MixTape 8: After Airports, Before Orbs [obscure 80s ambient; other oddities of the era]
It can't be understated the significance Brian Eno had in ambient music's formative years, nor the impact Alex Patterson had taking the genre into new avenues. But what about the 10 years between? It wasn't all just Eno, his buddies, and 70s new wave composers (Vangelis, Jarre, etc) making the stuff, was it? Not at all.
Gathered and mixed together here for your listening interest and pleasure are a variety of tunes and compositions of that time period. This is by no means a collection of 'greatest hits', full of instantly recognizable names (sorry, no Roach) and songs (were there any ambient 'hits' in the 80s?); rather, it's a spotlight on the influential, the unheralded, and the obscure. Oh, and all the analog hiss of old recordings you can handle!
Feedback, as always, is welcomed, encouraged even.
AFTER AIRPORTS, BEFORE ORBS
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TRACK LIST: (total runtime 1h,47m)
1. Kevin Braheny - Ice Forests Of Orion (1988)
2. Iasos - The Angels Of Comfort (1978)
3. Steve Hillage - Garden Of Paradise (1979)
4. Zoviet France - Untitled (B1) (1983)
5. J.D. Emmanuel - Part III - Evening Devotional (1986)
6. Richard Burmer - Riverbend (1984)
7. Robert Turman - Flux 3 (1982)
8. Dada - Yuuen • Inraku • Gaki (1978)
9. David Parsons - Gangotri (1982)
10. J.D. Emmanuel - Visions During Movement (1981)
11. Kevin Braheny - Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space (1980)
12. Alan Hawkshaw - Saturn Rings (1979)
13. Michel Magne - Plane Alpha II (1978)
14. Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Meditative Contemplation (1980)
15. Quiet Point - Empty Corridors (1987)
(PS: special thanks to Sushipunk for hosting this for me, as it seems Soundcloud didn't like one of the tracks in here )
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Last edited by Sykonee on Jul-14-2013 at 12:20
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