Obsession II (??)
A side project of Runes Order (Daniele Magarelli). Dark.
See also: Runes Order.
Tulku (2004)
Dark soundscapes.
Alcove (1981)
Modulus (1981)
The Soft Room
(1981)
The Citadel (1982)
There & Back (1982)
Chimera (1983)
The Eternal
Champion (1983)
The Path (1984)
Duncton Wood (1985)
Wilderlands (1987)
The Deserted Tower (1989)
Sketches (??)
Profile '79 - '89 (??)
Earth & Sky Sequence (??) (with David Hill)
Amazing Adventures of Ludwig Von Eartrumpet (1990)
Waiting For Clouseau
(1991)
Wavemaker (1993)
Firedancer (1994)
Skyrider (1995)
Earthshaper (1996)
Live Element (1997)
Cyberdiver
(1999)
Lore (1999)
Red Book / Blue Book
(2000)
Ixion's Wheel (2001) (with Carl Matthews)
Adrift (2009) (with Pete Ruczynski)
One of the leading UK synthesists. Melodic electronics, sometimes rhythmic, sometimes more in the Ambient mould. Often quite mellow.
See also: Far From Stars, No Artificial Sweeteners, Joint Intelligence Committee, S t d m, Binar, Headshock, Cosmic Smokers, Ideation.
Infra (2001)
Naïf (1981)
Atlas (1982)
Naif is basically Victor Nubla from Macromassa on wind instruments and keyboards, with Albert Gimenez helping out of guitar. The first album is a rare cassette release on Mirage label. The style is not known.
See also: Macromassa
Earthwaves (2001)
Forgotten & Imminent (2002)
Requiem For A Spy (2002)
Galaxy Collisions (2002)
Voyage Exotique (2002)
Web Cloning (2003)
Subterranean Flame (2003)
Spirit Amalgam (2004)
Sea Sure (2005)
X (2007)
Curved Infinity (2008)
Mankiala Stupa Aura (2009)
Florida-based (originally from Texas) musician whose main instrument is the electric guitar. However, he treats it in unusual ways with a result that will be of certain interest to fans of Ambient.
Prophecies (1982)
Yamatonadeshiko (1984)
Inspire (??)
Electronic Music / Progressive Rock.
Na-Koja-Abad (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Organika Obscura (2003)
Fleeting
Glimpses (2004)
Black Serpent Dreaming: Rites of Passage (2005)
Nomad: Outworld (2005)
Deluvia (2006)
Dreamfall: Veils And Visions (2007)
Tribal Ambient from the artist whose real name is Muamer Music.
Silence I (1992) (with Dr. Atmo)
Silence II
(1993) (with Dr. Atmo)
Namlook (1993)
Passion (1993) (with Jurgen Rehberg)
II (1993)
Shades of Orion I (1993) (with Tetsu Inoue)
A View To
A Chill (1993)
Air I (1993)
You (1993)
2350 Boadway (1993) (with Tetsu Inoue)
Deltraxx (1993)
The Fires of Ork (1993) (with Biosphere)
Hemisphere (1993) (with Steve Stoll)
Alien Community I (1993) (with Jonah Sharp)
III / Aliens In My Suitcase (1994)
Outland I (1994) (with Bill Laswell)
IV / Power
Supply (1994)
A New Consciousness (1994) (with Charles Uzeell-Edwards)
V / Reality (1994)
Wandering Soul (1994) (with Alban Gerhardt)
Air II
(1994)
Alien Community II (1994) (with Jonah Sharp)
Wechselspannung (1994) (with Jonah
Sharp)
VI (1994)
VII (1994)
VIII (1994)
IX (1994)
Music For Ballet (1994)
Seasons Greetings - Autumn (1994)
Psychonavigation (1994) (with Bill Laswell)
From Within (1994) (with Richie
Hawtin)
Escape (1994) (with Dr. Atmo)
Create (1994) (with Charles
Uzzell-Edwards)
2350 Broadway II (1994) (with Tetsu Inoue)
The Dark Side of the Moog I (1994) (with Klaus Schulze)
Syn (1994)
Autumn (1994)
Seasons Greetings - Spring (1995)
Seasons Greetings - Summer (1995)
Seasons Greetings - Winter (1995)
A New Cosciousness II (1995) (with Charles Uzzell-Edwards)
From Within II (1995) (with
Richie Hawtin)
Shades of Orion II (1995) (with Tetsu Inoue)
62 Eulengasse
(1995) (with Tetsu Inoue)
Koolfang (1995) (with David Moufang)
Kooler (1995) (with Robert Sattler)
Koolfang II (1995) (with David
Moufang)
Jambient (1995) (with David Moufang)
X / Monolith (1995)
The Dark Side of the Moog II (1995) (with
Klaus Schulze)
Psychonavigation II (1995) (with Bill Laswell)
Wechselspannung II (1995)
(with Jonah Sharp)
The Sunken Road (1995) (with Ludwig Rehberg)
Jet Chamber (1995) (with Atom Heart)
The Putney II (1995) (with
Ludwig Rehberg)
Dreamfish I (1995) (with
Mixmaster Morris)
The 4 Seasons (1996)
Air III (1996)
XI (1996)
Atom
(1996)
Jet Chamber II (1996) (with Atom Heart)
Dreamfish II
(1996) (with Mixmaster Morris)
The Dark Side of the Moog III (1996) (with Klaus Schulze)
Sultan (1996) (with Burhan Ocal)
Elektro (1996) (with Robert Gorl)
2350 Broadway
III (1996), (with Tetsu Inoue)
The Dark Side of the Moog IV (1996) (with
Klaus Schulze)
Outland II (1996) (with Bill Laswell)
Exploring the Psychedelic Landscape (1996) (with Move D)
Jet Chamber III (1997) (with Atom Heart)
Pre-Fax (1997)
AMP II - Red Stripes
On White Cloth (1997) (with Dandy Jack)
Elektro II (1997) (with Robert
Gorl)
S.H.A.D.O. I (1997) (with Higher Intelligence Agency)
XII (1997)
From Within III
(1997) (with Richie Hawtin)
Namlook & Held (1997) (with Hubertus Held)
A Day In the Live (1997) (with Move D)
Psychonavigation III (1997) (with Bill Laswell)
The Dark Side
of the Moog V (1997) (with Klaus Schulze)
The Dark Side of the Moog VI (1997) (with Klaus
Schulze)
The Dark Side of the Moog VII (1998) (with Klaus Schulze)
Polytime
(1998) (with Karl Berger)
Virtual Vices (1998)
(with Spyra)
XIII / License To Chill (1998)
Silence III (1998)
Jet Chamber IV (1998)
(with Atom Heart)
Miles Apart (1998) (with Peter Prochir)
Silent Music (1998) (with Dandy Jack)
Outland III (1998) (with Bill
Laswell)
Sultan - Osman (1998) (with Burhan Ocal)
Planetarium (1998) (with New Composers)
XIV / Solarized (1999)
XV / Free Your
Mind (1999)
Air IV (1999)
The Retro Rocket (1999) (with Move D)
S.H.A.D.O. II (1999)
(with Higher Intelligence Agency)
The Dark Side of the Moog VIII (1999) (with Klaus
Schulze)
Silence IV (1999)
Planetarium II
(1999) (with New Composers)
Psychonavigation IV (1999) (with Bill Laswell)
New Organic Life (2000)
Jet Chamber V (2000) (with Atom
Heart)
Outland IV (2000) (with Bill Laswell)
Aldernebel (2000) (with DJ Dag)
The Fires of Ork II (2000) (with Biosphere)
The
Audiolounge (2000) (with Move D)
Possible Gardens
(2000) (with Peter Prochir)
4 Voice III
(2000)
Silence V (2001)
Virtual Vices II (2001) (with Spyra)
XVI / New Organic Life
(2001)
New Organic Life II (2001)
Silence V (2001)
Wired (2001) (with Move D)
Virtual Vices III (2002) (with Spyra)
Live In Heidelberg 2001 (2002) (with Move D)
Psychonavigation V (2002) (with Bill Laswell)
Syn II
(2002)
The Dark
Side of the Moog IX (2002) (with Klaus Schulze)
Home Shopping (2002) (with Move D)
Shades of Orion II (2002) (with Tetsu Inoue)
Virtual Vices IV (2002) (with Spyra)
New
Organic Life III (2002)
Shades of Orion III (2003) (with Tetsu Inoue)
XIX / Music For Urban Meditation (2004)
PP.NMLK (2004) (with Jochem
Paap)
Sultan - Orhan (2004) (with Burhan Ocal)
Outland IV
(2004) (with Bill Laswell)
The Dark Side of the Moog X (2005) (with
Klaus Schulze)
Koolfang III (2005) (with David Moufang)
Russian Spring (2005)
(with New Composers)
Art of Love (2005) (with Move D)
Wagons-Lits (2005) (with Move D)
Re:Sonate (2006) (with Gaudi)
Let the Circle Not Be Broken (2006) (with Move D)
Virtual Vices V (2006) (with Spyra)
Sons of Kraut (2006) (with Move D)
Space & Time (2006) (with Move D)
Air V (2006)
2356 Broadway IV (2006) (with Tetsu Inoue)
Outland V (2007) (with Bill Laswell)
Music For Urban Meditation II (2007)
Raumland Exploration (2007) (with Move D)
Raumland Montage (2007) (with Move D)
Raumland Sphare (2007) (with Move D)
Subconscious Worlds (2008)
The Dark Side of the Moog XI (2008) (with Klaus Schulze)
Travelling the Silk Route (2008) (with Move D)
Sequential (2008) (with DJ Criss)
There! (2008) (with Move D)
Virtual Vices VI (2008) (with Spyra)
Sexoid (2008) (with Move D)
Limelight (2009) (with DJ Brainwave)
Le Mar (2009)
Time2 (2009) (with Tetsu Inoue)
Music For Urban Meditation III (2009)
Dawning of A New Decade (2009) (with Move D)
Taygete (2009) (with Move D)
Pearl (2009)
Pearl II (2010)
Peter "Namlook" Kuhlmann is a musical genius who has released a wealth (look at his discography!!) of albums on his own FAX label. He has collaborated with as many artists as probably no other electronic musician. As you may have guessed, a wide spectrum of musical palette is covered in his works, but generally the name Pete Namlook is associated with Ambient and chill-out music. It's modern sounding, but not even remotely dance, although he does use some modern beats from time to time. It's hard to recommend his work to anyone, as well as it is hard not to recommend it, simply because of the stylistic diversity. Just try some of his works when you decide the time is right. It goes without saying, that some of his stuff is excellent. I haven't heard all of his works (has anyone??), but I can say that his collaborative efforts with Schulze and Spyra are top-notch stuff.
See also: Electronic Music Center, Romantic Warrior.
The Final Harvest (1993)
Melancholia (1996)
Varied Dark Ambient from a figure who is quite well known in Greek Metal circles (real name: George Zaharopoulos).
July (1986)
Neil Nappe was in the mid-80's a fairly well-known MIDI-guitarist. He released an album on Larry Fast's Audion label, which was one of the first albums created using a MIDI-guitar. It features fully orchestrated, layered electronic tracks.
Human Feelings (1997)
Blue Life (1997)
Walking On Nature (1999)
Total Eclipse (2004)
Spanish synthesist, whose 2004 album Total Eclipse features melodic / rhythmic Electronic Music with nice sounds, atmospheres and some solos. Overall, it's a pleasant collection of music, although sometimes it ventures a bit into Techno territory. Nevertheless, even when the beats are rather prominent, there's still the richness of sound typical of Progressive EM. "From Space To Sea" is a laid-back tuneful synth track with great melodies. Very enjoyable and the soloing is simply superb, with unique timbre. "Haunted Zone" is more upbeat, again with great themes and smooth progression. Nice sampled electric guitar on this one. By the way the quality of sound and production of this album are top-notch throughout. "Old Times" features somewhat sparse arrangements set in a rhythmic landscape. The track has something of a melacholic vibe to it. "Total Eclipse" could easily become a mere Techno filler track, if not for the sheer inventiveness and for the richness of sounds. Luis Alberto manages to create a great modern sounding EM number here, with even a bit of theremin near the end. The author supplies the arrangements with top-notch soloing that every EM fan will love and the fact that the music stays firmly in the melodic mould makes it accessible for a wide audience. "Echoes From Deepen Minds" is a dreamy improvised track that reminds me on the early era of digital synthesis, particularly on Klaus Schulze's GDS experiments or maybe some Brian Eno circa Apollo. It's the best track on the album - absolutely superb Ambient piece! "Total Eclipse 2" returns to the rhythmic / melodic territory. It's Techno influenced, but again, with a richness of sound atypical for Techno / club music and there's enough classic elements (like the plesantly symphonic solos) to make it appeal to most fans of melodic EM. "So Warm And Lovely" has a slow rhythm on top of which some melodies and pads are played. Nothing fancy here, but nice. "Calling Angels" is the only track that I didn't like that much, perhaps because it's 13+ minutes long and with not much variety and the excessive use of pad sounds and sampled electric guitar it was a bit too much for me. Overall I wholeheartedly recommend this album to lovers of rhythmic / melodic EM. The quality of music is very high and the melodies are great (not to mention the outstanding ambient piece).
Narcosis (2007)
Electronic duo of Stephan Whitlan and Steve Jenkins. Music with a strong Berlin School flair.
See also: Whitlan, Stephan
Musique Pour Le Futur (1970)
The Machines - Electronic Music (1973) (with John Leach and Condron)
Electronic Music / Synthesizer Effects (1975) (with Roger Roger)
Informatic 2000 (1982) (with Roger Roger)
Super Flash (1982) (with Roger Roger)
Funny Moogy (1983)
Musique Pour Le Futur is a real obscurity. Recorded somewhere during the 70's (I think) it consists of monstrous manipulations of ancient analogue synth machines and frequency generators. The atmosphere, as you can guess, is quite unearthly and SF-ish. Nino Nardini (real name - Georges Achille Teperino) made a lot of library records back in the days. He died in 1994.
Laebpröd (??)
Nirwana 1 (??)
Nirwana 2 (??)
Nirwana 3 (??)
Nirwana 4 (??)
De Dood Heet Leven (??)
The Album (1991)
Atmospheric / cosmic experimental electronics from this De Fabriek offshoot.
See also: De Fabriek
Per Una Scultura di Geschia (1978)
A large group of musicians assembled by composer / keyboardist Carlo Barbiera. The above album is dedicated to the life and works of sculptor Luciano Geschia. The music is somewhat experimental with lots of synths, effects and some acoustic guitar. There are several spoken passages. Comparable to early Prog / EM works by Franco Battiato.
The Floating City (2004)
Event Horizon (2004)
Artifact (2004)
The Shores of Infinity (2004)
Gizmo (2004)
Trance Encounter (2004)
Spheres of Influence (2004)
Star Sailor (2004)
Flight of the Phoenix (2005)
Enigma (2005)
The Sands of Time (2005)
In the Near Infrared (2005)
A short-lived duo of Ted Johnson and Jason King. The group recorded and released many of their improvisations. The style is mostly based on soundscapes & textures.
See also: Johnson, Ted
Steamdream I (1997)
Steamdream II (1997)
National Steam (1998)
A side project of Quakspace musicians. Basically in the same style.
See also: Quarkspace
Når månen er fuld
(1996)
Storm Over Danmarks Oldsletter (1997)
Nordboernes solhvervsfest (1997) (EP)
De Som Sejrede... (2004)
Vejen til Asgård (2004) (EP)
Absorbed In Dreams And Yearning (2006)
Underneath the Nightsky (2007)
Transformation (2008)
Tracks From the Archives (2009)
Ambient music from Bjorn Jeppesen. The style is pretty unique, combining dark symphonic anthems, obscure atmospheres, repeated motifs, and some Berlin sequences. Vejen til Asgård is Bjorn's latest EP with a number of styles on show. "Urskovens ansigt" starts with low growling synths and some distant strings, before a haunting motif is introduced. Very Nordic sounding stuff, you can almost feel the long, nothern winter breathing in your ears. Really dark stuff and very very enjoyable. "Hvor guderne vogter" is a sequencer-based number, but still with that haunting atmosphere, conjuring up visions of solitute, freezing and isolation. This is melodic EM with a certain edge to it. A bit of an epic grandeur is introduced later on. "Gravhøjens gand" has even stronger sequences - very fat sound coupled once again with typically Scandinavian gloomy atmospheres. The best track on the EP. The final part has slowly beating drums and mysterious pad sounds plus a bright melodic sequence. "I en svunden tid" features very dark synths and a percussive rhythm, making up for a pretty demented and doomy track. This could serve as a great video game or fantasy movie soundtrack. The symphonic theme that appears after a while is very dramatic and strong - it really gets under your skin. If you like Endura's more symphonic moments - you will find this very enjoyable. The rhythmic "Norrøn" brings the Berlin School influences to the fore once again. Great melodic main theme. The second section of the track features completely different melodies and atmospheres. The EP closes with a title track, whose sound initially reminds me on Post Scriptum's Sea-Green Series Chapter V. Must be something in the timbres that Bjorn uses. A voice speaks brief phrases on top of the atmospheric background. This one has that typical Nordic atmosphere again. It comes to a finish with the sound of galloping horses. I enjoyed this EP a lot. I think Nattefrost's music will appeal to a wide audience, from fans of Dark Ambient to lovers of obscure keyboard anthems to Berlin School / sequencer music aficionados. Read also my review of De Som Sejrede... in the reviews section.
See also: Jeppesen, Bjørn, Carboneids, Zone 99.
I (2004)
II (??)
Melancholic and sometimes Classically-tinged Ambient.
North Passage (2008)
Siberian Winter (2009)
A Drone Ambient collaboration between Mathias Grassow and Thomas Weiss (sometimes also spelled as Tomas Weiss). North Passage is their fifth collaborative effort and the first under this name.
See also: Grassow, Mathias
Rising Balloon (1998)
Underground Visions
(1999)
Solar Moon (2000)
Musical Adventures Inspired By Jules Verne (2001)
North Pole
Pilgrim (2002)
In Search of Castaways (2004)
Along the Winding Road (2007)
Nautilus is a trio of Martin Ludwig, Werner Straetzig and Ralf Weiden. Melodic music that is often compared to Eroc. Very pleasant sounding, but generally not interesting sonic-wise, relying on thin digital presets too often to please any real synthesis enthusiast.
See also: Weiden, Ralf, Aquarius.
Northern Consequence (2000)
Oceanic Empire
(2002)
Airwaves (2003)
Berlin School Electronic Music. Navigator are Tony Andersen, Kent Eskildsen and Jens Peschke from Kubusschnitt. Oceanic Empire is a classic slab of synthesis in the best traditions of vintage Tangerine Dream. It's derivative, of course, sometimes with more than a hint of Stratosfear, but nevertheless very well done and those of you who like classic Berlin School electronics could do much worse than add this to their collection. Recommended.
See also: Kubusschnitt, Weird, Andersen, Tony, Timescape.
The Nazgûl (1975)
Great lost gem of spacey and meditative Electronic Music released in the 70's as a strictly limited edition for distribution at various art galleries. The musicians bear "strange" pseudonyms Pippin, Frodo and Gandalf. I've heard some descriptions that lead me to believe this album to be an unknown "precursor" of Doom Ambient. (there are slow organs, synths, even horns and funeral drums and the atmosphere itself is said to be far removed from the "life is joy" approach)
Echoes of Nature (2003)
Fallen Leaves Forgotten (2004)
Melancholic, Neo-Classical, dark.
Reminiszenzen An Das Morgenrot /
Relikte Des Abendrotes (2006)
Dead Nights (2009)
Tannenhochforst (2010)
Side project of Vinterriket.
See also: Vinterriket
Genesis (2002)
The Path of White
Clouds (2003)
Oophoi, Klaus Wiese and Tau Ceti. The second album features Matthias Grassow. Droney spiritual Ambient music.
See also: Oophoi, Wiese, Klaus, Tau Ceti.
Skyramp (2000)
A Long Fade Into Virtual Light (2001)
On (2002)
Mixture of Berlin School and dark textures.
In Search of Converging Sounds (2008)
The Nebula Project is a duo of Rick Coffee (synthesizers and guitars) and Dennis Young (guitars and bass). Together they create flowing and ethereal Space Music. Not sure whether the mixture of guitars and electronics works perfectly all the time, but the sounds and atmosphere are great.
Synthetica III (2000)
Modern analog music by Jared Brookes inspired by vintage synth experiments. The artist states Vangelis, Carlos, Jarre and Tomita as his influences.
See also: Voltage Control
Necromondo (2007)
Quarantined Quarters (2007) (S)
Music inspired by old Italian horror films. The style ranges from Noise Ambient, to Death Ambient and pure Clinical Ambient (on Quarantined Quarters). Quite excellent.
See also: Stelladrine
Sadness & Somnolence (1991)
The Voices of Eternity Which Calls For the Captives of the Time (1992)
Underneath the Spirit of Tranquility (1996)
Gathering Composed Thoughts (2000)
Drifting In Motion
(2000)
Elinros (2005)
Imprints (2007)
Haunting and surreal Dark Ambient soundscapes. One of Raison d'Etre side projects (Peter Andersson).
See also: Andersson, Peter, Raison d'Etre.
Necrosphere (2003)
Dark Ambient with Drone touches from Irkutsk, Siberia. The original album had only one track but a second one was added for a 2006 re-release on Cold Spring.
Darkness (2000)
Yggdrasill (2001)
Shadows Dwelling
(2002)
Earth Purification (2003)
Whispers From the Ashes (2004) (with Nimh)
The Long Day Dying (2001)
The Black
Sun (2003)
Neglige - Electronic Underwear (Germany)
Pranatal Inferno (1991)
This trio of Munich musicians (Wolfgang Foag, Karl F. Geber and Gunter Schroth, who use analogue and computer-generated sounds) generally stays strongly in Stockhausen / Schnitzler territory. One track is very Tangerine Dream-ish, though, and recalls typical 70's Electronic Music.
See also: Foag, Wolfgang
Electronic Events (1987)
Sign In
the Desert (1988)
Blue Garden (1990)
The Sun of the South (1990)
Crossroads (1992)
The Black Swan (1995)
Memories & Dreams Vol. 1
(1998)
Memories & Dreams Vol. 2 (1998)
Ramble (2001)
Mirage (2004)
Sailing Away (2004)
Peace & Tranquillity Vol. 1 (2005)
Across the Southern Skies (2005)
Memories & Dreams Vol. 3 (2006)
Secret Worlds (2008)
12 Enigma (2009)
Melodic music from this synthesist. Guido Negraszus was born and raised in Germany but seems to reside in Australia these days. He is a trained sound engineer and that means that his CD's are mastered with great care. Guido doesn't like to perform live and only gave concerts a couple of times in Europe and two or three times in Australia.
Impulse of Fear / Raudive Experiments (1994) (with third EYE)
For some reason I don't list split releases as of now, but this one is super-cool. The first side, Impulse of Fear by Swedish Industrial project Negru Voda (Peter Nyström) is dedicated to (and inspired by) John Carpenter's "The Thing" (see Morricone, Ennio) and features icy, dark atmosphere, throbbing and pulsing electronic sounds, etc.
See also: Megaptera
Deo Gratis (1987)
Tender Aggression (1989)
Goodbye To the Greenlands (1991)
Trust (1995)
Cornubia (1997)
Dies Irae (1997)
Towards the Unknown Region
(2000)
Flip Side (2000)
The Constellations (2001)
The Tempest And Other Tales (2003)
Very good Space Music with Classical influences. Michael began refining his own brand of floating EM in the early 1980's.
Technological Wonder (2004)
Berlin School music by Stephan Ulbrich with Thomas Roehnelt helping out.
See also: Roehnelt, Thomas
Sounding the
Ritual Echo (1981)
Das Kabinet (1981)
La Belle Et La
Belle (1982)
Savage Gestures For Charm's Sake (1983)
Trial By Intimacy (1984)
Chameleon (1986)
Iconography (1986)
Map of Dreams (1987) (soundtrack)
Chance Encounters In the Garden of
Lights (1987) (recorded in 1980 - 1987)
Optimism (1988)
Simplex (1991)
Crimsworth (1995)
Neptune's Galaxy (2006)
Member of Be-Bop Deluxe who did quite a lot of experimentation in his own studio after the band broke up. He has an extensive discography and is mainly known as a guitar player. However, these albums (and probably some others - further investigation is needed) are based on electronics. All are quite peaceful and ambient in nature and many contain just left-overs and odd bits & ends. I didn't include any song-based albums in the list. Chance Encounters... and Simplex contain many short tracks that range from pure floaters to gentle Cluster / Harmonia-flavored pieces, while Crimsworth has two 30-minute tracks that sound pretty similar to each other and are done in the Classic Ambient tradition, akin to some of Brian Eno's work. Indispensable for Ambient fans.
Vortex (1981)
Private release from Oregon. Features both melodic uptempo tracks and spacey ambient floaters.
Musica Numerica per un Calcolatore Assoluto
(2003)
La Marcia degli Atomi Pigoedelici (2003)
Experimental, diverse. Mostly short tracks of varying moods with solos, organs, effects, noises etc.
See also: Lembo
Disappearance (2005)
Through the Planetary Void (2005)
Afterimage (2006)
Deep Space Music.
Moonlight Interference (1987)
Xcelsior (1994)
New Ice Age (1997)
Cyberiad (1998)
Sky
Archeology (1999)
Music For Earports 1996 - 2001 (2001)
Kaiku (2002) (with Marko and Jyrki Portin)
Xtempora (2004)
Audio Archeology Vol. 1 (2006) (recorded in 1995 - 2001)
Gigaherz (2006) (recorded in 1995 - 2003)
Stereofields Forever (2007) (recorded in 1997 - 2004)
Trajectory of Sound (2008) (recorded in 1997 - 2006)
1:4:9 (2010)
Nemesis' music is characterized by a combination of Berlin School sequences, atmospheres and soloing. The band consists of Ami Hassinen, Jyrki Kastman and Joni Virtanen. The title track on "Gigaherz" - an album of archive material played by the duo of Jyrki Kastman and Ami Hassinen - is too much Techno for my taste, I must admit, with all too prominent rhythm and a repetitive structure. However, I suppose, fans of Dream Mixes will enjoy it. I do find the synth sounds pretty tasty and it's good music for traveling to, somewhere on the line between New Berlin School and straight Techno. With "Caryon", however, things improve so drastically, that you'd hardly believe it's by the same band at all. This time they adopt a pulsing, powerful synth sound that's nothing short of sensational! "Vertical Horizon" is great too, this time going for typical New Berlin School - rhythmic EM with great effects and superb solos. "Nautilus", on the other hand, is suitably dreamy, aquatic (without a single water sample) and atmospheric. This is some great music! The rest of the album is taken by "Evolution Suite" that consists of 10 parts of varying moods and length. Sounds of water (finally!) get "Cryogenic" underway. They are then joined by mysterious pads and brick samples. Strange, but soothing stuff. A wacky rhythm appears and drives the rest of the track along. Towards the end of the composition, some oil barrel samples can be heard. "The First Sea" starts with sounds so deep and distant - all very evocative and atmospheric. It then develops into a nice ambient number with a few synth pads and subtle effects. What I didn't expect were the gentle electric piano notes that really added to the picture. Very good stuff with even a hint of Vangelis! Water samples serve as the transition to the next track, "Origin of Spieces". Well, actually, this short track is itself like a transition to the next one, being constructed of nothing more than a few strange sounds and effects. "Terra Firma" is all about gentle pads and slow echoing rhythms. These are then joined by a more urgent, Techno-ish rhythm and some fast-paced sequencing. "Koobi Fora" features lots of pads and an unusual, a bit tribal rhythm. The music is imbued with a sense of mystery and images of prehistoric times. "Meander" is outright mysterious and nasty, with its jarring sounds and totally strange sonic constructions. "Out of the Cradle" has some distant radio chatter and distorted synth sounds. This is the most mysterious and deep part of the suite. That is, until the fast bass sequence appears to disrupt the flow and we enter "The Final Frontier". On this track one should pay attention to the small details and effects that surround the rather basic sequence. "Coldfront" is literally 30 seconds of barely heard noisy pulsations, while "Last Footprints" puts a stop to this album with its distant, mysterious sounds and the whooshing of the wind. This is some evocative music and comes as highly recommended.
See also: Ashen Simian, Blue Sky Machine.
IZ-ZA 7 (1998)
Whispers From Behind the Window
(2001)
Inbetween (2007)
Somewhat darkish ambient soundscapes from Lukasz Pawlak and Maciej Staniecki.
Caravans To Empire Algol (1994)
Transmissions From the Empire Algol (1995)
Dark Space music from Fenriz (ex-Darkthrone, real name - Gylve Nagell).
Point of Arrival (1986)
Book of Alchemy
(1989)
Lilin Dewa (1996)
Indonesian Soundscapes (1999)
The Venerable Dark Cloud
(2000)
(S)
Taksu (2003)
Terraform (2006) (with Steve Roach)
Loren Nerell started composing Electronic Music in the early 1980's. Today, he is very much into traditional Indonesian Gamelan music, but he also uses electronics extensively, and has created some good Dark Ambient works.
Neurotropium (2004)
Pejzaze (2005)
Last Wanderer (2006)
Elzert (2006)
Electronic Music by Tomasz Szymanski.
The Dark Design (2003) (with
Seetyca)
Nerthus (2004)
Gamma (2005)
Urban (2007)
A View From the Bridge (1989)
This author of music for documentaries released an electronic album in 1989 on New Age label Narada. The music is supposedly in a very personal style.
The Wholeness of Nothingness (2003)
Gloomy textures & Ambient. Beware the growling vocals.
See also: Profound As A Thousand Nights
Hermetic Thoughts (2004)
Eternal
Frost (2004)
Firmament In Obscurity (2005)
Otherworldly Abyss (2005)
Lost (2005) (S) (with Fiorenza Gherardi de Candei)
Postcards From the Void (2005) (S) (with Oophoi)
Six Impending Clouds (2005)
Kall - The Abyss Where Dreams Fall (2007)
Mørketid (2007)
Ambient project of Alessandro Tedeschi.
See also: Liquid Ghosts
Lactea (1983)
Big Bang (1986)
O Negro (1988)
Wave View (1992)
Angola (1994)
Planetario (1999)
To (short for Antonio) Neto creates music which is comparable to 80's Tangerine Dream, but more naïve, although equally melodic. Antonio Eduardo Benedy Neto was born in Luanda (Angola). In 1973 he moved to Portugal where his first LP was released in 1983.
Silicon Valley (1984) (with Raven
Kane)
Purple Sky (1985)
Iceland (1986) (with Conzelmann)
Mythology of Shambhala (1989)
Monuments (1991)
Synthesist who is also known as Claude Larson.
See also: Larson, Claude, Elmulab, Futura, Carlos, Power-Pack, Special Touch, VC People, Logo 2000.
Early Reflections (1986)
Shake
Your Body 'lectric (1986)
Brian Eno / Tangerine Dream influenced music from Bob Neumann.
Introspective Black Forms (2007)
Eye Spy (1997)
Electronic soundtrack to a video game.
Brain-State-In-A-Box (1994)
Modernite (1995)
Ambient music somewhat in the Biosphere mould, but warmer. Neural Network are Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik, Oddgeir Hvidsten and Lars Kristian Sande.
See also: Circular
Quasar 2C361 (1977)
Vuelo Quimico (1978)
Digital Dream (1980)
The Visitor (1981)
Chromium Echoes (1982)
Invisible Views (1983)
Heritage (1984)
Alma (1986)
Supernatural (1987)
From Madrid To Heaven (1987)
Numerica
(1989)
Olim (1990) (soundtrack)
Sybaris (1991)
Extrisimo (1992)
Oniria (1993)
In London (1993) (S) (recorded in 1981) (with Vangelis)
A
Separate Affair (1996) (with Vangelis)
Psykya (1997)
Alienikon (1999)
Caldea Music (2000)
Hydro (2001)
Azizi (2002)
Mystykatea (2005)
Brainsucker (2006)
Synapsia (2006)
Nihilophobia (2008)
Etykagnostyka (2010)
Possibly the most important electronic band from Spain, Barcelona-based Neuronium was founded in 1976 by Michel Huygen, Carlos Guirao and Albert Gimenez. The three released two albums before Gimenez left the band circa 1979. Neuronium continued as a duo, with Santi Pico appearing as guest guitar player on Digital Dream and The Visitor. In 1982, Carlos Guirao left the band and Neuronium was reduced to a solo work of Michel Huygen which is what it is until this very day (during the 1980's, Santi Pico was sometimes listed as the second full member of the band). Huygen calls his music 'psychotronic'. Ok, that's a term which could be used to describe many of today's EM, so it doesn't say nothin' about the music itself. It's generally flowing spacey electronics, mostly analog, in other words, a classic. It's a must for any serious collector. I don't think there's much to say about it. It has to be experienced, so listen to it and judge for yourself. Early works are highly recommended.
See also: Huygen, Michel, Guirao, Carlos, Gimenez, Albert.
Dawn of An Era (1994)
Once In A Lifetime (1995)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1996)
Live At the Cosmic Egg 10.06.2000
(2000)
On the Edge of Forever (2000)
Excellent Dark Ambient from the mastermind behind Amon (Andrea Marutti).
See also: Marutti, Andrea, Amon, Hall of Mirrors, Sil Muir.
Apokalypsens Uendelige Årstid
(2002)
Disturbed Visceral Nociception
(2002)
Rozrywa Szwy Ciszy (2004) (with Dead Raven Choir)
Dark Ambient and bleak minimalism from Andrew Westerhouse.
New Collection (1988)
Land of Our
Hopes (1990)
Russian electronic duo (aka Nowaya Collectia) from the 80's, consisting of Igor Kezlya and Andrei Morgunov. The second album was recorded with Lisa Surzhikova.
See also: KeyOrchestra
Prophet (2002)
Anointing Rite
(2003)
Along Endless Path of Emptiness (2003)
Flowing Ashes (2003)
Chants For
the Cold And Dying Sun (2004)
Prophets From the Abyss (2004)
Shadows Over Humanity (2005)
Whispers of the Approaching Wastefulness (2007)
Crossing the Withered Regions (2009)
Dark Ambient from Gabriele Panci.
See also: Konau
The Lavenham Feeling (1997)
Sombre Suite (2000)
Synthonic Variations (2002)
Syn-Drome (2004)
Very analog, with hints of Tangerine Dream from former owner of Museum of Synthesizer Technology in Ware, Hertfordshire (now closed).
Celestial Plea (1993)
Eternity (1995)
Tarot: Music For Readings (1997)
Elemental Suite (1998)
Music on the border of Ambient and Electronic New Age with an obvious bend towards the latter.
Light At the Edge of Darkness
(1995)
Nimbus (1997)
Logical Insanity (2000)
The first two are melodic and rhythmic and Logical Insanity is dark.
The Nex Files (2006)
A duo of Richard Diplacito and Rick McConacher. Ambient soundscapes and melodies blended with complex sequencer patterns.
Seme>Zemlya (2007) (S)
Utrata (2008) (S)
Matra (2008) (with Bardo)
Pagan, ritual, droning Ambient from Dmitry Shilov aka Unknown.
See also: Unknown
Realtime Illusion (1996)
Collector (1997)
Melodic, rhythmic music. Collector contains a couple of covers of Chris Franke's compositions, most of others are taken from Friedenberger's solo albums.
See also: Friedenberger, Norman
NHU (1978)
This one is an odd Progressive masterpiece from '78. Heavy use of electronic, effect-drenched guitar gives this obscurity a spacey, Goettsching-like feel. A mainly instrumental, cosmic trip. Can be pretty heavy at places.
Många Myggor, Mycket Öt
(2001)
Galactic Nebulae (2002)
Mus:Pellsheim (2004)
Solar Flare (2004)
The Hoax Exposed (2004)
Untitled (2004)
Ignis Sacer (2007) (with Troum)
Plate Tectonics (2007)
Dark and noisy soundscapes from this formation (Jurgen Eberhard, Chris Sigdell and Oswin Czerwinski) that, apart from the albums listed above, has also released several short-length CDs.
Katharsis (1975)
Idee Fixe (1976)
Postscriptum (1979)
Czeslaw Niemen (born in 1939 in Belarus - died in 2004 in Warsaw) was a Polish singer and experimentator. Look out for his mid-Seventies releases, especially Katharsis that contains a set of pieces in totally unique Electronic Music style. Some tracks are gently rhythmic with synth soloing and a Jazzy edge. Others are spacey with floating synths and some dramatic Mellotron playing. Overall, the album explores a full range of music from the melodic and spacey to the abstract and even bizarre. A gem. Singing is present on a couple of tracks but once you get used to his voice it's no big problem and gets quite enjoyable (he sings in a very emotional style, not to mention the excellent lyrics). Idee Fixe (considered by many Prog fans to be the highest point of his career) is a massive 2-LP set with Jazzy jams, achingly beautiful songs based on lyrics by 19th century Polish romantic poet C. Norwid, and some purely electronic numbers as well. Postscriptum is a mixed bag, consisting of songs mainly, but with some instrumental tracks, too.
Planet And Gongs (2002)
Space Is Everywhere (2003)
Restart
From Sedna (2004)
Planet of Three Suns (2005)
Magnetic Deflection (2006)
Dual Systems (2007)
Cryptic Labyrinth (2009)
EarthCreator (2010)
SpaceJuggler (2010)
Harald Nies is primarily a guitar player but he is also interested in Electronic Music. As a result, his albums feature a pleasant mixture of Rock and EM styles. Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock paricipates on several of Harald's tracks.
See also: Dream Connection
Geode (1989)
Live At the Ancien College
Grandchamp (2004)
Rhythmic analogue Electronic Music from the French duo of Herve and Thierry Chausson. They were formed in 1985 with the aim of experimenting with analogue synthesizers.
Cryptosphere (1980)
Planetary Expedition /
Hidden Pictures (1980)
Fallen Sparrow (1980)
Hallucinatory Executions (1981)
Poltergeists (1981)
Synthimania (1981)
Systema Naturae (1982)
Hors D'Oeuvres (1982)
Narcolepsis (1982)
Tanzwut (1982)
Midwinter Daydream (1982)
Shadowless Veil (1982)
Spring Holiday (1983)
Evening Repose (1983)
Transluminance (1983)
Subliminal Sailing
(1983)
Forbidden Monastery (1983)
Nightcrawlers (1983)
Crystal Loops (1984)
2031 A.D.
(1984)
Space Shuttle (1984)
Ombra (1984)
Memory Bubbles (1984)
Nightwalk (1984)
Cybersun 231 (1984)
Spacewalk (1985)
Space Ritual (1985)
Space Ritual At St. Mary's
(1986)
The Largo Tree (1986)
Particle Mist (1986)
Energy Transfer (1987)
Shadows of
Light (1987)
Barriers (1991)
The above discography contains all LP, CD, and cassette releases. Nightcrawlers revolved around Peter and Tom Gulch and were a synth band that played music in the traditions of Tangerine Dream, in other words, Berlin School stuff. Another member of the band was David Lunt. What I've heard so far was very good, especially the soloing. Recommended. In 1997, a retrospective sampler called Travelling Backwards was released on Manikin that compiled tracks from their 3 LPs.
See also: Gulch, Peter, Gulch, Tom, Lunt, Dave, Xisle, Ministry of Inside Things.
Edid (2002)
Deviation (2007)
Dark Ambient project of Ed Scherbakov from Serov, Urals, Russia.
Big Mother In the Strain (1987)
The Oneiric Transgression / Noise
And Dream (1988) (with Lyke Wake)
Asylum (1991)
Negative Planet (1994)
Luminescence (1995)
The Enemy Within (1997)
Nosferatu (1998) (S)
Syrena (1998) (soundtrack) (with Paolo Bigazzi)
Blind Miniatures (1999)
Tentacled: A Nightmare Lodge Anthology (2000) (recorded in 1987 - 1997)
Mysterious and at times scary music by Ivan Iusco. This runs a full spectrum of sounds, from Martial (Asylum) to dark and more bright Space Music (Negative Planet), to diverse rhythmic / Industrial-like EM (The Enemy Within), to Gothic / Medieval Ambient. This project, with a few variations in the line-up, exists since 1987.
Utrecht (1993)
Pompeji (1995)
Apocalyptic Dark Ambient.
Nightwalk (1980)
This duo of Stein Grebstad and Harald Aanderaa started jamming together in the late 1970's. Music was more or less a hobby for them and they did a cassette before calling it a day. Recently, Grebstad resurfaced again as a solo artist.
The Early Sessions (1987)
Humans (1987)
A group formed by Mario Schonwalder together with Bernd Kistenmacher and guests Fred Dollman (guitar) and Winfried Rhode (keyboards). Several performances were given (some in the duo format) and a couple of cassettes released.
See also: Schonwalder, Mario, Kistenmacher, Bernd.
Cantiones Profanae (??)
Carmina Defunctorum (1995)
Medieval Ambient from Lucrecia Bosch and Paulo Maldoror.
Xitintoday (1978)
A super-group featuring Nik Turner's (Hawkwind) spacey flute playing (recorded inside the Great Pyramid), Steve Hillage's guitar licks, Time Blake's and Miquette Giraudy's synths plus drums and a cast of ethnic musicians. Look for the original 1978 version. In the 90's, Turner created the new version of the album that should be avoided.
See also: Hawkwind, Blake, Tim, Hillage, Steve, Anubian Lights.
Chamber Moosick (2001)
Stainway To Heaven (2002)
Book of Flies (2004)
Live In Placard #7 (2004) (with Ovro)
To Give Light To That Which Is Without (2005)
The Hidden Nameless (2005)
Escape From Heaven (2006)
Half Born In Half Light (2008)
Psilocybe Necrophila (2009)
Dark Ambient from Niko Sirkiä.
Line of Fire (2001)
Lanna Memories
(2002)
Frozen (2002)
The Impossible Days (2003)
Entities (2003) (with Amir
Baghiri)
Whispers From the Ashes (2004) (with Nefelheim)
Subterranean Thoughts (2005)
Secluded Truths (2005) (with Maurizio Bianchi)
Together's Symphony (2005) (with Maurizio Bianchi)
Sator (2007) (with Amon)
The Missing Tapes (2007) (recorded in 1994 - 2005)
The Unkept Secrets (2008)
From Unearthly Places (2009) (with Mauthausen Orchestra)
Travel Diary (2009)
A pseudonym of Giuseppe Verticchio. The music covers a wide spectrum of ambient styles, from Matrial Ambient (Line of Fire) to Drone (Frozen), classic Dark Ambient and Tribal / Ritual.
See also: Verticchio, Giuseppe, Biasthon, Hall of Mirrors.
Naudh En Nirnaeth (1996)
Nirnaeth Arnoediad (2000)
Dark Ambient. Nirnaeth is Piotr Wojcik.
Everybody Needs Their Monsters (2001)
Paul Nagle's alter ego. Scary experimental stuff.
See also: Nagle, Paul, Far From Stars, Joint Intelligence Committee.
Some Lights Behind the Window (2002)
Dark Ambient / Isolationism from Licinio Da Costa.
See also: Onukeio
Trilogic (1987)
Mixture of Heldon and King Crimson styles from Japan. A no-nonsense brew of neurotic, energetic electronic themes.
Frieden / Krieg (1995)
Kapitulation (2001)
Hymn For Heresy I & II (2002)
Terroriser Manipuler Convaincre (2005)
Fleisch Und Metall (2007)
Vers Le Vide (2009)
Cruel Martial Ambient sounds, pain & reality.
The Misanthrope (2007) (soundtrack)
Dark Ambient from Ted Arvid Skjellum - founding member of Black Metal band Darkthrone.
Node (1995)
Terminus (1995) (S)
Phenomenal analog sequencing and Mellotron voices from Dave Bessell, Gary Stout, Ed Buller & Mark Ellis aka Flood. The band that started the Berlin School revival of the 90's, together with RMI and Airsculpture.
The Grove of Selves (1986)
Spacelines (2000) (recorded in 1986 - 2000)
Climbing Trees And Waterfalls (2005)
Nodens Ictus are, in fact, Ozric Tentacles (Merv Pepler, Ed Wynne, Joie Hinton) in a more subdued and Ambient mode. There exist several bootleg recordings of their live performances from the late 1980's - early 1990's.
See also: Ozric Tentacles, Moksha.
A Walk In the Clouds
(2001)
Monorail (2001)
Dreamcatcher (2002)
Live (2002)
Saturday Sessions Vol. 1 (2004)
Saturday Sessions Vol. 2 (2004)
Saturday Sessions Vol. 3 (2005)
Songs From the Great Barrier Reef (2005)
Terra Nova (2005)
Live @ Friends Coffeehouse (2005)
Live With Earl Clark (2005)
The Dream Foundry (2007)
The Art of the Trance Vol. 1 (2007)
Into Deep (2008)
A duo of Doug Smith and Chris Hopiard (both of Rubycon fame), since 2008 also helped by Gary Hickey. They are doing Electronic Music influenced by the early pioneers Tangerine Dream, but also by Pink Floyd. Live is considered a bootleg recording but it appears in the official discography.
See also: Rubycon
Carbon, Iron, Oxygen (2002)
Steel
Dream (2003)
Spirit of the Steel (2004)
Live In Lutton (2004)
Steel Life
(2004)
Metallic ambience. One of John Sherwood's projects.
See also: 4m33s, Yorky, Ambient Ashand, Cult of Ashand, Entity, Quadra.
Suspended Animation (2000)
Ambient music from this Noise trio of Trevor Paglen, Nicolas Lampert and Tae K Kim.
Speleogenesis (1984) (soundtrack)
... hat touch (1985)
Use Mice
(1985)
In/Divi/Dualism (1985)
Whee. Whoopee. Wow. (1985) (with If Bwana)
Bum
(1986)
Solid>>Liquid>>Light (1987)
Track Marks (1987)
Filaments
Fading... (1988)
War Toys (1988) (with Mental Anguish)
Po'Boyz (1988) (with
Mental Anguish)
The Many Teeth of 'god' (1989)
Murmur It In the Mud (1989)
This Is Daddy Shaving (1989) (with Cephalic Index)
Rearward Ho! (1989) (with
Cephalic Index)
A Better Way To Die (1989) (with Cephalic Index)
News You Can
Choose (1990)
Angels With Go-Bot Faces (1990) (with Mental Anguish and Cephalic
Index)
Goonz (1990) (with Hal McGee)
Celestial Reasonings (1991)
Cue Review
(1992)
A Tale of Two Kitties (1992)
I'maGottadaVoltage (1992)
Notes About the Man (1992)
Transports (1997) (with Brume)
Flamingo Road (2000) (with Mental Anguish)
Tangled Up In the Bush (2001) (with Mental Anguish)
Boid Iz Da Void (2002) (with Mental Anguish)
Nomuzic is synthesist Carl Howard. The music on Transports is comparable to Conrad Schnitzler. And Mental Anguish that collaborates with Nomuzic on Flamingo Road is actually Chris Phinney, a synthesist and long-time Hal McGee collaborator.
See also: Land of Guilt And Blarney, The, Alien Planetscapes.
Paris To Berlin (2002)
A project of John Basil (Heru Avenger) very much inspired by early Krautrock / EM.
See also: Heru Avenger
A-Kaori (1995)
Angel's Breakin' (1999)
Nono orchestra are Rick Rummler, Mani Reisser and Klaus Wiese. Dark Ambient.
See also: Wiese, Klaus
Ewig Winter (1998)
Vast Skies (1999)
Dark Ambient that at times crosses into epic Black Metal.
See also: Grassow, Mathias, Dronament.
No Limits (1988)
Eternal Voyage (1989)
Take Off (1991) (with Mats Wester)
Lux Eterna (1993)
Aka Mikael Varid Nordfors. I suppose this guy is quite New Agey, perhaps comparable to latter-day Ralph Lundsten. Not sure if he should be in EEM and how much of his music could really qualify as EM.
Northern Dark Supremacy (2001) (with Drakh)
Awaken (2002)
Cold Void of Nothing
(2002) (with Drakh)
Sleep Therapy
(2002)
On Broken Wings
Towards Victory (2003)
I End Forever (2004)
Infinitas In Aeternum (2004) (with Drakh)
Partikel (2004) (with Merzbow)
The Dead Never Sleep (2005)
Vitagen (2005)
Semen (2006) (with Hentai)
In Oceans Abandoned By Life I Drown... (2007)
For the Blood Is the Life (2007)
The Betrayal of Life (2007) (with Drakh)
Partikel II (2007) (with Merzbow)
Helvete (2008)
Interstellar (2008)
Pyrrhula (2008)
The Less You Know the Better (2008) (with Drakh and Cordell Klier)
Evolution (2009) (recorded in 1999 - 2009)
Interstellar II (2009)
Untitled Navigations 1 (2009)
Black / Dark Ambient by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk.
See also: MZ.412, Beyond Sensory Experience.
Threshold (1997)
Into the Sunset (2000)
Music Machine (2003)
Stars Rain Down (2004)
Seas of Orion (2005)
Hommage Symphonique (2006)
Keyboardist / synthesist and Rocket Scientists member. Erik Norlander was born in 1967 in Hollywood, California. Over the years he's worked in many different styles but the bulk of his work falls sqaurely into the definitions of Progrock and Electronic Music. Seas of Orion is by far his most synth-based effort. The rest tends more towards keyboard-based Prog.
Mr. Magic's Nightflight (1995)
Obscure synthesist (Norman Feller) who creates cosmic Ambient music. Norman is also known as Terry Lee Brown Jr. and seems to be a respected DJ on the House / Trance scene.
Not of This Earth (1977)
Greatest Science Fiction Hits Vol.
3 (1984)
Obscure US synthesist and arranger who came into prominence in the late 1970's, thanks to his love for Science Fiction, that led him to releasing a series of LP's with re-arranged themes from well-known sci-fi films. The arrangements often included real orchestra as well as some Disco / Pop leanings. According to the series' tradition, the 1984's volume 4 contains mostly cover versions plus a couple of original tracks, including "Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet" - an ambient track, done in collaboration with Steve Roach.
Another Object (1991)
Ground (1993)
An Opening of the Earth (1993)
(with Martin Franklin)
Many Rivers Move Along the Surface of the Magnet (1995)
The Stomach of the Sky (1997) (with
Jgrzinich)
Geosynclines (1998) (with John Ronsen, Koji Tano and Guido Huebner)
The Absurd Evidence (1998) (with Jgrzinich)
Amalgam (1999) (with Ora)
Belle Confusion 0247 (2000) (with Francisco Lopez)
Breathing Towers (2000) (S)
Coyot (2000)
From Within the Solar Cave (2001)
A Great And Riverless Ocean (2002)
Molt And Anecdote (2003)
Entrelacs - Underleaf (2003) (with Yannick Dauby)
Automnal 2003 (2003)
Wormwood (2004) (with Joel Stern)
Memoirs of Four Discarded Objects (2004)
Porous (2004)
Molecular Knot Phase One (2005) (S)
Automnal 2003 (2006)
The Otolith (2008) (with Loren Chasse)
Golden Shadow (2009) (with Jatin Vidyarthi)
Memory of A (2009) (S)
Moriendo Renascor (2009) (with Seijiro Murayama)
Suhina (2009) (S)
Dark Ambient (real name of the musician is Michael Northam) with an Electro-Acoustic bend.
Ner Landet Ligger Wde (1998)
The Ominous Silence (1999)
Barren Land (2004)
Vinterriket / Northaunt (2004) (with Vinterriket)
Horizons (2006)
Dark Ambient by Herleif Langaas.
First Transmission (1988)
The Sleeper Dislodged (1989)
A Broken Mold (1992)
Surge Zone (1995)
The Lost Signal (2000) (recorded in 1995 - 1996)
Staalhertz (2003)
Dark To Dark / Dark Too (2007)
A duo of Pat Gillis and Bill Warford. Diverse electronic compositions, from sequenced / spacey to Experimental / weird.
Under Ground (1980)
Parapsycho
(1981)
Raptus (1981)
Norton Computer For Peace (1983)
Personal Computer (1984)
Artificial Intelligence (1985)
Automatic Feeling (1986)
The Other Side of
Science (1990)
Former Antonius Rex keyboardist (a Jakula-styled band also involving people from Jakula) who released several albums of her own. These albums contain quite upbeat EM. Unfortunately, it seems that during the 90's she became involved in the whole "Techno" scene, and, therefore, her works from this era are not included here.
See also: Antonius Rex
Nosesoul (2006)
Angel Ghost & Human Shades (2006)
Ethik Blues (2007)
A collaborative project between Matteo Zini (Opium) and Francesco Paladino.
See also: Opium
No Such Thing As Silence (1997)
Mariner
(1998)
Nostromo is Sev Lewkowicz who's been a musician since the early 1970's, playing in various Rock bands. In 1994, he set up his own home studio. Sev's music is very versatile and generally stays within melodic and rhythmic realms. I haven't heard it yet. The second album contains a Procol Harum cover. Part of the material is re-worked music originally written for the (then) newly assembled line-up of 70's Prog Rock band Gracious!
Alien (1979) (S)
The Black Hole
(1980) (S)
The Imperial March (1980) (S)
Completely different project to the previous one. The first two singles feature electronic versions of the themes from said movies, while flips contain original compositions. The Imperial March contains Darth Vader's theme from "Star Wars", plus two tracks from previous singles.
The NYAH EP (2004) (EP)
Stones (2004)
Solo Ambient music from Scott Turner of Cluster Balm and Copal River.
See also: Cluster Balm, Copal River.
Nota Bene (??)
Nondescript: Ouroborous Vermiform
Ouroborous Sanguine (1999)
The Grey Subaudible (2000)
The Spine Overshadowed
By the Rope (2001)
Silence Came Back In, Filling Jagged Spaces (2004)
Dark Ambient in the style of Raison d'Etre from Jason William Walton. Dark, opressive atmospheres, some chants, orchestral themes and occasional outbursts of noise.
No-Tone Project, The (Germany)
Nighttime (2004)
Dark Space / Drone / Deep / Ambient Noise.
See also: Descent Into the Void
Terranova (1982)
Quo Vadis (1983)
This is another project of people from Peru (Peter Kommers, Rob Papen and Ruud van Es) and similar in style, albeit more commercial.
See also: Peru, Papen, Rob.
While Waiting (1988)
The Second Cry (1988)
Tri (1988)
Imagine Four (1988)
The Fifth Edge of the Cliff (1988)
Factory I (1988)
Factory II (1988)
Melan (1988)
Frame of Mind (1988)
Momentary Events (1988)
Kirleyeh
(1988)
Shade of Haze (1988)
Best (1989)
An Mer (1989)
Verge of Exile (1989)
Visits
(1989)
Obvious Oblique (1989)
Data (1989)
Beyond the Threshold (1989)
The Origin of
Usyl (1989)
Linescapes of Usyl (1989)
The Cupola of Usyl (1989)
Novo Sibirsk Live
(1990)
Sequences of Barren (1990)
Eastern Exposure (1990)
Limn (1990)
Monologue
(1990)
Axle (1990)
Sanhedrin (1990)
Harangue (1990)
Min's Experiments (1991)
Evanesce
(1995)
Foray At Imlah (1995)
Firth (1995)
Sole Universe (1999)
From A Previous Life
(1999)
Strands of Whilden (1999)
Sequenze (2000)
Labyrinth of Cathedra (2000)
City
(2000)
Between Edges (2000)
Mammal (2000)
Rhyme (2000)
Zirkus (2000)
Syntony (2000)
Woman Sitting In Front of A Sun-lit Window (2000)
Television (2000)
Forged Fusion
(2000)
Dense (2000)
Abstract 4a (2000)
Look! (2000)
Elektronik (2000)
Feet Up (2000)
Fro (2000)
Corridor (2000)
The Disadvantages of Traintravel (2000)
Shocked Motion
(2000)
Marsh (2000)
7014 (2000)
Dimension Jump (2001)
Sculpture (2001)
Key (2001)
Metropolis (2001)
Thrust (2001)
Influenced By History (2001)
Pictures And Shapes
(2001)
Forced Into Jeopardy (2001)
Mammoth (2001)
Aeon (2001)
A Touch of Drama (2001)
Everything (2001)
Music (2001)
Seventy3 (2001)
Selfportrait (2001)
Rooster Looser
(2001)
More (2001)
Inner Pictures (2001)
Drum (2002)
Transparent Flux (2002)
Like
Through A Window (2002)
So Full (2002)
Some Other Geese (2002)
City of Fields
(2003)
Goloka (2004)
Inner Side Reflected (2004)
Inside the Bubble (2004)
Bare Skin (2004)
Selected Structures For Gold (2005)
More Thoughts In Solid Color (2005)
Novo Sibirsk is basically a project of Rob Knetsch with some friends helping from time to time. He has one hell of a discography with early cassette releases now reissued on CD. The style ranges from Berlin School cosmic electronic music to Ambient and abstract experimentalism. Sometimes minimal, sometimes more full-sounding, there's something for everyone. Try it once.
See also: Beudeker/Knetsch, Electrance, Yaffin, Rok, Knetsch.
Fly! (1998)
Lots of Jan Hammer and Jean-Michel Jarre references here. Pretty melodic accessible stuff that doesn't sound particularly synthetic.
But Memories Remain (1998)
Now And Then is German synthesist Claudius Wille (aka Toy of Love).
See also: Toy of Love
Early Encounters (1995)
Electronic Music from this legendary Psych / Prog composer and musician of Lucifer's Dream fame, supposedly in an easy-listening, melodic style. This album was released on Helmut Teubner's label.
La Gran Sabana (1984)
Esferas
Vivientes (1986)
Aitor (1987)
Psycho-Music (1989)
Angeles Enviados (1990)
Huellas (1993)
Incierto Insecto (1996)
Legendary and at the same time obscure Venezuelan synthesist. The first album is an LP release. Subsequent works are all cassette-only. Huellas is his first CD, done in Tribal Ambient / ethno-electronic style which led him to perform solo concerts in Mexico as well as jam together with Jorge Reyes and Steve Roach for a while.
See also: Dogon
Tower of Power (1998)
Yellow Marker (2000)
N-Tribe are Steve Baltes, Harald Grosskopf and Axel Manrico Heilhecker. Sort of like Ashra but with a more tribal sound.
See also: Baltes, Steve, Grosskopf, Harald, Ash Ra Tempel / Ashra, Sunya Beat.
Mage Sun (2001)
Other Realms (2003)
Esabat (2003)
I think the 1970's influences in this artists' music are undeniable but there are also some disturbing Techno elements that do not really fit with the rest of the material.
See also: Interstellar Electric Gnome Band
Dreamsleep (2000)
Transparent Planet (2000)
Recluse (2001) (S)
The Haunting Silence (2001)
Evolving Visions (2001)
Sanctum Sanctorum (2001)
Solace (2002)
Trancension Live 2002, Vol. 1 (2002)
Trancension Live 2002, Vol. 2 (2002)
Trancension Live 2002, Vol. 3 (2002)
Starfarer's Tales Vol.
1 (2002) (with Ixohoxi)
From Within the Abyss (2002) (with Stephen Philips)
Outward Appearance (2003) (with Stephen Philips)
Sanctuary of Dreams (2003)
Live At the Inner Sanctum (2003)
Inside the Hollow Realm (2004) (with Caul)
Starfarer's Tales Vol. 2 (2004) (with Ixohoxi)
Never Realized (2004)
Poisoned Dreams (2004) (with The Unquiet Void)
Eye of the
Nautilus (2005)
Megaliths & Monoliths (2006) (with Ixohoxi)
Shift To the Ghost (2007)
Symbiotic Spaces (2007) (recorded in 2000 - 2007)
Descent of the Falcon (2008) (with Stephen Philips)
Sound Symbols (2008)
Space Music. Numina is Jesse Sola.
Cerulean Suite (2005)
Night Vision (2007)
Timeless (2008)
The Palm At the End of the Mind (2008)
Meridian (2009)
Unnamable (2009)
Onó Thousand Dreams (2009) (with Mystified)
Varied Ambient from Anthony Paul Kerby.
See also: Circular Ruins, The, Lammergeyer.
Sadhana (2003)
Fans of Eno will enjoy this one. Here, British composer Patrick Nunn (known for his orchestral scores) creates a calming long-form ambient work in Classic tradition. Piano, synths and nature sounds are combined to form a hypnotic whole that will remind you on long-form Ambient by Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Jean-Michel Jarre (Waiting For Cousteau) and more.
Ephemeral Histories (1999) (recorded in 1984 - 1994)
Somewhat similar to Roedelius' solo output. Nuno Cage is the duo of Carey Nutman and Geoff Nossiter.
See also: Nutman, Carey
Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table of A
Sewing Machine And An Umbrella (1979)
To the Quiet Men From A Tiny Girl (1980)
Merzbild
Schwet (1980)
Insect And Individual Silenced (1981)
The 150 Murderous Passions, Or Those
Belonging To the Fourth Class, Composing the 28 Days of February Spent Hearing the
Narrations of Madame Desranges, Interspersed Amongst Which Are the Scandalous Doings At
the Chateau During That Month (1981) (with Whitehouse)
Homotopy To Marie (1982)
Ostranenie 1913 (1983)
Gyllenskoeld, Geijerstam And I At Rydbergs's (1983)
Brained
By Falling Masonry (1984)
The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (1985)
Devices #2 (1985)
Mi-Mort (1985) (with Current 93)
Automating, Volume One (1986)
Nylon Coverin' Body
Smootherin' (1986) (with Current 93)
A Missing Sense (1986) (with Organum)
Scrag (1986)
Spiral Insana (1986)
Drunk With the Old Man of the Mountains (1987)
Automating, Volume
Two (1987)
Alas the Madonna Does Not Function (1988)
Soliloquy For Lilith (1988)
Automating, Volume Two (1989) (different to 87 release)
Cooloorta Moon (1989)
A Sucked
Orange (1989)
Soresucker (1990)
Live At the Bar Mardoror (1990)
Creakiness / Firepool
(1991) (with Spasm)
Thunder Perfect Mind (1991)
Sugar Fish Drink (1992)
The Ladies Home
Tickler (1993)
Large Ladies With Cake In the Oven (1993)
Rock 'n' Roll Station (1994)
Alice the Goon (1995)
Crumb Duck (1996) (with Stereolab)
Who Can I Turn To Stereo
(1996)
Acts of Senseless Beauty (1997) (with Aranos)
Simple Headphone Mind (1997) (with
Stereolab)
Second Pirate Session (1998)
The Swinging Reflective (1999)
An Awkward Pause
(1999)
Santoor Lena Bicycle (2000)
Bright Yellow Moon (2001) (with Current 93)
Funeral Music For Perez Prado (2001)
Man With
the Woman Face (2002)
Automating Vol. 2 (2002)
Salt Marie Celeste (2003)
She And Me Fall Together In Free Death (2003)
Shipwreck Radio Volume One (2004)
Shipwreck Radio Volume Two (2005)
Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun (2005)
Shipwreck Radio: Final Broadcasts (2006)
The Surveillance Lounge (2009)
Space Music (2009)
Nurse With Wound are Steven Stapleton and John Fothergill. They are probably the most legendary experimantal group out there. The music is, indeed, quite simply experimental weirdness in that you never know what the next track will sound like. Absolutely unpredictable stuff. Comparable to bands like Current 93, Einsturzende Neubauten and early Controlled Bleeding. The music is often very harsh, and generally it is very unpleasant for an untrained ear, nevertheless it can be quite rewarding after repeated listenings. Nurse With Wound are also fond of horror ambiences, and some moments easily send shivers down one's spine, it's really gut-wrenching stuff. In other words, if you are adventurous listener (adventurous = VERY adventurous here) give this a listen. The discography is huge (and I'm far from being an expert in NWW styles), so pick something at your own risk. But all of you, who are of a timid kind - stay away from it, because heavy doses of Nurse With Wound can be harmful to your health. Nuff said!
See also: Stapleton, Steven
Contrasts (1994) (recorded in 1989 - 1993)
The Light Stuff Vol. 1 (1999)
Contrasts 2 (2001) (recorded in 1998)
The Light Stuff Vol. 2 (2003) (recorded in 1989 - 2003)
Tang (2004) (recorded in 1992 - 1995)
Resurrection? (2008)
Pretty stiff material with an academic bend. Apparently, though, some tracks were inspired by the works of Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream. Apart from making music and running his own studio, Carey Nutman also works as a pharmacist.
See also: Nuno Cage
Casting A Dream To the Sea (1993)
Bythos (2004)
Epiphany (2004)
The Crowning of Nature (2004)
Rubedo (2008)
Xanthosis (2008) (S)
Invivo (2009)
San-Francisco based experimental ambient project of Alan Herrick, Evan Sornstein and Jenny Liang Herrick.
A Look Within (2007)
Bridge To Nowhere (2008)
Ambient from David Brancato.
Longing For the Other World (1996)
A project by members of Raison d'Etre and In Slaughter Natives. Pure Dark Ambient music as played by the likes of Lustmord.
See also: Andersson, Peter, Raison d'Etre.