In Dec of 1993, Virgin Records released a minute two-disc collection of ambient music every bit a follow-up to the commercially as well as critically successful kickoff book inward the serial Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Brief History of Ambient. Interestingly, the liner notes state that the serial championship is "an affectionate nod inward the direction of Stephen Hawking."
Once 1 time to a greater extent than culled alone from the Virgin vaults, this minute collection is a fleck to a greater extent than narrowly focused than its predecessor. On to a greater extent than or less level, though, it is by as well as large "more of the same," amongst many of the same artists (Brian Eno, Amorphous Androgynous, Tangerine Dream, David Sylvian, The Grid, Robert Fripp, Gong, Edgar Froese as well as Holger Czukay) making to a greater extent than or less other appearance. 'Course, "more of the same" amongst artists of this caliber isn't actually a bad thing. While Volume 1 did characteristic a rail past times Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, it is Volume 2 that sports a to a greater extent than international roster, amongst tracks past times Baaba Maal [Senegal], Ryuichi Sakamoto [Japan], The Guo Brothers [China], Prince Far I [Jamaica], The Dmitri Pokrovski Ensemble [Russia] as well as The Tsinandali Choir [Georgia]. Fans of the bands Gong as well as Soft Cell volition last interested to depository fiscal establishment notation the solo rail past times founding fellow member Daevid Allen. Also of in all probability involvement to to a greater extent than or less is a rail past times U2's guitarist The Edge from the soundtrack to the obscure Euro thriller Captive.
Track listing / Artist:
Disc One
01. "Call to Prayer" Baaba Maal 3:52
02. "Tal Coat" Brian Eno 5:06
03. "In Mind" Amorphorous Androgynous 5:26
04. "Rubycon, Pt. 2" (Edit) Tangerine Dream 6:32
05. "The Healing Place" David Sylvian 5:16
06. "Crystal Clear" (The Orb Remix: Clear, Like An Unmuddied Lake) The Grid 6:12
07. "Nuages" Ryuichi Sakamoto 2:08
08. "Wind on Water" Fripp/Eno 5:15
09. "Wildlife" Penguin Cafe Orchestra 8:11
10. "When Things Dream" Jansen/Barbieri 2:39
11. "Magick Mother Invocation" Allen, Gong 1:33
12. "Bringing Down the Light" Sylvian/Fripp 8:14
13. "Not Another" Jah Wobble 3:12
14. "One Flower" The Guo Brothers & Shung Tian 1:31
15. "Black Jesus" God 6:34
16. "Mountain of Needles" Eno/Byrne 2:33
Disc Two
01. "You Are Here" Phil Manzanera 1:46
02. "Bendel Dub" Prince Far I 3:05
03. "Slow Kaliuki" (Edit) The Dimitri Pokrovsky Ensemble 0:29
04. "Euterpe Gratitude Piece" Daevid Allen 9:21
05. "Water Music" Fripp 1:16
06. "New Luna at Red Deer Wallow" Rain Tree Crow 5:01
07. "Attack of the l Foot Drum Demon" Bass-O-Matic 4:14
08. "Mekong" Jam Nation 5:09
09. "Endless Life" The Verve 5:15
10. "Nachtmusik Schattenhaft" Klaus Schulze 6:31
11. "Arrival" (Edit) Voyager 7:14
12. "Specific Gravity of Smile" Edgar Froese 9:29
13. "Orovela" The Tsinandali Choir 4:54
14. "Dance #3" Laraaji 3:02
15. "Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)" Sylvian/Czukay 6:37
16. "Island" The Edge 6:37
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