No Rest For the Weary (??)
Phantasmagoria / The Elements (1992)
Quantum Dances (1994)
Gloria (1998)
Patmos (2000)
Perils of the Great Ulysses (2003)
This is music for fans of the symphonic Vangelis, i.e. sweeping, grand, orchestral-like electronic themes and cosmic atmospheres. During the 1970's, Glenn acted as a Classical composer, but in 1986 he was introduced to MIDI. Realizing the potential that the use of synthesizers had, he quickly embraced the technology, assembling a large studio and filling it to the top with cutting-edge keyboard instruments. He literally began writing scores for a large synthesizer orchestra, which pretty much defines the bulk of his work.
Spider Dream (2002)
Void Cutter (2002)
Synaptic Firings (2003)
Styx (2003)
Descent of the Strange Attractor (2003)
Alien Machinery (2003)
Moss Shrine (2003)
The Long Thin Shadow (2003)
Eternal Circle (2003)
Garden of Serpents (2003)
To Resonate & Glow (2005)
Abstractus Somnarium (2005)
Ephemeron Night Pulse (2005)
The Calling Darkness (2006)
Aeon (2007)
A Cold Inner Sea (2007)
Varied Ambient material from this Australian artist, from bright and piano-based Classic Ambient to dark drones, orchestral-like, Space Music and even Industrial-influenced. There are at least 2 more albums that feature acoustic guitar-based and vocal pieces with ambient backing as well as Metal-influenced stuff. They are Obscure Directions (2004) and Lava Planet (2004).
Colum Ac Fusum Veneris Tamquam Familiaria Antiqui Numinis Signaeine (2005)
Dark textures with touches of Noise and Black Ambient from the man who calls himself Graf Ravenhorst.
Medusa Cyclone (1995)
Mr. Devil (1998)
Tangier (2002)
Sounds like a mixture of Space Rock and Electronic Music ala Tangerine Dream. Medusa Cyclone grew from the ashes of 80's Gong-styled band called "Viv Akauldren" and is led by keyboardist Keir McDonald.
Yasun' (1996)
Ritual Ambient influenced by Russian paganism. Slowly moving melodies and noisy backgrounds. A project by Andrei Ivanov who is one half of the duo Off the Cuff.
See also: Off the Cuff
Titanic (1996)
A Voyage To the
Unknown (1993 - 1997)
Pentorama (1999)
Waves (2002)
Dutch electronic artist. Very Jarre-influenced.
Powerplay (1987)
Go For It (1990)
Island Energy
(1992)
Coral Sand Paradise (1994)
Crystal Universe (1994)
The Cut (1996)
German project by Thilo Rex on IC label mainly in New Age / New Instrumental style. Some ambient tracks and more Rocky stuff can be found, too.
See also: Rex, Thilo
Near Death (1991)
You Will Recover (1991)
Nightmares (1992)
Songs From the Massive Darkness (1992)
Beyond the Shadow (1993)
You Will Never Survive This Nightmare (1995)
Disease (1996)
Near Death V2 (1996)
Electronic Underground (1997)
Live In Rostock (1998)
The Curse of the Scarecrow (1998)
Disturbance Ritual (2006)
Staring Back At You (2007) (recorded in 1993 - 1998)
Dark Ambient / Industrial outfit (Peter Nyström). I'm not sure which releases are more Dark Ambient and which ones are on the more active Industrial side, but I guess The Curse of the Scarecrow should be interesting for Dark Ambient fans. This is intense, horror ambience. A retrospective CD is out on CMI, called Beyond the Massive Darkness. The project was discontinued in 1999.
See also: Negru Voda
A Journey To the Core of Reality
(2005)
Mulberry Forest Voyage (2007)
Vicious (2008) (with Kenji Siratori)
Pure Land (2008)
Varied ambient soundscapes from Marcel Gherman, both light / melodic and dark. Read my review of Pure Land here.
Autofocus (1997)
Radio Random (2000)
Unique artist born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. He started experimenting with sound in the 1980's, mostly as part of the group Cinema. However, a bit later he joined Tanga, that played mostly Samba music. Paulo Moura e Ociladoce was his next project, focusing on Electroacoustic composition. Finally, during the 1990's, his solo career began with the release of Autofocus in 1997. Alex's style is unusual and hard to compare to other artists. He uses electronic sounds, lots of samples and traditional / ethnic structures.
Tome VI - The Jazz Electronauts
(1968)
Waterbirds (1970)
The Andromeda Strain (1971) (soundtrack)
Mindscape (1991)
Gile Melle was a Jazz musician (born in New York in 1931) and saxophonist who in the late1960's became interested in producing electronically-generated music and started to build his own electronic instruments from scratch. Thus, The Electronauts were born - a cutting edge electronic ensemble. Some releases followed, including solo works by Gil Melle. A good exapmle is the third album which is a classic sci-fi film soundtrack that uses synthesized tones only. Gil Melle died in 2004 at the age of 72.
Blue Desert (1999)
Keyboard player from the band Tempus Fugit creates music in symphonic Vangelis style.
Bloodflux (1995)
The Axis of Sorrow (1996)
Chemical Drift (1997)
Ethersphere (2001)
Atmospheric project out of Wisconsin, USA (Jeffrey Noblitt). More or less in the classic Dark Ambient mould, although most of the time not so dark, really. Something in Raison d'Etre vein, maybe, with a touch of sadness.
Memory Geist (Greece / Australia)
Funereal Cavern (2007)
Experimental / Ambient project of Bakis Sirros (Parallel Worlds) and Steve Law (Starseed Transmission). It is always nice when two great Ambient artists collaborate on a project, especially when the result is a massive, dark soundscape. Listening to the first track called "Shadowy Periphery", I am reminded of the best works in the genre, from Lustmord to Robert Rich and the darkest Steve Roach. Excellent, low resonating sounds might be a classic formula but here it works 100%. Like most Dark Ambient, this is music to be experienced - heard, felt, whatever. But not to be described, as there's no real melody and no rhythm. Track two starts in similar vein, with long sheets of resonating bass and distant synth strings. I am reminded a bit on Invisible Connections from Vangelis. It has the same feel to it, although it's much more intense. The combination of Steve's textures and Bakis' deep analogue sounds really works well here. The title track begins with what sounds like an imitation of dropping water. Soon dark textures and echoing resonances completely take over, and, surprisingly, one can also hear a distorted, clanging sequence of sorts, although it remains in the distance, never coming to the fore. The guys have really managed to capture the atmosphere of a deep, dark cavern, with its shadowy corners and resonating chambers. By the way, "shadowy" would be a nice description of this album. It's not pitch-black like some other Dark Ambient albums are. It's more like a combination of massive darkness and brief glimpses of light and everything in-between. This last track has so many different shades of sound that I could hardly describe them all. Let's say that it's rich ambient music, pure sonic ecstasy. Finally, as the album progresses toward its final chords, the sound becomes brighter and more emotional, while at the very end we get low bass rumbles and metallic resonance. I recommend this album as one of the most successful Ambient releases of late.
See also: Parallel Worlds.
Olamuerta (2004)
Tetauro (2004)
Drone Ambient from Renzo Peressi.
Pacific (1978)
+ ou - 8000 (1978) (with
Teddy Lasry and Claude Perraudin)
Industry (1978) (with Guy Boulanger and E. Vercy)
Music From France (1979)
The World of Frederic Mercier (1984)
Music Band (1984)
Jingles (1984) (with Teddy Lasry)
Aventure (1986)
Vangelis-like electronics. Some of his albums are library LPs.
Music of the Domes (1992)
The Art of Space (1996)
Music
From Cycles of Spheres (1999)
These albums contain Planetarium selections from this experienced Orchestral / Electronic Music artist. Note that The Art of Space (1996) is Mark's music with layered spoken word in the form of poems about space.
In the Lap of the Gods (1993)
Merge was the project of brothers Steve and Ian Pearson. They had only one CD released on their own label. The cover of this album is very Dark Side of the Moon-like.
Passage In Time (1991)
Creatures (1991)
Take Off (1992)
Livedates (1993)
Let There Be More Light (1994)
Instinctive Traveller
(1996)
Noises In the Sky (1998)
African Smile (1999)
Wet Places (2001)
Cruisin' (2002)
Nox Mystica (2003) (with friends)
Lounge Control (2004)
Visions of Asia (2006) (with Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock)
Vitam Aut Mortem (2008)
German musician, one half of the Software duo. His own music can be a bit more versatile than that of Software, but is still very accessible. And too accessible for my taste. Some of it approaches the New Age territory.
See also: Mergener / Weisser, Software, PCM.
Beam Scape (1984)
Phancyful Fire (1985)
Night-Light (1986)
Bits And Pieces / Jinglefever (1988) (with Hess)
These are basically Software albums, released as Mergener / Weisser. If you know Software, you know these. And if you like Software, you will probably like these too.
See also: Software, Mergener, Peter.
Synthphonies (1996)
Symphonic electronics in Vangelis style from this New York-based artist.
Magic Traveler (2005)
Neal Merrick is a multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is a respected composer and one of the mainstays of the US Space Music scene. In 1988 Neal Merrick founded the legendary Space For Media studios with the help of his grandfather Robert Smith. A lot of artists produced their works there, including Giles Reaves and Aashid Himons. Neal himself has been making music for at least 25 years before his first official album was released. In 1978, after producing a series of tapes, he got in contact with Peter Baumann and in the 1980's he nearly signed for his Private Music label, but eventually nothing came out of it. Neal's debut consists of slow, floating Space Music with rhythmic sequences and lots of atmospheres.
One (1989)
Music in the style of Synergy, albeit more Classically influenced and with digital instruments. Supposed to be quite good. The music on One was written and recorded between 1983 and 1987.
Exiles (1984)
Analog Archives
(1987)
Band of Fire (1995) (S)
After Silence (2002)
Live In Denver (2002)
Pretty intruguing tense electronic sounds and rhythms. A bit dark. Mike Metlay (aka Metlay or Metlay!) started as a cassette artist releasing his works on his own as well as on Chuck van Zyl's Synkronos label (an early version of Band of Fire can be found on a Synkronos' compilation tape "Facets"). He later turned to CD, releasing albums by Team Metlay (Internet EM group). Mike is also a member of Ozma. He has his own production company "Atomic City" where he releases many electronic musicians' works, including Metlay, Team Metlay, Joe McMahon, Ozma, Cassiel, Adam Schabtach and Steve Verity. A sampler CD for the first "Different Skies" EM festival was also released on "Atomic City".
See also: Team Metlay, Ozma, MindSpiral.
Newtime 2 (1993)
Metropolis is Matthias Beine from Cologne, Germany.
Episodes 1 (1994)
Episodes 2
(1994)
Towards the Blue Horizon (2004)
Lightyears (2005)
Installations (2006) (recorded in 1996)
Cyscoop (2006) (maxi)
Connected To the Dead (2007)
Glassforest (2008)
Durathon (2010)
German musician (now living in Switzerland) with a rhythmic / melodic style. Guido Meyer was born in 1971 in Worms and started to play guitar at the age of seven. The first demo tape called simply "Guido Meyer" was released in 1987. By the early 90's, he had developed an interest in keyboards and MIDI technology. The first proper release (after three demo tapes and some unreleased works) was Episodes 1, in 1994. It features a set of melodic, rhythmic synthesizer tracks with heavy electronic drums (Simmonds-like) and nice programming. The first track, "Epedic", is very represetative of his style, featuring nice melodic lines, electronic rhythms and sequenced piano notes. I think this would sound great while driving. The music is in the EM style typical of the late 80's and early 90's. Anyone into late 80's Tangerine Dream (circa Tyger) should like this. "Emotion - E" continues in this direction - once again we hear sequenced piano notes, heavy laid-back electronic rhythms and great melodies. Pure 80's! Great for those who like it straight, rhythmic and melodic. Once again I have to remind that if you're into TD circa 1987 - this should be exactly to your liking. "Mosquito" is more chunky, upbeat and features a theme that could be a great soundtrack to a detective story, for instance. "Contact" features sustained tones, around which the track gradually builds, adding sounds on top of that base and settling into a groove, with nice symphonic solos appearing a bit later. "Cold-Romance" features an upfront bassline, that keeps repeating, serving as the base for this exciting upbeat track. The Simmonds-like electronic drums are very prominent here. "Mute" closes the album on a relaxed note. Nice resonating sequenced bass is a special extra that really makes the track work for me. This album will sure appeal to fans of melodic rhythmic EM compositions. You can also read my review of Guido's 2004 album, Towards the Blue Horizon in the reviews section as well as reviews of his other albums.
Paradoxe / Trip (1981) (S)
French synthesist. Melodic music, close to Jean-Michel Jarre, perhaps.
Koradi (1985)
Requiem (1988)
Canciones Para Cantar En El Infierno Vol. 1 (1998)
Canciones Para Cantar En El Infierno
Vol. 2 (2001)
Meza is mostly known as folky singer / songwriter (like Bob Dylan), but he has composed some interesting electronic works, like Suite Koradi and Requiem. The two volumes of Canciones... also feature some electronic tracks played with a special set of keyboards called the "Tecladero" and the "Mezafono".
See also: Voldaperet
Inner Worlds Part One (2003)
Ethereal ambient soundscapes.
Mickie D's Unicorn (1979)
No Regrets (1989)
Mickie Duwe was a short-time member of Ash Ra Tempel (he played on Seven Up) and Agitation Free. In 1979 Ashra played a benefit concert in Switzerland to raise funds needed to get Mickie out of jail in Greece. Not much known about this incident but apparently he tried to smuggle hashish into the country. The first album appeared around that time and was produced by Klaus Schulze. It is known as the first ever release of his (then newly founded) IC label. On this album Mickie plays nice spacey guitar accompanied by a few sequencer rhythms and guest musicians (synths and drums). There are also vocals. Manuel Goettsching appears on the first track. The style of the second release is unknown.
Ebohen (1990)
El Quinto Evangelio (??)
La Taberna Fantastica (1998)
Dramatic music influenced by Carl Orff (Francisco's mentor) by this Spanish musician who has also composed some purely orchestral works.
Berkelianism (1987)
A duo of David Prescott and Chris Phinney.
See also: Prescott, David
Midnight Syndicate (1997)
Born of the Night (1998)
Realm of Shadows (2000)
Gates of Delirium (2001)
Vampyre (2002)
Dungeons & Dragons (2003)
The
13th Hour (2005)
Out of the Darkness (2006)
The Rage (2008) (soundtrack)
A project by Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka in pure Horror / Medieval Ambient mould. This means spooky, nightmarish ambiences, slow mysterious sounds and subtle Neo-Classical orchestrations.
Carrousel (1984)
Derives (1984)
Repetitive, experimental Electronic Music. Carrousel was recorded in Paris. Costin Miereanu is a Romanian experimental composer who has at least one more album, the collage-based Luna Cinese from 1975.
Szintetizator-varazs (1983)
Electronic Music by former member of Omega. This album contains synthesizer versions of music by Liszt and Wagner. The title translates to "Synthesizer Transcriptions".
Air Paintings (2001)
Buildings
In the Sky (2002)
Collection 1998 - 2003 (2003)
Dusseldorf In Space
(2004)
Since 2001, Tilo Voigthaus uses this name for his music.
See also: Voigthaus, Tilo, Coral Cave.
Beyond the Brain (2000)
Coincidences (??)
Frames (??)
Tin (??)
X (??)
Voocon (??)
The Circus (??)
Mermaids (2000) (with Anatoly Pereslegin)
The Flow (??)
Titles (??)
Troitsk-DK (??)
Spots (??)
During the Seventies, Mikhail Mikhailuk made a living from re-selling electronic instruments in Moscow and playing in various projects, including several well-known Pop bands of the time. By the late 70's, he had the idea of giving one-man live shows of Electronic Music. His music at the time was fairly cosmic and sometimes a tad dark. Upon meeting with Alexander Sinitsin in the early 80's, they formed an experimental electronic duo Otryad Imeni Valeriya Chkalova, with Sinitsin providing the poetry / concept and Mikhailuk playing synthesizers. They recorded one album in 1983 - 1984 ("BBC"), whose title track was later used (in a heavily reworked version) in the movie "Assa". The album was never released officially. Around 1985, the duo called it a day. I guess none of the early solo works by Mikhailuk were officially released, although he did a fair amount of recording and playing live in the late 70's and 80's. Beyond the Brain from 2000 features music composed on the legendary ANS synthesizer.
See also: Otryad Imeni Valeriya Chkalova
Kosmos (1998)
Since the 1960's, Andrzej Mikolajczak has been playing in various Rock and Pop groups, mostly taking care of keyboards. Nowadays he is also a solo electronic musician with an individual style. Andrzej lives and works in Poznan.
Barry Miles & Silverlight
(1974)
Magic Theater (1975)
Together (1976)
Sky Train (1977)
Fusion Is... (1978)
Zoot Suit Stomp (1986)
Mostly instrumental music but difficult to pin down. Sort of proggy electronic Fusion. Some albums are full-band efforts (Sky Train) and some feature mostly Barry's keyboards with light accompaniment. Barry Miles began playing drums at the age of three (!) and piano at the age of five (!). During the 1960's, he was a member of several groups. At that time his music was very much influenced by current Bop scene. However, by the end of the decade he switched to electric piano and a bit later embraced the first commercially available synthesizers. His music retained its Jazzy edge, but was much more electronic now and leaned more towards progressive and funky forms of Fusion. His Silverlight ensemble from the early 1970's got some recognition from the press and listeners. People like John Ambercombie, Woody Shaw and Al DiMeola have all played with Barry Miles at different points in their career. Starting from the 1980's, Barry Miles worked mostly as a producer, rarely turning up on records.
The Nuclear Observatory of Mr.
Nanof (1984)
La Camera Astratta
(1987) (soundtrack) (with Daniel Bacalov)
Within Himself (2000)
Minimalist composer whose range of influences includes Klaus Schulze, Philip Glass and Vangelis. A large chunk of his work doesn't have anything to do with electronics.
Milkways (1978)
Analogue rhythmic / melodic music in Space or Droids vein from Regis Dupre and Didier Guinochet. This album was also released on Movieplay label as Galactic Reaction.
Starsong (1983)
Windhaven (1987)
Interstellar Passage (2000) (recorded in 1983 - 1988)
Paradox (2003) (EP) (recorded in 1983 - 2002)
Angel of My Soul (2008)
Falling Through Rainbows (2009)
Canadian synthesist from Lakefield, Ontario. Starsong was re-released in Canada on CD as Limberlost. It is now available under its original title together with Miller's new work, Interstellar Passage. Starsong is an album of pure drifting and relaxing Space Music. There are short and normal length pieces, plus one 24+ minute epic "The Ascension". The first track "Limberlost" is a good starter with slowly pulsating and repeating patterns that sound a bit like a sedate Software. The tracks that follow are all very uplifting and floating, there are no aggressive sounds, no minor chords. The best track in my opinion is "Skyrise", a short but nevertheless enoyable piece with a characteristic warm analogue sound (slightly phased pads really remind on the atmospheric moments of the glorious Oxygene). The last 24+ minute track mentioned above is a pure floater with again a very uplifting atmosphere, although, with not enough variation throughout its length it does drag on, could've been shorter. Overall, it's mostly pure analogue-based Space Music, in a way predating the warm spacey sound of artists like Telomere or Saul Stokes (Abstraction). Interstellar Passage is similar in style. It starts with an extremely short track "Valley of the Kings" and then segues into "Morningside" which I can't get into, because it's essentially very saccharine Celtic music stuff, with playful flutes, synthesized harp and all. Thankfully, the rest of the tracks are all in the Space Music vein, but again very uplifting, using major chords, as a result - you won't find dark moods here. If you are looking for super-dramatic or unstable, dark music, look elsewhere. But if you crave for the pure uplifting drift - this is it! The EP-length Paradox CD is completely another business. It features light, upbeat and melodic EM, done mainly on analog synths. The tracks were recorded in 1983 - 1985 plus one track from 2002. Very bright and toe-tapping stuff with symphonic synths all over.
Subterranea (1997)
Gamelan inspired soundscapes from this composer who is mainly known to fans of Electro-Acoustic music.
Galaxymachine (1999)
Only this album by Steve Mills will be of interest to EM fans. Bombastic.
Heartbeat (1973)
A Third Testament (1974)
In Concert (1975)
Gateway (1976)
Former leader of Intersystems and Syrinx who has released several solo electronic works. Today, John Mills-Cockell is a respected composer who is known for his soundtracks to numerous art installations and museums. Apart from that, he also composed for TV, documentaries and independent films. Note: Gateway was re-released in 1979 as Neon Accelerando. The music is identical.
See also: Intersystems, Syrinx.
Mimir (1990)
Mimiryad (1993)
Mimir 3 (2000)
Untitled (2005) (S)
"Textural Ambient" from this "supergroup" featuring Christoph Heemann, Andreas Martin, Edward Ka-Spel, Jim O'Rourke and Phil Knight.
See also: Silverman, The
Back To Earth (1987)
Stairs (1994)
Roma, the City of Dreams And
Nightmares (1996)
Honni Soit Qui Mal a Pense (??)
Patrick Mimran is a French painter and electronic musician. Roma contains haunting, melancholic symphonic soundscapes made on the Le Bart synthesizer designed by the author himself.
See also: Axxess
Trancefloor (1994)
Source & Destination
(1995)
Body-Beat-Box (1995)
Collision (1996)
Konception of Space (1997)
Kontinuum
(1999)
Collector's Edition #1 (2000)
Cool modern synthetics from Thomas Fanger and Michael Kersten with sometimes a slight Techno feel. Energetic and overall very modern sounding. The Techno elements may at times get on the nerves, though.
See also: Fanger, Thomas, Fanger & Kersten, Fanger & Siebert, Fanger & Schonwalder.
Music For Paradise (1986)
Colours
of Life (1988)
Trance'n'Dance (1990)
In Search of Eternity (1992)
Live In
Concert (1993)
Palace of the Winds (1995)
Shambala (1997)
Avatar (1998)
Under the Stars (2000)
On the Wings of the Wind (2004)
Indian Meditation (2005) (recorded in 1988 - 2004)
Indian Meditation II (2006)
New Instrumental music by Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock aka Cosmic Hoffmann. Some ideas are borrowed from classic period Tangerine Dream, but the overall feel is completely different here. It's less electronic and more acoustic sounding than TD, and makes use of digital instruments as well as lots of guitar. Note that the first Indian Meditation album consists mostly of prevously available tracks, but two of the tracks are unreleased.
See also: Cosmic Hoffmann
Elektrical Aktivity (1996)
Ice Acoustik
(1998)
Ice Live (1998)
Statement (2000)
Project 3 (2001)
Monopoly (2006)
Habitat (2009)
Ambient and chill-out music by Helge Tømmervåg from Kristiansund. He started playing synthesizer already in the early 80's. His current output can be characterized as a cross between Namlook and Biosphere.
States of Mind (1997)
Dutch group of Paul Bliekendaal, Marcel Guyt and Roland Guyt. The style is New Berlin School with an atmosphere just like Mind-Flux.
Tone-Cone (1999)
Deep, reverberating Ambient from Cameron Akhunaton (Magic Sound Fabric).
See also: Magic Sound Fabric
Horizonte (1996)
Horizonte II
(1997)
Horizonte Reflektion (1998)
Lost In Dream (1998)
Lebenszeiten (1999)
Evolutionen I Und II (2001)
Very good sequencer-based music by Erich Schauder (Motionmania) and Gerda Picker. Sometimes reminds a bit on Tangerine Dream, but generally quite unique. Rhythmic and spacey at the same time. Recommended.
See also: Motionmania
Mindsearch / Mindsearch's Revenge (Netherlands)
Challenger's Last Flight (1986)
Labyrinth
Dreams (1987)
Cosmos (1988)
The Story of Storm (1990)
The Universe (1993)
Scenes From A Revolutionary Earth (2000)
Terrania (2000)
Versailles (2000)
Versailles Vol.2 (2001)
Silent Moments (??)
Noisy Parts (??)
Made In Heaven (2000)
Eppure Si Muove 2 (2001)
Anatidae (2006)
This project is actually Jos Lieffering, usually playing together with other musicians. Terrania, Silent Moments and Noisy Parts are released under the name "Verzamelaar".
See also: Phochos, Work of Honour, Haags Timmerbedrijf.
Conversing With Zardoz (1999)
Darkness Weaves (2000)
Null Infinite (2001)
Erotomechaniks (2005) (with Coph Nia)
Dark Ambient, for fans of Endura, Inade and Lustmord.
The 1 Is Silent (2005)
This project was put together by Mike Metlay in 2005. It consisted of Mike himself, David Grosse, John Duval (member of Dweller At the Threshold) and Giles Reaves. I think this CD documents one of their performances at the Fiske Planetarium in Colorado.
See also: Metlay, Mike, Team Metlay, Duval, John, Reaves, Giles.
The Floating Planet (2004)
The Once And Future World (2005)
This Side of the Night (2006)
Ambient inspired by Steve Roach and Numina.
Ministry of Inside Things (USA)
Live March 20, 1998 (1998)
Live At the
Philadelphia Museum of Art 16/9/98 (1998)
Live On Emusic July 12, 2001 (2001)
Live On
Emusic Dec 7, 2001 (2001)
Everlasting Moment (2002)
Contact Point (2006)
Ambient Elsewhere (2009)
Ministry of Inside Things are Peter Gulch, Chuck van Zyl and Art Cohen. Berlin School EM.
See also: Gulch, Peter, Zyl, Chuck van, Cohen, Art, Nightcrawlers, Xisle.
Minus Infinity (1998)
Side project from Mauve Sideshow (no pun intended) frontman. Pure Mellotron bliss, just like Epsilon In Malaysian Pale (Froese), but with spacey female vocals added. This album makes use of Mellotron, Chamberlin and Birotron!
See also: Mauve Sideshow, Blessed Oblivion, Mistress of Strands, Steeple of Fyre, Thistle, Angel Provocateur, Torn Curtain, Konkrete Kantikle, Kangaroo Kourt.
Welcome Spacebrothers (1995)
Mir is Markus Junker.
Atlantic (1978)
Melodic synth music somewhat similar to Space and Jean-Michel Jarre circa 76-78. The back cover says that the music was recorded by Frank Martin-Solf in Hamburg, Germany.
L. Va In Paradiso (2002)
Phoedra e il Simulatore della Mente (2003)
Il Cervello Elettrico del Professor Lbs (2004)
Anno 10 alla 137 (2005)
Rhythmic, sequenced, melodic music ala Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre.
See also: Destinazione
Aisha Maria (1998)
Mixture of prehispanic instruments and EM in the vein of Jorge Reyes.
Eye of the Storm (1999)
Ringstones (1999)
Front Row Centre (2000)
Nightwalkers (2000)
Pedestrian / Nocturne (2000) (S)
The View (2000)
Visiting Star (2000)
I Paint For Love of Color (2001)
Islands (2001)
Nights (2001)
Die Spiegelmanifaktur (2002)
In To the Wood (2002)
Solaris (2002)
A Pilgrim's Solace (2003)
Live In Bern (2003)
Figures In A Landscape (2004)
Places of Light (2004)
Shadows (2004)
Under the Sun (2004)
Still Valley (2005)
Viking Burial For A French Car (2005)
A collaborative project of Andrew Chalk and Christoph Heemann. Ambient, concrete, experimental.
See also: Chalk, Andrew
Neutron Star (2002)
Mirrors is Russian female synthesist Alisa Coral. She plays a gamut of sounds here, but generally stays firmly in the early Tangerine Dream / Vangelis territory. Extremely cosmic affair.
Misanthropic Hallucinations (Turkey)
Blinded Reflections (2006)
Withered (2006)
Dark Ambient that will appeal to fans of Mortiis. This project was started in 2006 by a man who calls himself "Void".
Certain Expansion (2009) (S)
Stole Colors (2009) (S)
Mist (2009)
Mist is a duo of Sam Goldberg and John Elliott (from Emeralds). The music is pure analogue floating drone with some variety. Not dark.
See also: Outer Space
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra (The Ukraine)
Wolf's Eye (1996) (S)
Paganism (1996) (S)
When (1997) (S)
Midnight Fullmoon (1997)
Ambient music from the leader of Nokturnal Mortum. Most of the time it consists of just flowing, meditative organ chords and / or "menacing" choirs, with slight variations and additional sounds / effects. However, there are also some beautiful and effective tracks, such as the short "Stardust" for example. In 1999 The Key To the Gates of the Apocalypse was released with one monumental track that mixed Black Metal with ambient interludes. A year later, Insatiable Moon saw the light of day. This compilation gathered ambient pieces from the first album and early demos.
Mistress of Strands (2000)
One of the countless projects from Dusty Lee (Mauve Sideshow). This guy really loves his Mellotron. What a trip!
See also: Mauve Sideshow, Blessed Oblivion, Minus Infinity, Steeple of Fyre, Thistle, Angel Provocateur, Torn Curtain, Kangaroo Kourt.
Mittelwinternacht '71 (??)
From the information on the sleeve: played and produced by Edward Fraser and Christopher French, 21-22 Dec 1971. Yeah, yeah. And now tell me, dear listener, so you recognize anything in the names of these "lost krautrockers"? Do you believe it's really a lost gem from 1971 and not a fake? Speaking of the music itself, it's very droning and very reminiscent of the earliest Tangerine Dream. Surprise, surprise. :-)
Bibbulmun (2006)
Nullarbor (2008)
Experimental ambient musician (Michael Shanahan) who grew up in Australia but currently resides in Ireland. These albums represent a sonic document of the author's travels across down under, consising of field recordings and synthesized atmospheres.
Arion (1983) (soundtrack)
Earth (1983)
Journey Into Space (1984)
Asuka (1985)
Hino Tori Uchu-Hen (1987) (soundtrack)
Tenkawa Isuzu (1988)
Meisou (1989)
Tanjo (1989)
Tenkawa Densetsu (1991)
The late ex-Far East Family Band musician who released some solo albums vaguely along the lines of Kitaro. Fumio Miyashita was born in 1949 in Nagano and died in 2003.
See also: Far East Family Band
Io (1994)
MLO is a very diverse project from Jon Tye and Peter James Smith, mostly focusing on dance / electronica styles. This work is ambient, though. MLO stands for Music of Life Orchestra.
Thoughts Grower (1996)
Drift (1998)
Isolate (2000)
Clear Your Consciousness (2001)
Live In Wroclaw (2002)
Between / Associated (2003)
Endemia (2003)
For Ritual (2007) (S)
Works 2002 - 2006 (2007)
Dark Ambient from Rafal Sadej.
Global Systems Silent Moving (1998)
Autonomous Music Project (1998)
Sonic
Continuum (1998) (with Michael Mantra)
Deepchord (2001)
IMAX (2001)
Theorem (2002)
Niederflur (2002)
Radio Fore (2003) (with Michael Mantra)
Electromagnetic-Etheric System
Approach (2005)
Vibrasound (2005)
Illuminati Audio Science (2005) (with Kevin Hanton)
Plays Michael Mantra (2007)
Aka Rod Modell. Dark Ambient. Quite good.
See also: Waveform Transmission
Cybercenter (2005)
The Machine (2006)
Canada (2007)
Alpa (2009)
Electronic Music group with a diverse set of influences: Electropop, the Berlin School, Ambient and so on. ModularWhite consists of Rene Montfoort, Michel Bekkering, Norman van Krimpen and Marc van Olden.
See also: White, Olden, Marc van, Romerium, Bekkering, Michel.
Random Fluctuations (2001)
Reality
Excursion Sequences (2004)
Time Clouds Distant Memory (2004)
Time Zero (2006)
Zeta Reticuli (2007)
Heliosphere (2007)
Historic Edition Vol. 1 - Firestorm (2007)
Historic Edition Vol. 2 - Rose of England (2007) (recorded in 2004 - 2007)
Historic Edition Vol. 3 - Arboretum Dreaming (2007) (recorded in 2005 - 2007)
Historic Edition Vol. 4 - Rehearsals & Experiments 1 (2007) (recorded in
2006 - 2007)
Demon Star (2007)
Elektron Flux (2008)
Sonic Worlds (2008) (with Hashtronaut)
Historic Edition Vol. 5 - Live 2008 Part One (2008)
Historic Edition Vol. 6 - Live 2008 Part Two (2008)
Modulator ESP is Jez Creek who makes sequency, largely improvised music but recently has also plunged into the realms of cosmic Ambient. Both albums from 2004 are live minidisc recordings from concert performances. All tracks are improvised using pre-prepared sequences, vaguely in the Berlin School mould. The sound quality is nice but I'd prefer more reverb - the sound is a bit dry to my ears. Reality Excursion Sequences starts with "Dark Star Voyage", which is a lengthy suite with multiple parts. The structure is a bit loosy, so you kinda know this is a live recording when you listen to it. Some nice textures, but as I've said earlier I prefer a more spacey, reverbed sound. Nice sequencing and solos, though. "Silent Planet" is a nice mysterious track (that also includes rather cheerful sequences towards the end) with repeating bass motif and good sequences / rhythm combination. "Chaos Theory" is a chaotic (pun intended) and busy sequencer track (which initially makes use of sequence similar to that on the previous number). The second live album starts with "Time Clouds" that has an atmospheric introduction with pads and soundscapes, but after a while melodic motifs and, subsequently, rhythmic sequences are introduced that drive the rest of the track along in a relaxed, unhurried mode. You will encounter some pretty tasty solos along the way. The second track is called "Astral Dreams". There's an abstract beginning with noises, soundscapess and stuff, but the sequences ought to appear sooner or later, and viola! - they do as we are nearing the 3 minute mark. Low threatening chords are heard as we are propelled forward at a pace faster than usual with Modulator's recordings. I think it's the best of his live tracks (despite some use of preset choir sounds)- the sequencing is very competent here - pure New Berlin School, a bit Trancey and yet more like Prog EM. The title of the last track is "Dark Star Voyage" - the same as the first track on Reality Excursion Sequences, but it's a totally different version. It starts with a reflective piano part that gives way to rhythmic notes and in the end it's another mid-paced sequencer track, in typical Modulator ESP style. Also read my review of Jez' excellent 2001 album, Random Fluctiations, in the reviews section.
See also: Astrogator, Quadra.
After the Heat (1978) (with
Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Brian Eno)
Rastakraut Pasta (1979) (with
Conny Plank)
Material (1981) (with Conny Plank)
Strange Music
(1982) (with Max Beerbohm)
Zero Set (1982) (with Conny Plank and Mani Neumeier)
Tonspuren (1983)
Double Cut (1983) (with Max Beerbohm)
Ludwig's Law (1983) (with Plank
and Thompson)
Blue Moon (1986) (soundtrack)
Apropos Cluster (1990)
(with Hans-Joachim Roedelius)
Ersatz 1 (1990) (with Karl Renziehausen)
Ersatz 2 (1992)
(with Karl Renziehausen)
En Route (1995) (with Conny Plank) (recorded in 1986)
Other Places (1996) (with Neumeier and Engler)
Blotch (1999)
Live In Japan (2003) (with Mani Neumeier)
Nurton (2006)
Zero Set 2 (2007) (with Mani Neumeier)
Kram (2009)
Dieter Moebius is German electronic composer and one half of Cluster. In the late 1960's, Moebius, a non-musician, worked as a cook in a restaurant before being recruited by Conrad Schnitzler to join his recently formed Kluster (with Roedelius). Dieter brought in his wacky sense of humour and a knack for weird experimentation. After Kluster called it a day, Moebius continued his collaboration with Roedelius and the two released several albums as Cluster. These were more playful and ambient compared to the stark soundscapes of Kluster. Notable are also collaborations wth Brian Eno which happened in 1975 - 1976 (as Harmonia) and in 1977-1978 (as Cluster). Cluster never disbanded officially, although since the early 1980's, the two musicians concentrated mostly on their respective solo careers. Moebius released a lot of solo and collaborative efforts, some of which feature the late engineer and producer Conny Plank, who also worked with Cluster and whose importance for the German experimental (and even Pop) scene cannot be overestimated. Most of Moebius' solo and collaborative works involve lots of experimentation and are heavy on the repetitive rhythms (the "motorik") and weird textures. If you are interested in German Electronic Music, you should definitely try some of Moebius' works.
See also: Kluster, Cluster, Harmonia.
Moebius (1979)
A synthesizer band (trio format) founded by Steve Roach in the 70's.
See also: Roach, Steve
Psionic Voyager (1979)
Synthony
(1994)
Mojo is Raibow Generator main man. His real name is David N'Tondwe. He was born in Zambia but moved to Australia in the 1960's. Mojo had been raised with Classical music, Jazz and African music as main influences, but during the early 1970's all those psychedelic bands came in (Pink Floyd, Gong etc) as well as the Electronic Music of artists like Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, which proved to be a much more direct influence. Rainbow Generator was formed in 1976 by Mojo and Rob Greaves.
See also: Rainbow Generator, Generator, The, Charlz-010, Krozier And the Generator, Voodoo Chile, Digital Dreaming.
Moksha (2002)
A project of Seaweed (Ozric Tentacles synth man). Floating Space electronics. Very analog.
See also: Ozric Tentacles, Nodens Ictus.
Interstellar (2007)
Molecule is French artist Gerard Verran. On Interstellar you will find music influenced by classic 1970's electronic works.
99.06.10 (1999)
Koan (1999)
00.09.24 (2000)
Sadalmelik (2002)
Duhka (2003)
Madeira (2003) (with Negru Voda)
Tamon (2004)
The Leaves of Their Songs (2004)
Irdlirvirisissong (2005)
Kvmea (2006)
Dvnkl (2006)
Driftsond (2007)
Sadalsuud (2007)
Ciemna (2008)
Fall In Woodland Cemetery (2008) (S)
Ghost Fire (2008)
Lodelvx (2008) (S)
Penfield Mood Organ (2008) (with Horologium)
Aningan (2008)
Zielona Gora (2009) (with Beyond Sensory Experience)
Drone Ambient from Mathias Josefson, for fans of Maeror Tri and maybe also some Lustmord. Some of the non-electronic (i.e. Musique Concrete) and harsh Noise releases were omitted from the above discography.
Accretions (2001)
Mollusk is Malcolm Bly (aka Michael Bentley), who creates music using various digital techniques, but mainly experiments with MP3 musical file format. Using the low resolution MP3 sound and various other digital artifacts, Bly reaches very interesting results. And when I say interesting, I mean it. The sound is totally unique and is unlike anything I've heard. Here's the proof that there are still true innovators and experimentators out there trying out something new, just like in the beginning (you know what I'm talking about, don't you?) Unfortunately, there are so many mediocre 'electronic' musicians out there nowadays that true innovators like this one here are pretty hard to find, because the view on them is blocked by thousands of copycats and tons of boring musical junk. Well, what can I say about Mollusk? It's absolutely unique, gentle, ambient music, very interesting, sonically. This is not the thing I could say about most of today's music. Very highly recommended!
See also: eM, Apiary, The, Rhomb.
Withdrawing From the Species (1988)
Music (2008)
The Mon is a young talented artist Piotr Przelazly (born in 1992). He makes emotional EM with great melodic sensibility.
Heavenly Bodies (2000)
Luna Africana (1981)
Memorymetropolis
(1982)
Visions of Audio (1987)
Clara Mondshine is a pseudonym. The musician is male (real name - Walter Bachauer). Berlin School electronics in Schulze style with experimental trends on later works. Because these albums were released on the legendary IC label, many people believe that Bachauer was German, but according to Klaus Schulze, he was an Austrian living in Graz. He commited suicide in 1989.
Tempus Fugit (1978)
Energism (1978)
Pictures In the Mind (1978)
Futurama (1979)
Classical Concussion (1979)
Predictions Part
One (1979)
Predictions Part Two (1979)
Darkside (1980)
Dynamism (1980) (with Paul Hart)
Classical Odyssey (1980) (with D. Runswick)
Dweller On the Threshold (1981)
The Long Good Friday (1981) (soundtrack)
Forcefield (1984)
Ex-Curved Air keyboardist. The style here is like faster pieces from Vangelis' Albedo 0,39 and Spiral. Not a rip-off, but still very similar. Supposedly, not bad, though. Most of these are library albums. Adrian Wagner participates on Forcefield.
A Natural Discordance (2000)
Promotion (2000)
360° (2001)
Everyday Soundtracks (2001)
Sunny Day In Saginomiya (2001)
Nightfall Sunshine (2002)
Places (2002)
Collage (2003)
Window (2003)
Landscapes (2004)
Generators (2005)
Slowly Sinking (2009) (with Jonathan Coleclough)
Minimal drone project of Colin Potter and Darren Tate.
See also: Potter, Colin, Tate, Darren, Dada Lives.
Monotonprodukt 02 (1980)
Monotonprodukt 07 (1982)
Monotonprodukt MCMLXXXIX (1989)
Eight Lost Tracks (2008)
Sound artist Konrad Becker is a well known representative of Austrian experimental scene. His work can be likened to that of his namesake Conrad Schnitzler, which means minimal, repetitive, experimental electronic tracks.
Nunca Escuches a tus Ojos (1996)
Synthesist with a sound similar to that of Jean-Michel Jarre.
Isfet (2001)
Novum Ott (2003)
Graveflowers (2004) (with Wilt)
Dark Ambient from Minnesota, USA (ex-Vedisni).
Fluidos (1994)
Concierto Por La Tolerancia (1996)
Esencia (1998)
Deja Vu (2004)
Emil Montgomery can be considered sort of an Uruguayan Jean-Michel Jarre. Indeed, for a fan of the French master (which Emil Montgomery certainly is) it must have been great to meet the mentor in person in 1996. And the story begins in 1970. That's the year of birth for Emil. In 1987, he has his first contact with Electronic Music (via Jarre's Oxygene). The music immediately captures his imagination and he gets himself some synthesizers. In 1988, Emil joins a band that plays mostly cover songs, but already in 1991 he gives his first solo performance on synthesizers. The following several years were spent on contractual work (as the show was successful, Emil got offers to compose music for TV, theater and to give more concerts). Part of the money earned was given to organizations that were building observatories. In 1994 (after composing music for CD that was meant to be used in DJ sets) his first solo album appeared. In 1996 Emil met Jarre in France and the rest is history as they say.
Kray Chronicles (1992)
Mock the Moocher (1992)
Fusions (1992)
Water Birth Music (1992)
3001 (1993)
Planetfall (1993)
Postvorta (1993)
Blissed Out (1993)
The Crypt of Artificial Intelligences (1994)
Being the Psychedelic Adventures of Mooch In the Country of the Yak (1994)
Starhenge (1995)
The Goddess And the Star Man (1995)
Untitled (1995)
Flight of the Dub Voyager (1996)
Dr. Silbury's Liquid Brain (1996)
Eight Symbols For Floating With (1996)
Falling Metal Grille (1996)
In Search of Homo Sapiens Psychedelicus (1997)
International Weightlessness (1997)
Acid Drenched Symphony (1997)
What Mellowness Is This (1997)
Me Human, You Alien (1998)
The Rebirth of Sankofa (1998)
4001 (1998)
In Search of the Acid Metal Grille (1999)
Music From Nootropic Oceans (1999)
The Oasis (2000)
Gaiaspace (2004)
Dr. Silbury's Liquid Brainstem Band (2007)
19671/2 (2008)
1968a (2009)
Bottom of the Barrel (2009) (recorded in 1982 - 2006)
The Pagan Year (2010)
Tangerine Dream-like electronic journeys with a dash of electronic guitar soloing. The group was formed by Steve Palmer in 1992. There were several line-up changes in the band. In the early years, Mooch used tons of exotic / ethnic instruments, along with flute, percussion, guitars, keyboards etc. After 3001 (their first CD release) the music got more electronic and sci-fi-like. Most of their cassettes were distributed in tiny numbers among fans.
See also: Palmer, Stephen
Cosmos No.1 (1977)
Energy MC1 (1978)
Like a cross between Space and Nova. Music by Roger Davy.
Chronos (1998)
Faith Symphony (1998)
Unexplored World (1999)
Meridium (2001)
Moon Rainbow is the project of Russian musician / synthesist Vyacheslav Kulikov who creates symphonic Electronic Music. The first couple of albums were created with software means only, but later a hardware synthesizer was added. Vyacheslav is helped by his friend Andrei Klimkovskiy with mixing, production and editing.
See also: Kulikov, Vyacheslav
Teralogica (2005)
Devided (2006)
Orbit Number 2 (2006)
Under Control (2007)
Lunatic Voyage (2008)
Cosmoclimax (2009)
Fast Reflections (2009)
The project of Bernd Scholl. Upbeat, melodic, sometimes danceable music. A lot of it is Techno-influenced, so beware. There's no wonder, bacause Bernd has a Techno / club background and he is still deejaying. Very often Berlin School sequences are used along with steady rhythms. I guess if New Berlin School is your thing and you don't mind some straight-ahead Techno rhythms in your music, you will enjoy Moonbooter.
Elpmas (1991)
Louis T. Hardin aka Moondog (1916 - 1999) was a blind visionary artist who built his own acoustic instruments and developed a style unlike that of any other musician. He did improvisation, experimental organ, ethnic music, modern classical, avant-garde and more. Most of his output is very interesting musically but out of scope for EEM. However, on this album he presents, among the mostly ethnic-spiced (lots of marimbas) short tracks, a 24-minute ambient piece called "Cosmic Meditation".
Dreamland (2004)
Area-51 (2005)
Fairyland (2006)
Diverse, mostly melodic music from Volker Schmidt.
Moondust (Switzerland / Spain)
Clavel Azul (1997)
Moondustrial
(2005)
Martin Gnagi and Manuel Puga. Modern rhythmic EM. (no Techno)
The Return of the Poet (1983)
A
Quiet Gathering (1988)
The Threshold of Liberty (1990) (recorded in 1982 - 1984)
The Way In (1990)
Composer from Scotland. Steve Moore studied psychology but dropped out of school to make a career of an electro-acoustic / electronic composer. His music is often rather ambient and minimal in nature with lots of concrete textures, field recordings and samples.
The Henge (2007)
Demo 2003 (2008)
Vaalbara (2008) (S)
Fever Dream (2009) (S)
The first album is an ominous, droning analogue synth work from member of Zombi.
See also: Zombi
Pandemic (2005)
Varied electronic compositions from this Florida-based artist, from melodic to experimental.
Love Spirale (1978)
Andre Fertier is mostly known for his Ethnic Prog / Psych project Clivage. However, on this album he presents a mixture of said ethnic sound and electronics. Fairly trippy and cosmic stuff.
Patrick Moraz (1978)
Future Memories (1979)
Coexistence (1980) (with Syrinx)
Timecode (1984)
Future Memories II (1984)
Future
Memories Live On TV (1984)
Flags (1985) (with Bill Bruford)
Les Musiques De La Premiere (??) (S)
Human Interface (1987)
Windows of Time (1994)
Patrick Moraz In Princeton (1995)
Change of Space (2009)
Patrick Moraz was Yes' keyboard player during Relayer-era. He was also playing with the Moody Blues from 1981 till 1991. He has composed some purely electronic works during the Eighties. His first album from 1976, called Story of I (not included in the above discography) contained Progressive Rock mixed with Fusion / Brazilian music. Human Interface is an album of bombastic symphonic / orchestral music similar to Vangelis or Kitaro and completely forgettable digital replicas of Classical-styled music. Thankfully, there's also a bit of diversity with one TD-like track called "Gin-A-Maah" (that sounds like it could be a lost track from Tyger), one abstract track laden with effects called "Stormtroops On Loops" (sadly it's way too short), one ethnic track "Kyushu" (unfortunately, this totally boring composition just goes on and on, driving me nuts!) and one great melodic number (the closing track "Hyperwaves" which is also the best cut on the album).
Electric Horizons (1998)
Electric Dreams
(2001)
New Berlin School music with chill-out touches. Comparable to Asana and Spyra.
Musica Para Cine Imaginario (1991)
El Ultimo Hombre (1995)
This Granada-based artist describes his music as "Progressive Minimalism", reminding on Philip Glass, Klaus Schulze and Robert Fripp. Other sources refer to it as a mixture of Electronic Music and Symphonic Rock.
Ghosts (2007) (recorded in 1990 - 2000)
David Morley is a producer, arranger and synthesist. On Ghosts he armed himself with an impressive array of classic analogue synthesizers for a collection of haunting, atmospheric tracks. "Stuntman" is introduced with deep, mysterious piano notes and strange soundscapes, before a rhythm comes, together with an odd sequence. The mood is dark and depressive, it's all minor key stuff. Spooky organ chords flow on top of analogue sonic waves. The next track is called "Link". It consists of a steady rhythm and long synth drones. Mysterious. On the other hand, "Trampling Gently", the next track, introduces Berlin School sequences with a nice, bright mood, which is in stark contrast to what has gone on before. "Tonewave" goes back to the mysterious mood of the first two tracks. This composition has a distinct Techno flair to it, even having a straight 4/4 beat. Needless to say it's quite spectacular and beats most Techno to dust. Here, the author works with the sound, trying to create an atmosphere, not just throwing a few samples together. "Equator" has distorted choirs at the beginning, after which a Techno rhythm starts. This is pretty much removed from what I normally review in EEM and is for me the weakest track on this album. In fact, I must say it makes me reach for the skip button. Thankfully, it's not long. "Efex" is next. Strange noisy effects give way for a Jazzy electric piano improvisation. Now, this is terrific stuff! After a while some heavily processed sax playing can be heard. The track conveys an otherworldly urban atmosphere. I can imagine listening to this stuff in deserted metro. "Wall" has ...ahem... wall-shattering basses and distorted rhythm. Not exactly my type of music, but very nicely done. The title track is a spooky soundcsape of noises, processed whispers, drones and other such sounds. A complex steady rhythm provides the backbone for a melancholic two-note synth pad theme. "Tab" is the last track. Heavy analogue effects get things underway. A tabla rhythm is introduced together with some typical TR-808 sounds. Mysterious motif is repeated again and again, really getting under your skin. "Ghost" is an effective album, sometimes becoming too Techno for my taste. However, I did find some of the tracks spectacular and also enjoyed the overall mood of this work. Best tracks: "Efex" and "Ghosts".
Malkuth (1998)
Elohim (2000)
Ouroboros (2001)
Babylon (2002)
Rebis (2006)
Ritualistic Dark Ambient with Neo-Classical moves from Fernando Manchado.
Morphogenesis (1987)
Prochronisms (1989)
Stromatolites (1991)
Solarisation (1994)
Charivari Music (1996)
Formative Causation (1997) (recorded in 1986)
Improvisations (1999)
In Streams Volume 1 (2001) (recorded in 1996 - 1999)
In Streams Volume 2 (2001) (recorded in 1997 - 2000)
Mysterious and strange echoing ambient music from Adam Bohman, Andy Cordery, Clive Graham, Clive Hall, Michael Prime, Roger Sutherland and Ron Briefel. The group started recording in 1985, with the aim to explore the possibilities of live Electronic Music and collective improvisation.
The Thing (1984) (soundtrack)
Famous film / Classical composer. The above release is a soundtrack to the sci-fi / horror classic. One of my favourite films of all times. Great atmosphere with very cool electronic themes. The influence of Carpenter's style is strongly felt on some tracks. This release is almost impossible to find (I'm still hunting it down).
Celestial City (1997)
Salt the
Planet (1999)
Kingdom Come (2002)
The Pearl of Great Price (2005) (with Progressor)
Glow In the Dark (2008)
This genius of Progressive music and Rock / Pop has at least two works that are of interest to EM fans. Celestial City is a mixture of electronics and Symphonic Rock and Salt the Planet is even more interesting (i.e. more typical EM). Kingdom Come and The Pearl of Great Price are interesting, too.
Mortar (1995)
From the Depth (1995) (with Alio Die)
The Evil Place (1995)
From the Grave (1996)
Sepulchres (1997)
Emperor's Return (1998)
Ancient Rites (1999)
Amon vs. Mortar (2008) (with Amon)
Babalon (??)
Death Ambient from Moreno Daldosso. Should be very good.
Death Time (1991)
This Crying Age (1991)
Spindrift (1992)
The Goddess Who Could Make the Ugly World Beautiful (1994)
Spastic Waves (1995)
Dark, ominous soundscapes from Benny Nilsen. The project was initially called "Morthond" but after a while it was renamed to "Morthound".
See also: Hazard
The Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost
(1993)
Født Til å Herske (1994)
Aandem Som Gjorde Opproer (1994)
Keiser Av En Dimensjon Ukjent (1995)
Crypt of the Wizard (1996)
The Stargate (1998)
Former Emperor member who, saying goodbye to his Black Metal past, started creating sort of a self-described "dungeon music" which essentially consists of darkish keyboard symphonies. Some of it is quite goofy and cheesy, some pretty atmospheric. Lately he's plunged into more dance-oriented dark Synth-Pop realms.
See also: Vond, Fata Morgana.
Monuments of Chaos (1995)
Ambient Earth (1996)
Virtuality
(2001)
Inferno (2004)
Deep Horizon (2006)
Solo music from this graphic designer / composer out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Ambient Earth is instrumental Electronic Music; Virtuality sees him adding some vocals and expanding his instrument list a bit. Inferno continues in that direction, while Deep Horizon ventures even further into the territory of guitar-driven virtuoso Metal with a fair bit of synthesized atmospheres.
Silent Accuser (2004)
History of Iron And Blood (2006)
Nanjing (2008)
Archipelag Gulag (2009)
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. (USA)
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.
(1973)
Like A Duck To Water (1976)
1970 - 1973 (1998)
Mother Malard's Portable Masterpiece Co.
(2003) (recorded in 1975 - 1976)
A classic of Electronic Music. Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. (how's that for a name?) was formed in 1968 by David Borden, Steve Drews and Linda Fisher with the aim to explore the possibilities of live electronic composition. The lineup then changed several times throughout their recording career. They are notable for using first-generation Moog synthesizers onstage (Robert Moog himself supported them in their early stages) and are probably one of the first completely electronic live groups (Gershon Kingsley's First Moog Quartet from 1970 being another). Mother Mallard made unique compositions with minimal structures ala Riley and Glass, Berlin School sequences and interesting electronic sounds.
See also: Borden, David
Eats Marmalade Jam (1993)
The UFO
Experiment (??)
Valley of
Steel (??)
Travallar (??)
Alpha Omega (??)
Music For Astronomers (2005)
Meanderings (2006)
Revelations (2008)
Martin Valys and Danniielle. Music of a cosmic character.
See also: Danniielle
ESC-Rave (1992)
Borderline (1993)
Human
(1994)
Perspective (1997)
Interstellar Transmissions (2006)
Motionmania are Ralph Veith and Erich Schauder who is also known as one half of the duo Minds In Motion. Very rhythmic sequential stuff.
See also: Minds In Motion
Solitaire (1995)
Koolfang (1995) (with Pete Namlook)
Koolfang II (1995) (with Pete Namlook)
Jambient (1995) (with Pete Namlook)
Koolfang III (2005) (with Pete Namlook)
Ambient / Techno musician (born in 1966 in Heidelberg) and Pete Namlook collaborator. David Moufang is also known as Move D.
Moulin, Jean-Francois (Belgium)
40 (2006)
Melodic, cinematic music from this Belgian composer and member of Rock band Scandale.
Chrysalide (1978)
An obscure work in TD's Phaedra style by guitarist of French Theatrical Prog band Ange, produced by Francis Decamps (Ange's keyboard player).
Rock Sous La Dalle (1993)
Nyctalope (1995)
En Attendant Noe (1996)
Rhythmic and melodic, although a bit experimental, compositions, at times comparable to Peter Frohmader. Patrice Moullet was the leader of Catherine Ribeiro's Alpes during the 1970's. He then went solo, often incorporating his self-invented "sound sculpture" instruments. For instance, his "Percuphone No. 5" is a device that allows Patrice to trigger multiple samples simultaneously. I guess the device was used in the recording of at least one of the above solo albums. I've seen pictures of Patrice's laboratory / studio and it does look fairly impressive. Apart from synths, he has lots of custom instrumnents that are very attractive and effective visually (a couple of them are pictured on the covers of Rock Sous La Dalle and En Attendant Noe). A wonderful artist, indeed.
A Record (2000)
Ambient music by John Sharp (of Blazen Y Sharp fame) who started creating electronically-based music in 1990. This album represents a mix of ambient electronics and natural sounds (like Alio Die??). His other releases are reportedly more noisy and chaotic and are stylistically out of scope for EEM.
Eternal Madness (2002)
Res Divinae (2004)
Polish Dark Ambient project.
Mud (1994)
Burning Bush (1996)
Men In Black (1996)
Ambient project of Steve Hall (Yen Pox) and Traig Foltz. Mysterious.
See also: V.O.S., Yen Pox, Gorehallreider.
The Columns of
Herakles (1991)
Brainwaves (1991)
Time Signals (1992)
Synthesist of Electric Orange fame with a sound that is strongly influenced by classic period-Tangerine Dream.
See also: Electric Orange, Octopus's Garden.
Gotspe / She Said (1984)
Mini-LP with electronic pieces composed for dance theatre. Michel Mulders is a former member of Synth-Pop group Spectral Display.
Altered States (2002)
Geonosis (2002) (S)
Hi-Form (2002)
Solfatara (2002) (S)
Disseminator (2008)
Polish Dark Ambient project.
Yav', Nav' i Prav' (1997)
Folky Ambient from member of Noktural Mortum. Two long keyboard tracks.
See also: Silentium
Gegenlicht (1994)
This album by the German synthesist Johannes Munz was produced by Ron Boots who also plays on one track. Kinda melodic / rhythmic thing. Johannes Munz was born in 1962. In the 1970's he discovered Electronic Music via Kraftwerk's chart-bursting Autobahn. Many more discoveries followed, inluding Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Schulze, but his main influences were always the Dusseldorf School and the solo music of Michael Rother. While still being at school, Johannes was provided with a few gadgets by a friend who was into electronics. These included a basic modular synth. A bit later, Johannes added to it some modules of his own and thus his musical journey began. Michael's school friend (I guess he should be named now, his name is Felix Kentgens) still supplies Johannes with custom-built devices from time to time. In the 1980's, Johannes bought a few commercial synths and met fellow musician Rene De Vreng. The two jammed together in Rene's studio for a while, while the job as a translator let Johannes buy himself more synths. Other collborators during the 1980's included Johannes' ex-colleague and synthesist Anubodh Prem. In the early 1990's, Ron Boots offered a contract to Johannes. The album Gegenlicht was recorded in 1993 - 1994. It got positive reviews from specialized EM press.
Suffocate...the Final Breath (1999)
The Times Without Gods (2002)
Ghosts of the Soul Long Lost (2005)
The Waking-State Nightmare (2005)
Life's Blood Death's Embrace (2006)
Frozen In Morphia (2009)
Dark Ambient from Stephen Petrus. The project was started in 1994. The first albums Lost (1996) and ...Loathe (1997), as well as a cassette single that was released in-between all reflected a period of artistic search and had very little to do with any form of Ambient or EM.
See also: In Death's Throes, Umbra.
The Forbidden Temple (1993)
Electronic Music made with MS-20, Poly 800, HP 100, drums & percussion, glass gong and voices.
The Confluence (1996)
Eno-like ambience with strong roots in Classical music.
Blues Current (1970)
Jazzy and sometimes Funky Moog record by one of the pioneers of synthesizers (he used the fourth Moog synthesizer ever created by Bob). It's fairly easy-listening, of course, but still a piece of history. Besides, all tunes are originals and the album features solid rhythm section from Bernard Purdie as well as piano from Herbie Hancock and bass from Gerrie Germot. John Murtaugh was mostly known as composer of music for commercials & ads.
Museum of Transient Lights (Romania / Norway)
Dream A Little Dream (2004)
Dark soundworlds from Lucian Oltenau and Karsten Hamre.
See also: Hamre, Karsten, Dense Vision Shrine, Defraktor, Veiled Allusions.
Analitica dell'Immaginazione (2003)
Superfetazione (2009)
Solo female project from Rome. Mostly in Dark Ambient realms but also with strong experimental leanings.
Music For Nikola Tesla (2005)
A musical project of Piergiorgio Ambrosi, who also plays keyboards in Montefeltro (a Genesis-styled Progrock band). A rather unique Experimental sound here, with both old and new elements.
Music From the Future (Netherlands)
Random Noise Generation (1998)
Explicit Electronica (2000)
Music From the Future is the project of Colorado based (originally from Holland) synthesist Marcel Peelen. He creates classic (and rather adventurous) Electronic Music influenced by Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk.
Musica Elettronica Viva (Europe)
Spacecraft (1968)
MEV (1968)
Rome
Concert (1968)
Friday (1969)
Leave the City (1970)
The Sound Pool (1970)
United Patchwork (1977)
Spacecraft 1967 - 1990 (2001)
Apogee (2005) (with AMM)
The music of this experimental formation has been described as experimental electronic Jazz. Well, I cannot say if that's really true, because I haven't got to hearing their works yet. Nevertheless, I have some reasons to associate them with AMM. At least, their work seems to occupy similar terrain. Founded in Rome in the 60's, the group's first lineup consisted of Richard Teitelbaum (Moog), Fredrick Rzewski (springs, amplified glass plate), Allan Bryant (modified organs) and Alvin Curran (trumpet and other instruments). The group also included saxophonist Ivan Vandor at some early stages. Later the group split into many separate fractions and saw several lineup changes. United Patchwork consists mainly of solo pieces by MEV members.
See also: Teitelbaum, Richard
Songs You've Never Heard Before
(1979)
Anthology '77 - '81 (1981)
Intersketches (1981)
Musik Werks (1983)
Synth duo of Lew Corelis and Jack Schrage with many styles, both ambient and experimental.
Musikautomatika (1983)
Boston Tape (1987)
Kuba (1989)
Especies En Peligro de Extincion (1993)
The first album is subtitled "Grupo Experimental Electroacustico" and features Electronic Music with Prog moves from Luis Levin, Alvise Sacchi and Stefano Gramitto. Musikautomatika was formed in 1976. The group gave a lot of performances in various venues around Caracas. They have also worked for theatre, video and film productions.
The Black Lodge (2006)
Dark soundscapes from Simon Kölle.
Avaruusvuodet (2003)
Improvisational experimental Rock trio from Helsinki. On this particular album they find themselves in a relaxed ambient / electronic mode. Musti Laiton consists of Ville Pitkänen, Reima Tuovinen and Roope Seppälä.
Sleeping Possession (2002)
Unique rhythmic, but relaxed soundscapes with some Ethnic / Asian influences creeping in. The artist was born in Canada but seems to have relocated to Japan.
Grimly Oblivious (2000)
Lava
Stigmata (2000)
Placebo Merchant (2002)
Kill It
Before It Multiplies (2004)
James Lacey and Greg Waltzer.
See also: Cranial Mythos, Fringe Element, Xeroid Entity.
Slow Glow (1998)
Electronic Horizons (1996)
The Fourth Door (2006)
Distant Roads (2007)
Michigan-based Ambient / soundscape artist. Moody, melancholic music. Note that Randon has also released some purely New Age CD's (naturally not included here). The last two albums, however, will please fans of both light / dark Ambient and piano playing.
Predvestniki... (2009)
Drone / Death Ambient. Myortvaya Zemlya = Dead Land.
Land Ho! (1991)
Bike (1993)
Spellbound (1994)
Solitudes (1995)
Synthesizer / Space Rock from the duo of Andrea Bassato and Franco Pivato.
Mysteries of Science (Germany)
Mysteries of Science (1994)
The Erotic Nature of Automated Universes (1995)
Dominic Woosey with the same brand of Techno-tinged ambient chill that adorned his early solo album.
See also: Woosey, Dominic
Apoplexy
(??)
Tributary (??)
Dwarfed By Brightness (??)
Assets To Serv Five (??)
Rifles Aimed At the Heart (1987)
Tiny Clouds (1987)
Final Passage (??)
Flesh Tomb
(??)
Mystical Hearsleigh (??)
Imminent Warning (1987)
Halos And Horns (1988)
Ear Gear (1989)
Mystery Hearsay (1990)
Studio 94 (1994)
Mystery Hearsay is Mike Honeycutt. Ear Gear features electronics recorded in 1988 - 1989 and released on Harsh Reality. The style is not known. Equipment: Emulator 2, Yamaha DX7, Roland D550, digital FX processor, Kawai & Soundcraft mixers.
Primordial Atmospheres (1994)
Ethereal Essence (??)
After Materia Cloudland (2000)
Deeperworlds (2006)
Energy Mind Consciousness (2008)
Relaxed Ambient / Space Music from one Richard Plom.
Arctic Isolationism (2004) (with
Seetyca)
Distance (2004)
Terran Time Slip (2004)
Transient (2005)
Vagabond, Pirate (2005)
Reduced (2006)
Instability (2007)
Iron (2007)
Lower (2007)
M (2007)
Mellow Utility (2007)
Planete Interdite - A Tribute To Forbidden Planet (2007)
Balam (2007) (S)
Blast Detail (2007)
Displaced Assemblage (2007)
Retrogress (2007)
The Synthetic Room (2007)
Cold Telemetry (2008)
Narcotic Basement (2008)
Uncanny (2008)
Major Fog (2008)
Phantoms (2008) (S)
Science Fiction (2008)
Skywatchers (2008)
CircleSlowChime (2009)
Fever Stars (2009) (with Wyrm)
Foiled Again (2009)
Frigid Radiance (2009)
Hypno-Strain (2009)
Morph From Orph (2009)
One Thousand Dreams (2009) (with Nunc Stans)
Primal Mystification (2009)
Pulse Ringer Pieces (2009)
Silent Thoughts From Afar (2009) (with Desohll)
Mystified is Thomas Park who is very much into sampling and has a background in Techno scene. He is known for his collaboration with Robin Storey aka Rapoon. Lately, he's plunged into the world of Ambient music, combining his sampling techniques and concrete textures with varied synthesized atmospheres and tribal beats. Mystified's discography is huge but most of his works were released as MP3 files avaiable for download.
Only 2 Colours In 1 Silence (2001)
Myth Gestalt Musik is Mike O'Neill from Liverpool, England. He is a very diverse artist (mostly a painter) and music is not his primary sphere of interest, rather it was conceived to accompany his exhibition and multimedia performances. It has been described as pretty dark overall.
Mythos (1971)
Dreamlab (1975)
Strange Guys
(1977)
Concrete City (1979)
Quasar (1980)
Grand Prix (1981)
Live (1989) (S)
M.A.S.S.
(1990)
Mythosphere (1990)
Meditation (1995)
Wintermezzo (1999)
Meditation - Le
Printemps Mystique (1999)
Emerald Summer (2000)
The Dark Side of Mythos (2000)
Feuillage (2000)
Kamasutra (2001)
Edgar Allan Poe
(2004)
Mysteria (2006)
Surround Sound Offensive (2008)
Gallery Concerts (2009)
Unabsteigbar! (2010)
Mythos was one of the original bands on the famous German Ohr label. Now reduced to a solo project of Stephan Kaske, Mythos continues to make music. The early albums are classics of German cosmic and psychedelic scene. Their first release is typical of cosmic music of that time, albeit with prominent flute sounds. It's definitely the product of the psychedelic era but it's not drippy-dippy hippie stuff. It's quite enjoyable 'Krautrock' album with a good dose of experimental electronics thrown in. Some tracks feature vocals of Kaske, weirdly processed. In the last track Kaske tells a nice story with a strong German accent. Later albums are more commercial, but still nice. They are more delicate electronics, though, in comparison with the first, which was quite wild in places.
Domine Rex Inferum (2001)
A Black Industrial project by Nordvargr. This is the most ambient and atmospheric release of MZ.412. It could be described as epic Black Ambient. When played at low volumes it's fairly soothing but can be a bit overwhelming when cranked up a few notches. Some Satanic bullshit on show here, but otherwise can be interesting to fans of ambient electronics.
See also: Nordvargr, Beyond Sensory Experience.