This collection is an ideal introduction to ambient music, amongst a real broad make of styles included. There are 1 or ii duff tracks but to a greater extent than ofttimes than non speaking all the tracks are real enjoyable, approximately real like shooting fish in a barrel tempoed together with relaxing, others a chip to a greater extent than dancy, there's fifty-fifty an fantabulous dub rail included. Don't become this confused amongst all the naff ibiza ambient materials that's beingness churned out, this cd pre-dates all that nonsense together with is genuine ambient music. If you lot are curious almost ambient but don't know what to get, this is a non bad start but you lot won't notice whatever moby or cafe del mar etc., this is onetime schoolhouse ambient. - Michael Cummins
I bought this inward my teens inward a minute mitt store inward Norwich. I was simply curious almost ambient music at the fourth dimension together with this 1 striking the spot. I didnt know anyone else who was into ambient at schoolhouse together with therefore I felt similar i was discovering something novel - together with thats what the music on this album evokes, something equally nevertheless undiscovered!
Some actually overnice tracks to heed to, if you lot are afterwards atmosphere together with a feel of approximately other place. I could unmarried out approximately tracks but to endure honest they are almost all interesting.
I bought the minute inward the serial which i didnt savour nearly equally much, beingness to a greater extent than dancey together with aggressive inward my view.
But also for me in that location is an of import component inward what makes me savour music, together with that is when together with where I discovered it. This cd came at the correct fourth dimension together with possibly thats why i similar it together with therefore much.- PenPig
This CD is worthy of five stars because in that location are remixes of sure songs which are hard to notice together with that makes this CD unique. Just almost all of the songs are non bad together with all of the music is relaxing. Highly recommended.
This is book iii inward the non bad ambient serial past times virgin. It serves equally non bad background music for reading or other non stressfull activities. Another affair is that it is non novel historic stream music, together with therefore it non quite equally tedious equally most electronic instrumental music. The affair I similar best is that it features approximately tracks past times Rain Tree Crow & ex members of Can- Holger Czukay, & Jaki Liebzeit that are non featured on whatever other cd.
In May of 1994, Virgin Records took approximately other trip to the ambient music well, releasing the 3rd two-disc collection inward their commercially together with critically successful serial A Brief History of Ambient. For the terminal time, Virgin Records mined entirely from their dorsum catalog to acquaint this collection of tracks.
This 3rd book is equally enjoyable to heed to equally the outset two, but, inward all honesty, things are starting to become a chip repetitive. Take a expect at the rail listing below together with you'll notice a alternative of the commons suspects making nevertheless approximately other appearance. Some of the to a greater extent than interesting tracks are the serenity ones from the artists whose output is mostly exterior the genre. This, sure though, is the to the lowest degree essential book of the four. That beingness said, don't permit my grousing detract overly much; if you lot enjoyed the outset two, it's an absolute guarantee that you'll dig this equally well.
Track listing:
CD 1
1. Shu-De - Sygyt, Khoomei, Kargyraa [1994] (1:07)
2. Irmin Schmidt / Bruno Spoerri - When the Waters Came to Life [1990] (4:23)
3. David Sylvian / Robert Fripp - Darshana (Reconstructed past times The Future Sound of London) [1993] (9:53)
4. William Orbit - Gringatcho Demento [1993] (6:20)
5. Rain Tree Crow - Red populace (As Summertime Ends) [1991] (3:34)
6. Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor - Theme Variation 1 [1987] (2:19)
7. Robert Fripp - 1988 [1981] (10:27)
8. David Sylvian - Epiphany [1991] (1:28)
9. Amorphous Androgynous - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Study of Six Guitars [1994] (3:08)
10. Trisan - May Yo I [1992] (5:48)
11. Bill Laswell - Kingdom Come [1988] (7:27)
12. Seigen Ono - You Will Be All Right [1989] (2:43)
13. Laraaji - Meditation No. 2 [1980] (7:34)
14. Bark Psychosis - Pendulum Man [1994] (9:52)
CD 2
1. Michael Brook - Distant Village [1985] (3:55)
2. Holger Czukay / Jah Wobble / Jaki Liebezeit - Mystery RPS (No. 8) [1992] (8:23)
3. Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun [1980] (4:30)
4. Harold Budd / Brian Eno - Wind inward Lonely Fences [1980] (3:40)
5. King Crimson - Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) [1984] (4:44)
6. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Remixed past times Massive Attack) [1990] (5:29)
7. Stephan Micus - Concert for Gender, Shakuhachi together with Zither (Edit) [1976] (1:21)
8. Robert Fripp / Brian Eno - Healthy Colours III [1994] (5:35)
9. The Future Sound of London - Cascade - Parts 2 & iii [1993] (13:26)
10. Robert Quine / Fred Maher - Summer Storm [1984] (4:00)
11. John Hassell / Brian Eno - Rising Thermal [1980] (2:43)
12. David Sylvian / Holger Czukay - Mutability (A New Beginning Is inward the Offing) (Edit) [1989] (8:43)
13. Brian Eno - 2/2 [1978] (9:25)
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