aaah, sorry. just getting to this!
forest, mountain, valley is a personal favorite, extremely beautiful:https://pulseemitter.bandcamp.com/album/forest-mountain-valley
the meditative music series is also quite good, particularly #3 & 4. I don't meditate but often put them on while sleeping or if I'm just a little anxious or overwhelmed. they really are relaxing.
and speaking of which, the planetary scale synth hypnosis compilation is also very well curated and includes excerpts from the meditative music albums, amongst many other things.
― original bgm, Monday, 8 December 2014 05:47 (nine years ago) link
alan i've been going through hiroshi yoshimura's discography since you recommended him, he's so wonderful
― (曇り) (clouds), Monday, 8 December 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
oh, awesome!
yeah, he's great. have you heard anything past flora 1987? haven't been able to track anything down myself. particularly curious about koto vortex 1
― original bgm, Monday, 8 December 2014 06:36 (nine years ago) link
no, flora is the latest one i've found so far.
― (曇り) (clouds), Monday, 8 December 2014 06:51 (nine years ago) link
ah well
― original bgm, Monday, 8 December 2014 06:54 (nine years ago) link
Holy smokes, this Jordan de la Sierra record is the greatest thing:
http://www.numerogroup.com/products/jordan-de-la-sierra-gymnosphere-song-of-the-rose
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Friday, 2 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
looooooong cosmically-inclined reverb-heavy piano pieces that are positively satie-esque in their simple beauty
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Friday, 2 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
― (曇り) (clouds), Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:21 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36 PM (3 weeks ago)
hey I missed this post, Alan I have Koto Vortex II and it is beautiful/amazing, PM me if you want a rip or something
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Friday, 2 January 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
:D
― original bgm, Saturday, 3 January 2015 06:40 (nine years ago) link
had a heavy new age phase about 6 months ago. really want to get as much of the good '70s/'80s stuff as possible – any recommendations for best way to go about completing that?
― soyrev, Saturday, 3 January 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/03/hear-extracts-from-a-long-lost-12-hour-private-soundtrack-by-vangelis/
These new clips from Vangelis, quick ticket to transcendence
― fgti, Saturday, 3 January 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
ambient/new age gorgeousness from last year that i enjoyed :
http://phaeleh.bandcamp.com/
― mark e, Saturday, 3 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
I love the Vangelis Tegos Tapes
I found that Jordan De La Sierra box set in the early 90's and was a little let down by it at the time -- the cover had me expecting a lost 'harp of new albion' or 'well-tuned piano' but it sounded more just heavy chorus processing than legit just intonation. But my copy was also a bad pressing, this sounds so good on CD, and the liner notes spelling out the context with mid-70's Mills college & him showing up at an early episode of Stephen Hill's Hearts of Space and asking to play the piano in Studio B, and Bob Orban helping them mix the reverb live at Grace Cathedral all help sell it for me as a legend
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 3 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
hey whoever emailed me w/the username of "mister brevis" (clouds?), you need to include an email address in yr message
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Sunday, 4 January 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
oh haha! oops. yhm.
― mister brevis (clouds), Sunday, 4 January 2015 05:32 (nine years ago) link
mister brevis do u know mister l'homme arme and mister pangae lingua?
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 5 January 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
nickb otm re: jordan de la sierra
― the late great, Sunday, 18 January 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
Yeah it's something, I went in with slightly lowered expectations but it's quite breathtaking.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 January 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlTdeFY9lMw
This surprised me, but early Deuter made some pretty cool stuff
― CoolRadio, Monday, 26 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thesirenssound.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Jocelyn-Pook-Untold-Things.jpg
had this hidden away in the archive for years and each time I remember it and play it just knocks me sideways.
the mix of unexpected instrumentation, and treated vocals layers, make this a very different and unique listen.
love it.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
album : Jocelyn Pook - Untold Things
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
Environments (especially #2 - Tintinnabulation)
― Milton Parker, Thursday, January 8, 2009 3:56 PM (6 years ago)
YES. i never expected to see a reference to this anywhere, but it is very, very good. picked it up for just a few dollars the other day, on a whim, knowing nothing about it, fulling expecting it to be more of a novelty record than anything. side one (with the bells) is just the best. i'll be forever on the lookout for all the others in the series - 11 in all, with one environment per side, right?
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
i know i bumped the Vangelis thread earlier, but i'm adding reaction to the Voices album here as it's far more appropriate.
to start, the stina nordenstam vocal track ('ask the mountains' : the most new age-y name for a track ever ?) is absolutely gorgeous.at first i thought it sampled ZOOLOOK in its use of very short digital vocal samples, but then as the track progresses it's clear that the samples are of stina. the result is perfect ear candy. i was a little worried when i saw that paul young provided vocals for one of the tracks, 'losing sleep', but the sonics are so massive and warm and his presence is so embedded within the big fat synths that it matters not.
oh, and the opening track featuring a vocal choir, Athens opera company, is just insanely brilliant.
yes, the album features lots of the digital presets that the genre is known for, but mixed in with bladerunner-esque synth lines, it all works rather well.
summary : well worth the coin i had to hand over for it.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
next up : seen celestial vibrations cd reissue going cheap, so rather tempted to go back and pick that up now !
i looooooove the environments series! i have two. the one with the heartbeat is super intense.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
ok, what is this "environments" series, as the only one i know is the FSOL series.
same thing ?
i suspect not.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/label/423531-Environments
I love those as well, I have around half a dozen and always pick them up when I see them
― sleeve, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
cheers sleeve ! basically, i am never going to see those in my local HMV, or charity shop.was beginning to think i had missed out on something i could have joined in with.summary : as you were.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
they have the coolest covers!!
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
ha! Irv Teibel has now been retroactively credited as the author. His name never appears anywhere in the packaging, but Syntonic Research Inc. was essentially a one man operation. I've had some conversations with the guy who's recently inherited the library / organization; they're looking for a good label to handle a complete box reissue. For a series that sold in the millions and that was so ridiculously influential, it is a little silly how under the radar they all fly now
I have the CD issue of 'Tintinabulation'; they mastered it at the 16.666 rpm speed, lasts an hour, good move. 'Intonation' also sounds good slow. I have a set of the vinyl but I don't have some of the later cassettes, man do I want to hear 'Alpine Blizzard', what in hell does that even sound like
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
think i prefer the FSOL Environment sleeves ;-)
not that i have any of the FSOL series either ..
xp
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
Hah those "Environments" records have been popping up in conversations a lot these days. I really like the one that is recorded on a wooden sailboat/ship. Good stuff.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
some of the first ones went platinum once they were picked up by Atlantic; completely pioneering. fantastic, obsessively detailed liner notes. they won't stay obscure for long.
the guy manning the library says there were tons of unreleased, even crazier concepts for albums; can't wait
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
ooh! that's good news
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
ok, another archive find today ..
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/2e/df/c7/2edfc732a87f4f131b56f6fd415c612b.jpg
ambient or new age ?
given that this is a rising high release, I guess its regarded as part of the ambient/house era.
not that it matters, as its bloody wonderful.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
however, with its rich synthetic sonics, tribal drums, and widescreen soundscapes,this steve roach/elmar Schulte release has to be part of the new age genre :
http://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/20/13/0617026201320_600.jpg
alternative cover that I have :
http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_s/sr9341.jpg
bottom line : despite the excess of FAX material, I wish I had more of this kind of stuff.
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Friday, January 2, 2015 12:45 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is AMAZING
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
i love the first three tracks on that jordan de la sierra album but the last one makes me very uneasy and uncomfortable, i love extremes of repetition as much as the next guy hanging out in the new age music thread but it makes me feel like the universe has frozen.
(hm i need a better explanation than that, cuz now i want to hear more music that makes me feel like the universe has frozen.)
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
aahhhh for me the last track is total bliss
― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
Hey, reviving this in light of Britt Brown's recent piece in The Wire about the Valley of the Sun label. I felt lame for having never heard of it, but I just read this whole thread, and no mention of these guys anywhere, so maybe I'm not alone! Interested in diving in, and wrote down some of the cassette titles Brown seems to recommend in the piece, but there really aren't many of these on Discogs or anything, and the ones that are are going for big bucks (relatively speaking). I'm not necessarily against spending $30 on a cassette, but it'd better be one of the good ones. Anyone know this stuff? What's good? What's lame? Brown seems to suggest that things go awry after Robert Slap takes over, but the descriptions of his work for the label sound like they could also be cool.
― Wimmels, Saturday, 9 July 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
"journey to the edge of the universe" by upper astral is the only one with more than a few ratings on rym. no reviews, but i'm giving it a listen and if you're into super-ambient berlin school stuff it should be up your alley.
― the event dynamics of power asynchrony (rushomancy), Sunday, 10 July 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Aerobic Exercise Music With Subliminal Suggestionshttp://altered-states.net/music/new18.gifSix long aerobic exercise compositions - 5 with driving beat, 1 for stretching or cool-down. Suggestions: Every day, your body becomes firmer. You will attain and maintain your ideal weight. You feel better when you exercise. You love to exercise. Your stretching ability is increasing. Contains many more suggestions.
― brimstead, Sunday, 10 July 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
― the event dynamics of power asynchrony (rushomancy), Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thanks! Yeah, this is one Brown's piece recommends. I'll track this down today.
― Wimmels, Sunday, 10 July 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
I've heard a lot of Valley of the Sun releases via slsk and Upper Astral is indeed the best of the lot. Just checked discogs and had a laugh to see a collection of 7 UA tapes offered for $1800!
― Yelploaf, Sunday, 10 July 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I saw that! Wish someone would reissue this stuff, though the Wire piece mentions some sort of legal battle between Sutphen and his ex wife. What a shame. All the Upper Astral stuff I've heard so far is terrific, though I don't know which are the duo albums and which were done by either Naegele or Storrs alone. Lots to explore here. Going well with my recent Calvino binge.
― Wimmels, Monday, 11 July 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
If you're not fussy about format and just want to listen, you could just jump over to http://hiddenvalleyofthesunpublishing.blogspot.com
― doug watson, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
nice, thx for sharing
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/natural-selection/
― just sayin, Thursday, 3 November 2016 09:24 (seven years ago) link
^^ about irv teibel
― just sayin, Thursday, 3 November 2016 09:25 (seven years ago) link
Not a lot of discussion about this latest LITA comp, a sort of European companion to the I Am The Center box:
www.discogs.com/Various-The-Microcosm-Visionary-Music-Of-Continental-Europe-1970-1986/master/1106146
I'm digging most of it so far. Exactly half of these names were already familiar to me, but of those, I'm not sure I've heard any of the actual tracks included here. Still digging in, but my first impression is that it flows better than I Am The Center (could just be the sequencing), though it may lack the immediate 'highs' (Wilburn Burchette, Joanna Brouk, etc) of that comp.
The weird thing about compilations of this kinda stuff is that it frees the individual tunes from their original context, which maybe misses the point a little? That said, this has been sounding great to me today.
I got this on CD, btw, because flipping 3 sides of vinyl is a pain in the butt and I'm not sure vinyl is really the best format for this kind of music.
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link