Harmundum (2003)
Red-Shifted Harmonies (2003)
SPCTR (2003)
The Mechanism of Starlight (2003)
DAC Crowell / Kurt Doles (2004) (with Kurt Doles)
A Retrospective of Works By DAC Crowell (2004) (recorded in 1983 - 2004)
Mercury (2005) (with Kurt Doles)
The Sea And the Sky (2005)
Sferica (2006)
Within This Space (2007)
Ambient composer and founder of Suilven Recordings. A lot of his music is on a sampler CD-R released by that label. Read my review of that sampler here.
Jyo (1978)
Dada (1978)
Joheki (1979)
Castle Wall (1979)
Electronic duo of Mutsuhiko Izumi and Kenji Konishi who play synths and e-guitar, like the Japanese Fripp & Eno (the latter's got a credit in the liner notes to their first album). Also comparable to Heldon, Pinhas and such. After Dada, Mutsuhiko Izumi played in After Dinner and Kennedy.
Footsteps Overhead (2002)
Atmospheric project of Darren Tate (Ora) & Colin Potter.
See also: Ora, Potter, Colin, Monos.
Beyond the Cloudline (2003)
Ambient music by Michael Allison aka Darshan Ambient and Jourdan Laik (Paradisaic).
See also: Darshan Ambient, Paradisaic.
Harmonious Euphonies For Supernatural Traumas
Mesmerising Our Existence In Radient Corpuscle Galaxies (2005)
My Rotten Spirit of Black (2007)
Under Seven Skies (2007)
Mystic Ambient / Dark Space by Anil Emre Dedoglu.
Dallwitz, Burkhard (Australia)
Archon: Ambient Volume One (??)
Worlds Apart (1996)
German-born soundtrack composer based in Melbourne. He released a few original works on the defunct Archon label, some of them in ambient style.
Astronomia (1993)
Entrance (2001)
A Tangerine Dream clone, presumably one of the better ones. Danger In Dream are Robert Wittek and Alexander Guelfenburg who is also the man behind Hybrid Machine.
See also: Wittek, Robert, Hybrid Machine.
Music For Planetarium (2008)
Atypical album from the Meat Beat Manifesto matermind, comissioned by the T.I.T. Planetarium of Budapest. While most of his solo endeavours followed a rhythmic, Dub-influenced formula, here the agenda is cosmic drones and weird samples. Recommended to fans of Dark Space and other forms of ambient expression.
Pollard/Daniel/Booth (2009) (with
Brendan Pollard)
September 2009 Jams (2009) (with Brendan Pollard)
Live 26.09.2009 (2009) (with Brendan Pollard)
Pollard/Daniel/Booth Vol.2 (2010) (with Brendan Pollard)
Pollard/Daniel/Booth 3 (2010) (with Brendan Pollard)
Pollard/Daniel/Booth IV (2010) (with Brendan Pollard)
Mutiny (2010)
Michael Daniel and Phil Booth is a duo that stays firmly in the Berlin School camp.
Elements (1979)
The Electronic Orchestra (1980)
Planets, Stars and Galaxies (1988)
Mars: the Journey Begins (1988)
Sirens (1991)
Skys (1992)
Exotica (1994) (soundtrack)
A Celtic Tale (1996) (with Jeff Danna)
The Sweet Hereafter (1998) (soundtrack)
One of the most well-known Ambient composers. Has collaborated with Tim Clement and those albums are usually easier to get than his solo works. The Electronic Orchestra contains Classical pieces played by a synthesizer ensemble. It seems that Mychael has scored a ton of soundtracks since the early 1990's. I am not sure if they have anything to do with electronics, so most of them are out of the list.
See also: Danna & Clement
Danna & Clement (1977)
A Gradual Awakening (1983)
Summerland (1985)
Another Sun (1986)
North of Niagara (1995)
Waterhaven (2001) (with Stephen
Bacchus)
Wilderness Mysterium (2002) (with Stephen Bacchus)
Quite good Ambient compositions from well-known masters of the genre. The first album is also known as "The White Album".
See also: Danna, Mychael
Outside the Cube (??)
Glimpses of
Id (2001)
Ex-Mother Venus. Outside the Cube is an analog synth work.
See also: Mother Venus
De Profundis (2004)
0 (2005)
Black Abstract Expressionism (2005) (S)
Dvoerskreb (2005) (S)
Ert Bvrueazv (2005) (S)
Regwoisvokwos Gwhenmi Welminti (2005) (S)
Actes Prealables (2006)
Melenoiserkwos (2006) (S)
Verklart Nacht (2006)
Baalberith, Master of the Alliances (2007) (S)
Makai (2007) (S)
Black Ambient project from someone who calls himself Meldhkwis and who is also known for his other projects Aymrev Erkroz Prevre and Etmenns Derokwis. A very lo-fi sound, with several layers of drones, various obscure sounds, treated loops and noisy bits.
Ambiata (2008)
Californian synthesist and sound programmer with his own vision of ambient music.
Wajd (1989)
Luciano Dari is a composer and the founder of Musica Maxima Magnetica label, known in the Industrial / experimental circles. Wajd will be of interest to fans of Ambient.
Twilight of Europe (2005)
A Chronicle of the Plague (2006)
Dark Ambient from member of Hate Forest.
Mindmaps (??)
Antithesis (1989)
Claustrophobia (1989)
Revelation (1991)
Surrealism (1991)
Visions of Heaven And Hell (1991)
Fields of Amber (??) (with Mental Anguish)
Dark Enigma is the moniker of Birmigham-based musician Mitch Rushton who uses a variety of synths to create his compositions that range in style from ambient floaters to rhythmic cosmic sequencer pieces.
See also: Rushton, Mitch
Seeing Strange Lights (1996)
Dark Matter II (1998)
Ambient music released by Helios Creed (ex-Chrome) on Hypnotic label.
Dark Revolutionary Collective (Japan)
Ankokukakumei Kyodotai (1978)
Early project of Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) with him on synthesizers & percussion and two other members Kawagishi Tetsushi and Yasuo Iwaki on percussion also. This project later gave birth to Baroque Bordello. The guys are just dabbling with electronics here but it's still of historic interest.
See also: Kawabata, Makoto, Baroque Bordello.
Dark Mirrors From the Moon / Lamm
(1998)
Black Coal Self (2000)
The Rejuvenation Ballet (2007)
Dark Ambient from Matolcsy Kalman. The project started as a Folk-inspired ensemble and some of the early albums are not included in the discography.
Dreamscapes (2002)
Seasons of Dark
And Light (2005)
Bathys (2008)
Dark Ambient from Michael Soucy.
51st Room (2004)
Lore (2007)
Varied soundscapes from David Dilliway, mostly of the bleak and cosmic variety.
The Music Within (2005)
The Traumatization And Torture of the Victim (2009)
Darkness And Silence is the project of Polish artist Mateusz Jedrzejczak who works within the domains of Dark Ambient, Industrial, Noise and experimental Techno. This release is Dark Ambient. Previously there were lots of albums released in the digital format (mp3 files).
Winter of Sorrow (1993)
Ancient
Kingdoms (1994)
Unveiled Ghostly Shadows (1996)
Totentanz (2001)
Doom / Black Ambient from member of Black Funeral (Michael Ford).
See also: Valefor
Green Cathedral (??)
Music in the style of Tangerine Dream from this Scottish duo.
The Black Noize Project (2001)
Detritus Experimentus (2001)
A project of Gunnar N. What I've heard so far sounded like quite good Black Ambient, a little reminscent of Endura at places.
Osheannia - Legend of the Golden Dolphin (1987)
New Agey, melodic and relaxing music with lots of flutes and nature sounds from a mysterious musician residing in New South Wales, Australia. This album was relased in 1987 and re-released on IC label four yers later.
Daybreak (1981)
Ex-Wooden Ear keyboardist. He released at least one LP of Electronic Music.
Skyful of Bliss (1998)
The End of Days (1999)
Selfless (1999)
Autumn Light
(2000)
The Dream Pool (2001)
Providence (2001)
Darshan Ambient (2001)
Selected Works Vol.1 (2002)
Selected Works Vol.2 (2002)
Selected Works Vol.3 (2002)
Zen Master's Diary (2002)
Autumn's Apple (2004)
Re:Karma (2005)
From Pale Hands To Weary Skies (2008)
Darshan Ambient is the alias of electronic musician Michael Allison who works mainly within the Ambient paradigm. I have Selected Works Vol.3 which is a must for Eno fans. Very good calming and relaxing music. Also comparable to Tim Story with its use of gentle piano notes.
See also: Daevine
Ecdysis (2006)
Deliriums & Death (2007) (S)
Eternal Jewel (2008)
Ambient project from Baltimore with a heavy Doom influence.
Earthdeath (1980)
This is the early incarnation of Radio Massacre International (Steve Dinsdale, Duncan Goddard and Gary Houghton) under a different name. The Earthdeath cassette is also known as "Das 1".
See also: Radio Massacre International
Aufgewacht (1999)
Church o.e.o. (1999)
The Apsara Tapes (2003)
Loss (2004)
Dirk Schlomer's band that is said to resemble a mixture of 70's German style and Tribal / Ethnic musics. With the participation of Mathias Grassow.
New Opera Wave (1985)
This album contains electronic interpretations of Classical works.
The Final Call (1999)
Human On the Outside (2007)
Hawkwind member, starting from 1984. On his solo albums there are various tracks, some of them in pure Space Rock vein, some spacey and electronic.
See also: Hawkwind
Broken Voyage (2002)
Angkor (2006)
Tribal Ambient. Mixed by Steve Roach.
Sub Rosa (2006)
Garden of Twilight (2006)
Primordial (2007)
Shadow Dreams (2007)
Dawn (2008)
Geography of Memory (2008)
Gallery of Spirits (2009)
Terrestre (2009)
Droning, ambient soundscapes by this artist out of Pennsylvania, USA.
See also: Winterhouse, The
Music On
the Way (1980)
Glide (1981)
Forest (1982)
Star Gazer (1982)
Mountain (1983)
Traces (1985)
Winds of Space (1986)
His newer stuff is just ordinary New-Age, but the old records (listed) have a nice fat synth sound and are probably Electronic New Age. Music On the Way was released in several editions, one of them titled Selamat Siang.
Myth, Faith, Belief (1995)
A Leftover of Gaia (1998)
Forever War (1999)
Remergence (2003)
Untitled (2004) (recorded in 1995 - 2001)
Vanitas Vanitatum (2007)
Serpentrion (2007)
Sang Graal (2008) (with :Golgatha:)
Cathedrales de Brume (2009)
Martial Ambient by David Sabre.
Grey September (2003)
Dark Ambient based on the events of Semtember, 11th.
Spectral Navigator (2008)
Ambient synthesist from Ottawa, with a sound close to that of early Brian Eno.
In Between (2005)
Rhythmic and melodic music with some Techno influences from Dieter Haerten. I hope more purely Berlin School releases will follow.
Man Machine (1992)
New Challenge
(1992)
Revolution (1993)
Dance Zone 2002 (1993)
Dance (1997)
Cosmos (2000)
Lightyears Away (2003)
A project of Humphrey Robertson that should please all fans of Laserdance and Koto.
Art of Sacrifice (2003)
Dbkaos is the project of Dave Hickman, combining analogue sounds with cutting-edge digital techniques. On DiN label.
Labish Intermediaries (1989)
This album by a well-known Dutch Post-Industrial outfit is not typical of the band's oeuvre. Featuring Conrad Schnitzler and Mark Lane on synthesizers, it's much closer to Prog EM of the "Kosmische" variety, with undulating synths and lots of bleepiness.
See also: Narwal
Kraut Experience (??)
Primordial Mariner (1998)
Space Music. Don’t know how it sounds, but Steve Roach was involved in the production.
Afterlight (1990) (with Jon Palmer)
Annual Rings (??)
Jon Palmer's collaborator with his solo music. The style is not known.
See also: Drumbeg
Galaxy "Pink Elephant"
(1995)
665 (1996)
This artist (real name - Boris Monastyrev) mixed the melodic style of Jarre with some unique influences. On Galaxy... some tracks have a Techno beat, while others have slight Laserdance vibes. There are also numbers that are awfully cheesy, so beware. Overall, it's nice music for traveling. Completely another matter is 665, though. This suite, apparently dedicated to a small plane, is nothing short of brilliant. It consists of several sections encompassing different styles, from the weird sampling / electroacoustic stuff to the spacey / melodic synth. In fact, it's hard to believe that these two albums were created by the same person - they are so different. The second album is very recommendable. Unfortunately, Boris Deart died somewhere in 2006.
Deep Throat Puke Orgasms (1991)
The Symbastic Structure For the Concrete / Challenge Trilogy Pt. 3: Latt Att
Grinda (1994) (with Origami Arktika)
Treetop Drive 1-3, Towboat (1994)
Imaginary Songs From Tristan Da Cunha (1996)
Nordheim Transformed (1998) (with Biosphere)
Morals And Dogma (2004)
One of the better known names in Norwegian Dark Ambient, Helge Sten aka Deathprod has been crafting his own droning compositions since the early 1990's. He makes extensive use of processed samples.
Echoes In Blue (2005)
Music played on synthesizers and electric bass by this painter / musician.
Gatejox (1985)
Alkaid (1986)
Synthetic Lips
(1987)
Claustrophobia (1989)
Estinzione (1989)
Premonizione Humana (1992)
Mater Frequentia
(1993)
Sodoma Vol.1 (1994)
Deceit of Time (1995)
Ectoplasm Transmitter (1995) (with Valmat)
Sodoma Vol.2 (1996)
Phantom (1998)
Electronauta
(2000)
Simbionte (2002)
Aracnis Radiarum (2007)
Deca is the musical "alchemist" (as he is known in Italy) Federico De Caroli. He has gradually moved from the spacey and melodic style reminiscent of Jarre and Tangerine Dream that dominated his early works to a more experimental sound, involving elements of Industrial, Noise, "Musique Concrete" and Dark Ambient.
See also: Argiope
Histoire de Fou (1979)
Folie Synthetique (1984) (S)
Vie En Positif (1990)
Epicier Marchand d’Rock (1993)
To You
My Travellers (1995)
Hommage A Roger Comte (1997)
Mellotron-based symphonic music by ex-Ange keyboardist.
The River (1997)
2nd Flight (1999)
Decapolis is Riley Roden from Texas, USA, who makes very diverse EM, which is often quite New Agey.
Ich Bin Eine Spigelei (1978)
Not Yet
(1979)
Accidental Musik (1979)
horNetZ (1981)
Ten Guitars (1983)
Obscure avant-garde electronic band (also known as The Decayes) that consisted of Ron Kane, Paul Sakrison, John Payne, Cameron Reid, Mike Van Winkle, Craig Smith, Rex Payne and Bill Jeffery. Quite a collective, as you can see. The style is not known at the moment.
El Poeta Del Ruido (1978)
Decibel are: Carlos Alvarado, Javier Baviera, Miguel Angel Nava, Carlos Robledo, Alejandro Sanchez and Walter Schmidt. They were basically a RIO band, but their first album El Poeta Del Ruido features varied instrumental tracks, some of them upbeat and quirky and some spacey and atmospheric synth-dominated workouts. The music has traces of everything from Eno and Moebius to Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd.
See also: Alvarado, Carlos
Mythe Xero (1982)
Rather diverse album with Electronic Music. Some numbers are primarily synthetic, while others are semi-acoustic. Decko is a French visual artist and musician whose real name is Andre Baldeck.
Experiments In Chill (1994)
Cyber Sleep 1 (1995)
Cyber Sleep 2 (1996)
Cyber Sleep 3 (1997)
Cyber Sleep 4 (1997)
Dreams 1 (1998)
Heart of the Tundra (1999)
Dreams 2 (1999)
Deep Freeze (2000)
Chilled-Out Funk (2000) (with SEND)
Dreams 3 (2000)
Yukon (2000)
Dreams 4 (2001)
Live At the Ambient Ping 2000 (2002)
Cyber Sleep 5 (2004)
Cyber Sleep 6 (2006)
Drones For Deep Sleep Vol. 1 (2007)
Droning Dark Ambient with arctic atmospheres. It’s either beautiful or boring, depending on what you listen to.
See also: Philips, Stephen
Scapes (2005)
Gemstones (2008)
Deep Imagination is Thorsten Sudler-Mainz. Electronic soundscapes.
See also: Art of Infinity
Gulfstream (1996)
Deep Ocean are Alexey Obraztsoff and Vadim Shagov. Traditional EM.
Natural Power (2000) (recorded in 1991
- 1994)
Momentum (2001)
Highlands And Skylands (2002)
The New Fast Lane (2003)
Incandescent (2004)
Ambient from Jon Short and David Jones.
The Barometric Sea (2007)
Slow Moving Lifeforms Vol. 1 (2007)
The Barometric Sun (2007)
Subantarctic Sessions (2008)
Another Empty Galaxy (2008)
The Glittering Domain (2008)
Ambient music by Mirko Ruckels who was born in 1972 in Germany but now resides in Queensland, Australia.
Themes For the Lunatic (2004)
Through the Archway of the Fallen (2005)
A Hole In the Void of Time Part 1 & Part 2 (2007) (S)
One of several dark atmospheric projects of Karsten Hamre.
See also: Hamre, Karsten, Veiled Allusion, Dense Vision Shrine, Museum of Transient Lights.
Opowiesci z Krainy Fantazji (1990)
Slady Zwierzat (1992)
Ujarzmic Czas (1992)
Romantic Shcock (1993)
Hologram (1994)
Wykradajac Sny (1996)
Pulsacje (2000)
Global (2002)
Dreams (2003) (with Karol Tejchman)
Fale (2004)
Live Concert Jelenia Gora 2004 (2004)
Live Electronic Conecrt (2005)
Organix (2005)
Noc na Zamku (2008)
Tranceylvania (2009)
Other Life (2009)
Spirits of the Dust (2010) (with friends)
Polish synthesist whose music runs a gamut of styles from classic EM / Berlin School to more ambient material. Some stuff leans towards Techno, so beware. Recently Jaroslaw Degorsky has been known as simply "Jarek".
Robland (??)
Synth music album from this late concert pianist. This one has a Roland JX8P on the cover.
Comatosis (2000)
One of the lesser-known Berlin School musicians.
Out-Pop Options (1982)
Any Questions? (1984)
Dreaming In Colors (1985)
A trio of Carl Weingarten, David Udell and Walter Whitney. Funky rhythmic electronics with guitar.
See also: Weingarten, Carl, Whitney, Walter.
Faces, Forms And Illusions (1987)
Morpheus (1988)
Syrophenikan (1989)
Euphoric (1990) (S)
Stone
Tower (1990)
Spiritual Archives (1991)
Spheres (1994)
Semantic Spaces (1994)
Spheres
II (1994)
Karma (1995)
Poem (2000)
Chimera (2003)
Delerium are mainly Bill Leeb & Rhys Fulber of Frontline Assembly. The music reminds very much of Enigma, maybe a bit more subtle. In fact, I don’t understand all the fuss about Delerium at all. What I’ve heard by them so far hasn’t impressed me at all. It was simply boring New Agey music. Cool Gothic themes are not enough to make my jaw drop in awe. And just because their albums lie in every CD store, it doesn’t mean that the music is great. Nevertheless, the fact remains that many people like this music and listen to it. Maybe because of lack of other material, and the information is not there to let them know there are far better projects. Ok, tastes differ. If you really like it - go for it, but I can't recommend their latest works. The early ones are supposedly more interesting and lean more towards Dark Ambient / Industrial atmospheres.
See also: Synaesthesia
Thebes Aux Cent Portes - Son et Lumiere - Temples de Karnak (1972)
I think this is some kind of a soundtrack to a documentary about (Ancient) Egypt, because Delerue (1925 - 1992) is known mainly as a soundtrack composer. Abstract, ambient sound.
Delired Cameleon Family (France)
Delired Chameleon Family (1974)
A ‘supergroup’ featuring Cyrille Verdeaux, Christian Boule, Joel Dugrenot, Gilbert Artmann, Tim Blake and others. The music sounds very much like Clearlight.
See also: Clearlight, Blake, Tim, Lard Free.
Metro (1993)
Bracia Syriusza (1994)
Electronic Music from the duo of Agim Dzeljilji and Piotr Makiewicz. Produced by Tomasz Kubiak.
Holo Movement (1995)
Ambient duo of Paul Hostia and Thorn Hoedh. This album was released on IC label.
Skies Above Skies (1978)
Sunborne (1980)
Sacred Space Music (1982)
Live At Alaron
(1984)
Novus Magnificat (1986)
Light of This World (1987)
Illumination (1989) (with
Iasos)
Set Free (1989)
Live In Tokyo (1992)
Aeterna (1995)
Attunement (2000)
Sanctum Sanctuorum (2002)
Spirit Trance (2004)
Sonic Immersion (2006)
Constance Demby is an American musician with a Classical backround. It is no wonder, therefore, that a lot of her works represent symphonic electronic style with a bit of New Age thrown in. She is also considered one of the pioneers of Space Music. Sacred Space Music and Novus Magnificat are the most interesting ones in this regard, featuring a mix of floating synthesizers, acoustic touches and lots of choir. Sanctum Sanctuorum is simply New Age-like symphonic music that even contains Gregorian chants (yuck!).
Digitalkemia (2001)
Cromelech (2002)
A project of Paolo di Pierdomenico and Luca "Bafometto" Galli.
Who's In A China Shop? (1986 - 1988)
Hits And
Evergreens (1986 - 1989)
Icewalk (1989)
Completion Works (1986 - 1992)
A True
Nightmare (1992)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1994)
Schloss Burg (1995) (with Ron
Boots and friends)
Die Gesichter der Stadt Wuppertal (1996)
Life (1997)
Atlantropa (1998)
ToSoFi August 11th 1999 (1999)
Albedo 2000 (2000)
Breakfast
With Tiffany (2000)
Norbert Tischelmayer - Themen der ASS (2001)
Demo Art is basically Volker Rapp. I haven’t heard this project, so I cannot say anything to describe the music.
Onwards... Towards the Abyss (2003)
Mardröm (2004)
The first album has one long Dark Ambient track, the second is more noisy and industrial, but still Dark Ambient.
The Father of the Egg (1991) (soundtrack)
Denev is primarily a Jazz musician, but he did some experiments with electronics back in the days.
Magic & Mystery (2002)
Litanies of Desire (2003)
Die My Illusion (2005)
In the Abode of Gloom (2005)
A Voyage of Imagination (2006)
Unwinding the Inside (2007)
Time Lost In Oblivion (2009)
Dark / Medieval Ambient with lots of cathedral atmospheres from Karsten Hamre.
See also: Hamre, Karsten, Veiled Allusions, Defraktor, Museum of Transient Lights.
Sentient Killer Metronomes From Outer Space (1990)
This album contains improvised Electronic Music by this Canadian artist. In some ways it is similar to Tangerine Dream and Cluster.
Empires And Milk (2007)
Anthropology Vol. 1 (2009)
Loren Dent is a Texan artist who mixes ambient soundscapes with subtle acoustic textures and some processed guitar sounds.
Altar State (2001)
Le Paradis Funebre (2006)
Silencis (2008)
Nuclear Sun (2009)
Melancholic Neo-Classical Ambient with Martial overtones. Very beautiful music, mostly quite melodic. Behind this project is Sathorys Elenorth who is also known from his work in Narsilion, Ordo Funebris and Lugburz.
Standard Music Library (1969)
EMS LP 1 (1971)
BBC Radiophonic Music (1971)
Electrosonic (1972)
This late pioneer of the use of electronics in music certainly deserves an entry, so here it is. Apart from working for BBC Radiophonic Workshop and her collaborations with White Noise on Electric Storm, Delia also composed for libraries and made promo music for EMS Synthi A synthesizers.
Obeir et Mourir (1998)
Early release by this Post-Industrial formation which is famous for its Martial / Military Pop music. Obeir et Mourir is dark and somber Martial Ambient.
Descent Into the Void (Germany)
Descent Into the Void (2007)
See also: No-Tone Project, The
Inventos Barbaros (1999)
Electronic musician who uses guitars and samplers to search for unusual and experimental timbres. There were at least two more (collaborative) albums by Julio, both in more acoustic vein. One was made with a female vocalist and the other with an acoustic backing band.
Cosecrare (1992)
Via Peregrinus (1992)
Hortus Conclusus / Triptych (1993)
Songs Over Ruins (1997)
Deadbeat
(2001)
Strife (2004)
The Ever Green Tree (2005)
That Which Is Tragic And Timeless (2005)
Seven Sorrows (2007)
Soundtrack-like Dark Ambient in the style of Raison d'Etre from the man behind Archon Satani (Johan Levin).
See also: Archon Satani, Inanna.
La Citta di Utopia (2003)
Difficult to classify, this music is mostly influenced by the early 1970's German "Kosmische Musik" and White Noise.
See also: Miraggioluce
Yield One's Breath (2002)
Synth atmospheres from members of Ceremonial Castings.
Synthesis (1980)
Del Dettmar, who was the synthesist of Hawkwind on their early albums released at least one LP of solo and collaborative electronic works. A classic.
See also: Hawkwind
Comprendido! Time Stop! (1996) (recorded in 1992 - 1996)
Industrial outfit (Peter Andersson). This album is supposed to contain Dark Ambient. There may be some others as well.
See also: Bocksholm
D (1971)
Aum (1972)
Soundtrack (1973)
Although most of this musician's latter output stands firmly in the New-Age camp, there are at least two albums that will be interesting for Electronic Music fans. These early works by Georg Deuter are listed above and can only be described as "homemade electronic Krautrock". Great for those who like their music a bit on the rough side. Soundtrack is overall more serene. This library release gathers some pieces from Aum, plus original material that ranges from quiet synth soundscapes to acoustic guitar / flute pieces.
Maeuhay (1990) (with Patrick
Goethals)
Periodes (1998)
The Shape of Solitude (1999) (with Vidna Obmana)
Cambrian
(2000)
Lattice Fracture (2002)
Recursive Charm (2003)
Belgian electronic musician. Periodes contains various archive materials mostly in sequencer / spacey vein a lot of which was inspired by Heldon and Richard Pinhas' solo work. Cambrian features guitar-based electronic soundscapes and Lattice Fracture is highly experimental. Recursive Charm is a live recording from a concert with Vidna Obmana.
See also: Amber
Kampfstationen (2000) (S)
Aural Structures For Rituals (2001)
Bleak soundscapes. Kampfstationen is Martial Ambient.
See also: Pax Corda
In 90 Minutes Around Klaus (1988)
Dexter Ward (2000)
Reward (2001)
Unique EM mixing soundscapes with more rhythmic material and an aggressive "industrial" edge. Dexter Ward is the project of Aitor Berraondo.
Mirador (1984)
Synthetic Dreams
(1985)
Life-Tapes (1985)
Circles (1986)
Incuanoq (1987)
Chrome (1987)
Metro-Pole (1989)
Pnakotic Sounds (1993)
Inorganic Waves (1993)
Gallery of Flavours
(1995)
Dharana was founded in 1982 in Schweinfurt (Germany) by Klaus-Ulrich Merkle and Ulrich Woessner. In 1984, Merkle left the band, replaced by Andreas Hedler. After some time Jurgen Geiger joined Dharana. Andreas Hedler soon stopped making music to concentrate of the light shows and stage effects that accompanied Dharana's gigs. In 1985, after attending a Dharana concert (released as Life-Tapes) Frank Kober joined the band and Geiger/Woessner/Kober was to become the 'classic' line-up of the group. As of now, Dharana have ceased their musical activities, although several of their old titles are being re-released on CD-R now. On Inorganic Waves you will find very versatile music with great sequences and cool 'inorganic' drive.
Deep Embrace (2008)
Melodic music in typical British style (David Wright, Code Indigo etc). Originally from the USA, Dhyanam nowadays lives and works in the Netherlands.
Landscape of A Dream (1984)
Solecism (1985)
Borderland (1986)
Between the Earth And the Sky (1987)
Edge of the
Dreamworld (1989) (recorded in 1982 - 1989)
Imminent Dissipation (1991)
The Endless Knot (2000)
Dark Universe (2001)
Invisible Order (2001)
The Convolving
Universe (2001)
Ambient Life Vol. 1 (2002)
Trajectories (2004)
Highway 1 (2005)
Perception (2006)
Dark Edges (2007)
Pond (2008)
An Abstract View (2008)
Diatonis is the pseudonym of Stuart White. The early stuff is pretty traditional Ambient, while latter works venture into Dark Ambient territories and even Medieval Ambient on Convolving Universe.
Falling Upwards Into Sky (2001)
Actually one of Daniel Byerly's countless pseudonyms.
See also: Bertrom, Cabot Jr., Cacophony, Synthuser.
Space Scientifics (1988)
Six Consequences (2007)
Domus (2007)
Honfleur - The Music of Eric Satie (2008)
In Excelsis (2008)
Mellotronworks (2008)
Breviary (2009)
Solo music from member of Systems Theory that is strongly influenced by Impressionist Classical composers, Minimalism and Ambient.
See also: Systems Theory
In-Vince-ible (2000)
Solo album (with some guests) from the author of music for Transformers movie. Half of the disc is supposed to contain vocals, half is instrumental. The style is not known.
Discoliose (1979) (S)
Ne Pas Croquer, Ne Pas Sucer! (??)
A duo of Jean Louis Le Breton and Jean Bonnefoy, both of whom had been quite active during the 1970's, releasing Synth-Pop / novelty singles as "Los Gonococcos" and being involved is several other projects in various fields such as writing science-fiction stories. The sound on their EP-length record Discoliose is quite spacey, warm and analogue. Dicotyledon was formed circa 1977 and from that time up until 1982 gave several live performances in France and Belgium.
See also: BeM
Road (1988) (S)
Connected (2004)
Grief Distance (2006)
Tommi Haavisto (Didymos) started making EM in 1986. His music is melodic in style.
Fac
Totum (1993)
White Secrets / Metaphora (1993)
Omega (1995)
Archive Compendium (1995)
Sigillo (1996)
Runes Order offshoot (Paolo Beltrame) in a really deep and obscure Dark Ambient / Ritual / Blackness mould. Deep rumblings, drones, scary atmospheres and, yes, the occasional chant.
See also: Runes Order, Atom Infant Incubator, Order 1968.
Volt Age (1981)
The project of Christian-Ch. Kneisel from West Berlin. Rhythmic, sequence-full music with vocoder voices. A bit like Kraftwerk on steroids.
Synthesizer Music (1991)
Synthetic Sound of Life (1994)
Bridges (1995)
Inspired (1999)
Digital Art is Martin Rothhaar. His music represents a combination of classic and modern elements. The first two albums were never officially released.
Space (1988)
The Second (1988)
Digital
Mind (1989)
Fractals (1990)
Sternenmusik (1990)
Explorer (1991)
Eclipse
(1992)
Himalaya (1993)
Early incarnation of the band currently known as Pyramid Peak (Axel Stupplich and Andreas Morsch). They released several cassettes before Andreas left the band in 1991. Subsequent works Eclipse and Himalaya are solo efforts by Axel Stupplich, released under the same moniker. In 1995, Axel met Uwe Denzer with whom he formed a duo called Pyramid Peak. Andreas Morsch returned to the (now renamed) band in 1998.
See also: Pyramid Peak, Axess.
Digital Dreaming (1995)
Mojo, John Matthews, Ras and David Ride.
See also: Rainbow Generator, Mojo, Generator, The.
PSI (1988)
XI (1988)
Cyclos (1996)
Octagon
(1997)
Ambient. Dilate is former Vampire Rodents keyboard player Victor Wulf.
The Death of the World of Now (1978) (with
James E. Kerr)
Comet Tracks (1985)
The collaborative release with James E. Kerr is an occult electronic LP with spoken narrative layered on top of Dilulio's score. Comet Tracks LP is subtitled "Music to Remember Halley's Comet". So, a cool concept for this cosmic synth album. Dilulio is also known thanks to producing special effects and music for various TV shows and planetariums.
Programm 1 (1980)
Programm 2 (1981)
Programm 3 (1983)
Come Into My
Satisfactory (1983)
Leipzig &
Coca-Cola (1991)
Sex 'n Chaos (1993)
Programm 5 (2007)
Programm 6 (2010)
Din A Testbild is a project of Mark Eins, initially with fellow musicians Nutty Norman and Genee Romee. The early music was released on IC label. The style is apparently fairly rhythmic and Rock-influenced, with Punk / NDW moves. Therefore, it will be a hard one for most EM fans, I guess.
Elemental (2008) (with Amyr
Cantusio Jr.)
Analog Dream (2008)
Hailing from Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Marcelo Diniz is a keyboardist who was born in 1979. Up until the late 1990's he acted as a keyboard player for various Rock and Pop bands. By the New Millennium he started concentrating more and more on his solo career, collaborating with Amyr Cantusio Jr. aka Alpha III and doing own compositions. His style is characterized by his love for vintage timbres and warm, analogue atmospheres. The album Analog Dream begins with a countdown, before warm melodies and a relaxed electronic rhythm appear. Sounds a bit like modern Kraftwerk jamming with vintage Tangerine Dream. The sound is lush and nice. This is all fairly easy-listening. On the other hand, the second track titled "Voices oà the Night" is greeted with a darker soundscape, before sparkling arpeggios begin circling around. The track is rather static. Heavy breathing and a siren herald the coming of "Escape". A fast rhythm is then introduced and a melody plays in a very soundtrack-like manner. This would work very well as background music to some criminal thriller. Some of the sounds and solos are cheesier than the others but overall Marcelo manages to escape the pits of overt corniness on this one. The next track is all but drowned in the sea of analog arpeggios, bass notes and warm pads. It has a marching rhythm to it that reflects its title ("Way of A Lonely Man"). The mood is that of mystery and anticipation. "Black Hole" opens with darkish arpeggios and rich symphonic synths. This is some wonderful stuff that could come straight from one of those "Tangram"-era concerts by Tangerine Dream. This is the best track so far, and also the most experimental one. "Aquarius" starts with aquatic synths (surprise, surprise!) before mysterious pads envelop the drop-like pulsations. A bit tribal drums appear in the second part, accompanied by anthemic and moody symphonic textures. Quite cosmic and epic-sounding stuff here. Absolutely wonderful cosmic atmospheres follow. This is Space Music of the darker, mysterious variety. In a surprise move, a laid-back, almost danceable rhythm starts and a distorted synth solo completes the picture. I am not sure that this transition was needed or that it worked at all, but at least this track shows a great deal of variety which is a good thing. "Icarus III", with its bubbling synths, a chirpy rhythm and a moody pad melody is unashamedly Jarre-like. Not that Marcelo is trying to copy here, but the style and inspiration is unmistakable. The second part is more modern sounding, though, once the drum rhythm kicks in. "Pale Blue" is extremely positive, with its major key harmonies, and approaches the territory of New Age. Too saccharine for my taste, sorry. "Coming Back" is laced with heavy rhythms and very 1980's synthesizer sounds. It's a very nice track, melodic and synth-heavy. Fans of Tangerine Dream's soundtracks from that era should check it out. The closing title track starts with rather heavy upbeat sequencing. So it goes for the rest of the track - various pulsations come and go. Some are of the experimental bleepy or clanky, industrial variety, others more classic bell-like textures. A nice track to load your brain with a healthy dose of sequencer goodness. However, there's also *that* melody which gives the track a flowing property and works really well with the pulsations. Again, one for fans of 1979 - 1985 Tangerine Dream perhaps. Overall, Analog Dream is a bit of a mixed bag stylistically. Some tracks work better than the others, but most of them are certainly well worth your time. Not bad for a debut. Marcelo is an artist to look out for.
New Church (2009)
A Mellotron-drenched work from member of Radio Massacre International. Very TD / Froese.
See also: Radio Massacre International
Et Le Troisieme Jour (1976)
Deux
(1977)
Canadian duo of Vincent Dionne and Michel-Georges Bregent. Instrumental synth with percussion.
See also: Dionne, Vincent.
Destinations (1988)
Parade (1991)
Solo releases by ex-member of Dionne & Bregent. Jazzy EM, sometimes comparable to 1980's Tangerine Dream.
See also: Dionne & Bregent
Le Miroir Bleu (1996)
Le Monde Parallele (1999)
Millenium's Dreams (2000)
Behind the Mirror (2002)
Alone (2007)
Varied Electronic Music, from Prog to New-Age like to symphonic and ambient forms. Direct To Dreams is Bruno Meunier.
Song of the Second Moon (1957) (with
Kid Baltan)
Fantasy In Orbit (1963)
A relic of melodic and spacey music. The first LP was also released as "The Electrosoniks - Electronic Music". Kid Baltan who collaborates with Tom Dissevelt on Song of the Second Moon is actually experimental composer Dick Raaijmakers.
The Mirror Shattered (1996)
Synth music by Mark Ashby with a spoken narrative layered on top. Joel Burly and Christie Hotchkiss lend a hand on this one.
See also: Ashby, Mark, Double Vision.
Zodiac Zeit (2009)
Danish artist who on this particular album developed an analogue, Berlin School-influenced sound. One track is co-composed by Harald Grosskopf.
Yellow (1977)
Aeray Dust (1977)
Free-Jazz drummer goes electronic. These albums are still heavy on the rhythm though.
In Human Terms (1987)
Texas Electric (1989)
The Way of All Peach (1992)
The Fantoccini
Chronicles (1994)
Texan synthesist a bit on the Experimental side of things. Dramatic and pulsing electronics that can be compared to Cluster. Charles Ditto has also released a couple of solo piano works.
Isms (1999)
Talisman (2000)
Power Liquids (2003) (with Aural Planet)
Divinorum is a project of Bjorn Lynne. The music differs from his usual works, as it's very rhythmic Trance stuff with ethnic touches. Good for those who like this particular style.
See also: Lynne
Djambasov, Vladimir (Bulgaria)
McMusic For the McMasses (1982)
Kafka's Breakfast (1982)
No Commercial
Potential (1985)
The Ritual Continues (1987)
Reflections From the Firepool (1989)
Suspension And Displacement (1991)
Burning the Hard City (1991)
Collaborator (1994)
The
Devouring (1997)
Still No Commercial Potential (1998)
Live At Orion (1999)
New Dark Age
(2001)
Ascension (2001)
#1 (2001)
#2 (2001)
Afghan: Live At the Knitting Factory
(2001)
A Night For Baku (2003)
Recollection Harvest (2005)
American Progressive / Electronic outfit. Djam Karet (pronounced 'zhahm ka-rette') are: Chuck Oken, Henry J. Osborne, Mike Henderson and Gayle Ellett. There are a lot of albums that all sound quite different from each other. The ones to recommend are Suspension And Displacement, an album of Ambient EM and Collaborator which is essentially a collaborative effort of Djam Karet with other electronic musicians who send their tapes to the group for finishing off the ideas into complete musical pieces. Participating musicians are Kit Watkins, Walter Holland, Marc Anderson, Carl Weingarten, Loren Nerell, Jeff Greinke and Steve Roach. The line-up of Djam Karet for this album includes only Gayle Ellett and Henry J. Osborne. The music is supposed to be very good. There are other works, that you may like as well. Beware that some of their works are quite guitar-heavy, as for instance, Burning the Hard City.
See also: Maskit Chamber, The
Vortex (2006)
Dark Ambient / Dark Space / soundscapes from Morocco (the artists' name is Yassine Maaroufi).
Bulgarian Icons (1990)
Ecology (??)
Stories... (??)
The Green Desert (??)
Electronic musician from Bulgaria.
D'Lear (1989)
Not mainstream EM by any stretch, Shaun D'Lear's eponymous album can be easily ignored by the general audience. However, it's certainly a must for fans of John Dyson, as all music on this CD (except Shaun's singing) is by John, done in his typical melodic style.
See also: Dyson, John
Oneiric Traces (2001)
Electronic / Ethnic soundscapes and Tribal Ambient by Giorgio Degli Esposti and Andrea Ottolenghi. Alio Die participates on one track.
Do It Yourself Orchestra (France)
Jogging (1980)
Claude Perraudin under a pseudonym.
See also: Perraudin, Claude
Connecting Images (1998)
Mountain Flying (1999)
Applied Moods (2000)
A mixture of sorts between Classical Music and EM. The electronic parts sound very much like Vangelis which means grand, sweeping and orchestral atmospheres. There are also influences of Oldfield and Folk music. Mountain Flying features (apart from electronics) members of Solaris and After Crying, with the addition of real choir and orchestra. Applied Moods is a collection of pieces from both albums plus some unique material.
The Early Tapes (1986 - 1989)
Back
& Now (1987 - 1989)
Crossings (1987 - 1991)
Pathfinder (1989 - 1991)
The
Arts Collection (1988 - 1992)
Silent Memories (1989 - 1992)
Live Fragments
(1989 - 1993)
Marco Dobra is primarily a percussionist, but during the 80's he assembled an electronic studio, where apart from drums and percussion he made use of various synths, samplers, sequencers, etc. Some of these works are documented on the above albums. There are melodic, delicate, flowing pieces, some rhythmic workouts and pure ambient floaters. Several guests appear on some tracks.
Towards the One (2000)
Dense electronics with sequences from Dennis Weisse (aka Denis Wize) - Oregon-based musician and synthesist.
See also: Wize, Denis
Doc Wör Mirran (1984)
Jelly From Above (1985)
Plays the Music of Raisin Bran Trust (1986)
Cadillacs & Sunshine (1986)
Kamophlagged Dead (1987)
Slow (1990)
Slower (1996)
Phire (1996) (with Tesendalo)
The Sound of Silver (1998) (with Jorg Thomasius)
Lasher (1999)
No Recorded Remixed (1999) (with Tesendalo)
Momentum 2 (2009) (with Tesendalo)
Ambient soundscapes with some early German EM influences from Bernard H. Worrick and Joseph B. Raimond (both originally from the United States, now residing in Germany). I am not sure which of their early works should be included here, as sometimes their music goes out of scope of EEM, so for now only a handful of their many releases are included in the above discography.
This Way (1996)
Second Edition
(2001)
Analogue synthesizer enthusiast and musician.
Dogon (1989)
Notdunjusta (1996)
The Sirius Expeditions (1997)
Reddonjusta (1998)
Electronic duo of Miguel Noya and Paul Godwin.
See also: Noya, Miguel
Constellation (1983)
Famous German producer, arranger, composer, Jazz musician and God knows what else. Although he may be known mostly to Jazz enthusiasts, this man has recorded at least one Electronic Music work, namely Constellation. The style of this record can be compared to that of Peru or Nova. Recommended.
See also: Passport
Ritual Awakening (2002)
Terra Firma (2005)
A duo of Steven Smith and Jason Sloan. Ambient.
See also: Sloan, Jason
Vista (1984)
Released on cassette on a New Age label Invincible Records, Vista features synthesizer-based music done in collaboration with German musician Hans-Wolfgang Von Heldenleben and will be of interest to fans of relaxing forms of EM, especially Space Music.
Vacuum (1997)
Baltos Juodos Klajos (2002)
Sotvaras (2003) (with Kūlgrinda)
Alexandreia (2007)
Svilpiai (2008)
Slowly moving Dark Ambient. Real name of the artist is Donatas Bielkauskas. Some of his works are more in the Neo-Folk vein.
See also: Wejdas
Sidologie (2003)
The cover of Sidologie is a humoristic rip-off from Jarre's Equinoxe. The music itself is based on old Commodore-64 game themes, but played with sounds typical of early Jarre and Vangelis.
Live At the Guggenheim (1986)
A duo of two synthesists Sam Rosenthal and Walter Holland.
See also: Rosenthal, Sam, Holland, Walter.
War of Angels (2000)
Real Nord (2000)
Laren d'Or is the moniker used by Attila Héger, a musician from Hungary. Symphonic electronics, like Vangelis meets Synergy. This album may also appeal to fans of Symphonic Rock, as it doesn't sound particularly synthetic most of the time.
Ramasse Miettes Nucleaire (1977)
Nouveaux Modes Industriels (1980)
Pile Ou Face (1984) (S) (with Thierry Muller)
Also known as "Philippe Doray Associaux Associes", this artist belongs to the stark and harsh end of French electronic spectrum. Lots of strange electronic rhythms, experimental collages, aggressive Heldon-like sequences and sometimes even anguished vocals.
Animated Bas-Reliefs (2005)
Dormantgod is the solo project of Joseph C (founder of funeral doom band Fungoid Stream). With Dormantgod he explores a more cosmic and esoteric ambient sound.
Universal Ave (1986)
Food For Fantasy (1994)
Initially a duo of Robert Schroeder and Charly McLion. Very easy-listening music, with guitar, often bordering on New Age. I’ve heard Universal Ave and wasn’t impressed, as it’s too sweet and melodic for my taste. Some nice vocoder voices on ‘Lost Control’, but that’s all about it. However, I can see why it was popular back when it was released.
See also: Schroeder, Robert, McLion, Charly.
Thirty Miles From Home (1990)
Second Sighting (1991)
Double Vision was basically a duo of Mark Ashby and Joel Ainsworth. On the second album, the line-up was expanded to include guitar player Joel Burley and percussionist Christie Hotchkiss (both later collaborated with Mark as "The Distance"). After the second cassette release the group was disbanded.
See also: Ashby, Mark, Distance, The.
Transformation (1982) (with
Christian Buhner)
Transmission (1983)
Reflecting Light Vol. 1 (1983)
Brilliance (1984) (with William Wichman)
Reflecting Light
II (1987)
Resonance (2002) (with Gary
Miraz)
Ex-Folk singer who moved to New York to become a well-known New Age artist. Some of her music can be described as a mixture of Space Music and Electronic New-Age.
See also: Zweistein
In Touch With Light (1987)
PeacePlanet (2005)
Serge Douw is an expert in laser technology and this album was written to accompany a laser light show depicting the formation of life on Earth. The cover of the CD re-issue of In Touch With Light gives it a rather shitty New Age look. The music is rhythmic and melodic with more than a hint of Jarre.
The Light Program (1987)
The World
Service (2000)
Shadows And Reflections (2003)
Former keyboardist for The Buggles and Yes who now has his own group Asia. As a solo artist he has released some albums of Electronic Music in quasi-symphonic style. The albums are released as Geoffrey Downes / the New Dance Orchestra. Comparable to Vangelis, 80's Tangerine Dream and some Rick Wakeman. A good keyboard player he is, but his talents as a synthesist are highly debatable. Shadows And Reflections contains two long electronic tracks played 'live' in the studio.
Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde 1 (1981)
Dr.Jekyll And
Mr.Hyde 2 (1982)
Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde 3 (1982)
Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde 4 (1982)
The project of Hiro Kawahara (Heretic) and Yozox Yamamoto (Ain Soph).
See also: Heretic, Osiris, Astral Temple.
How Angels Fly On Burning Wings (2003)
Dark soundscapes and drones.
Twilight (2000)
Dark experiments in sound from two brothers Matthew Everet Kieren and Robert Shawn Kieren.
Windy Witches (2000)
Mysterious soundscapes.
Loneliness (1979)
Obscure LP from ex-members of The 7th Temple Eric Simpson and Don Stagg. A mixture of Progressive Rock and Electronic Music. The album was recorded in Mississauga, Ontario.
Websequenz (2004)
Triade (2006)
Streamfire (2006)
A duo of Harald Nies and Karl-Heinz Reiers.
See also: Nies, Harald
Dream Radiation (2003)
Ethereal Ambient from Kelly Thistle.
See also: Thistle, Konkrete Kantikle.
Blue Light (2007)
Dreamaiden is US-based synthesist Susan Baird who makes melodic Electronic Music inspired by 1980's Tangerine Dream but in a very individual style. She uses sequences, rhythms, atmospheric pads and wonderful synthesizer solos. You can read my review of her debut album Blue Light here.
Liquid Vision (2004)
Ambient soundscpaes from Mick Deakin.
4 Edens And A World of Shells (1988)
Ambient and experimental music by Olivier Abitbol who collaborated with Vox Populi! band under the name "Dreaming With Vox Populi". Lately he's gained a fame of Psychedelic Trance producer.
Underwater (2001)
This San-Antonio-based duo of Johnny A. Rodriguez and James Sidlo describes their music as "ambient-trance". Of course, there's no relation to Trance music (Techno sub-genre). But rather we get liquid and floating ambient soundscapes where synths, processed voices and guitars dominate.
Dreams of Dying Stars (Belgium)
Stardance (2003)
Interludium II: Aeon E (2004)
Funeral In the Void (2004)
Buried In the Void (2007)
Dark Space by the man behind Until Death Overtakes Me (Stijn Van Cauter).
See also: Until Death Overtakes Me, Fall of the Grey-Winged One, I Dream No More, In the Mist, Forbidden Fields.
Between Realities (1998)
Om (2000)
Passage
(2005)
Classic Ambient music from Scott McGregor and Jamie Todd.
See also: Urm
Nightlight (2003)
Warp Date (2004)
Ambient Trails (2005)
Dreamwind is an electronic trio of Rick Bales, Andy Douglas and Ray Gantt. They are based in Alabama and their style is mostly sequencer-based and sometimes atmospheric EM.
On Flight To the Light (1979)
Gates To Eternity
(1983)
The band formerly known as Yatha Sidhra (Klaus and Rolf Fichter) in pure floating cosmic synth mould.
See also: Yatha Sidhra
Dressel, Heinrich (Netherlands)
Mons Testaceum (2007)
Dynamic, analogue, sequence-full music with blistering solos.
Het is Theater zoals te Verwachten En Voorzien was... (1982)
Cochlea (1985)
Belgian synthesist and member of Pillion duo with Walter Christian Rothe. Guy's own solo music is somewhat on the experimental side of things. He was born in 1958. After being a photographer and pursuing a career in Fine Arts, he acquired his first synthesizer in 1975. Fooling around with it for a while as part of a short-lived group Exxess, he got himself more synths. Setting up a nice studio, Guy became involved in various film productions and theatre performances. Quickly becoming a modular synth fanatic, he got in touch with people like Morton Subotnick, John Cage and Andre Stordeur. He then quicky became a well-respected music producer and synthesizer demonstrator (he worked for Roland). The above albums were never officially released, as far as I know. The first one is a soundtrack to a theatre performance.
See also: Pillion
A
Path To Your Dreams (1995)
Earthquake (1995)
Exile (1995)
The Beyond (1995)
Black Line (1996)
Diazepam (1996)
Sector 9 (1996)
Scum of the Earth / Thrice Is the Divinity of Dark Gods (1998)
Surface Extra (2000)
A project of Gabriele Giulani in Dark / Drone Ambient vein. The music bears a very sad atmosphere at times, with traces of Doom Ambient.
Isolation (1987)
Secret Dimensions (1997)
Nightshifts (1998) (recorded in 1992 - 1996)
Bird’s Eye View 1987-2000
(2000)
A project of Marcus Hildebrandt in New Berlin School vein. A little like Spyra or Asana. Sometimes with prominent rhythms.
Star Peace (1978)
Synth music from Yves Hayat. Most of the pieces on Star Piece are upbeat and rhythmic - sort of EM with a "Disco" flair. I think if Laserdance made music in the 70's, this is how they'd sound, although Star Peace has none of the repetitiveness so typical of the Dutch project's music, and is more complex overall. Another point of reference would be the group Space, but Droids have more interesting arrangements and all songs are completely instrumental. There is also a short experimental interlude, called "Interspace" and a couple of floating cosmic pieces. These include "Tchoung Fou" and the epic "Renaissance De L'Amour", with it's long, dramatic spacey introduction, upbeat middle section and tabla rhythms near the end. The album has got a great analogue sound and should be considered a classic of French Electronic Music.
Time To Reconsider (2007)
Martial Ambient from this Polish project by Tomasz Kretowski.
Elements (1999)
Allein... Unter Menschen (1999)
Crop Circles (2000)
Deep-Dive-Drone (2001)
Between Two Yearthousands (2001) (with Rabbit's Sorrow)
Estoe (2002)
Yr (2002)
Ezoterick Soundzcapes (2003)
Fields 1 (2004)
Ezoterick Muzick (2006)
A Collection of Songs About Norway (2008)
Esoteric Drone Ambient from Marcus Obst.
Dronament (2006)
Mathias Grassow's alter ego. Ambient.
See also: Grassow, Mathias, Nord.
Induced Reactions (??)
The Moon (1990)
Cosmic Ambient and Dark Space by this enigmatic Californian project.
Circles In Stone (1990)
External Forces (1993)
A duo of Jon Palmer and Martin Dearmun. More or less along the lines of Palmer's ambient works, with extra experimental and ritual touches (lots of percussion).
See also: Palmer, Jon, Dearmun, Martin.
Twilight Mind (2000)
Negation /
Horned & Golden (2003)
Ambient atmospheres by the bass player of Prog band Yeti.
Delta-Sleep-Inducing Peptide (1989)
Abduction of Mind (1990)
Cataleptic Episodes (1991)
Out Now (1991)
Somnosections (1991)
Sound Research (1991)
Apartment 8 (1992)
Dalstraat (1992)
Mindworld (1992)
Rebound (1993)
Pre-Natal (1995)
Ambient by Siegmar Fricke (with Peter Mauson helping out). DSIP is short for "Delta Sleep Inducing Peptide".
Kisember (2002)
Balkan (2005)
Mixture of instrumental guitar and Electronic Music with some vocal Progrock songs. Influences include Oldfield, Pink Floyd and others.
Noch kein Regen fur Alle (1982)
Repetitive music from the project of Peter A. Egger who participated in the first Ars Electronica festivals. A rare cassette release.
Autonomic (1999)
Dub Atomica are Ian Boddy and Nigel Mullaney. Rhythmic, thickly textured synthetic pulses.
See also: Boddy, Ian
Music For Abberance (1991)
Ambient drone from Filip Maes.
Protect Your Psych (1984)
Drop Outs (1986)
Fun... Run... (1989)
Your Destiny S.F. (1990)
More... More... (1990)
Your Destiny (1992)
Equivalent (1992)
Transmutation (1997)
Trans Trip (1998)
Infiltration of the Timespaces (1999)
Transmutation II (2003)
Andrzej Dudek-Durer is a musician, painter, photographer, sculptor, philosopher, metaphysicist, instrument creator and God knows what else. Andrzej had been living in total (or almost total) isolation up until 1978, when he started the project "The Travel Art". As a musician, he is known for a unique, spiritual style, sort of New Agey, but not New Age really. Andrzej is the mastermind behind countless projects, both studio and live. He worked within many diffirent idioms (as an example, one can name his sitar or piano playing) and the above discography includes his synthesizer works only.
Culture Is Not Your Friend (2009)
Dukkha is a British sludge / doom project. Culture Is Not Your Friend consists of three long tracks of which the last one is completely stripped of guitars and concentrates on organ / synth drone and atmospheres that bring to mind early Klaus Schulze.
Ossessionato Dagli Spettri di
Quella Foresta (2005)
Iside (2006)
Catacombe Dimenticate (2006) (S)
150°F (2007)
Doom Ambient from this atmospheric project out of Milano, mostly consisting of simple melancholic synth chords.
Certain Images (2005)
Electro-Acoustic music and electronic soundscapes from this acclaimed academic composer.
Sequences / Modulations (1978) (S)
Richard Pinhas under a pseudonym.
See also: Pinhas, Richard, Heldon.
Moving (1985)
Albatros (1985)
Library records with some chilled and dynamic electronic cuts.
Eyeless Dreams (1980)
Wolfgang Duren is the man who helped to develop early PPG synthesizers. This album contains rhythmic, sequenced electronic pieces.
La Galaxie (1997)
French musician who contributed at least one album to the ‘Collection Oxygene’ sampler. Ambient.
Catharsis (1996)
Fin de Millenaire (1997)
Flexible Response (2005)
Dutch Space Mission (Netherlands)
Masters of Space And Time (2007)
E-Live 2008 (2008)
A duo of Eppie Hulshof and Bert Hulshoff aka Phrozenlight. Spacey / Berlinesque music.
See also: Hulshof, Eppie, Phrozenlight.
Hell's Canyon (2003)
Solo work of Dweller At the Threshold member. Deep, resonating synthesizer soundscapes.
See also: Dweller At the Threshold, MindSpiral.
The Myth (1984)
The Monuments of Mars (1988)
Angels, Aliens & Archetypes (1991)
The Atlantis Factor (1993)
Paradigm Shift (1995)
The Nefilim (1998)
Archives (2000) (recorded in 1984 - 1995)
Planetary Mysteries (2001)
The Sirius Link (2004)
2012 (2007)
Variants (2007)
Memory Alpha (2007)
Other Worlds (2009)
Mark Dwane got his first synth in the early 70's and in 1975 he founded the group Orb that published two albums before calling it a day in 1981. His solo music is very diverse musically, but mainly stays in the Space Music realm. The second album is more melodic and rhythmic. Mark is an acknowledged master of the MIDI guitar.
See also: Orb
Andalusien Steps (2004)
The project of Rocco Muller. I think the music is a mixture of Berlin influences and Ethnic touches.
Dweller At the Threshold (USA)
No Boundary Condition (1996)
Generation - Transmission - Illumination (1998)
Dweller In the Tape Vaults (2000)
Ouroboros (2001)
Passenger 4 (2004) (with Free System Projekt)
Full Boundary
Condition (2004)
This band used to consist of David Fulton and Paul Ellis who created classic Electronic Music in the traditions of the Berlin School. Paul Ellis is now replaced with John Duval.
See also: Fulton, David, Ellis, Paul, Tribal Machine, Duval, John.
A Requiem of Euphoric Nihilism (1998)
Dark Ambient from Minneapolis-based artist Brian J. Huebner.
The Gallery (2000)
The man behind El Sueno De Hyparco.
See also: El Sueno De Hyparco
Evolution (1989)
Aquarelle (1991)
Different Values (1994)
Beyond the Gates (1995)
Silverbird (1998)
Darklight (2009)
One of the leading British synthesists, John Dyson is known for his Wavestar project that mixed Tangerine Dream’s melodic side with Floydian spaciness. Their album Moonwind was very successful among EM fans. John's solo work is in similar style. It is very melodic but, in comparison with, say, Ron Boots’ music, is focusing even more on the melody. As a result, it sounds way too sweet and uninteresting for my ears, even more so, because often the timbral variety and experimentalism are sacrificed for the sake of good melodic arrangements. But I can still recommend his music for those who like melodic Electronic Music.
See also: Wavestar, D'Lear, Shaun.
Second Dawn (1998)
Finnish duo of Pertti Gronholm and Ismo Virta from Turku. Dystopia was founded in 1995.