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Ambient / New Age Anyone?

I got a lot out of the 'Techno Anyone' thread, so I thought I'd start up one for the ambient/new age stuff. Stuff like Brian Eno (father of ambient), Patrick O'Hearn, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Shulze, Richard Burmer...

I'd like to hear everyone and anyone's thoughts on what they think are the best of the genre.

I particularly like Eno/Budd's The Pearl, Eno's 'Apollo', Richard Burmer's 'Mosaic' and 'Invention', Patrick O'hearn's 'Between Two Worlds' and 'Rivers Gonna Rise', Tangerine Dream's hard to find 'White Eagle' and Klaus Shulze's 'Dune'. I'll chime in with more later.

Any other 'must-haves'??

Chris
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ben_campbell
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Chris,
There's quite a few that are ambient or modern classical or light electronica I would recommend...............................
Harold Budd-Luxa
Steve Reich-Music For 18 Musicians
Susumo Yokota-Sakura
Pan Sonic-Aaltopirri
Boards Of Canada-A Beautiful Place In The Country e.p.
Terry Riley-A Rainbow In Curved Air
Eno's-Discreet Music
Also David Sylvian's recent compilation of instrumentals is worth hearing-it's called Camphor.
There's a book called The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast that's a reasonable reference book even if some of it is contentious.......
ben_campbell
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Chris my own opinion is that the e.p mentioned is the best of Boards Of Canada,their first album is good but not essential,their second album released this year is a pretty poor repeat of the first one.
You've actually mentioned music I haven't heard of,so I'll need to check that out.
I've spent a lot of the last couple of years checking out the Ambient genre-I eventually decided that Eno probably was still the best................
ben_campbell
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Ejlif-with regard to Riley& Reich I do state on my original post that they are modern classical....although they are very similar to Ambient in mood...........
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