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Posted: February 23 2014 at 07:15
Try Kenny Mitchells album "Voyager" , it's melodic, instrumental and very kind of retro 70s style prog rock. Very pleasant and easy to listen to. He's unsigned but you'll find him on Bandcamp.
You could also try "The Snow Goose" by Camel which is very nice too or "Oxygene" and "Equinox" by Jean Michel Jarre
If you like rocky Guitary stuff there's a good one I like called "EE Ticket" by Marc Bonilla
For acoustic guitar there's all of Gordon Giltraps albums - kinda medieval minstrel solo acoustic guitar stuff - very beautiful and clever.
For more sort of arty farty stuff try Andreas Vollenweider : "Down to the Moon" is my particular favourite of his.
Mo Foster also has a couple of nice albums which are prominent on the fretless bass "Bel Assis" and "Reunion"
Finally : "Artistry" by Martin Taylor if you can find it. Solo jazz guitar and unbelievably amazing
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Posted: February 27 2014 at 06:53
verslibre wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Vangelis
the mid seventies electronic
Heaven and Hell
Albedo 0.39
Spiral
Beauborg
My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to.
Have you heard Direct?
Only listened to "Metallic Rain" and "Message", sure i should tke a time to listen to this album as well as others from Vangelis, by now the first in my list keep being El Greco.
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 08:14
richardh wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Vangelis
the mid seventies electronic
Heaven and Hell
Albedo 0.39
Spiral
Beauborg
My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to.
its a good un
Damn right Richard, El Greco - just amazing! Now which would be the next? The Dragon, L' Apocalypse des Animaux, Earth, Opera Sauvage, Soil Festivities, Direct or Mask?
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 14:26
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Vangelis
the mid seventies electronic
Heaven and Hell
Albedo 0.39
Spiral
Beauborg
My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to.
its a good un
Damn right Richard, El Greco - just amazing! Now which would be the next? The Dragon, L' Apocalypse des Animaux, Earth, Opera Sauvage, Soil Festivities, Direct or Mask?
You can't go wrong with any of those.The first three on the list don't have synths. L'Apocalypse des Animaux has easily the most beautiful ambient music I have ever heard. Just stunning. The Dragon with its 3 perfect tracks is probably the best though. I am very fond of Earth as well. Loads of energy and ethnic sounds. Mask is very powerful and intense featuring a great operatic choir allied with fast looping synths.Incredibly unique! Opera Sauvage and Soil Festivites are both 'new age' but that isn't a dirty word in my vocabulary. Direct is more a summation of Vangelis work to date. Not that unique but its still a great listen.
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 05:23
When I study I listen to: Mike Oldfield's early albums, Jean Michel
Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Miles Davis, which are instrumental,
although I can study to music with lyrics because usually I don't give
it much attention.
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Posted: April 26 2014 at 06:19
richardh wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
richardh wrote:
Vangelis
the mid seventies electronic
Heaven and Hell
Albedo 0.39
Spiral
Beauborg
My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to.
its a good un
Damn right Richard, El Greco - just amazing! Now which would be the next? The Dragon, L' Apocalypse des Animaux, Earth, Opera Sauvage, Soil Festivities, Direct or Mask?
You can't go wrong with any of those.The first three on the list don't have synths. L'Apocalypse des Animaux has easily the most beautiful ambient music I have ever heard. Just stunning. The Dragon with its 3 perfect tracks is probably the best though. I am very fond of Earth as well. Loads of energy and ethnic sounds. Mask is very powerful and intense featuring a great operatic choir allied with fast looping synths.Incredibly unique! Opera Sauvage and Soil Festivites are both 'new age' but that isn't a dirty word in my vocabulary. Direct is more a summation of Vangelis work to date. Not that unique but its still a great listen.
I would go in that order.
Nice to read the suggestions of such a Vangelis expert like you, thanks a lot.
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Posted: April 26 2014 at 23:53
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4:33 on repeat
Oh you.
I see Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream mentioned at last! But I don't see actual albums recommended. There's some risks and pitfalls with both, so I'll recommend Jarre's Oxygène and Equinoxe as they appear to be most conducive to studying. Let's put Oxygène 7-13 in there as well.
As far as Tangerine Dream goes, you could do worse than Rubycon and Stratosfear. I'd say Phaedra first of all, but it takes a bit to get used to. Actually, scratch that; anything Tangerine Dream from the 70's and up to the early 80's would work.
Now, how about Departure from the Northern Wasteland by Michael Hoenig?
I see a lot of Klaus Schulze being offered, but besides just the single songs you could look into entire albums of his, such as Moondawn, Timewind, and Mirage since those three are perhaps his most "general" ones when it comes to the Berlin School genre.
Ashra, with New Age of Earth...
With Mike Oldfield, head straight for Hergest Ridge, though the ones immediately surrounding it are no less good bets.
This is all from a "music for reading" perspective, mind you.
(and now for me to jot down all the suggestions people have made; I'm always on the lookout for instrumental music myself, so this is a goldmine..!)
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 16:18
PC-72 wrote:
I see Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream mentioned at last! But I don't see actual albums recommended. There's some risks and pitfalls with both, so I'll recommend Jarre's Oxygène and Equinoxe as they appear to be most conducive to studying. Let's put Oxygène 7-13 in there as well.
It's not cited too often, but Zoolook is an adventurous listen, and "Rendez-vous II" from Rendez-vous is beautiful.
PC-72 wrote:
As far as Tangerine Dream goes, you could do worse than Rubycon and Stratosfear. I'd say Phaedra first of all, but it takes a bit to get used to. Actually, scratch that; anything Tangerine Dream from the 70's and up to the early 80's would work.
At least up through Poland (1983) or even Le Parc (1985).
PC-72 wrote:
Now, how about Departure from the Northern Wasteland by Michael Hoenig?
Wonderful album. Hoenig's 1987 album Xcept One is very different in tone, very "digital," but a great work nonetheless.
PC-72 wrote:
I see a lot of Klaus Schulze being offered, but besides just the single songs you could look into entire albums of his, such as Moondawn, Timewind, and Mirage since those three are perhaps his most "general" ones when it comes to the Berlin School genre.
Ditto, those first two are essential.
PC-72 wrote:
Ashra, with New Age of Earth...
Blackouts, Correlations, Belle Alliance are my favorites.
PC-72 wrote:
With Mike Oldfield, head straight for Hergest Ridge, though the ones immediately surrounding it are no less good bets.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 01:10
I'm fond of Rendez- vous as well especially 'Ron's Piece' (Last Rendez -vous) which is very beautifull. Magnetic Fields and Equinox are also great J M Jarre albums and Waiting For Cousteau is also an 'interesting' album.
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Posted: May 16 2014 at 03:58
Exivious
Salle Gauveau
Korekyojin
Happy Family
The Aristocrats
Hiromi
Banco del Mutuo Socorsso - di Terra, Garafano Rosso
Any of the combos with Alex Machacek
Attention Deficit
Michael Manring
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Universe Zero - Used
Nebelnest
Guapo
Gordian Knot
Canvas Solaris?
Allan Holdsworth - Sand, Heavy Machinery
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - any of the first 4 albums
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