At 11:36 PM -0600 7/18/01, John Dennett wrote:
>* Brian Eno - "Another Green World" (actually a variety of styles),
>"Discreet Music", "Ambient 1 - Music For Airports", "Apollo: Atmospheres &
>Soundtracks"
>* Harold Budd/Brian Eno - "The Pearl"
>* Harold Budd & Cocteau Twins - "The Moon And The Melodies"
In this vein, there's a pretty cool Editions EG (Eno's label) sampler
called _Angels in the Architecture_, which features the above guys
(well, no Cocteaus), plus Roger Eno, Bill Bruford/Patrick Moraz,
Roedelius, Jon Hassell, Michael Brook, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Phil
Manzanara, Fripp, & Laraaji. Not 100% "pure ambient," but if you're
already on that tip you're bound to enjoy it.
Also, you can't overstress the contribution of the Germans--
Tangerine Dream's early stuff (_Alpha Centauri_, _Atem_ & _Zeit_
especially; _Electronic Meditation_, despite it's title, is more of a
psychedelic freak-out record); Popol Vuh's _Affenstünde_ & _In den
Gärten Pharaos_; early Cluster (Kluster)/Moebius/Roedelius, Deuter's
first two albums (_D_ & _Aum_). All of this predates Eno's
"invention" of ambient music; he was still making some of the
greatest pop music in history w/Roxy Music & his first couple of solo
records around then!
Well, actually, Eno really got into the game around '73 w/the epochal
_No Pussyfooting_, a collaboration w/Robert Fripp which really turned
heads' heads. That spawned the early work of the French band Heldon,
whose 1st three records are great frippertronic-inspired ambience.
Afterwards, they got even better w/heavy polyrhythmic freakouts, but
that's straying a little far off-topic.
--Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760
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