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Points: 12625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 22:19
Originally posted by paragraph7 paragraph7 wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I was thinking perhaps something from Mike Oldfield... I mean, he won't sound like Pink Floyd, but just like himself, still he's got some beautiful moments that I love as much as what's done in echoes, with soft melodies, and build-ups and so on... and he does take his time with his music.

 
Ommadawn and Tubular Bells are among my favorite records, especially Ommadawn. Echoes still quite different, I think. I'll have to check out Alan Parsons, that's for sure.


Yeah, of course those Oldfield albums are different... still, I might say that a lot of what I like from those albums are the same things that I love about Echoes. However, if you haven't heard "Songs from Distant Earth" yet, it might be a little bit closer to what you want (only a bit, don't expect a copy). As for Alan Parsons, it's got some moments I love that might have some similarity to that, but still don't expect anything remotely close to Echoes there... their music is closer to pop with prog characteristics... mostly shorter songs and such. Now, I just thought of another song, though of course you may already know it, but the middle instrumental section from Yes' "Awaken" is also very ethereal and keyboard driven.
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Originally posted by paragraph7 paragraph7 wrote:

I've listened to a fair deal of Eloy and the full PF discography but never really ran into anything else that would capture the sort of Sci-fi Space Odyssey feel like on Echoes. Especially the buildup in the second part. Ideas?


Hello, as it's been said you really should check out more ambient music. Echoes is one of the most important roots for this music, certainly as important as Eno's "Music for airports", and also Schulze's and Tangerine Dream's albums.

For example, try an album like this one, it's particularly classic :
https://www.discogs.com/Jonn-Serrie-The-Stargazers-Journey/release/457683
(maybe it's a pity not to find John Serrie on Progarchives, especially because of this album ?)

There is a radio show (every Saturday night since more than 30 years) originally dedicated to the deep space feeling you seem to talk about, including many ambient artists and the web site is worth a visit  : http://starsend.org/

And as other bands did, I take permission to indicate one of my albums :
https://jazzcomputer.bandcamp.com/track/elsewhere
It's a very long track giving its title to the album, with lots of things coming directly from Echoes... I hope you'll have a nice time listening to this track. You shoud also try the second part of the latest double album, https://jazzcomputer.bandcamp.com/album/many-sides-of-music-the-ambient-way

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Yves - http://jazzcomputer.org
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6456
Ambient Jazz Music : http://jazzcomputer.org/
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Agreed about Alan Parsons being reminiscent of Eloy.  I was trying to describe Eloy to my brother today, and I mentioned bits of The Wall and Alan Parsons.  I'm on this thread because I am looking for more stuff that is sort of like Eloy.
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Try "In Extremis" by the studio band Days Between Stations.  It features Tony Levin, Rick Wakeman, and is the last recording of Peter Banks.  
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