The Sacred Orbit (2005) (with
Oophoi)
Strata (2005) (S)
Leteph (2005) (S) (with Oophoi)
Aludra (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Trifida (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
The Gates of Aldebaran (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Spiralis (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Substrata (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Soundscapes. Strata is a mini-LP. L.E.M. = Lunar Excursion Module.
Lenorme Tragedia (1985)
Ars Sra
(1987)
Laiv Stori (1988)
Deficit (1990)
Joeur, Spielen, To Play (1994)
Giorni Felici (1997)
Electronic-Rock improvisational music from Piero Chianura and Luciano Margorani, assisted by guests. La 1919 is also known as La 1919 Spontaneo.
La Compagnia Digitale (1992) (recorded in 1979)
The last of Ciro Perrino's late 1970's "transitional" bands, this one sees them adding a strong Space Rock element to trademark synthesizers and live drum section.
See also: Perrino, Ciro, SNC, St. Tropez.
La Dusseldorf (1976)
Viva (1978)
Individuellos (1980)
Mon Amour (2006) (recorded in 1983)
The year was 1975 and the place was Germany. The legendary Krautrock group Neu! called it a day. Guitarist Michael Rother left to pursue a solo career. What drummer Klaus Dinger did then was to form a new band with his brother Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. The music was still heavy on the guitar but with added Kraftwerkian touches and elements typical of the Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music (the "motorik" rhythm!). Also some New Wave influences started to creep in towards the end of the 1970's which caused many New Wave acts of the 1980's cite La Dusseldorf as one of their influences. Beware the (occasional) vocals.
Luding (1992)
Musica Per Uomini Di Pietra (1993)
Anima Negra (1995)
Amaranta (1996)
Classic Ambient for fans of Eno, with lots of piano, resonance, etc. Carlo La Manna has a solid background in Jazz as both electric bass player and contrabassist. By the end of the 1980's he developed an interest in Ambient music and since then he has released at least four solo albums.
Homodigitalis (2003)
Lots of synthetic textures and vocoder voices here. The Lab have also created the audiovisual show also named "Homodigitalis" with graphic designer Bernardo Rivavelarde.
M. Frog (1973)
Underwater
Electronic Orchestra (1976)
Transition #1 (1978)
Touche (1981)
Synthesist on the first Todd Rundgren's Utopia album. He released some solo electronic works. Please note that Touche was released under the "Labatomy" moniker and differs substantially in style from the preceding works as it's mostly a collection of Post Punk / Wave songs.
Kontakt (1998)
Gerd Wienekamp, the man behind Der Laborant is one half of Rainbow Serpent. Same style.
See also: Rainbow Serpent
Prazision (1993)
Labradford
(1994)
A Stable Reference (1995)
Labradford (1996)
Mi Media Naranja (1997)
E
Luxo So (1999)
Fixed :: Content (2000)
Virginian group of Carter Brown, Mark Nelson and Robert Donne with a unique droning Ambient sound, based on guitars, synths and other instruments. This is clearly a Post-Rock-era product but will be interesting for EM fans. They have two different eponymous albums, as far as I know.
See also: Aix Em Klemm
Seastones (1975)
Ned Lagin, a friend of Greatful Dead's bass player Phil Lesh composed this ambient electronic work in the early 1970's. The album features traditional instruments, synthesizers and computer processing. This music was later used as part of Greatful Dead's stage shows. It's quite abstract and experimental overall.
Drifting Into Darkened Canyons (2003)
The Distant Lights of Forgotten Places
(2004)
Approaching Worlds (2004)
Following Circular Pathways (2006)
The Constant Horizon (2007)
Illusion Fields (2007)
Somewhere Under the Sky (2008)
Ambient artist with influences such as Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Jon Serrie and Michael Stearns.
These Last Days (1987) (recorded in
1983 - 1985)
Walking
Slowly Backwards (1992) (recorded in 1985 - 1990)
Five
Nocturnes (2000)
January 5, 2000 (2000) (with Jordan Rudess)
Ten Thousand Shades of Blue (2001) (recorded in 1975 - 1989)
Early Works (??) (recorded in 1971 - 1975)
ROM Works (??)
Session 041903 (2003) (with Jordan Rudess)
Staring At the Moon (2004)
WDFH August 25, 2005 (2005)
ROM Works II (??)
KymaWorks (2006)
KymaWorks (2006) (different)
White Night (2007) (recorded in 1974)
Threshold (2008)
The Wave-Sounding Sea (2010) (recorded in 1973 - 1974)
The first album is a solo synth work of Richard Lainhart. On Walking Slowly... a Chapman stick was used along with keyboards and samplers. Five Nocturnes is improvised guitar-based Ambient and January 5, 2000 is a collaboration with Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, while Session... is a live performance organized by the two and played live via the Internet. Richard Lainhart is a minimalist / ambient and electronic composer whose main style is characterized by extensive drones and processed acoustic instruments, alongside synths. However, his works are too diverse stylistically to really try to fully describe them in this article.
Laird, Christopher / Sherman, Jo (France)
Zig Zag Dance / Ping Pong Song (1972) (S)
The first side of this rare vinyl contains a cover of an early Jarre composition, while the flip is supposedly original music in similar style (electronic Pop?). The record was done in collaboration with Mr. Jarre himself.
Das Geheime Leben (1981)
Der Traum von
Asgard (1983)
Zeiten (1985) (with Rainer Oleak)
Aer (1991)
Brucken wie ein
Regenbogen (1996) (S)
East German musician who has a lot of Rock releases. In 1979, he met Edgar Froese which led him to composing Electronic Music. His electronic works are listed above. The first album is rhythmic with good sequencing, the second is supposed to be less impressive and the third one is more abstract and Ambient-like. By the way, if you've seen his photograph you know that he is really an East German Froese! :-)
Silent Mars (2000) (with Dom F. Scab)
Sequentiagite (2002)
Epikus (2002)
Building Sequential Stones Vol.1 (2003)
Building Sequential Stones Vol.2 (2004)
Force of Reason (2004)
Proportions
(2005)
SequenDUAgite (2008)
Former member of electronic trio AT-Mooss. His solo work is a blast of classic sequential synthetics. A true ode to sequences. Recommended.
See also: AT-Mooss
Magic Moments (1988)
Timeless Vision (1988) (with Jiannis)
Atmosdepth (1989)
Pearls (1990)
Dreaming (1990)
Inside Out (1991)
Mirror of Motions
(1993)
Dimensions of Dreams (1995)
Trancesession (1995) (with Stephen Parsick)
Finis
Terrae (1997) (with Palantir)
Wege Himmelwarts (2002)
Tangerine Dream-like Berlin School Electronic Music. Lambert Ringlage is the owner of Spheric Music label. He was born in 1966 and started composing in 1982. By 1988, he started releasing his works privately, gaining some attention from the EM crowd. Lambert is also known as part of EM ensembles Ramp and Hypnosphere.
See also: Ramp, Hypnosphere.
Half Alive (2001)
Fading Landscapes (2005)
And the Angel Is Gone (2008)
Mono (2009)
Dark and bright esoteric soundscapes. Lambwool was started in 2000 by Cyril Laurent, who had previously played in a Metal-based band Moon Revolution.
Birds of Pray (2003)
Blue Oasis
(2003)
Borrowed Time (2004)
Borders & Barrens (2005)
Beneath the Sky (2006)
Backwater (2007) (EP)
Beginning To End (2009)
Paul Kerby's (The Circular Ruins) side project in familiar vein, but more *orchestral*, sometimes reminding on Schulze's and Tangerine Dream's quieter moments, at other times hinting at Steve Roach.
See also: Circular Ruins, The, Nunc Stans, Hive Project, The, Winterhouse, The.
Sample (1992)
Anger (1995)
Idi i Smotri (2001)
Opuscule (2002)
Praha (2003) (S)
1988 - 1997 (2004)
Wien (2005) (S)
Land (2006)
Budapest (2007) (S)
Ambient atmospheres with Neo-Classical moves.
Land (1994)
Archipelago (1997)
Road Movies
(2001)
Jeff Greinke's project. I haven't heard it.
See also: Jeff Greinke
Land of Guilt & Blarney, The (USA)
The Land of Guilt And Blarney
(1991)
Mugged By Life (1992)
Shillshocked! (??)
Cruel
(1999)
Unusual (1999)
The Land of Guilt And Blarney are Carl Howard, Louis Boone and Reginald Taylor. Cosmic electronic journeys with elements from Jazz (sax) and Progrock (drums, guitars). Sometimes their music can be quite abrasive, raw or weird, but it still retains its strictly electronic / cosmic edge.
See also: Nomuzic, Boone, Louis, Alien Planetscapes.
Land of Yrx (UK)
Environmental Studies Group Glee Club
Wallow In Arrogant Self Gratification (1982)
Oh Look! There's A Red Door! (1983)
...And Damn the Consequences (1983)
Cerebration (1984)
Nadir & Eventual Decay
(1984)
Miracles of Modern Surgery (1984)
Termination Point (1985)
Coming Forth In Light
(1987) (recorded in 1983 - 1985)
A Place Under the Sun (1990)
Walking Into the Sky (1993)
The Rhetorical
Answer 1981 - 1990 (1993)
Free Live Performance With Your Poster & Chocolate (1993) (recorded in 1984)
Long Night Falling (2002)
A Waiting Dawn (2004)
A rather obscure British experimental electronic band with Dave Gate and Rob Andrews. Mark Jenkins participates on several albums. The first cassette was privately released for Dave Gate in one copy only.
See also: Aerie, Gate, David, Andrews, Robert.
Caribbean Dream (1998)
Blue Print (2000)
Lost Caverns of Thera (2000)
Troposphere (2000)
Sleep Cycle (2001)
Two Halves of the
Same Side (2001) (with Lane Formschlag)
To Earth And Back (2002)
Caribbean Dream II:
Dreaming Again (2002)
Deep Unknown (2002) (with Vidna Obmana)
Soundfall To the Infinite
(2002) (with Zero Ohms)
Tribal Drums (2002) (with Tom Larson)
Relaxing Effects of Water
(2002)
Moving Through (2002) (with Matt Borghi and Jason Sloan)
Climatic Infusion (2002) (with Robert Carty)
Hypnotic Drift (2003)
Immense Distance (2003) (with Zero Ohms)
Sextant
(2003) (with Ashera)
Tribal
Spirit (2003) (with Tom Larson)
Escape Velocity (2003)
Lucid Circles (2004) (with
Amir Baghiri)
Piano Dreams & Nightscapes (2004)
Answer the Sky (2006)
Dream Swirl (2006) (with Robert Carty)
Submerge (2006)
Very versatile musician. Caribbean Dream is World Fusion, Blue Print is basically a Jazz work dedicated to his father, recorded with Stan Lane and Dino Pacifici. After that he ventured into Ambient realms. Sometimes his sound is rather dark (Lost Caverns...).
Rembrandt (1998)
This album was released under the name of Klaus Dinger's "Krautrock" project but in fact this is solo electronic album by La!Neu?'s keyboard player Rembrandt Lensink. It's a mixture of rhythmic tracks and more ambient material.
Return of the Comet (1985)
Space Music from this San-Francisco bay area musician. It was written as a celebration of Halley comet's return. In 1989, a CD version appeared that added one new track and a new version of the title track.
Langsomt Mot Nord (1985)
Westrveg (1988)
Hildring (1991)
Norvegian synth duo of Jørn Christensen and Ola Snortheim with a sound comparable to Michael Garrison and Vangelis. A lot of it is also very much influenced by Norwegian Folk music, with lots of horn sounds.
Minos (1978)
De Harmonia Universalia (1980)
Vivre Ici et Maintenant (1981)
Gregorian Waves (1991)
Ishtar (1993)
Renaissance (2002)
Synthesist with a diverse style. Although French-born, Pascal Languirand is considered one of the central figures of Canadian Electronic Prog. Early works are cosmic classics with great analogue sound, sometimes similar to Klaus Schulze, Michael Stearns and suchlike. During the 1990's his music got milder and more polished, incorporating lots of New Age influences.
See also: Cybernium
Desert Vision (1987) (with Paul Speer)
Electronic album by this New Age piano musician. It's still quite New Agey. Has guest appearances by Deuter and Jonn Serrie.
Immersion (1998)
See also: Broaddus, John
Sea of A Thousand Stories (1996)
Somewhat comparable to Patrick O'Hearn.
Celestial Vibration (1978)
Day of Radiance (1980) (with Brian Eno)
I Am Ocean (1981)
Rhythm And Bliss (1982)
Om Namah Shivaya (1984)
Sun
Zither (1984)
Open Sky (1985) (with Brother Ah)
Live At WNYC (1985)
Celestial Realms (1986) (with Lygthe)
Essence / Universe (1987)
Zither Bliss (1987)
Flow Goes the Universe
(1992)
The Way Out Is the Way In (1995) (with Audio Active)
Islands (1995) (with Roger Eno)
Cascade (1997)
Divination / Sacrifice (1998) (with Bill Laswell)
Celestial Reiki (2000) (with Jonathan Goldman)
Shiva Shakti Groove (2000)
My Orangeness (2001)
Celestial Zone (2002)
Celestial Reiki II (2002) (with Jonathan Goldman)
Water & Soft Zither (2004)
Enlighten (2005)
A very enigmatic Ambient composer who used to give spontaneous performances in various parks and squares of New York. A lot of his music is based on the sound of the electric zither. Laraaji was born in 1943 in Philadelphia as Edward Larry Gordon. He studied composition and piano, as well as pursued a career of a comedian and actor. His studies of Eastern philosophies led him to composing his own music that was very much influenced by those ideas. He bought a zither and transformed it into an electronic instrument. As his music was pretty relaxing and ambient in nature, Laraaji got noticed by Brian Eno, with whom he did a collaborative album in 1980 that can be considered a classic of Ambient genre. As a last note, I must warn that a lot of his material is not at all New Age-unlike.
Lard Free (1973)
I'm Around About Midnight
(1975)
Spirale Malax (1977)
Unnamed (1997) (recorded in 1972)
Library Music:
April Orchestra Vol. 15 (1976)
Gilbert Artmann's band. Very similar to Heldon, with the same sort of abstract and aggressive drive. Heavy synthetics and electronic guitar soloing, together with rather wild sax outbursts. A classic example (and decidedly uncommercial) of French electronic scene. Richard Pinhas guests on the second album.
See also: Urban Sax
Environment (1978)
Surroundings (1979)
Panorama (1980)
Scenic Sequences (1980)
Industrial Future (1981)
Rivers (1981)
High Tech (??)
Elements: Dynamic Meditations Vol.1 (1982)
Materials: Dynamic Meditations Vol.2 (1982)
Logo Cuts & Media Music Vol. VIII (1982)
Dramatic Impact (1983)
Digital Landscape (1983)
Far East Impressions (1983)
Middle East Impressions (1983)
Climax XXX (1983)
Synthesis (1984)
Magnetic Island (1985)
Soundscapes (1985)
Soundscapes Vol.2 (1986)
Wings In the Sky (1986)
When the Cranes Migrate (1987)
Spot Shots (1987)
Euphonia (1988)
Music Pool (1989)
Texture (1991)
Arabian Affair (1991)
Spanish Affair (1992)
Indonesian Affair (1993)
Balkan Affair (1993)
African Affair (1993)
The Middle East (1994)
Musical Effects Unlimited (??)
Jingles & Idents (??)
Plantlife (??)
Scenes And Images: Developing Underlays Vol. 1 (??)
Scenes And Images: Developing Underlays Vol. 2 (??)
Synchrosonic Patterns (??)
Digital Patterns (??)
Synthesist. A lot of his albums are rare library records composed for Sonoton or Selected Sound.
See also: Netzle, Klaus, Elmulab, Futura, Carlos, Power-Pack, Special Touch, VC People, Logo 2000.
Fear of God (1999)
Gli Ultimi Giorni (2003)
3 Setti Mane (2004)
Musica Per La Lumaca Piu Triste (2006)
1 - 0 - 1 (2007) (S)
Drone Ambient from Italy. Cold, melancholic sounds.
Future Generation (1987)
Around the Planet
(1988)
Discovery Trip (1989)
Changing Times (1990)
Ambiente (1991)
Technological Mind
(1992)
Hypermagic (1993)
Fire On Earth (1994)
The Guardian of Forever (1995)
Orchestra
Vol.1 (1995)
Orchestra Vol.2 (1995)
In Concert (1999) (with Trilithon)
Strikes Back (2000)
A studio formation that appeared on the scene in 1983 and released its first self-titled single that same year. However, the first full album didn't appear until 1987. Music on most albums is written by Michel van der Kuy and Erik van Vliet. Laserdance is the band that started what we know today as Space Disco music or Instrumental Synth Disco, whatever you call it. It's highly dynamic rhythmic music which is also suitable for dancing (at least it was in the Eighties). Similar to Italo-Disco, albeit more spacey and completely instrumental. In other words, energetic stuff. By the way, their slow tracks are something to hear. Their latest album sounds a bit overdone to me. It seems like they wanted to put in as many different ingredients as possible, and, as a result while there are some good tracks in the old Laserdance style ("No Escape" is a good example, which quickly became my second favourite Laserdance track, after "Through the Dark" from Hypermagic), the album also features some Techno-styled cuts which I could probably do without. In other words, it is a mixed bag. I recommend Laserdance for people who like energetic and danceable stuff and who don't mind a bit of repetition in their music. Just don't expect anything serious here. Schulze it ain't. Just your normal Space Disco affair.
See aslo: Rygar, Machinery of Life.
Znak Zasluchania - Woda (1992)
Znak
Zasluchania - Probki (1992)
Hue Rage Music (1996)
Flowing meditative Ambient.
Action Printing (1975)
Love Valley
(1975) (with L. Simoncini)
Tarzoon la Honte de la Jungle (1975) (S)
E=MC2
(1976)
Escalade (1976)
Hypnose (1977)
La Femme Qui Venait d'Ailleurs (1977)
+ ou - 8000 (1978) (with Frederic Mercier and Claude Perraudin)
Seven Stones (1979)
Interpol (1979)
Modern Way (1979)
Rush (1981)
Tutti Flutti (1981)
Racing (1981) (with Claude Perraudin)
Power
(1982)
Music Band (1983)
Two Faces of Teddy Lasry (1983)
Jingles (1984) (with Frederic Mercier)
Adventures (1985)
Back To Amazonia (1985)
Little Big Band (1986) (with Michel Derouin)
Teddy Lasry used to play sax in Magma but after abandoning the band he switched to synthesizers for some reason, releasing a lot of Electronic Music albums, many of which were library releases.
Tronik Involutions (1996)
Inscapes From Exile (1998)
S.O.S.W.T.C. (2001)
The Mystery of the Elements (2002)
Ambient by this female musician originally from France, now living and working in the USA. Comparable to Steve Roach and Harlod Budd. She has released lots of other CD's with piano or orchestral music.
White Image (1980)
Attunement (1981)
Meteorise (1981)
Attunement Vol. 2 (1981)
Whose Dwelling Is the Light of Setting Suns (1981)
Rumors of War (1982) (S)
Live At the Madhatter's Ball (1982)
Live At Glastonbury (1983)
Domes (1983)
Dance of Time (1983) (S)
Future Hopes (1983)
X (1984)
The Glass Isle (1984)
Sacred Space (1985)
Granite & Maquis (1985)
Theme For Planet Earth (1986)
The Sacred Thread of Life (1988)
Imaginary Voyages (1991)
Kaleidoscopic World (1992)
Sphinx (1993) (S)
Out of the Ether (1996)
Resonance (2002)
Michael Law is one of the veterans of Electronic Music in Britain. He was born in 1950 in Walton-On-Thames, Surrey. Michael studied piano and cello and also teached himself to play guitar but during the 1970's he was introduced to EM (his first keyboard - a Farfisa organ - was purchased a bit earlier - in 1967 - but first synthesizer appeared in 1975). By the end of that decade he had assembled a small studio (the first album was recorded on a borrowed tape recorder) and started releasing his works on his own Synfinity cassette label. Michael always combined music-making with other activities like working in an instrument / hi-fi shop or managing his company / label.
L'Espace d'un Instant (1989)
Jardins Secrets (1992)
Tintinnabule (1995)
Nocturnes (1996)
Interludes (1997)
Preludes a Priere (1997)
Vers Une Vie Nouvelle (2002)
Classical and minimalist composer. Only his synthesizer works are included.
Bronx Age (1997)
Bronx Shadows
(1997)
Year Zero (1997)
Lucid Dreamer (2004)
Trilogy (2008) (with Jozef Skrzek and Steve Schroyder)
Wonders (2010) (with Paul Speer)
Ex-Arcane synthesist.
See also: Arcane, Richter, Max van.
Law-Rah Collective, The (Netherlands)
Droning In C (2000) (with Ovum and
Jonas Lindgren)
Incarnation (2001)
Isolation (2003)
Vesuvius (2003)
1953 (2004)
Drones For Drella (2005)
Heaven And Hell (2006)
...As It Is... (2007)
Touch Me I'm Sick (2007) (S)
Inspiration (2008)
Live In Muenster (2009)
Solitaire (2009)
Drone / Isolationism. The Law-Rah Collective, also known as The [Law-Rah] Collective is led by Dutch musician Bauke Van Der Wal.
Octagon (2002)
A young Berlin School musician.
The City (1979)
The Day (1981)
Nature (1985)
Celestial Spheres (1986)
The Things of Life (1986)
Between Man And the Stars (1989)
Holocaust (1996)
Good Night Music (1998)
The Muse 1 (2002)
The Muse 2 (2003)
Nigredo (2004)
Bulgarian synthesist and Electronic Music pioneer. Simo Lazarov (aka Simon Lazar) served as a director of Bulgaria's first Electronic Music studios from 1973 to 1977. He gave more than 100 concerts in various venues, often combining music with visual shows. He also wrote music for many movies and TV productions.
The Old Tea House (2001)
Redemption (2005)
Side project of Heid members. The music was recorded in the legendary EMS studio in Stockholm.
See also: Heid
Terra Nullis - A Tribute To Antarctica (2004)
This album contains piano music and one ambient electronic track.
Otra Rumorosa Superficie (1989)
Musica Para
El Fin De Los Cantos (1990)
A Bite In the Common Sense (1992)
Serial Castrati (1995)
Aspersions By Instinct (1998)
Victima of Dunceing (2001)
Igneorama (2001)
Instorments (2005)
Spanish synthesist of Ukrainian origin. Quite unique electronics with minimalist and Neo-Classical influences. Instorments features seven tracks that walk the edge between Progressive EM, Avant-Garde and Industrial music. Stark, foreboding and sometimes harsh atmospheres prevail, with some distorted rhythms and totally indescribable experimental sounds. Instorments is a cold, inhuman void, populated by sonic beasts that will test your speakers and split your ears. Mysterious sequenced notes get "Estormaiat" underway. An odd rhythm appears out of nowhere, along with insistent atmospheres and experimental sounds. Then a new, strange-sounding rhythm appears that forms the basis for the bulk of the track. Sounds like dub music from hell. Intriguing! "More Towers Will Fall Down" is an abstract, noisy number. "Fizziparism" is totally directionless and chaotic, with some repeating motifs and rhythmic chunks that represent the only structured elements of this track. "Chrestomathy of Another Echelon To Deception And Miseries From Perpetual Annihilations" is a monumental, epic work that gets rather intense and very scary towards the end. It gave me the goosebumps. I don't know how Iury achieves that but some sections of the track literally make the hair on the back of the neck stand. Note: everything's done by working with just the sound, without any distinguishable melody at all! There are, however, some rhythms used in the second part of the track. "Zero Harmony: To Play Without Hands" features random piano playing with background noises. "Destroying-yang Or Do They Delight In Destruction" is the hightlight of the album, being an agressive, rhythmic track, influenced by the Industrial genre, at least so it sounds to me. "From Nakba To Inqilaab" is a relatively subtle piece, atmopheric and amorphous. "Instorments" is an album for the adventurous listener. Perhaps, fans of Experimental EM will enjoy it, as well as those into Avant-Garde electronics and some Industrial music.
Welcome To Joyland (1978)
This is a Vocal Pop album (sort of). Some sources refer to it as a Peter Baumann recording, and indeed, Peter plays synth on this one. Recommended for Tangerine Dream completists and Peter Baumann fans.
See also: Baumann, Peter
The Journey (1987)
Spiral Plains (1987)
Ambient synth music by Nick Ledbury (one half of Xaxxa) who is mainly known as a percussionist today.
See also: Xaxxa
Ledovaya Pustosh (1998)
Ritual Ambient, frozen soundscapes and Folk structures.
Views From the Summit (1985)
Electronic New Age (?) Music created on the Kurzweil 250 synthesizer.
Digital Creations (1991)
The Bridge (1979) (with Robert Rental)
The first side of the LP is minimal synth comparable to Kraftwerk and the second is more experimental.
False Dawn (1992)
Die Datenschleuter (1994)
Leviathan (1996)
Zodiac (2003)
Shapeshifting In Abalone (2004)
Dark Ambient project by Andrew Lagowski (S.E.T.I.), heavily influenced by Lustmord.
Solo Observed (1988)
How Happy I
Should Be (??)
Ambient electronics of the experimental variety.
Colours (1989)
Mysterious Messages (1990)
Discoveries (1991)
Dance of the Elements (1992)
Something Happens (1993)
34669 (1994)
Tranquility In Motion (2007)
I have mixed feelings about Mysterious Messages. First of all, this album is clearly the product of the MIDI age. Needless to say, 1990 was not the best period for Electronic Music, with lots of cheesy, thin-sounding electronic albums coming out, mainly from Europe. And texturally, this album is quite in line with most of the releases from that time. Standard MIDI sound sets, digital programming etc. are abundant here. Brass sounds, marimbas and other chromatic percussion, drums, strings, pads, nothing that really stands out from the crowd, although at times I could hear Classical and Ethnic influences. What I found interesting, though, was the structure of Andreas' music. It sounds as if built from large melodic chunks that sometimes sound totally out of control, I mean these are not focused melodies but more like melodic meandering. Often the previous melody breaks, only to be replaced by another one. Thus, the album, while not being extremely exciting sonically, was still unique structurally and you can't accuse Andreas of copying anyone else's music. Discoveries is similar in style, adding a couple of pleasant lead lines and a punchy analog bass on "Sunday Afternoon Space Ride" which is the best cut on the album. "On the Air" is also a very interesting track that really stands out. Another feature attracts my attention on this album - the abundance of samples in Andreas' music. Dance of the Elements makes a shift to the more ambient direction, utilising tribal rhythms, some ethnic instruments and soft textures, most of the time creating relaxing moods in Tribal Ambient and World Music vein. The tracks are generally longer than on previous albums. Something Happens returns to the melodic / rhythmic formula of the earlier albums but with the title track being a mild Techno workout you already know the direction in which his music is heading. Andreas' subsequent albums are all in the Techno vein. Of his classic releases (bar Colours that I haven't heard) I found Dance of the Elements to be the most interesting one. Unfortunately, Andreas passed away in February, 2006.
Natural History / The Mind And Its
Likeness (1977)
Fiction / Decade (1979) (S)
Closed System Potentials (1980)
Land of Look
Behind (1981)
Imposed Order (1983)
Installation View (1983)
Music For Land And Water
(1983)
Memory (??)
Listening Room (2002)
Brittle Soft (2002) (with Tyler Boley)
Statistical Truth (2004)
The Useless Lesson (2007)
Lesser Epitomes (2007)
Ambient. Said to be in the Eno / Budd vein.
See also: Savant
Mak-ha! (1997)
Das I Other (1999)
Ambient. The first album is a rare one-sided cassette. This music was re-released two years later as the first side of Das I Other.
Machines (1977)
Early band with Alex Cima. In a way it's ahead of its time, featuring styles that would only become popular in the next decade. Overall, it's a bit of a mixed bag, with Synth-Pop, Fusion, cosmic and ambient stylings predominating.
See also: Cima, Alex
L'Etang de Kukufah (2007)
Keyboardist of the reformed Moving Gelatine Plates, Stephane Lemaire released this solo album where he combines orchestral music with influences such diverse as Minimalist composers, Klaus Schulze and Fripp & Eno.
Sole Nero Su Mondo di Plastica
(2004)
I-O-D-O-D-O (2005)
Italian duo with a cosmic analog sound but most of the time pretty experimental.
See also: Nembutal
Music For Stolen Icons Part 2 (1993) (with Joe Papa)
Like the quieter moments of Controlled Bleeding, complete with Papa's deep operatic vocals.
See also: Controlled Bleeding
Here (1986)
Sort of ethnic-tinged ambient EM by this enigmatic Russian composer.
Soundscape (1996)
Ambient Spaces
(2004)
Analogue Days (2004) (recorded in 1983 - 1988)
Diverse music from this Australian synthesist - ambient, rhythmic, melodic and symphonic. Lance first encountered Electronic Music in the early 1970's. Soon Lance got his first synthesizer and started experimenting with it. He then assembled a studio where he recorded a great deal of his works.
Lenfant de Dagobert, Philippe (France)
Suite Megalique Apocalyptico Foulfoutique (1995)
Philippe formerly played bass in French Progressive Rock band Delirium. On Suite... he explores cosmic Electronic Music with Prog and Classical influences.
On the Leopard Altar (1984)
Missa Umbrarum (1985)
Classical / experimental composer, currently residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the Leopard Altar is a work for electronic keyboards and voices.
Nommos (1981)
The Complete Tapes of Atoya (1981) (with Arthur Brown)
Visiting (1982)
Producer for popular artists with his own solo albums. The first one, Nommos, is an experimental electronic work that incorporates complex drum machine rhythms (really lots of them). The second album from 1982 delves deeper into the realms of Electronic Music and has some hints of Tangerine Dream, Eno, etc etc...
Archives '88 - '02 (2002)
Improvised Waves
(2005) (with Jimmy Moore)
The first one is a collection of archived material, the second contains long-form improvised EM with synths & Mellotron.
Escape (1985)
Crystal Influence
(1987)
On the Edge (1990)
Auto Matrix (1992)
Kevin Leonard is the keyboardist of the band North Star. EM that is comparable to Fonya.
Origine (2003)
Spiritworld (2003)
Dharma (2004)
Singing Electronic Devices (2004)
Soundweaver (2005)
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (2005)
Electronic Reality (2005)
Samsara (2005)
Collective Memory Generator (2006)
Temple (2007)
Leonardo is a young musician from Netherlands with a psychedelic style, heavy on the sequencers and sometimes electric guitar.
Newly Murdered Flowers (1983)
Passenger East (1984)
Daquise (1985)
Synth duo of Christian Newton and Peter Anderson that has been active since the early 1980's, when they released a string of cassettes with music in a gently rhythmic, melodic style. A period of absence followed but the group has recently resurfaced and released a download only album with tracks recorded in the New Millennium.
Integrati...Disintegrati (1977)
1977 - 1987 Original Versions (2009)
Franco Leprino is one of those obscure and largely forgotten electronic artists from the 1970's. He released a nice vinyl album with tracks that mixed acoustic guitar with synthesizers and sound collage in typical Italian style. After that he vanished from the scene. However, in 2009 Italian label Giallo released a limited edition CD that gathered the whole Integratti... album and added no less than eleven previously unreleased tracks.
Eologie (2009)
Dakar-born French synthesist and keyboard player with a melodic style influenced by the works of Jean-Michel Jarre.
Quiescent Shadows (1997)
Out of Dimension (1998)
21st Century Awakening (2006)
Dark Ambient by Bernard Hertsens, Stefan Scheers and Tom Adam with a strong bend towards 70's EM (fans of Tangerine Dream will also find this interesting).
The Entrance To Salvation (2000)
Broken (2006)
Medieval Ambient by Mattias Henriksson, with drones, nature sounds and lotsa chorals. Not so dark. A bit similar to Raison D'Etre.
Cosmic Sounds / Electro Sounds (??)
(with Georges Teperino)
Video-Tronics
Vol.3 (??)
Les Sons Electroniques (1971)
Electronic Tricks (1975) (with Eddie Warner)
Altitude 3000 (1985)
Working World (1987)
Cecil Leuter is a pseudonym of French electronic composer Roger Roger. Most of the time rather cheesy library stuff here.
See also: Roger, Roger
Entrance (2006)
Electronic Sheep (2009)
Level Pi is Uwe Cremer from Cologne (b. 1965 in Dusseldorf) who plays guitar as well as electronics. This music is a mixture of Ashra / Tangerine Dream style Electronic Music and some unique guitar / instrumental touches. There are also some Pink Floyd echoes to be found.
Soundescapes (1999)
Places (2000)
Tales From Time (2001)
Ex Libris (2002)
Explorers (2005)
Hungarian synthesist Levente Toth creates rather accessible floating Electronic Music. He states that he is influenced by such artists as Tangerine Dream, Vangelis and Kitaro. The music is very symphonic at places.
The Throne of Bones (2002)
Machinery of Hell (2003) (EP)
Shrouded By Fog (2003)
Death / Dark Ambient by this Edinburgh-based sound sculptor.
See also: Sigillum Dei
Outer Orbit (??)
Obscure cassette release of synth music.
Douzieme Journee: Le Verbe, Le Paure, l'Amour
(1982) (with Steven Brown)
A Propos d'Un Paysage (1985) (with Steven Brown)
Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Vol. 1 (1988) (with Controlled Bleeding)
Nebka
(1988)
When God Was Famous (1989) (with Samy Birnbach)
Le Parfum Du Raki (1993)
Ambient synth soundscapes in the Eno vein, albeit with more ethnic and Classical / chamber touches. Benjamin Lew's real name is Serge Benjamin Henri Leon Mathot.
Ghost / Way of Thinking (1989)
Sensitive (1994)
Extreme Colours (1995)
Instant Influx (1998)
Seed of the
Essential (2000)
Guitar / synthesizer soundscapes from the duo of Roman Leykam and Frank Mark.
Empire Tracks (1998)
The Asimov
Assembly (2003)
Analog music from Italy. Both albums are made with the participation of A. Stalteri.
Musica e Parole (1975)
Schock (1976) (soundtrack)
Winter Day's Nightmare (1976)
Schock is the soundtrack to horror classic of Mario Bava (aka "Beyond the Door 2"). The project is Goblin-related (Walter Martino) and is similar to Goblin in style. Lots of drive, electronics and Mellotron. Dark and haunting Prog / EM hybrid. Looks like Walter Martino didn't appear on their first album Musica e Parole that was re-released in USA under the title "Libra" with English lyrics instead of Italian ones. The line-up for the first album is: Sandro Centofanti, Nicola Di Staso, Federico D'Andrea, David Walter and Dino Cappa.
See also: Goblin
12 Bilder (1996) (recorded in 1983 - 1996)
This album gathers various pieces by Eirik Lie that were composed between 1983 and 1996 for various installations, theatre performances, etc. Eirik Lie mainly uses synths, samplers and guitar to create spacious soundscapes that would probably appeal to fans of Vidna Obmana or Erik Wollo.
Constellation (1993)
Music To Films (1994)
Frankfurt-based Ambient project from the man who is known for his work in Spicelab (a House / Trance outfit). These are supposed to be good, though.
Sternstunde-Elektrolyrik (1981)
In Harmony (1997)
Melodic and rhythmic EM. Remotion guys plus one Menno Zielhorst.
See also: Remotion
The Light Dreams (1997)
The Light Dreams II (2006)
Aura (2006)
Industrial Sky (2006)
Discovery (2006)
Tranquility (2006)
Synthesis (2006)
The Light Dreams III (2007)
Tomorrow (2007)
Into the Light (2007)
Missing Pieces (2007)
A one-man computer project of Alex Storer that started with an old Amiga but was revived several years later using the latest Mac technology. Improvised, ambient synthetic music inspired by Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jarre, Kraftwerk and some Synth-Pop acts.
Somewhere (1988)
Sound Column
(1993)
Memory Ground (1999)
Ritual / Tribal Ambient from Stephen Kent, Eddy Sayer and Kenneth Newby (the first and the last are Steve Roach collaborators) with flutes, tablas, didgeridoo and keys.
See also: Stillpoint
Modular Experiment (1986)
Cites Analogues
(1988)
Ici & Maintenant (1988)
Live In Seynod 1988 (1988)
Musique Provisoire (1989)
Nachtmusik (1990)
Tycho
Brahe (1993)
Mundus Subterraneus (1995)
Uranography (1996)
In Der Unterwelt (1996)
(S)
Cantus Umbrarum (2000)
Caryotype (2001)
Bleue Comme Une Orange (2004)
French electronic group. Lightwave are Christian Wittman and Christoph Harbonnier. They create great Dark Ambient music. Several of their albums are made in collaboration with Paul Haslinger of Tangerine Dream. Their early (cassette only) releases are experimental analog music. At that time the lineup was Christian Wittman, Serge Leroy and Christoph Harbonnier. Leroy left the group in 1990.
The Eternal Call (2002)
Primeval Rotation (2002)
Vast Homeland (2005)
Visions (2007)
Boundless Thirst For the Outside (2008)
This project was started by some guy from Novosibirsk who calls himself Sever in 1997. Folky Ritual / Dark ambience.
Roundtrip To the Pleiades (??)
Astral Bodies (2001)
Paths To Eternity (2002)
Out of the Labyrinth (2003)
Electronic Music from this writer, synthesist and frequent Alien Planetscapes collaborator during the 80's.
See also: Alien Planetscapes
Illuminatus / Zeitfenster (1984)
(S)
Amethyst (1986)
Synthesizer duo from Dusseldorf comprised of Rike Casper and Hermann Lipinski.
Liliental (1978)
One cannot ignore this little gem of Krautrock and German EM. Liliental was a "supergroup" consisting of Dieter Moebius, Asmus Tietchens, Okko Bekker, Conny Plank, Johannes Pappert and Helmut Hattler. The music is a mixture between Dusseldorf School (Cluster, Harmonia style) and jazzy Krautrock with that special Conny's touch in the production.
See also: Moebius, Tietchens, Asmus, Okko.
Nipple Runs (1987)
Some Modes of Probability
(1991)
Mantle (1991)
Stone (1992)
The Taboos of the Lashing Creeper (1994)
Orgazio
(1994)
Redwing (1995)
Field Notes (1999)
Tributorium (1999)
Imagined Compositions For
Water (2002)
Experimental avant-garde electronics. Some works utilize techniques from 'Musique Concrete' and some feature synthesized strucutures. A project with Scott Gibbons, who was keyboard player of Elemental in the 80's and is also known for such projects as Strawberry and Orbitronik.
See also: Orbitronik
Linden, Rick van der (Netherlands)
GX-1 (1977)
Night of Doom (1978) (soundtrack)
Variations (1979)
Wild Connections
(1979) (with Jack Lancaster)
Solo (1981)
Former Ekseption keyboardist who has at least two electronic works released. GX-1 is van der Linden solo and the line-up for Wild Connections is basically: Rick van der Linden: synth; Jack Lancaster: lyricon, plus drums and choir. There's a lot of confusion as to whcih albums by Rick are electronic, so I just left in most of what's been released after he got himself a Yamaha GX-1 synthesizer. There were, however, at least two solo releases by Rick prior to that. They are: a soundtrack Dynastie der Kleine Luyden from 1974 and Plays Albinoni, Bach And Handel from 1976. The style of the former is unknown, while the latter features Prog Rock adaptations of Classical works, supposedly done in typical ELP / Sympho keyboard style. Rick van der Linden died in January, 2006.
Bortom E4's Horrisont (2005)
Deep / rhythmic ambient soundscapes from Gotenborg, Sweden. The real name of the musician is Lucas Pettersson.
Horizon (2005)
Presence (2005)
A project of Albert Borkent. Ambient in the style of Matthias Grassow, Robert Rich and Steve Roach.
Traveler's Tales (1986)
Cosmic Flight (1986) (with Tony
Gerber and Mason Stevens)
Wayfarer (2000)
Synthesist working in the Space Music genre.
Train Over Thoughts (1994)
Storys of Linus
Project (1996)
The Earth (1997)
Remakes And Another Tale of History (2005)
A project by Mike Shean. Melodic EM with a strong Prog Rock influence.
See also: Shean, Mike
The Dream of the Lion (1998)
Andreas Zink.
Cornucopia (2005)
This project was formed in 1985 by two people - Tony Sharp and Brian Cosgrove. Both had big interest in Electronic Music and fairly noticeable experience in the field. Cornucopia is their first officially released work that will please all fans of classic EM sounds and analogue electronics.
La Camera Obscura (2004)
Suddenly the Birds Fell To Silence (2005) (S)
Pretty dark Ambient collaborative project between Oophoi, Tau Ceti and Netherworld.
See also: Oophoi, Tau Ceti, Cosimi, Enrico, Netherworld.
Ambience Minimus (1994)
Slow World (1996)
Balance (1999)
Unity (2000)
Spirit (2003)
Reflection (2004)
Sleep (2006)
Lullaby (2009)
Ambient from Chuck Wild. Supposedly, not very interesting.
We Want To Believe (2003)
Black Space influenced by UFO theories.
Skull & Bones (2000)
Gizya (2002)
Hypocracy (2002) (EP)
Blissful World (2004)
Dots & Waves (2004)
Hypocracy 2&3 (2004)
Hammer of Wisdom (2004)
Aka Liquid Sphere. Dark Ambient with noisy elements from Laurent Guerrier.
Amphibia (1995)
Apnoea / Amphibia (1997)
This trio of Rodrigo Passannati, Guiseppe De Bellis and Giovanni Campagna improvises in the studio with analogue synthesizers, mostly within Ambient realms.
Omega Prism (2009)
Cassette release with droning ambient music.
Passions On Titanic (1999)
The Sun
of Spirit (1999)
Porcelain Pavilion (2000)
This group was originally formed in 1988 as "Paradox", but later changed their name to "Little Tragedies" ("Malenkiye Tragedii"). The band consists of Gennady Ilyin and Igor Mikhel. The style is a mixture of Progrock and electronic elements, mostly instrumental on Passions... and reportedly a bit more vocal-oriented on The Sun... and Porcelain Pavilion. They relased some more albums after that but these seem to be much more vocal-oriented Prog than EM-influenced. They use a large number of vintage analogue gear and therefore their material doesn't lack the pleasant "warmness" so common to 70's music.
See also: Ilyin, Gennady
John Livengood (1980)
Baladjin
(??)
Cyborg Sally (1994) (with Richard Pinhas)
John Livengood appeared on the experimental scene in the late 1960's as an organist and tape manipulator. During the 1970's he mastered the techniques of making music with synthesizers which resulted in his collaborative project with Ivan Coaquette (Spacecraft) as well as several solo releases. During the 1980's John Livengood studied computer music at IRCAM as well as continued experimenting in his own "Livengood Laboratory". John's eponymous album from 1980 features Electronic Music / guitar instrumentals.
See also: Spacecraft, Red Noise.
One of Several Possible Musics (1989)
Kerry Livgren is of course the lead guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter for Prog Rock band Kansas. Kerry was born in Kansas (where else?!) and his primary influences at a young age were Jazz, Classical music and Rock'n Roll. After he built himself a guitar he tried to write his own songs and soon he formed his first group called the Gimlets. His next band was Saratoga which became the nucleus for Kansas that was eventually formed in 1970. The rest is history as they say. Kerry's first solo album, Seeds of Change (1980) was released during Kerry's stay with Kansas. It was a religious work for a Rock group (Steve Walsh of Kansas participated) that feeatured Kerry's talents as a songwriter. Kerry left Kansas in 1983 and during this same year his second solo outing (Timeline) appeared. He then formed the band AD and after a while released his third solo album Prime Mover (1988). However, it wasn't until 1989's One of Several Possible Musics that his talent as a composer of instrumental music was demonstrated to the audiences all over the world. Kerry's subsequent albums all featured vocals to a certain extent and were more or less a return to his previous style.
Exploring the Water Element (2002)
Living Dreamtine is Tor Linlokken from Norway. Very calm and relaxing Ambient material.
Wet (2002)
The music on this album can be described as Dark Ambient, although it's perhaps more active than the usual DA stuff. Other albums by this artist are more in Contemporary Classical vein.
Timelines (1987)
Ri (1988)
Icesteps (1989)
Ocean of Serenity
(1994)
Glyn Lloyd-Jones came into prominence during the late 1980's, taking the EM world by surprise with his Ri cassette. It was Glyn's knack for great melodies and atmospheric sounds that earned him a reputation of one of the most important (and enigmatic) figures on the UK EM scene. His early works are not yet released on CD, but they can be downloaded from the web.
Lament For A Forgotten God (2010)
Ambient collaboration between Seren Ffordd and Gliese 614.
See also: Seren Ffordd, Gliese 614.
Lockefeer, Patrick (Netherlands)
Galapagos (1984)
Four Time Phrases
(1986)
Zero Return (1988)
Ostrea (1989)
Melt (1991)
Single Ended Road
(1992)
Artificial Thoughts I (1992 - 1993)
Artificial Thoughts II (1994 - 1995)
Patrick Lockefeer was born in 1954. He studied flute at the Conservatorium in Gent (Belgium). Zero Return is a "Classical" electronic album with compositions by Bach, Handel, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakoff etc. He has made some more electronic albums with original music but these were never officially released. Patrick also writes music for audiovisual productions.
Stavros
Logarides (1978)
Alchemy (1987)
Stavros Logarides (Stavros Logaridis) is the keyboardist of the band Akritas. Several styles, including EM. Alchemy is a library LP.
From the Silence (2003)
Voyages (2008)
Berlin School music from Californian artist Steve Grace.
Logic (1981)
Venus (1981)
Orient Express
(1982)
To-Gen-Kyo (1991)
Space Polyphony (1992)
Kandoh Express Vol.1 (1993)
(soundtrack)
Mystery of Life - Kandoh Express Vol.2 (1993) (soundtrack)
Patch
Works (2003) (recorded in 1983 - 1990)
Everything Is In the Nature (2005)
A project of Hideki Matsutake who was the assistant of Isao Tomita in the 70's and have also worked with Yellow Magic Orchestra. Not surprisingly, the music is very reminiscent of YMO.
See also: Matsutake, Hideki, Kondoj, Chojuro, Komatsubara, Masashi
Mediterranee (1980)
Electronic Music by Klaus Netzle aka Claude Larson and Christian Bruhn.
See also: Netzle, Klaus, Larson, Claude, Elmulab, Futura, Carlos, Power-Pack, Special Touch, VC People.
Regression Alpha (2000)
Nucleus (2001)
Fire
Comet (2001)
Random (2001)
Sine (2001)
Pulse (2001)
Rotor (2002)
Quatre Columnes (2003)
(soundtrack)
Empathy (2005)
Imagery (2005)
Mystery (2005)
Shadowy (2005)
The guy from Barcelona who was a member of AT-Mooss and Programa.
See also: AT-Mooss, MC2, Programa.
Medicine For the Meaningless (2002)
Simulations 1.0 (2003)
Simulations 2.0 (2004)
Letting Go At the Steering Wheel (2009)
Cold, bleak ambience from Stephen Sawyer.
Actuality (1994)
Electronic Music made with the help of software created by Nick Longo himself.
Diode Melody (1999)
Synthesizer music by this member (guitarist) of New Hampshire-based guitar / piano duo Reverie.
Compositions 1998 - 2003 (2003)
Mystery's River (2004)
California-based artist whose experience in promoting and creating Electronic Music spans several decades. He is known as a radio programme director, radio host, promoter of EM and a musician with a unique style that, nevertheless, can be roughly placed alongside Tribal Ambient / atmospheric excursions of Steve Roach, Robert Rich and Vidna Obmana.
See also: Hunab Ku, Tone Pharaoh, Wunndermann, U.B.O.
Blue Moon (2008)
Diverse album with piano-based tracks, ambient floaters and more rhythmic / melodic stuff from Jose Luis Lopez Duran.
Astral Warrior (1977) (S)
A 7-inch record with Electronic Music / Space Rock synth tunes by this enigmatic one-man band project from New England.
Priere (1992)
Le Pays Blanc (1994)
Sur Le
Chemin (1996)
Jerycoacoara (1998)
Passe Compose (2002)
D'un Rive a l'Autre (2006)
Reminiscences (2009) (recorded in 1981 - 1985)
Electronic Music from this artist born in Nantes, comparable to Klaus Schulze, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream. Bertrand discovered Electronic Music in the 1970's, mainly through Klaus Schulze's records and live concerts. In the early 1980's he assembled a small studio and bought a few synthesizers (including a Korg MS20 from a friend and electronic composer Lionel Palierne). At that time both Bertrand and Lionel formed a group called "Krill" that had some tapes with experimental music recorded. Also of note from this period his collaboration with the late Christophe Poisson, with whom he played a few concerts, including the one in a small town St. Etienne de Montluc. In the early 1990's, Bertrand got in contact with Musea label, which enabled him to release his music on CD. Bertrand Loreau is also known for origanizing one of the first festivals of Electronic Music in France. That was in 1984 and performing artists included Didier Bocquet and Jean-Philippe Rykiel. He was also a member of several local EM fan clubs and associations.
Lorentz, Yves & Alain (France)
Espaces (1980)
Unique progressive music by two brothers Yves and Alain Lorentz with just acoustic and electric guitar, organ and synths. A lot of it can be classified as EM. It looks like it is their only album. However, it is often referred to as Espaces 2 (as indicated on the back sleeve). I have never encountered the first tome.
Queen of Saba (1981)
Silver Steps (1981)
Earthrise (1982)
Wonderflower (1982)
Invisible Voices (1983)
Southland
(1984)
The Last Secret of
Poseidon (1985)
Angaria (1987)
Morning of the World (1988)
Fata Morgana (1990)
Pazifica (1991)
Atoll (1992)
Coral Sea (1993)
Sibiria (1994)
Taklamakan (1995)
Congo (1996)
Ozeania
(1997)
Tropica
(1998)
German synthesist who was a Rock musician during the Seventies, but turned to synthesizers by the end of the decade. His works are very diverse. Some of them are just plain weird, some dark. Very often World influences are incorporated. Sometimes Lorenz's music approaches the Space Music genre. You may like different works by him, depending on your taste. Fata Morgana is highly experimental, Pazifica is melodic, Taklamakan contains Space structures, Congo is one of his most ethnic sounding ones and Atoll is Dark Ambient. Ruediger Lorenz died in 2000.
Walking To the Dark Horizons (2004)
Dark Ambient inspired by Vinterriket.
The Politics of Self Mutilation (2003)
Through Fire (2007) (with Temperature Within)
Dark Ambient from D. Sullivan out of Boston, Massachusets.
Lovisoni, Raul / Messina, Francesco (Italy)
Prati Bagnati dal Monte Analogo (1979)
Not a collaboration, but more a split release. The first side of the record features Electronic Music by Francesco Messina and the second side is devoted to acoustic experiments by Lovisoni. Francesco then went on to release two solo albums. One was a narrated fairytale with background music and another, Medio Occidente from 1983, was more or less a Pop record with lots of people participating, including Franco Battiato.
Syntheseas (1980)
Sound Horizon (1982)
Cruise Control (2005)
Leon Lowman has been composing Electronic Music with synths and tape machines since the early 1970's. He cites mainly Jazz / Fusion musicians as his influences and, indeed, Cruise Control features Jazzy / Groovy loungy type of music. Early albums are supposedly more atmospheric, but still pretty funky.
Dark Well of Urdr (1998)
Embracing the Dark
(1999)
Bones of the Earth (1998)
One Amongst the Fallen (1999)
An Alchemy of Beliefs
(2000)
The Midnight Tree (2000)
This Temple of Strange Lights (2000)
In the Shadow of
Angels (2001)
The Dragon of Old Night (2001)
Bloduewedd (2002)
Dark Science 1
(2003)
Lucifaere is Jim Kirkwood and this is what Gothic EM should sound like. Kirkwood creates Berlin School Electronic Music on dark themes and the results are quite exciting and unique. I would definitely recommend it for those who like dark-themed stuff, but beware: this is no Dark Ambient. It's rhythmic synthetic stuff, but with unique Gothic atmosphere. Great stuff for the dark side of the Force (or the dark side of the Froese) alumnis.
See also: Kirkwood, Jim, Ancient Technology Cult, Section 37, Violence In Eden, Emerald Eye.
Black Mass (1971)
Rather cool electronic concept album. Dark themed instrumental work.
See also: Garson, Mort
Suspension of Disbelief (2000)
The Great Gray Beast (2006)
Argedco Dosig g Manin (2007) (with Conqueror Worm)
Christeos Luciftias (2008)
1428 (2008)
Soundscapes For Headphones (2008)
CCCXXXIII (2009) (S)
Dark / Deep Ambient from John Beers. Some of his works are more Industrial / Ritual influenced, some lean towards Noise. Still others are more typical ambient stuff. 1428 and Soundscapes For Headphones will perhaps be the most interesting ones for an EM listener. Read my review of Soundscapes... here.
My Prayer (1996)
Nightmarish Experimental / Dark Ambient.
Dreamt About Dreaming (1992)
Journey Through Underwolds (1993)
Cold Summer (1994)
Time Box (1995) (S)
Continue (1996)
Way Through Staring (1997)
Moments (1998)
Brook
(2001) (with Origami Arktika)
Collected (2003)
They're Coming Out of the Walls (2003)
Circadian Rhythm Disturbance (2008) (S) (with Beta Cloud)
Like A Slow River (2008)
Lull is Mick Harris (member of Scorn and ex-drummer of Napalm Death) who is one of Dark Ambient greats. Just like Lustmord's, his soundscapes are full of shades and opressive atmospheres.
The Planets Volume 1: Venus (2007)
Ambient Space Music from the duo of Jean-Pierre Devereaux and Hans Klemt.
Comedie (1980)
Messages From Space (1998)
Music which is somehow comparable to Jarre (also some Laserdance influences) by one Thomas Broich.
Lunar Abyss Deus Organum (Russia)
Cosmologamma - Ichthyonoider (2000)
Arktika (2002)
Sleeping In the Sleep (2002) (S)
Zeleznaya Voda (2002)
Hyperborean (2003) (S)
17-06-2002 (2003) (with Sergey Matveev)
Brusnika (2005) (S)
Snovidenie (2006)
8 (2007) (recorded in 1996 - 1998)
Listopad Vot On (2007) (with Kshatriy)
Lesnaya (2009) (with Hattifnatter)
Nidra (2009) (with Anamezon)
Ostrov (2009) (with Hattifnatter)
Bereg Teploj Vesny (2009)
Huonus (2009)
Snegopad (2009)
Tuntury (2009)
Bereg Holodnoj Vesny (2009)
Dendralepsya (2010) (with Neznamo)
Geologorazvedka (2010)
Tsagan (2010)
Evgeniy Savenko (from Saint-Peterburg, Russia) appeared on the experimental scene in the 1990's. He started with an Industrial-influenced sound, gradually drifting towards ambient soundscapes. His music is ritual, semi-acoustic and nature-inspired. Some of his soundscapes are breathtakingly beautiful. The above discography contains Evgeniy's albums reeased as "Lunar Abyss Deus Organum", as well as under his former alias "Lunar Abyss Quartet" and one release under his real name (a collaborative live performance with Sergey Matveev).
Epitaph of Cynicism (2005)
Minimalistic Dark Ambient.
Desolation (2000)
Unknown
Destination (2001)
For Laserdance fans.
See also: Macrocosm
Elektron (1966)
Mums (1967)
Elektronisk
Musik (1968)
Tellus Fagel Bla (1968)
Silverskivan (1969)
Svit For Elektroniskt Dragspel (1969)
Erik XIV Och
Ristningar (1969)
Musik For
Cramerballeten (1970)
Olskog (1970)
Gustav III (1971)
Fadervar (1971)
Nattmara (1971)
Nordisk Natursymfoni #1:
Stromkarlen
(1973)
Midnattstimmen (1973)
Skrack Och Skratt, Resor i Okanda Varldar (1973)
Shangri-La (1975)
Nordisk
Natursymfoni #2: Johannes Och Huldran (1975)
Cosmic Love (1976)
Universe (1977)
Discophrenia (1978)
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard (1979)
Paradissymfonin (1979)
Flygniva 450 (1980) (soundtrack)
Nordisk Natursymfoni #3:
En Midvinter Saga (1981)
The New Age (1982)
Aspects of Nature
(1982)
Nordisk Natursymfoni #4: En Sommarsaga (1983)
Nordisk Natursymfoni
#5: Trolltagen (1984)
Dreamscape (1984)
Strangers In Paradise (1984)
Welcome (1985)
Message For the Soul (1985)
The
Dream Master (1986)
Fantasia By Starlight (1986)
Airtechnology For Quality of Life (1987)
Ristningar (1988)
Hororscope (1988)
Legend of Joy And A Midwinter Saga (1990)
Alderstrappan (1990) (recorded in 1982 - 1985)
Atmosphere (1991)
Nordic Light
(1991)
Mindscape Music (1992)
Ralphinated Symphonies (1992)
Topaz (1993)
The Joy of
Being (1994)
In Time And Space (1995)
The Seasons (1996)
In Ralph Lundsten's Universe
(1998)
Happy Earthday (2000)
Elektronisk Musik Fran 60-Och 70-Talen (2000) (recorded in 1964 - 1983)
A
Vagabond of the
Soul (2002)
Dreamlight (2003)
Hyper-Technical Touch (2003)
Prelude To the Future (2003)
Pa Dromda Stigar (2004)
The Naked Moon And the Virgin Sun (2008) (with Neurobash)
Swedish composer (born in 1936 in Ersnäs) who is quite well-known in his homeland, mainly beacuse of the numerous scores for television, documentaries and commercials. He is considered a pioneer of Swedish Electronic Music. Ralph Ludsten started in the 1950's, using tape splicing and similar concrete techniques to achieve a sound different enough to what conventional instruments could give him. In 1959, the Andromeda studio was built in a 19th century wooden castle Frankenburg in Boo (that's where he resides until this very day). His recording career started a few years later, with music for documentaries, television, experimental works and, finally, album releases. Ralph is known for unsing many unique devices and custom built synthesizers for his music, including the ones designed by Finnish engineer and musician Erkki Kurenniemi.While some of Ralph's later work may sound too sweet and melodic, he could be very experimental or even weird in his early years. Check out some of his stuff, it's quite unique.
The Formation of Dreams (1990)
Solo music from member of Nightcrawlers, released on Synkronos label.
See also: Nightcrawlers
Lustmørd (1981)
Untitled (1981)
Lustmordekay (1983)
Paradise Disowned (1984)
Heresy (1990)
The Monstrous Soul (1990)
A Document of Early Acoustic & Tactical Experimentation (1991) (recorded in 1982)
The Place Where the Black Stars Hang (1994)
Stalker (1995) (with Robert Rich)
Lustmord vs. Metal Beast (1997) (with Metal Beast)
Purifying Fire (2000)
Metavoid (2001)
Zoetrope (2002) (soundtrack)
Carbon /
Core (2004)
Pigs of the Roman Empire (2004)
Rising (2006)
Juggernaut (2007)
Other (2008)
Beyonâ (2009)
Brian Williams (Lustmord) is a pioneer of Dark Ambient genre. He started making music in the early 1980's, contributing to a few early SPK works. Since then he's gained a reputation of a sonic experimentator and researcher, always combining carefully recorded concrete textures (in places like caves, crypts and so on) with advanced processing techniques and his own sound creations. He is also the master of the stereo field, with his sounds fully enveloping you, if listened to with headphones. Early works were pretty rough but his sound got more polished as he gradually progressed towards a more individual style - one, which was less based on his Industrial past and more on abysmal soundworlds and bleak ambient environments. Highly recommended. Just listen to his work with Robert Rich on Stalker and feel the magnificence.
See also: Arecibo
The Cat the Book And the Sea Monster
(2006)
A Horrible Week In A Frame Without Perspective (2006)
Dark Ambient artist from London.
Hidden Music (2008)
Futurus (2008) (with Aaron Gates)
The Divided Line (2009)
When the World Was Young (2010)
Portal (2010)
Ambient compositions from this acoustic guitar player and electronic composer.
Para Alem do Ser (2000)
Lugar Verde (2001)
Extase (2001)
O Momento (2001)
O Abismo (2002)
Espace, Morte e Eternidade (2002)
Neptuno em Escorpiao (2003)
Translucent Darkness (2003)
Organum (2004)
Electronic musician from Portugal. He creates classic cosmic Electronic Music. Recommended.
See also: Everness
Cloudland (2005) (recorded in 1988)
Ambient by DAC Crowell and Jim Irwin. The duo "Lvxus" was formed in 1986 in Nashville. Unfortunately, in 1993 Jim died from AIDS-related disease, so the project had to be discontinued.
See also: DAC Crowell
Wormholes (1998) (with Brent A.
Reiland)
Synthetic Universe (2002) (with Brent A. Reiland)
Dimensions (2006)
The first album is ambient electronics with progressive touches, sometimes venturing into rather dark territories. The second is more floating and can be described as classic Space Music. Dimensions ventures further into the realms of floating, melodic cosmic atmospheres. John Lyell has been active on the Ambient / Space Music scene since 1994.
Polish Night Music (2007) (with
Marek Zebrowski)
The Air Is On Fire (2007)
Well-known film director and ambient composer. His Polish Night Music, made in collaboration with keyboardist Marek Zebrowski is a nocturnal work for electronics and piano, reminiscent of Harold Budd.
Hobbits And Spaceships (1992) (with Seppo
Hurme)
Montage (1994)
Dreamstate (1995)
Witchwood (1996)
The Void (1997)
Phoenix
(1997)
Wizard of the Winds (1998)
Wolves of the Gods (1999)
Revive (2000)
The Gods
Awaken (2001)
Accelerator (2001)
Colony (2002)
Return To Witchwood (2003)
Soothe (2004)
Beneath Another Sky (2006)
Undercover (2006) (with Adam Skorupa) (soundtrack)
Quiet Places (2008)
Bjorn Lynne creates music which is very reminiscent of the latter day Tangerine Dream but also has strong Progressive Rock influences. Energetic stuff with keyboards and guitar. Some albums (like Witchwood, for instance) are more calm and serene.
See also: Divinorum
Unicorn (1983)
Symphonic electronics with progressive overtones. Apart from synths, Nic Lyon plays mandolin, harp, violin and viola. A fascinating, obscure release.