Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds

Artist:Andreas Vollenweider
Album: White Winds
Year: 1984
Genre:World,Classical
Country:Switzerland




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Andreas Vollenweider

music has been categorized as World Music, Jazz, New Age and even Classical; two of his albums were number 1 on the Billboard charts simultaneously in the categories Classical, Jazz, Pop and Crossover for more than 11 weeks. His music could be described as very dynamic and colorful. His primary instrument is an electrically modified harp of his own design, but he also plays a wide variety of instruments from around the world, including the Chinese guzheng. His albums feature many musicians performing his compositions with him, ranging from simple solos to suites for orchestra and soloists. His music is mostly instrumental but he has occasionally forayed into vocal music as well.

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Raphael - Music To Disappear In

Artist:Raphael
Album:Music To Disappear In
Year: 1988
Genre:Ambient, Instrumental, New Age
Country:United States

Music to Disappear In combines sublimely angelic atmospheres and trance-like dream dances - a new romantic music in the Vangelisian tradition that's sonically lush and emotionally luscious.

An emotional experience of peacefulness

The first four pieces reveal RAPHAEL's classical roots, building from solo piano to ethereal choirs and full orchestration, including an exquisite version of the "In Paradisum" movement from Faure's Requiem.
Pieces 5 through 8 reveal the more primal side of the artist's inspiration, with an earthy, tribal trance music that successfully bridges Western and ethnic genres.
About the artist - Raphael... was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised by Benedictine nuns. Under their tutelage and encouragement, he developed a love for music, first learning about classical music and Gregorian chant. As a young man, after playing gypsy violin on the streets and utilizing his talents in rock bands, Raphael studied the piano formally at the San Francisco Conservatory.
He later spent a decade at Esalen, the renowned Northern California spiritual community. It was during his time there that he began to blend his various influences, draw from multiple cultures for compositional inspiration, and forge his signature style of healing and relaxation music.

Originally issued in 1989, Music To Disappear In was his first recording for the label Hearts of Space. A bit dated by this juncture, these nine songs, all original compositions but for the traditional opener ("Disappearing Into You"), use piano and keyboards as a central voice, creating a lulling web of atmospheric string sounds complemented by flute and percussion.

Eric Wollo - Emotional Landscapes

Artist:Eric Wollo
Album: Emotional Landscapes
Year: 2003
Genre:Ambient, Instrumental, Electronica
Country:Norway

Beautifully sparse and evocative soundscapes perfect for whatever cerebral tasks one may be embarked upon. Subtle melodies meld with cool auras and unimposing textures in an entirely satisfying love letter from Europe's far northern latitudes.It is great for those times of contemplation, creativity or meditation. The music is outstanding, multi-layered and diverse. This is not a drone-like dirge. It is more like a series of interesting walks along the beach, with and without people.

Erik Wollo (born 1961) is a Norwegian composer and musician, guitarist and synthesist. He has been a professional artist since 1980. His musical background covers a wide range of styles from rock and jazz, to experimental electronic and classical music.

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The title is underwhelming, but the music is an ecstatic journey traversing aurora borealis spacescapes and quiet ambient moods. Erik Wollo is a Norwegian guitarist and synthesist out of the Mike Oldfield tradition, building a 21st century orchestra layering acoustic, electric, and synthesized guitars. A musician with a delicate touch, Wollo sometimes builds quiet lines out of violin-like sustains that echo in space soliloquies. While his rhythms rarely get above a slow-chill, Wollo's solos often burn with a dark intensity. Tracks like "Second Totem" have a quiet heroism about them, the sound of impending adventure. "Sounds of the Seen, Pt.1," one of the more dynamic tracks, begins as a haunting adagio for cello, before launching into a crushing electronica assault that ends in the sound of humanity moving, with location recordings Wollo made under the World Trade Center a few days prior to 9-11. It's a dose of grounding reality in a music that seems to constantly hover just above the firmament, rooted in imagination. --John Diliberto

WIM MERTENS - RETROSPECTIVES VOLUME 1

Year: 1992
Genre:Minimal
Country:Belgium
Bit Rate:192 Kbps Mp3














Wim Mertens (b. Neerpelt, Belgium, May 14, 1953) is a Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.Mertens studied social and political science at the University of Leuven (graduating in 1975) and musicology at Ghent University; he also studied music theory and piano at the Royal Conservatories of Gent and Brussels.

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Tuu - All Our Ancestors

Artist: Tuu
Album: All Our Ancestors
Year: 1995
Genre:New Age,Ambient,Tribal
Country:United Kindom












Deep, ancient atmospheres. A rich combination of the exotic and the electronic. A mystical, magical travelogue exploring old, hidden dimensions. Tuu are Martin Franklin on water drums, clay pots, tibetan bells and gongs, Rebecca Lublinski on flutes, and Mykl O'Dempsey with synths and samples.Tuu is an ambient music group, sometimes categorized as new age. The trio emerged from the post Acid House chill-out scene of early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentatio.


"Put your headphones on, adjust the levels to achieve maximum results, close your eyes, open your heart, breathe deeply and take in all the sensations this disc will provide you. Light a stick of incense while you're at it; it'll enhance the experience. When you listen to this disc you embark on a transcendental journey from within. This is music with an Eastern flair, complete with water drums, clay pots, flutes(Chinese and Bansuri) , chants and various percussion instruments that are blended with samples, synths and loops for an otherworldly experience. Although it is heavy on the Eastern vibe, like meditative monks dancing through your head, the universal appeal of this ambient world music goes beyond religions into the realm of spirituality. This is a good disc to listen to focus your attention within and reach out to the world around you. It is extremely peaceful, relaxing and not in the least bit boring since the exotic nature of the instruments holds your attention quite well. This music shadows the distant past, the unknown future and the mystery of life. Recommended as a backdrop for those meditative moments in life."(Enrique Torres)

Encomiast - Bathed In Sunlight

Artist: Encomiast
Album: Bathed In Sunlight
Year: 2008
Genre:Ambient,Drone,Post-Rock,Folk













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"Bathed In Sunlight is the breatakingly beautiful new full length from the longrunning Denver drone ensemble Encomiast, featuring five lengthy tracks of instrumental bliss from Ross Hagen and company that bring together slowly drifting drones speckled with shifting layers of angelic female vocal harmonies, lilting Loveless-esque melodies, ominous ambience floating over simple hand drum rhythms, dramatic dark pop with strummed acoustic guitars and Ross' deep crooning vocals...and more of the ghostly flute playing that has always set Encomiast apart from the rest of the drone/ambient underground. Fans of Encomiast's previous releases are going to be surprised when they hear songs like "Laughter In The Storm" , whose droning psychedelic folk is unlike anything that Ross has done before, a thoroughly entracing combination of droning electronics and brooding acoustic strum. And then there's the stunning finale "Evergreen", opening with gently acoustic guitar swimming in delay before a gorgeous female voice enters under a slight veil of distortion, like she's singing from the other end of a long distance phone call, the distortion then lifting revealing her voice in perfect clarity. A simple but perfect effect. The melody in this song is likewise simple but perfect, a melancholy hook that is gradually joined by drums and electronic drones as the song evolves, turning into a amazing piece of dreamy ambient post-rock pop. Fans of Encomiast's previous droneworks and the kind of evocative ambient rock that Temporary Residence is known for will LOVE Bathed In Sunlight, which travels the luminescent ley lines between ambient dronescapes, folk music, and post-rock."

Jack Or Jive - Kagura Live in Kyoto

Artist: Jack Or Jive
Album: Kagura Live in Kyoto
Year: 1994
Genre:Ambient,New Age











This largely restrained, ethereal performance flows almost like a single work, such is its unity. It seems to this listener that Jack Or Jive have been working up to this stunning work. With depth, drama and atmosphere, and the inclusion of subtle natural sounds, it truly grabs the attention. Chako's vocals are improvised and cover the fullrange of her abilities. Their most experimental album to date.(Nigel Harris)

Stephan Micus - Behind Eleven Deserts

Artist: Stephan Micus
Album: Behind Eleven Deserts
Year: 1978
Genre:World,New Age












Stephan Micus (born January 19, 1953) is a German musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries around the world. In many cases, he plays all of the instruments on his recordings, combining styles from different countries and using the instruments in unprecedented ways in each of his pieces. A lifelong student of culture and society, Micus finds new ways of combining a rich diversity of ethnic instruments that would simply not be possible under other circumstances, creating a cross-cultural music that is like no other. Indian dilruba blends with Arabian nay; Tibetan chimes mix with Bavarian zithers; and Ghanese dondon unites with Japanese shakuhachi to explore, quite possibly the most affirmed idea of World Music. And while most musicians thrive on the interaction of playing with others, Micus' heavily layered pieces are the result of years of painstaking and solitary pursuit. The result is an arc of recordings that, perhaps more so than most, truly reflects a life's calling that embodies more than merely music, realizing the spiritual search that clearly informs his work as well.
Behind Eleven Deserts its third album, recorded into 1978.
The following music tools are used for the record of disk:
Suling - bamboo flute
Bodhran - Irish drum played by the hands
Sarangi - Indian bow intsrument, sound which is very close to the violoncello
Sitar - Indian tool, which usually is played under accompaniment of the drums

SECRET GARDEN - Earthsongs

Artist: SECRET GARDEN
Album: Earthsongs
Year: 2005
Genre: New Age,World,Celtic













The amazing duo Secret Garden consisting of Norwegian keyboardist/composer Rolf Lovland and Irish born violinist Fionnuala Sherry return with their fifth studio album..Earthsongs is a curious title for an album that is unrooted in the firmament and seems far removed from any traditions therein. Instead, the duo make music lost in a gauzy haze of nostalgia and sentimentality. On Earthsongs, they move further from the safely exotic, Celtic-meets-New-Age sound in which they forged their early successes and float down an easy-listening path. With this album, Secret Garden takes a seat in the faux-classical lounge, a room occupied by artists like Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, 101 Strings, and other forgotten meisters of orchestral pop who were washed aside by the breaking waves of rock in the early '60s. ~John Diliberto.
Earthsongs is a refreshing magical listen with mesmerizing melodies that will take the listener to a far away place!!

Yume Bitsu - Giant Surface Music Falling to Earth Like Jewels From the Sky

Portland-based space-drone quartet Yume Bitsu play ambient rock music.
Yume Bitsu's spacious, airy epics fall around you in sheets, almost like a heavy rain of musical colors: cool, damp, haunting synth curtains fold around eerie, reverb-drenched guitar lines while dense, psychedelic percussive hailstones fall all about. The sound suggests the ambient psychedelia of '70s Ash Ra Tempel or Tangerine Dream as well as the synth-happy drone of My Bloody Valentine. Yume Bitsu's compositions are primarily instrumental, though ethereal, melodious vocals enter the mix occasionally.


* Of Freedom and Flight
* The End of Pain Is Near
* Travels Over Seascapes
* Flight of the Navigator
* Where Fog Blurs and Covers, Emptiness Prevails

George Winston - Forest

Artist: George Winston
Album: Forest
Year: 1996
Genre: New Age, piano










George Winston is known as one of the great popularizers of minimalist, acoustic solo piano music.Forest is the seventh album..this gold album was George's first Grammy award winner.Having passes the phase "Yanni", I believe that this album is the next stage for somebody that wants to listen also the most melodic side of piano. Soft playing, clean harmonies, elegant melodies, romantic pictures...


Ο George Winston είναι ενας Αμερικανός πιανίστας ο οποίος γεννήθηκε το 1949 στο Michigan.Πολλά από τα έργα του, τα οποία αυτοχαρακτηρίζονται ως "αγροτικό παραδοσιακό πιάνο", ζωντανεύουν το άρωμα μιας εποχής και απεικονίζουν τοπία.Εχοντας περασει την φαση "Yanni", νομιζω πως αυτο ειναι το επομενο σταδιο για καποιον που θελει να ακουσει και την μελωδικοτατη πλευρα του πιανου.
Μαλακο παιξιμο, καθαρες αρμονιες, ταξιδιαρικες μελωδιες, ρομαντικες εικονες...πραγματικα το ενα κομματι μετα το αλλο σε παρασυρουν στο παιχνιδι που κανει ο Winston! Δεν νομιζω πως υπαρχουν λογια για να εκφρασω κατι τοσο..ωραιο!Το Forest έχει βραβευτεί ως καλύτερο New Age Album το 1996 με Γκράμι.

Clogs - Thom's Night out

Artist:Clogs
Album:Thom's Night out
Year: 2001
Genre:Instrumental, Experimental









Clogs are four musicians from the U.S. and Australia who compose and improvise using sounds, textures and influences from across the musical spectrum. From the immediacy of folk music, through twisted Americana to the complexity of modernism, their sound marks a new and beautifully strange stage in the evolution of 21st century acoustic-electronic music.
Clogs' music is quite pretty, and most of the time gentle in tone, yet nothing about their compositions is simple, either.
A track like "Sadness and Obsession" has an especially avant-garde feeling to it, without odd sounds and textures quickly leaping in and out of the sound.

01 Yeri Ali
02 Mysteries of Life
03 Thom's Night Out
04 My Husband's Village
05 i'm very sad
06 Four Blue Poles
07 Sadness and Obsession
08 Ukifune


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Andreas Vollenweider - Midnight Clear

Artist:Andreas Vollenweider
Album:Midnight Clear
Year: 2006
Genre:Instrumental, New Age

The legendary, Grammy Award-winning harpist takes some truly blessed left turns on what could have been just another pedestrian new age Christmas collection. Rather than do the umpteenth version of "White Christmas," Andreas Vollenweider applies his plucky, ethereal style to unique, traditional, and little heard Old World tunes like the Coventry Carol" (which he jazzes up with bamboo flute and seductive sax), "The Wexford Carol," "The Yorkshire Wassail" (which is the source of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen") and "Carol of the Drum." His beautiful harp tones are perfect fits for these classical instruments, but he has enough pop sensibilities to add just the right touch of soul and groove to them. Vollenweider's other ace here is longtime friend Carly Simon, who lends her warm and familiar voice to an offbeat arrangement of the title track and several romantic, inspirational originals. Nothing is wrong with overtly commercial new age-oriented holiday collections like the beautiful albums Jim Brickman has done, but Vollenweider deserves kudos for digging deeper into history and finding emotional joy in traditional pieces that truly sound fresh here.

Jan Garbarek - Visible World

Artist: Jan Garbarek
Album: Visible World
Year: 1995
Genre: instroumental- Jazz









Jan Garbarek style incorporates a sharp-edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes strongly reminiscent of Islamic prayer calls, and generous use of silence.
As a composer, Garbarek tends to draw heavily from Scandinavian folk melodies, a legacy of his Ayler influence.

Jan Garbarek (soprano & tenor saxophones, Meraaker clarinet, electronic keyboards, percussion)
Rainer Bruninghaus (piano, synthesizer)
Eberhard Weber (bass)
Marilyn Mazur (drums, percussion)
Manu Katche (drums)
Trilok Gurtu (tablas, spiral) in "The Arrow"
Mari Boine (vocal) in "Evening Land"

Yosebu - I'll be waiting till dawn

Artist: Yosebu
Album: I'll be waiting till dawn
Year: 2007
Είδος: New Age, Downtempo, Electronica










Cinematic downtempo electronic melodies that are moved fast as fire from notes. Beautiful, faddist, erotic compositions by the Yosebu ( Vasilis Gioumbris) that accomplishes portrays technically the music that has in his brain avoiding anything standardising exists in this the style. A irreproachable combination from guitars, samples and voices in the point precisely that the electronic elements meets the orchestrical music and drift it in a other level. Marvellous!!

Cinematic downtempo ηλεκτρονικές μελωδίες που κινούνται γρήγορα σαν φωτιά από νότες. Ομορφες, εκκεντρικές, ερωτικές συνθέσεις από τον Yosebu (κατά κόσμον Βασίλης Γιουβρής) που καταφέρνει να απεικονίσει τεχνικά την μουσικη που έχει στο μυαλό του αποφεύγοντας οτιδήποτε το τυποποιημένο υπάρχει σε αυτό το υφος. Ένας άψογος συνδυασμός από κιθάρες, samples και φωνές στο σημείο ακριβώς που τα ηλεκτρονικά στοιχεία συναντούν την ορχηστική μουσική και την παρασύρουν σε ένα άλλο επίπεδο.Θαυμάσιο!!