nothing to do
with any religious context whatsoever. The point is that this
ancient music can produce some of the most stunning harmonics
in the history of creative sound ... and Allegri's Miserere is
one of the most haunting, moving and melancholic of such pieces.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Bran
Van 3000 |
Drinking
in LA |
Classic
cool groove of the 1990's. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Brian
Eno |
Music for
Films / Music for Airports
|
The
godfather of ambient who has been an influence to many sound shapers
and synth-heads. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Chicane
|
Offshore
/ Early |
Drift
into it... past the dawn. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Future
Sound of London |
Dead
Cities |
Clever
use of the musical canvas creating tonal perspectives to a very
high standard with no noticeable naff synth sounds. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Gary
Lucas |
Skeleton
at The Feast |
Includes
live soundtrack performance to Galeens gothic fantasy horror.
See The Golem
in film section for details or visit Gary
Lucas website |
USA |
L-G |
| Gong |
I Never Glid Before / Castle in the Clouds (from
the Album Angels Egg) |
A
quircky, bizzare musical off-roader refelecting UK and Europe's
hive of contemporary activities in the early seventies. Also an
effective guitar intermission by Steve Hillage. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Holst
|
The
Planets (Venus, the bringer of Peace) |
Holsts
masterpiece... but Venus stands alone as a the celestial body
of eerie emotion. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Hooverphonic |
2wicky |
Belgium
Subultracool drum n' bass team, which takes the best of all ambient
worlds with a splash of Portishead. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Jan
Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble |
Parce
mihi domine (from the album Officium) |
The
follow up album to Officium is embarrassingly naff and should
not be put in context with this original experiment in ancient
choral / jazz fusion production which worked very well. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Jimi
Hendrix |
Electric
Ladyland |
Only through the free spirit in Hendrix can true soul inspired
guitar artistry make sense... .It also confirms why so many third
rate twiddly fiddly rock lead guitar players down the pub just
don't get it... do they. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Leftfield |
A
Final Hit... etc |
Headphones,
horizontal, summer night, empty field. Stir emotions with stunning
tracks like A Final Hit. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Liquid
Alice |
(theme
from) The Liberec Affair / on Eclipse |
Retro
but timeless classic reminiscent of the 60's 70's cold war romance
themes... On Eclipse produces atmospheric filtrations and sonically
well animated title description. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Massive
Attack |
Unfinished
Sympathy (from Blue Lines)
Teardrop.
(from Mezzanine)
Protection
(with Tracey
Thorn on vocals)
(from Protection)
|
Essential
sonic solutions to encircle and pacify any emotional angst.
"Protection" eminates a stunning infinite groove. Take
a look at the promo maker Michel Gondry, an outstanding visionary
who directed this and also the listed Cibo
Matto videos... Perfect audio to visual interpretations. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Miles
Davies |
In
A Silent Way |
The
origin of contemporary freestyle so subtle and underscored you
could play this eternally as incidental background to your own
life ... a circle, never ending... just press repeat on your player...
and drive... and do things. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Popol
Vuh |
General
|
The
name Popol Vuh is the Mayan "Book of the Dawn of Life"
The band Popol Vuh led by Florian Fricke are responsible for the
haunting background music in Werner
Hertzog's best films... Another sub-harmonic of the dreambeat.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Robert
Miles |
Children |
Whirly
whirly feel-good... but shame about the token club-Ibiza-hammering-on-a-cardboard-box.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Roni
Size/ Reprazent |
Brown
Paper Bag (from the album New Forms) |
Roni
Size became flavour of the month with some of the trying-desperately-hard-to-be-trendy
creative media set a couple of years ago... shame when that happens...
it somehow puts you off... but this one off track is special none
the less... so no long term damage done. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Samuel
Barber |
Adagio
|
The absolute definition of musical
melancholy...It also seems to have been rediscovered in the
last three or four years and is therefore played and "remixed"
into commercial overkill... don't let that put you off.
|
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Stereolab |
General
|
Haunting
tones and drones of a lo-fi dreambeat signature. A Looking-Glass
favourite. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Talk
Talk |
It's my
life / Life's what you make it (from the album
The Very Best of Talk Talk)
|
From
a weak musical era that is easy to forget are two tracks from
an album which should not be forgotten. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
| Tricky |
Hell
is Round The Corner (from the album Maxinquaye) |
scratchy-mello. |
USA
UK
|
L-G |
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