Hi everyone - just going thru a Chill Out phase at the moment hifi wise. I was just wondering if anyone has any recommendations. Anything in the Style of BLISS - Quiet Letters would be great! Otherwise, any other audiophile sounding pressings or titles. Thanks in advance Richard
Federico Aubele's release "Panamericana" is pure listening pleasure. This disc is fused with down tempo electronic groves laying a foundation over which Federico's Spanish guitars creep up and down. This record is fantastic. It blew me away. Highly recommended.
This really sticks with the original post to be close to BLISS. I much prefer Federico's stuff over Bliss.
Sorry for the double post.... still getting the hang of these forums.
Oh yeah... Cantoma's self titled album. This album is very very good. I can't say a bad thing about it. Check out the second track Essarai by seaching for it on Youtube. Excellent music.
This disc is fused with down tempo electronic groves laying a foundation over which Federico's Spanish guitars creep up and down. This record is fantastic. It blew me away. Highly recommended.
This really sticks with the original post to be close to BLISS. I much prefer Federico's stuff over Bliss.
Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard - "Farscape" It's a new release (August 2008) 2 disc CD and amazing. I just got mine yesterday and have only had a chance to listen to disc I, but it alone is worth the $14.99 I paid. It has those great Lisa Gerrard chants, Klaus's usual synth work with some great deep bass synth notes.
Also, good call by Branislav - Mike Oldfield "Song of a Distant Earth"
Van Morrison--, No Guru, No Method No Teacher and Astral Weeks are also excellent listening. Karma by Delerium is excellent and Sarah McLauchlin never sounded better!
Banzai Republic - Where The Fun Starts Early In The Day Danish label mates of Bliss, they did some work on the Bliss recording. Cantoma is also recommended. The UK Just Music label is also worth exploring.
Global Communication-76:14 is EASILY one of my top 10 albums of ANY genre and should be in everyone's music collection. I don't think it will ever sound dated.
I had not heard, nor hear of BLISS before your post, but after a quick listen, (I really like it) here's some I have that are similar:
Global Communication - "76.14" (this is very similar to "Quiet Letters") The Future Sound of London - "Lifeforms" (Also similar) Brian Eno - "Drawn From Life", and "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks", most of Eno's other "ambient" releases Harold Budd - "Avalon Sutra" (less similar, but still ambient)
There are lot's more I have, but those are the first that come to mind.
Shadorne, I think one of the early Southpark episodes described this song perfectly when one of the younglings (I can't remember but it wasn't Kenny or Cartman) was locked in a dark room and forced to listen to this track by his grandfather who wanted to be euthanized. His gramps basically said that experience is similar to being old and the kid totally agreed that gramps should be put down rather than undergo that torture. Too funny.
HIA (Higher Intelligence Agency)/Pete Namlook & Biosphere CDs. Also some of the early Pole CDs 1,2, 3 on Matador these are ambient dub...awesome stuff. Get 'em. Others that come to mind are Popul Vuh, Eno Ambient and Discreet music.
10-23-08: Dedicatedaudio Hello, not in the style of Bliss[[SO WHY MENTION IT]], but Budda Bar, Chill out in Paris Vol 1 is my favorite of the Budda Bar Series. Be sure it is Vol 1 containing 2 discs - Chill and Burn. Currently out of print but available if you search.{[[[ OH! if you Search you will find 2 FOR SALE by Dedicated Audio]]]here on this site.They have been trying to sell these here for months for $99.99,Now only $59.95. $25-$40 on E Bay...Dealers like this we don't need here,A lot of this goes on here.....JD
Hello, not in the style of Bliss, but Budda Bar, Chill out in Paris Vol 1 is my favorite of the Budda Bar Series. Be sure it is Vol 1 containing 2 discs - Chill and Burn. Currently out of print but available if you search.
Brian Eno Mazzy Star Keren Ann Bic Runga Shelby Lynne Gotan Project Bebel Gilberto Everything But The Girl Zero 7 Skyscraper Frontier Lemongrass Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Keolo Beamer
Massive Attack Kruder & Dorfmeister Peace Orchestra Tosca Waveform Compilations...One A.D., Two A.D. & Three A.D. ps. I just love when people randomly throw all kinds of artists out there that have absolutely no resemblance to the reference artist. It looks like maybe only 2 people actually took the time to see what Bliss was even like.
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