Rhythm And Bytes (1995)
A duo of Peter Mergener and Ralf Hess.
See also: Mergener, Peter
VRS-MBNT-PCS 9598 I (1999)
VRS-MBNT-PCS 9598
II (1999)
PP.NMLK (2004) (with Pete Namlook)
Noise Ambient on FAX label. He also published some works under the name Speedy J (IDM / Trance music).
Random Factors (1994)
Reflections (1994)
Urban Oasis (1996)
The
Journey (1997)
Acquiescent Resonance (1998)
Hallowed Ground (1999)
The Blue Velvet Lounge (2002)
The Float
Zone (2004)
Ambient soundscapes with tribal / dub elements. Dino Pacifici was born in 1958 in Montreal.
The Heart of the Galaxy (1990)
Journeys Through Space (1990)
Journeys Through Space II (1991)
Universe (1992) (with Skip Murphy)
Beyond Vol. 1 (1992) (with Skip Murphy)
Journeys Through Space III (1992)
Into the Black Hole
(1992)
The Edge of Eternity
(1992)
Mystical Fantasies (1992)
Spirits of Christmas (1992)
Journeys Through Space IV (1993)
Impulse Live!
From Space (1993)
Order And Chaos (1993)
Beyond Vol. 2 (1995)
North of the
Moon (1995) (with Skip Murphy)
The Eye of the Storm (1996)
Patterns of Thought (1998)
The Soul Within (1999)
Beyond Beta (1999)
Crystal Garden
(1999)
Eccentric Spheres (2000)
Music For the Mind Vol. 1 (2000)
Music For
the Mind Vol. 2 (2000)
Perspectives On the Dream World (2000)
Exploring the Unknown
(2000)
Galactic Storm (2000)
Reflections In Mercury (2001)
Temporal Suspension
(2001) (with Skip
Murphy)
Folding Space Melting Galaxies (2002)
Vostok (2002)
Planetary Elements (2003) (with Skip Murphy)
Echo System (2004)
(with Paul Ellis)
Genesis (2004)
Planetary Elements 2 (2005) (with Skip
Murphy)
Path of Least Resistance (2005) (with Zero Ohms)
Phantasma (2006) (with Skip Murphy)
The Light In the Shadow (2006)
Analog Destination (2008) (with Skip Murphy)
Below the Mountain (2008)
Beyond the Portal (2009) (with Zero Ohms and Skip Murphy)
Craig Padilla is an American synthesist residing in California who writes music in several basic styles. Some of his works are rhythmic and sequential in the Schulze / TD vein, or similar to Ron Boots, with great rhythm programming and with similar melodic sensibility. Some works are more experimental, like Exploring the Unknown, for instance. His Space Music works are often co-composed by Skip Murphy. Recommended. Craig Padilla is known for his spectacular live shows that are held regularly in Northern California. At these concerts, along with the latest in synthesizer technology, Craig uses a lot of classic analogue instruments for that special "warm" and cosmic sound.
Casuality (2002)
Emerge (2002)
Elysium Planitia (2003)
Momerath (2003)
Diminishing Light (2005)
A Profound Asymmetry (2005)
Broadcasts (2005)
Precis (2006)
Ambient Train Wreck Series Volume One (2006)
Ambient Train Wreck Series Volume Two (2006)
Ambient Train Wreck Series Volume Three (2007)
Ambient Train Wreck Series Volume Four (2007)
Enlightenment (2009)
A project of one Darrell Wade Burgan. These are not all of his albums, but the older ones are generally in pure New Age mould, and therefore, out of the EEM stylistic frames. The above works should be interesting for EM listeners, though. Most of them are drifting, atmospheric Ambient / Space Music synthesizer soundscapes.
See also: Copal River, Cluster Balm.
Images From Distant Lands (1991)
Refuge In
Fantasy (1993)
Finis Terrae (1997) (with Lambert)
Empire of Illusions (2000)
Palantir aka Christian Schimmoller creates a mixture of rhythmic and ambient music, with a lot of sampling on Empire of Illusions..
Horizon (??)
Ispired by Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and the first wave of electronic musicians, especially Tangerine Dream, Lionel Palierne started building his studio with synthesizers and outboard equipment in the 1970's. The next decade was highlighted by his collaborations with fellow electronic artist Bertrand Loreau. Lately, Lionel has been affected by the works of Arnold Schoenberg, contemporary music and dodecaphony.
Myth Or Truth (??)
Bion (??)
Some Days In the Desert (??)
The Visitor & The Guest - Roswell Floors (1999)
This artist is also known as Elektronalin. Melodic music.
See also: Elektronalin
A Wheel of Stars (??)
Cat Songs To An Ancient Moon (??)
The Source (1998) (recorded in ??)
Nocturnal, flowing Ambient sounds from this guitarist and electronic composer. Jon Palmer has been making music in various styles for most of his life, releasing a few cassettes in the 1980's. The Source gathers pieces from his previous albums and adds a rare track previously only available on a limited compilation release.
Human Error (1985)
Rather diverse music mainly based on the sounds of the Fairlight CMI. John "Poli" Palmer is mainly known in the Rock circles (he was a member of the Prog Rock band Family).
Gothic Ships (2005) (with Don
Falcone)
Berlin via Istanbul (2008)
Berlin via Cairo (2008)
Shroomshire (2009)
I Dream of Urs Amman (2009)
Berlin School music with ethnic flair from the leader of Mooch. The collaborative album with Don Falcone is ambient and dark. On the other hand, on Shroomshire he approximates the style of ambient Techno artists like The Orb, almost going beyond the stylistic frames of EEM. I Dream of Urs Amman is a large-scale work consisting of no less that six CDs.
See also: Mooch
Daydreamer (2004)
Ex-Peru synthesist. Daydreamer is an album of melodic / rhythmic Electronic Music. "Marantha Song" starts with deep sounds / pads, before a melodic synthesizer theme is introduced. It's a nice, pleasant melodic track. There are some sounds typical of 80's Electronic Music (looks like he used some software emulations for that). These include FM bell tones and other typical digital sounds of that period. The sequences are present, but they are delivered in a subtle manner, serving as rhythm supporters, not as prominent / stand alone feature. "Evening Song" once again starts in a subtle way with long drawn-out pads, but soon a bass sequence emerges with some mysterious synth tones and a laid-back rhythm. Some tasty, gentle sequencing is the order of the day. This track is pure melancholy - very moody stuff. The flutey synth lead I found too cheesy but otherwise it's a fine track to listen to. The title track kicks in with chromatic percussion-like synth sounds and supporting bass note. A melodic theme is played on top. After that comes a Minimoog solo that sent shivers down my spine. It's all too brief though. However, the Moog does return after a few moments. In the end this track is (as is Daydreamer as a whole) all about melodies, mood and soloing. Some tasty sounds towards the end. "Sion" starts with melodic sequences and a very Jarre-like theme. It's driving, rhythmic and melodic stuff that puts to shame most recent endeavors of bands like Tangerine Dream. "Effata" continues the "chromatic percussion" formula, coupled with some of the cheesiest synth flute sounds I've heard. Not enjoyable at all! This must be the worst track on the album - totally sugary, New-Agey concoction. There's simply nothing stands out - simple melodies, simple sounds, simple arrangements and, on top of it all, that dreary New Age attitude. Sorry, Rob, I think I'll skip this one next time. "Isaiah" is the shortest track on the album (one and a half minutes). It consists of melancholic synth pads. Simple, but good and effective. "Time, Times And Half A Time" kicks in with a throbbing bass sequence and another, white-noise based one on a supporting role. Some echoing effects can be heard. The track builds gradually but after a while a mournful lead line emerges. The sequences are then joined by yet another one and some growling bass notes. Excellent Moog solo cuts through giving the track a "classic EM" flair. Total winner and certainly the best cut. A straight 4/4 rhythm emerges out of nowhere and now we're pretty much in Laserdance territory - very danceable stuff. In fact, if I was told this is a lost Laserdance track from the 90's, I would've believed it. Everyone who loves the synthdance stuff, should find much to enjoy in this composition.
Le Souffle Noir (1981)
Electronic Music inspired by "Lord of the Rings" by this little known synthesist.
Par Example (1987)
In White Sharp
(1988)
Pharos (1989)
But Everything... Seems To Be Fading Away (1991)
A classic example of Dutch synthesizer music. Lots of legendary instruments are used by these synthesists (Ton Haring and Eric van Baaren) to create a strong brew of EM. The project doesn't exist officially since the 1990's.
Rondo (1995)
Par Lindh Project is of course the well-known "retro Progrock" outfit but on this (mini) album you'll find a 10+ minute opus "Solaris" - an electronic piece inspired by Stanislaw Lem's novel. It features lots of warbling synth soundscapes with hardly a melody to be heard and could be compared to early Tangerine Dream.
Live At the Lost Dog (2001)
Tranquil ambient stuff from this experimental trio of Curt Seiss, Dani Seiss and James Pilato. Performed on just keyboards, guitar and flute (lots of it).
Flesh of Caverns (2005)
Nocturnes (2006) (with Oophoi)
Coma Digenean (2006)
Side project of Ben Fleury-Steiner in Dark Ambient mould.
See also: Fleury-Steiner, Ben
Living Dreams (2000)
So Far Away (2002)
Floating & Dreaming (2003)
Progression (2005)
Ambient by Jourdan Laik.
See also: Daevine
Joseph Paradiso is an engineer, scientist and electronic instrument builder. Since 1970's, he has been creating his own huge custom modular synthesizers. He has been composing Electronic Music in various styles since 1975.
Visit the Entropics! (2000)
A duo of Dave Lovelace and Randel Osborne, both from Connecticut, USA. Rhythmic, energetic music, with a touch of Metal even.
See also: Osborne, Randel
Existence (2003)
Insight (2004)
Far Away Light (2005)
Obsessive Surrealism (2007)
Analogue music from Greece, composed by Bakis Siros. On Far Away Light he came up with some excellent sounds. A bubblebath of electronic textures gets "Lifecircles" underway. A mysterious theme makes its appearance, while bass lines and broken rhythms hover under. The track is very much in the IDM vein - a style I'm not too keen on as a whole, although Bakis' compositions do have certain bite to them that I found hugely appealing. Still, the mysterious aura is what I adored the most I think. Many changing themes that make up this track do not allow one to be bored. "Musique Electronique Part 1" starts with sharp rhythm, bass lines and once again mysterious motifs. This is some moody stuff. Excellent pads and soundcsapes on this one - music for your mind to travel to. "Part 2" has heavier rhythms and is more bizarre and in-yer-face. The textures are mutating in a strange kind of way, making this a very odd experience. The prevailing mood, as in previous tracks, is mystery, although this time with a threatening note in there as well. "Dreamstate" starts with abstract twittering and chirping sounds but several seconds into the track a mysterious theme starts that this time has an uplifting edge to it. Some clever bass lines are a highlight of this composition. All rhythms are strictly electronic and veer a bit towards Intelligent Techno territory. Other interesting things include some eerie theremin-like wails and an electric piano theme that appears as we are closing the 5 minute mark. "Borrowing Time From God" has a thumping bass rhythm and a deep bass line that make it a very techno-like number that still sports a high amount of tasty soundscapes and haunting melodic bits. This track I enjoyed the least so far. The title track heralds its coming with subtle humming but after a while a thumping laid-back bass rhythm starts, along with some strange textures. One thing to notice is the similarity of bass sounds on all tracks. In fact, bass lines sound more or less the same throughout. I guess this is something to work on for Bakis on future releases. I liked the darkish nature of this track and many of the sounds although overall it's a bit too repetitive and plodding. After the 4-minute mark it becomes more interesting with otherworldly soundscapes Bakis seems to be so good at. "Soulgates" starts with totally freaked out textures but the ubiquituous bass soon enters the stage along with some mysterious textures and... that's it. It's the shortest track on the album at just over 1 minute."Misty Journey" is uplifting with once again familiar bass arrangements and electronic rhythms. Some lovely sounds are on show here - I enjoyed this one. Some of the most melodic moments on the album are also to be found here. The track ends abruptly to give way to "Expectations" that is built around a heavy-handed rhythm and some strange processed voice samples. The closing number "Fading Memories" surprises with very deep atmospheres and even a Mellotron string sample in there as well. However, in the end it turns out to be another rhythmic number (not one purely atmospheric piece on the entire album, btw). The sequences on this track are pretty well-crafted albeit served in doses all too small. Overall, Far Away Light is certainly not for casual EM listener and stylistically is somewhere on the line that separates classic Electronic Music from Intelligent Techno. Some of the tracks I found a tad too repetitive and lacking in variation. Moodwise it's pretty one-dimensional too, with mystery prevailing throughout that becomes a bit tiresome after a while. And, should I mention the all too samey bass and drum sounds? Oh well, you can't have it all I guess and Far Away Light still supplies you with a heavy dose of well-crafted analogue sounds and some tasty soundscapes that any EM fan will eat up anytime. I would recommend this album to fans of IDM-like electronica as well as those who like the output of FAX label.
See also: Memory Geist, Interconnected.
Live At Off Gallery, Warsaw (2000)
Live At Nova Theatre (2003)
A duo of Daniel Bloom and Jacek Drzycimski. Experimental Electronic Music.
See also: Bloom, Daniel
Shining Captives Held From the Sun (2001)
Varied Ambient material, from dark soundscapes to bright Eno-like washes.
Synthesizer duo of Denis Gehanne and Christian Colin.
Paris France Transit (1982)
French synth group with music written by Ecama (aka Didier Marouani from Space). Rhythmic electronic Pop.
See also: Marouani, Didier, Space
Descent (1996)
Red Shift (1998) (with
Tom Gillieron)
Terma (1998) (with TUU)
Island
of Dust (1999)
Entropolis (2001)
Aquam Metallicam (2001) (with Alio Die)
Geomorphic Resonance
(2002)
Refract (2005)
Mostly Ritual Ambient, but also other Dark Ambient styles.
See also: TUU, Stillpoint.
The Broken Silence (2000)
Between Here & There (2005)
Mantle (2007)
Presumably, quite excellent Ambient music.
Polarity (1991)
Trancesession (1995) (with Lambert Ringlage)
Traces of the Past (1998)
Hoellenengel (2005)
Tektonik (2006)
Grønland (2006)
It Always Rains In Wuppertal (2007) (with Phelios)
Schwartzschild (2007)
Deltaplan (2007)
Cryotainer (2007)
Fuzzstars (2008)
Blasters of the Universe (2008) (recorded in 1999 - 2001)
Rhizophora (2009)
Cambrium (2009)
Stephen Parsick was born in Moers in 1972. Inspired by Kraftwerk and Wendy Carlos, he started composing EM in the 1980's. His first production appeared in 1989 on a compact cassette (as Ganymed). At that time his music was very much influenced by the classics of the 1970's. In the 90's he got in contact with Spheric Music, where his first solo and collaborative works were issued on CD. Around that time he became part of Ramp - a project that started in dark Berlin School vein but got more ambient on later efforts. I've heard parts of Stephen's Traces of the Past where Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock aka Cosmic Hoffmann guests on electronic guitar. This is simply great Berlin School music which is charged with energy and cosmic drive. Exciting stuff and highly recommended. After this album Stephen delved into the realms of ambient EM.
The Instrumental Works (1987) (recorded in 1977 - 1986)
Every Alan Parsons or Alan Parsons Project album contains one or more instrumental electronic piece. They are all collected on this release.
Sounds of the Mothership (1980)
Tibetan
Plateau (1982)
Himalaya (1989)
Yatra (1990)
Dorje Ling (1992)
Ngaio Gamelan (1997)
Shaman (1999)
Parikrama (2000)
Maitreya: The Future Buddha (2002)
Vajra (2004)
Inner Places (2005)
Surya (2008)
Earthlight (2008)
Jyoti (2009)
If you like World Music, this should be your choice. David Parsons is arguably the most noticeable World Music synthesist who consistently creates strong, interesting music without sounding sweet or New Age. I'm not a fan of ethnic elements in Electronic Music, but I really did like some of his stuff. David Parsons started as a Jazz musician in his native New Zealand. Initially a drummer, Parsons attended one of those live performances of Ravi Shankar. This music influenced him deeply. Over the course of several years, he learned himself to play sitar. A trip to India followed, where he actually had to learn everything anew, because his playing, although considered good in his homeland, was not actually up to Indian standards. Also in India, David used to listen to Sonic Seasonings by Wendy Carlos (especially the "Winter" part, which let his mind cool off in the immense Indian heat). Hearing a synthesizer in action proved to be another major influence of David' own style. Upon returning to New Zealand, David bought a Roland synthesizer and started combinig electronic soundscapes with his sitar playing. From there on, his musical career began.
Aesthetics (1986)
Pink Sounds From the Purple Plain (1988)
Child of the Moon (1992)
Azure (2007)
Tom Parsons is an Illinois-based artist who got interested in synthesizers already in the 1970's. After aquiring an ARP Axxe and a tape recorder, he started experimenting in the field of Electronic Music. His first cassette appeared in 1986. Tom Parson's style is influenced by such trends as "cosmic music", Ambient, Electro-Acoustic music and sometimes New Age.
Cringe (??)
Very accessible melodic electronics.
Beyond the End...Eternity
(1971)
The Sixth Ear (1972)
Magnetic Web (1973)
Zero Gravity (1975)
This is actually Nik Raicevic who appears under the name "Nik Pascal". Most of these albums feature quite abstract and out-there electronic compositions, with drones, bleeps, twitters and so on, sometimes recalling early Krautrock and "Kosmische musik". Very obscure and difficult to find, all of these albums were released on Nik's own Narco label, which he founded after being kicked out of Buddah (probably because his Head album proved to be too weird for them). Cool sci-fi covers with a legendary warning on shrinkwrap that reads: "Do not listen to this album if you are stoned". Classic!
See also: Raicevic, Nik
Infinity Machine (1976)
Ataraxia (1978)
Passport are one of Germany's premier Jazz Rock / Fusion outfits, led by Klaus Doldinger (& also featuring Kristian Schultze on keyboards). In the mid to late Seventies they arguably reached their creative peak, resulting in such albums as Cross-Colateral, Infinity Machine and Ataraxia (aka Sky Blue). It was also the time when they heavily incorporated electronics in their arrangements. Whether or not more albums by them should be included in EEM is a subject of debate, but at least the above two feature, apart from more typical Fusion stuff, some proggy moments and compositions dominated by synths and other keyboards (Mellotron, electric piano). The style is sometimes funky, sometimes relaxed or cosmic / Berlin School-like.
See also: Doldinger, Klaus, Schultze, Kristian.
The Mourn of Angels (??)
This is Black Ambient of the highest order. Pastlife is Los Angeles-based artist Michael Ries.
Musical Electro-Alchemy (1982) (recorded in 1976 - 1979)
Synthesist and electroacoustic composer born in 1933. Ivan Patachich was the musical director of Budapest film studios. He died in 1993.
Pataphonie (1975)
Le Matin Blanc (1978)
French band somewhat similar to Heldon in style.
See also: Viaud-Leblanc, Andre
Star Suite (1973)
Y (1983)
Patch was the brainchild of drummer Peter Dawkins. The music is Progrock-based and very ethereal.
Patchwork (1999)
Rene Jansen and Ruud Heij. Berlin School electronics. Very good and highly recommended. There is another band with the same name which has nothing to do with Electronic Music and is representative of the Techno / Dub scene, so beware.
See also: Kubusschnitt
Ouvertures (1978)
There is the third band with the same name that has nothing to do with EM (read the above entry). Ouvertures is said to be a nice album in Heldon / Zeuhl vein.
East German guitarist / synthesist.
Pavlicek, Michal (Czech Republic)
Black Light (1989) (with Michael Kocab)
Strange Pleasure of Living (1991)
Michal Pavlicek is a guitarist but Strange Please of Living and Black Light are electronic, although still with some guitar thrown in. Overall, the music is quite experimental and quirky. Black Light has a pretty mysterious atmosphere and is quite dark overall.
Circles of Eternity (2001)
Dark soundscapes for fans of Inade and Bad Sector.
See also: Deva-Loka
Die Festung (1999)
Einsamkeit (2007)
One-man Black Metal / Ambient project by Tobias Möckl. Die Festing is completely based on sounds / keyboards. Einsamkeit has two ambient tracks and one track that mixes the ambience with raw guitars and vocals.
Startup-Sequence (1999)
Pazur Colidace is Polish composer Piotr Gotowitcz who makes dynamic EM and Synth-Pop.
Mythology Live (1986)
Correct Music (1987) (with Minoy)
Heteroglossia (1987) (with Minoy)
Cloisters (1987) (with Minoy)
Poetry And Motion (1987)
Chansons Mystiques (1988) (with Minoy)
Descent (1988)
Asesino! (1988)
Die Brucke (1988)
Warfare State (1988)
Vivisection (1988)
Verfall (1988) (with Hands To)
Monument of Empty Colours (1988) (with Vidna Obmana)
Depression And Ideal (1989) (with
Vidna Obmana)
Appeal (1989)
Compositions (1989) (with Vidna Obmana)
Melachoir (1989)
(with Hands To)
Shamanistic (1989) (with Deaf Lions)
A Noise Supreme (1989) (recorded in 1986 - 1988)
The Music of Her Sleep (1990)
Thrill
Pictures (1990)
Five Manifestoes (1990)
(with Asmus Tietchens)
Domineer / Asesino / Retro (1990)
Narcosis (1990)
Fragment 3 (1991)
Profusion (1991)
Macrophage / Toil And the Reap (1992)
Shadows of Prophecy / In
His Throes (1993)
Shifts In Strategy (1994) (with AMK)
System-Music-End (1994) (with AMK and Hands To)
Listening To the World Vibrate (1995)
Life-Sense Revoked (1995)
The Mescaline Tracks (1998)
Headmix (1999)
Dreams In Moving Space (2000) (with Artemiy Artemiev)
Transphere 1997 - 1999 (2000) (with Artificial Memory Trace)
A Moment of Infinity (2002)
(with Artemiy Artemiev)
Shamanistic (2009) (with Deaf Lions)
The Deadened Stream of Eve (2009)
PBK is short for Phillip B. Klingler. Dark noisy soundscapes. Supposedly, excellent, at least his collaborative albums with Artemiy Artemiev are great.
The Prophet (1980)
In'Cognito (1981)
P'Cock is Peter Herrmann. Early works were produced by Klaus Schulze and released on the IC label. Electronic rhythmic tracks with vocals. Like the Wahnfried sessions with Arthur Brown, but not that impressive. There was also a compilation released in 1988, titled Burning Beach.
Ebondazzar (1980)
On IC label but later re-released by EMI. Symphonic Electronic Music with vocoders and stuff.
Tenderness And Fatality (1993)
The Hidden
Rift (1996)
Daylight Slowly (1998)
Vestiges (1998)
True Stories (1999) (with Vidna
Obmana)
To the Shores of Heaven (2000)
The Light Beyond (2001)
Bleed (2002)
Lingering Light (2005)
Rainshadow Sky (2008)
Indiana-based musician Jeff Pearce creates Ambient music relying largely on the guitar, taking the heritage of Manuel Goettsching's Inventions For Electric Guitar and expanding those ideas into new territories, creating unique soundworlds. Some of his works are rather dark, some more airy and atmospheric.
Passage (1979)
Classical / Avant-Garde composer who released at least one album that should be interesting for EM fans.
Imprint (2006) (with Mark Mahoney)
Glacial (2007)
The Gallery of Subtle Smiles (2007) (with Mark Mahoney)
Dysmha (2009)
Ambient electronics from member of The Amaranth Signal Michael D. Peck.
See also: Redfadesbeforeblue, Amaranth Signal, The.
Islands In the Stream (1994)
Positive Signal
Flow (1998)
woSan-Francisco Bay area musician who is a keyboard player for the band called Episode. He has released a couple of albums with absolutely unique, quite abstract electronics. Sometimes, more concrete ideas emerge out of the abstract flow of different snippets of sound and electronic noises. Nick has other works, as for instance Five Trucks I Have Known from 2007 which is Hammond-based Jazz / Fusion or Under the Big Tree (1997) - a Prog Rock CD.
Pedersen, Gunner Møller (Denmark)
Stoned (1974)
Et Lydar (1982)
Et Lydar is a 6-LP box set and is subtitled 12 Months In Electronic Music. Pedersen is also known as an Avant-Garde composer. Of his non-electronic works, of note is his Glass Music (1994), composed for glass instruments.
Lights of the Universe (1991)
Individual
Isolation (1993)
Emphasis (1995)
Electro-Physics (1997)
Empfang (2006)
Energetic electronics with dance influences. Comparable to Synthetik. Pegasus is a duo of Mark Hoffmann and Martin Limbach.
As (1989)
Music From the Beast (1989)
Sunchip (1989)
Surface Tension (1990) (with Kerr)
The Liquid Path (1990)
Installation Music (1992)
Music From the Beast consists of dark and throbbing synthetics made on a Digisound 80 modular synth at the Birmingham Electro Acoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST - hence the title). This album was licensed to Harsh Reality Music from Alternate Media Music. Penga is sound artist Mark Penzer.
See also: Antone, Quadraphase.
Underwater Current (2004)
Ambient music from this experimental formation out of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia. Bright, nature-inspired sound.
Sounds From Space (2004)
Wishstone
(2005)
Where the Green Ants Dream (2005) (S) (with Oophoi)
Reset To Zero, Part One (2006) (S)
Free Sounds After 24h Silence (2007) (with Roberto Bucci)
Cosmic Ambient.
Download the God (2000)
Mermaids (2000) (with Mikhail Mikhailuk)
Fastgod: e-psalms
(2002)
Passion Models (2004)
Anatoly Pereslegin is a Russian musician, sound engineer and architect. He worked with many Rock groups and is the founder of Pink Floyd-influenced band Moebius Dogs. Download the God is a very interesting release on the Electroshock label. Anatoly Pereslegin creates highly rhythmic and energetic music, which is dominated by Neo-Classical or Neo-Chamber structures and sounds. It is music which doesn't hold your attention for too long, simply because the sounds used are rather static and do not change over the course of each track. Nevertheless, this music is impossible to use as a background for your daily activities. Just try it - and you will find your attention dragged again and again to the music, which makes it almost impossible to concentrate on anything else. In other words, the music is very disturbing, to say the least, which is of course a positive thing. This is really startling stuff and certainly worth a listen.
En el Ombligo de la Luna (1981)
Tales of Astral Travelers (1998)
The music of this composer should appeal to fans of Jorge Reyes, as he also combines prehispanic instruments with synths. You know, sort of spacey, World Music stuff.
The Deadly Spawn (1983) (soundtrack)
Godzilla vs Your Mother (1985)
Elephants Gliding On Ice (1992)
God Dares You To Buy This! (??)
Michael Perilstein is a soundtrack composer who likes to use synths and electronics for his scores. The Deadly Spawn is a classic horror score from 1983. It was re-issued on CD with a lengthy bonus track that combines the best bits from other tracks. Michael has also released a couple of non-soundtrack concept albums.
Beyond the Perimeter (2009)
Drone Ambient. Perimeter is Andre Buter.
Apartment Life (1980)
Tapeworks 1975-80 (1981)
Tool's Paint (1981) (S)
Neighborhood With A Sky (1982)
King of the World (1983)
Drive Time (1983)
The Rosetta Stone (1986)
Hall of Flowers (1987)
Virgo Ramayana (1992)
Synth music from ex-collaborator of The Residents. This is not his full discography. Philip Perkins is a very diverse musician and has done everything from electro-acoustic sound collages to sound poetry and pure Ambient.
Mutation 24 (1977)
Energie (1977)
+ ou - 8000
(1978) (with Teddy Lasry and Frederic Mercier)
Jogging (1980)
Land of
Tranquillity (1981)
Racing (1981) (with Teddy Lasry)
New Speed (1982)
Rumeurs (??)
First album is a rare LP of impressionistic synth music. Most of others are library records.
Solare (1980)
The New Electronics Company (1986) (with Graal)
Far East (1990)
The Inner
Garden (1992)
Moon On the Water (1995)
De Rerum Natura (1997)
L'Isola (2004)
Former Celeste member. Solare is an album of melodic Electronic Music vaguely along the lines of Jarre. Later he developed a milder, New Age-influenced style.
See also: SNC, St. Tropez, La Compagnia Digitale.
Strange Skies (2008)
Swedish musician who'd been playing guitar previously but discovered ambient music of James Johnson in 2005. This changed his musical vision and he began making his own sound sculptures.
Macchu Picchu (1981)
Constellations (1981)
Continents (1983)
Points of the Compass (1986)
Forlian (1988)
Moon (1991)
The
Prophecies (1993)
Best of Peru 1979-1999 (1999)
Dutch group (Jos van der Dungen, Ruud van Es, Peter Kommers and Rob Papen) with a style reminiscent of Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream of the 80's and the last, but not least, Johannes Schmoelling's solo works. Melodic and rhythmic stuff with all necessary ingredients. Peru was formed in 1979.
See also: Nova, Papen, Rob.
Inward Collapse (1990)
The Last Rites (1990)
Unnatural Causes (1991)
Laid To Rest (1991)
Nightfall (1991)
Cinematic Dark Ambient like Endura from Neil Chaney.
Go Figure (2004)
Under the moniker Peter The Great hides one Peter van Breukelen, a Dutch artist who moved to Australia during the 1980's. On Go Figure you will find melodic electronic compositions vaguely between Synergy, Wendy Carlos and Jean-Michel Jarre in style.
Attorks (2002)
Melodic electronics. Complex themes, but simplistic sound design.
Escape Veloopity (1998)
My2k (2000)
Stretched Landscape #1 (2002)
Field Recordings From Barbados (2009)
Impossible Music (2009)
Electronic guitar loop improvisations. Much more active than, say, Jeff Pearce. During the 1980's, Michael worked with a Fripp & Eno-styled formation Camera Obscura.
See also: Camera Obscura
Anonymously Yours (1982)
Blind musician with a solid experience in the Jazz field who worked as synthesizer programmer in the late 1970's. This album was produced in his basement studio using two 4-track recorders.
Fade Out / Quiet (1973) (S)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
(1978)
Jean-Claude Petit is a Jazz / Classical composer. The Best of All Possible Worlds is more or less a synth fusion album, nothing fancy here. Some oriental influences and a cast of guest musicians.
Memory (1984)
Subtitled "A Rock Opera", this LP, issued in 1986, contains music for ballet performed by a symphonic orchestra and Yuri Bogdanov (also known for his work with Edward Artemiev) on Synthi-100 synthesizer. The mixture of symphonic music and electronics make this sound vaguely like Amin Bhatia. Boris Petrov is an academic composer and concert pianist. Memory is his only album with synthesizer.
Silence (1985)
The Flickering of Sowing Time (1986)
Cyclone Par L'Immobile Habite (1988)
The Black Field (1989) (with
Thessalonians)
A Hole of Unknown Depth (1990)
Fetish (1990) (with Arcane Device)
Grav (1991) (with Merzbow and Asmus Tietchens)
The Chemical Bride (1992)
The
Morning Book of Serpents (1995) (recorded in 1983 - 1991)
PGR is Kim Cascone. The Chemical Bride is rather Industrial-like, The Morning Book of Serpents is slightly Gothic-sounding Ambient (Medieval Ambient??), while A Hole of Unknown Depth contains subtle Ambient Noise compositions.
See also: Spice Barons
Submerged (2007)
Pure Dark Ambient from Szymon Tankiewicz.
The Cambridge Library Murders (2007)
Rhythmic / atmospheric work made entirely with a Roland Juno-6 synthesizer. Phalangius is Danny Wolfers aka Franz Falckenhaus.
See also: Falckenhaus, Franz, Smackos, Weltman, Klaus.
Egypt (2002)
Angelus (2003)
Jing
& Yang (2003)
New Babylon (2004)
Pharaoh is Polish musician Emil Zieba who makes music with diverse influences such as the Berlin School, symphonic Vangelis and more.
Images And Spheres (2006)
Passage (2006)
It Always Rains In Wuppertal (2007) (with Stephen Parsick)
Klang Ist Ewig (2007) (with C. Stritzel)
Dimension Zero (2008)
Dark ambience with cosmic and ritualistic vibes from Martin Stürtzer.
Out of Phase 1 (1992)
Out of Phase 2 (1993)
Eastern Morning (1994)
Mile High Chill (1997)
Unauthorized Experiments (1998)
Avalon Chill (1998)
Cycles 1 (1998)
Desert Landscapes (1998)
Conquest Berlin (1998)
Subtle Environments (1999)
Mile High Chill 2 (1999)
Synthetic Environments (1999)
Cycles 2
(1999)
In the Moonlight (1999)
Otherworldly 1 (2000)
Beyond the Glaze (2000) (with Ben Summers)
Natural Environments (2000)
Cycles 3 (2000)
Behind the Mirror (2000) (with Ben Summers)
Live At BZ (2000)
Dreams 3 (2000)
Lost
At Dunn's Lake (2001) (with James Johnson)
Looking Out the Window (2001)
Cave of the Wind (2001) (with Isomorph)
Dreams 4 (2001) (with Isomorph)
Cycles 4 (2002)
From Within the Abyss (2002) (with
Numina)
Reflections In Water (2002)
Cycles 5 (2003)
Outward Appearance (2003) (with Numina)
One Point of View (2003)
Live In Pittsburgh (2003)
Cycles 6 (2003)
Metannoyance (2003) (with Ben Summers)
Installations 1 (2004)
Placid Repose (2004)
Another View (2005)
Dagboken (2005)
Installations 2 (2005)
Inside And Outside 1 (2005)
Installations 3 (2005)
Constant 2 (2005)
Simulated Universe (2005) (with Ixohoxi)
Inside And Outside 2 (2005)
Constant 5 (2005)
Inside And Outside 3 (2005)
Otherworldly 3 (2005)
Faded (2005) (with Austere)
Inside And Outside 4 (2006)
Day Three (2006)
Inside And Outside 5 (2006)
Fractures (2006) (with Ben Fleury-Steiner)
Complexities (2006) (with Rigel Orionis)
Into the Dark (2007)
Under the Red River (2007)
Stygian (2007)
Creampuff Casper Milk-Toast (2007)
Sobbing Stone (2007) (soundtrack)
Geoflexures (2007) (with Ben Fleury-Steiner)
Descent of the Falcom (2008) (with Numina)
From the Vaults Vol. 1 (2008)
From the Vaults Vol. 2 (2008)
From the Vaults Vol. 3 (2008)
The Air Up There (2008)
Blurring the Edges (2009) (with Drone Forest)
A Distinct Line On the Horizon (2009)
Fugue States Vol. 1 (2010)
Stephen Philips started playing music in the 1970's and by the start of the 1990's he got some interest in the Ambient scene. He then founded Dark Duck Records as an outlet for his own music as well as that of other aspiring Ambient musicians. His works are minimal and chilling, inspired by Brian Eno and other pioneers of the genre. Another project in similar style where Stephen also participates is Deep Chill Network.
See also: Deep Chill Network
Private Parts And Pieces Vol.2/
Back To the Pavillion (1980)
1984 (1981)
Deeper Mysteries (1985) (with Geoff Leach)
Private Parts And Pieces Vol.7/ Slow Waves Soft Stars (1987)
Missing Links Vol.1/ Finger Painting (1989) (recorded in 1979 - 1989)
Slow Dance (1990)
Private Parts And Pieces Vol.8/ New England (1992)
Missing Links Vol.2/ The Sky Road (1994)
Meadows of Englewood (1995) (with Guillermo Cazenave)
Private Parts And Pieces Vol.9/ Dragonfly Dreams (1996)
Wildlife (2007) (with Joji Hirota)
Phillips was the guitarist of the original Genesis lineup. His solo stuff is extremely diverse stylistically. From British Pop to orchestral tracks, guitar solos, singing etc. For EM fan I can recommend the following: 1984, his entirely electronic work, Private Parts And Pieces Vol.7/ Slow Waves Soft Stars, Missing Links Vol.1/ Finger Painting, Private Parts And Pieces: New England. On Private Parts Vol.2 there's a long electronic track called "K2". There are probably others as well, but at least for the above mentioned works it is known for sure that they contain electronic pieces.
See also: Intergalactic Touring Band, The
Mountainscapes (1976)
Three Day Moon (1978)
Mixture of Jazz Fusion and electronics from ECM label. These are the two albums by Jazz bassist Barre Phillips that would be interesting to EM fans. The first was done with John Surman, Stu Martin, John Ambercombie and Dieter Feichtner. Three Day Moon is Barre Phillips (bass), Terje Rypdal (guitar, guitar synth, organ), Dieter Feichtner (synth) and Trilok Gurtu (percussion). The music is a mixture of spacey electronics from Rypdal and Flechtner with acoustic bass and percussion from Phillips and Gurtu.
Darkness Within (2009)
One long track of immersive Ambient.
Eppure Si Muove (1989)
Antroposophy (1990)
EKS 2 (1990)
EKS 3 (1991)
EKS 4 (1991)
EKS 5 (1991)
Reductio Ad
Absurdum (1992)
Cosmology (1993)
Polymorfic (1995)
Annee Republicain (1996)
Equivoque
(1996) (S)
Re-Organised (1999)
Earthly Connections (1999)
Triton (1999)
Creation (2000)
Return To Reality (2000)
Journey Through Oxytetra (2000)
Journey Through Oxytetra 2 (2000)
Psycokinesis
(2001)
Symphony (2001)
Asimov
Rising At Heinlein Point (2001)
Observing the Moon (2002)
Micro Macro (2003)
Through the Looking Glass
(2003)
A Tale of Two Cities (2004)
Synthforum Sounds (2005) (S)
Silence (2006)
Titan (2006)
Movements With Red, Yellow, Blue And Green (2007)
Ambient Phasing (2007)
Views From the Other Side of the Sky (2007)
The Equivalence Relations (2007)
Oskylaytor (2007)
Cosmos (2008)
Cosmos Vol. 2 (2008)
Spirits From the Frozen Worlds (2008)
Spirits From the Frozen Worlds Vol. 2 (2008)
Time-Sessions (2008)
The Equivalence Relations Vol. 2 (2008)
Cosmos Vol. 3 (2008)
Colours of Infinity (2008)
Spirits From the Frozen Worlds Vol. 3 (2008)
Phochos is Jos Lieffering who has released a lot of his music under various guises, namely Phochos, Mindsearch, Mindsearch's Revenge and Work of Honour. Jos Lieffering was was born on December 5, 1964 in Hague, Netherlands. In 1975 he started playing electric organ and in 1976 he added a homemade synthesizer. After that he acquired more keyboards and synths and started releasing his music on cassette tapes.
See also: Mindsearch / Mindsearch's Revenge, Work of Honour, Haags Timmerbedrijf.
Flight Path (??)
Obscure 45 RPM record.
Universe (1999)
Style: 70's Jarre.
Long Meadow Felt Company (2001)
Phosphene is John Cavanaugh (of the Scottish Space Rock duo Electroscope). This is Electronic Music with some hints of early German pioneers and even one psychedelic *song*! After this album, John proceeded to release albums, drifting out of the stylistic borders of EEM, making Syd Barrett-influenced Psychedelic Rock / Pop with a dash of electronics.
Shimmering Lights (2007)
Starlight (2007)
Far Side of the Galaxy (2008)
Stone Age Visitor (2008)
Colorful Water (2009)
Space Music by Dutch artist Bert Hulshoff who had previously released a wealth of albums as free downloads. Shimmering Lights became his first solo release on a physical (CD-R) carrier. Digital Images, on the other hand, is one of several albums available for purchase as download from MusicZeit (well worth visiting if you don't mind downloads, by the way). It consists of one eponymous track that clocks at almost 59 minutes. The composition begins with subtle drones that gradually gain in volume, as more mysterious sounds are added on top. No sequences are to be heard, just long-drawn drones, windy synths and metallic resonances. I am reminded on Oophoi even. After 5 minutes, the wind effects get louder and more intense. At the same time, the texture of sound becomes deeper, like an endless well sucking you in. This is music on the border of Dark Ambient and Space. So, is Dark Space an appropriate term to describe it? Perhaps. If you enjoyed your early Tangerine Dream (and I mean real early stuff here, circa Zeit / Atem), you might find this exactly to your taste. The music becomes quieter, and then louder again, like waves of the mysterious dark matter surrounding you. Towards the middle of the piece, the music becomes intense to the point of menacing, with drones completely overpowering your ears. After 30 minutes, hints of melody start to slowly creep in, but the music is still firmly in the abstract / droning territory, with mysterious resonances playing the lead role. As we are passing the 50 minutes mark, the windy sounds get louder and the music more focused, before dissipating into darkness towards the end. Digital Images is great late night listening for those who love the spookier, darker variety of Space Music.
See also: Dutch Space Mission
New Age Sensations (1998)
Acqua (2003)
Simply Music (2007)
Linear Functions (1983)
Replicant (1993)
Terraformer (1994)
Apocalypse of Love (1994)
Maelstrom (1995)
Dystopia (1995)
Symbiont (1995) (with Ian Boddy)
Works 1 (1995)
Xenomorph (1996)
Valhalla (1997)
Works 2 (1997)
Nemesis (1998)
Lughnasad (2002)
British synthesist whose life line is in a way similar to that of many other second generation EM musicians. As a kid, Andy got some interest in organ music which he was able to fulfill once his parents bought him a toy electric organ. He then got in contact with the "real world" of EM, inspired by the songs of Van Der Graaf Generator, Hot Butter and so on. In 1977, he discovered Jarre's Oxygene which changed his life and musical vision forever. More EM discoveries followed and after getting his first synth (a Korg MS-20) Andy started fooling around with it, recording the results on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Another synth followed and Linear Functions was recorded. Andy then had a hiatus that lasted for some years (during this period he even tried his hand at writing vocal Pop songs!), before returning big time in the early 1990's. Andy's style can be characterized as highly energetic and rhythmic. Note that Linear Functions was released on cassette only under the pseudonym Kris McKuen.
Picture Palace Music (Germany)
Strange Things From the Past Vol. 1 (??)
Nostalgia (2006)
Music Inspired By Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (2007)
Next Year, We May All Be Miles Away (2007)
Somnambulistic Tunes (2007)
Symphony For Vampires (2008)
Three Easter Nights At the Babylon (2008)
Walpurgisnacht (2008)
Auerbach's Night Club (2008) (S)
Curicculum Vitae 1 (2009)
Natatorium (2009)
Picture Palace Music is the project of Tangerine Dream keyboardist Thorsten Quaeschning. His first solo album (not counting the CDRs) Somnambulistic Tunes is an attempt to create soundtracks for classic silent movies.
See also: Tangerine Dream
Future Eye (2004)
Polish musician born in 1969 and living in Warsaw. He has a pretty straight-forward, classic melodic / rhythmic style, influenced by the likes of TD, Jarre, Vangelis and some Progrock acts.
Orange Clouds Over Battery Park (1996)
Music in Tangerine Dream style with some Techno elements from Thomas Thorn and Ingmar Koch.
Twilight
Dreams (1994)
Spiral Journey (1998)
Inner Worlds (2004)
Space Music with Tangerine Dream influences. Jim Pietkivitch was a drummer before getting some interest in ambient and cosmic forms of EM in the late 1980's. His first album was released in 1994 and re-released a year later. Jim then founded his own "Electrofine Music" label, on which Spiral Journey was released. It was followed by Inner Worlds that saw Jim adding vocalist / flute player Melanie Lunsford to his soundscapes.
Enigmas (1980)
Mountains of Fear (1981)
Pillion was a duo of Walter Christian Rothe and Guy Drieghe (founded in 1978) that made at least one LP of sequential Electronic Music. The album (Enigmas) is a live recording from a concert in September 1980 in Brussels. The second one (Mountains of Fear) was not officially released at the time of its recording.
See also: Rothe, Walter Christian, Drieghe, Guy.
Wildcats!! (1987)
Tonepleromas (1989)
Penetration (1991)
Resonance (1995)
(with Marion Garver)
Canadian synthesist and electro-acoustic composer. Starting in the early 1980's, doing Musique Concrete and Noise / Tape pieces, Shawn quickly developed an interest in sequencer music of the likes of Tangerine Dream and other German pioneers. His subsequent works were influenced by that style, as well as Ambient. Shawn's music is pretty dramatic and on Resonance he is joined by flute player Marion Garver.
Ark (1989)
Below
Zero (1990)
The Black Zone (1990)
Wizard On Wizard (1991) (with James Whelan)
White Harpoon (1991)
Atmos One / Atmos Two (1993)
Outtakes 1 (??)
Outtakes 2 (??)
British synthesist. Music like the classic synth explorations of Klaus Schulze.
Chronolyse (1976)
Rhizosphere (1977)
Iceland (1979)
East-West (1980)
L'Ethique (1982)
DWW (1992) (recorded in 1983 - 1992)
Cyborg Sally (1994) (with John Livengood)
De L'Un Et De Multiple (1997)
Fossil Culture (1999) (with Peter
Frohmader)
Le Plan (1999) (with Maurice Dantec)
Schizotrope, the Life And Death of Marie
Zorn (1999) (with Maurice Dantec)
Oblique Sessions II (2000) (with Pascal Comelade)
Schizotrope III (2001)
Events & Repetitions (2002)
Tranzition (2004)
Metatron (2006)
Single Collection 1972 - 1980 (2007)
Keio Line (2008) (with Merzbow)
French synthesist and experimentator, leader of Heldon. Pinhas is a very interesting character who participated in many French electronic, progressive and experimental projects. His albums are classics and well worth hunting. On some tracks the whole Heldon lineup is featured, some tracks are solo Pinhas work. His importance for the French electronic scene cannot be overestimated. His electronic guitar playing style is reminiscent of Robert Fripp, and there's no wonder - Pinhas is a big fan of Fripp and King Crimson. But don't expect anything too derivative of KC or Mr. Fripp, because Pinhas very well has the style of his own. His specific vision of music together with his political and philosophical influences create truly unique experience and atmosphere.
See also: Heldon, Fluence, Ose, T.H.X., Dunn, Richard, Schizo.
Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish
You Were Here (1975)
I've included Floyd here mainly because of two tracks: "On the Run" from Dark Side of the Moon and "Welcome To the Machine" from Wish You Were Here. The former is a classic example of Electronic Music recorded in 1973, while the latter may also appeal to EM fans, although it features acoustic guitar and vocals, apart from ubiquitous synthesizers built in rhythmic sequenced pulses. Great panning effects and, overall, a very dramatic composition. There are many more albums by Pink Floyd, containing music that ranges from Psychedelic Rock (early albums) to Classic Progressive and Space Rock. The two albums listed above are, arguably, the best and for me represent the peak of their career. Great progressive works with sad atmosphere and melancholic lyrics.
Spells (??)
English musician and painter.
A Machine To Imagination (1997)
The Radioactive Planet (1998)
The Dream of Master Jarre (1999)
No Gravitation (2000)
Moon Dream (2002)
Hydrogene (2002)
Polish artist who tries to imitate the style of Jean-Michel Jarre. He is also known under pseudonyms "Artenius" and "Zibbon".
Spettri (1992)
Shin-On (1993)
Throw-Back (1995)
Alessandro Pizzin, a musician from Venice, has been making Electronic Music since the late 1970's. His sound is pretty minimal, repetitive and sometimes ambient or experimental. Apart from his solo work Pizzin is also known as a member of the group Ruins.
Planes (1974)
German electronic duo of Gregor Curten and Anselm Rogmans more or less in sedate atmospheric Cluster vein.
Planet Earth (1978)
Planet Earth consisted of Tristan Fry and Kevin Peek, two members of Prog band Sky. On this album you will find electronic Synth-Rock music with some cover versions and original compositions.
Space Station (2007) (S)
Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, Space Station is a cosmic, out-there improvisation of Philadelphia-based Yanni Papadopoulos (Casio DG-20 electronic guitar) and Charles Cohen (Buchla Music Easel synthesizer). Will be of interest to fans of early Krautrock / Kosmische Musik, Morton Subotnick and Sun Ra.
Planetarium One (1998)
Planetarium Music (2000)
Traditional Psychedelic Electronic Music
(2002)
Speachless (2002)
Alex Bundy's musical project inspired by early Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh and Cluster. Included in the above discography is music released under Alex's real name as well.
Plant Bach Ofnus (??)
Awst / Llwyd (1988) (S)
Weitharmonisch (1989) (S)
Symudiad Ymddangosol y Lleuad (1990)
Welsh band (Fiona Owen and Gorwel Owen) whose second full-length album contains four atmospheric, cosmic tracks dedicated to the phases of the Moon.
The Moon Wake Up (2005) (EP)
El Milagro de la Muerte (2008)
Hailing from Lima, Peru, Plenilunio is a moody atmospheric project from Richard Nossar (of Don Juan Natus and Throne of the Fallen fame). Rather melancholic but not so dark.
Ensayo Sobre Un Sonido (2000)
Stones Out! (2001)
H. P. Lovecraft's the Case of Charles Dexter Ward (2003)
Pluralis 4 (2006)
Space Music by Julio Javier Iglesias.
Render Bandits (1998)
Pluramon is Markus Schmickler and Render Bandits is his second album. It features ex-Can percussionist and the music is very much along the lines of Dusseldorf School. Certainly a must for fans of Cluster, Kreidler and such.
Blanche (1979)
Communication (1982)
Bass player of Prog band Wallenstein. He released a couple of solo electronic albums with a melodic / rhythmic style. The music is made on analogue equipment. The second album was released under the "Pluta Connexion" moniker.
Psychabuse (1995) (recorded in 1979 -
1985)
Autrement Qu'etre (1995) (with Tetsuo Furudate and Sumihisa Arima)
Autrement Qu'etre II (2000) (with Tetsuo Furudate and Sumihisa Arima)
This artist appeared on the scene in the mid 70's, going parallel route to German Klaus Schulze, playing floating sequenced Electronic Music, although the title (and the cover) of Psychabuse may suggest otherwise.
Transmigration (1999)
Black Hole
(2000)
Galaxy (2000)
Landscape (2001)
In Somnius (2001)
A project started in 1999 by German composer Christian Zumdick. From more or less traditional Electronic Music to symphonic New-Age / Classical and Space Rock / Bluesy stuff. The most spacey and electronic pieces of Poegs were released separately on a sampler CD called "Planet Frog: Space Ambient Flight" (2002).
Music Sky (1985)
Inventive electronic fusion of Pierre Henry and Heldon styles from this late enigmatic musician.
Synthy Synsation (1993)
Stan Przejsciowy (2001)
Moo'n'sequences (2004)
Re:Transmission (2005)
Background Stories (2008)
Polish synthesist Jakub Kmiec.
See also: Scamall
Bezombes-Rizet (1974)
Kotrill
(1975)
Inside the Dream (1975)
French electronic band with P. Besombes and J.L. Rizet. Rhythmic and at times experimental music, a little like Heldon perhaps.
See also: Besombes, Philippe
Expansion (2005)
Flux Echoes (2007)
Pollard/Daniel/Booth (2009) (with Michael Daniel and Phil Booth)
September 2009 Jams (2009) (with Michael Daniel and Phil Booth)
Live 26.09.2009 (2009) (with Michael Daniel and Phil Booth)
Time Out of Mind (2009) (with Free System Projekt and Hashtronaut)
Pollard/Daniel/Booth Vol.2 (2010) (with Michael Daniel and Phil Booth)
Analogue, sequencer music from Rogue Element synthesist. Brendan uses lots of classic instruments to craft EM compositions of monumental proportions. Take the opening track ("Tegula") from Expansion as an example. Spacey effects give way to multi-tracked Mellotron choirs. This is some subtle and at the same time epic stuff, like classic Tangerine Dream mixed with Mellotron playing from Schulze's Dune. The choirs are then replaced by the weeping flute. Low bass throb is joined by upbeat sequencing and Mellotron string textures. This could easily be an outtake from Ricochet concerts. The sound is rich and everything is carefully placed within the stereo range. Thankfully, Brendan uses healthy doses of reverb to make sure the sound is pleasantly "spacey". Those who like mid-1970's Tangerine Dream will drool over this track. The sequences mutate, yielding very interesting and sometimes weird results. I think that this is pretty much "the essence" of EM. I mean, Brendan really searches for new sounds here, while too many other contemporary EM composers often forget about this simple way of not becoming boring. One of the best sequencer EM pieces I've heard of late. "Toxic Blue" starts with Mellotron flute, before an excellent phased analogue pad enters. This is some music to die for! Mellotron choir plays a beautiful melody which is then replaced by echoing sounds and a Froesean Mellotron flute / string combination. Deep cello lines serve as an introduction to a sequenced section that starts slowly, gradually gaining momentum and dominating the second part of this epic piece. If you like heavy-duty sequencing and Mellotron - this is what you've been waiting for! "Nebulous" has that wonderful 1970's sci-fi feeling throughout, with analogue sounds, echoing whispers and Theremin-like effects. Sounds a bit like Schulze's "Moogetique" transferred into active regions of the cosmos. "Valve", on the other hand, will delight fans of the sequencer as it basically adopts the formula of TD's "Movements of A Visionary" (i.e. short introduction leading into a lengthy sequencer section). "Aquarius" is a short closer filled with water sounds and Mellotron flute / Fender piano. Some might argue that Expansion is one of the most unashamedly 1970-styled albums out there and although it's true in a sense, I also found it to be one of the strongest and most successful efforts in contemporary Neo-Prog EM. I am sure it will get a lot of spins around here.
See also: Rogue Element, Quadra.
Acaricia la Mañana (1984)
(recorded in 1976 - 1984)
Bload Stations Syntax Error (1986)
Cuenca (1988)
La Zona (1988)
Hoy Comemos Con Leonardo (1991)
Spanish musician Eduardo Polonio (ex-It) with solo albums of repetitive synth music. Born in Madrid in 1941, Eduardo is an accomplished composer and author of multiple works in the Electro-Acoustic, Classical, Rock and Experimental fields.
See also: It
Refuge (1995)
Omnon (1999)
Images (2001)
Traveller (2001) (with
Arbre Noir)
Dark Ambient from Ingo Lindmeier.
See also: Solaris
Polyphonics, The (Switzerland)
In Memory of Ganymed (1986)
A duo of Steve Hug and Roland Leibundgut, here presenting melodic synthesizer instrumental compositions, a bit in the style of 80's Tangerine Dream. After that they went Synth-Pop and released an album of songs, called Undulating Ways (1987).
See also: Hug, Steve
Planetenwind (1982)
Maschinenmensch
(1985)
Auf der Seidenstrasse
(1986)
Space Walks (1989)
Frohe Weihnacht (1993)
Transponder (2003)
Live In Berlin (2004)
Soundtracks (2005) (recorded in 1985 - 2005)
Bilder Einer Ausstellung (2008)
Gemalde Einer Vernissage (2009)
Electronic group from East Germany formed in 1979 by Wolfgang Fuchs and Harald Wittkowski. They played in planetariums quite a lot in a style influenced by the music of Tangerine Dream. After the release of 1989's Space Walks, Wittkowski left the group. Fuchs took his two sons Sascha and Frank on board and continued with Pond. Early albums are said to be quite interesting TD / Hammer style works. The 1985's Macshinenmensch was recorded in Chris Franke's studio.
Etosha (1985)
Tigers Are Brave
(1986)
Synthesist from California, USA. His works were produced by Peter Baumann and represent rather serene and quiet synthesizer atmospheres, with some prominent African influences. Probably nice, but nothing to write home about.
See aslo: Botanica
Audio Imagery (2001)
Synth Imagery (2002)
Rhythmic Space Music with a warm sound made on analog equipment. Jeffrey S. Pontius is a Kansas-based artist.
Individual Choice (1983)
Open Mind (1984)
Jean-Luc Ponty is a famous electric violin player and Fusion artist. In the 80's, he released some more electronically-oriented albums with still a fair bit of his Fusion sound in. He has a decent discography but the above two albums may be the most interesting ones for EM fans.
Pop Corn (1972) (S)
Jean-Michel Jarre under a pseudonym. Side one contains Jarre's version of Kingsley's hit, while side two has an alternate version of a track from Desterted Palace. "Jammie Jeferson" credited on the sleeve is actually Jean-Michel Jarre.
See also: Jarre, Jean-Michel
Affenstunde (1970)
In den Garten Pharaos
(1971)
Hosianna Mantra (1972)
Aguirre (1972) (soundtrack)
Seligpreisung (1973)
Einsjager & Siebenjager (1974)
Das Hohelieds Salomons (1975)
Letze Tage Letze Nachte
(1976)
Coeur de Verre (1976) (soundtrack)
Yoga (1976)
Bruder des Schattens (1978)
(soundtrack)
Nosferatu (1978) (soundtrack)
Die Nacht der Seele (1979)
Sei Stille, Wisse Ich Bin (1980)
Agape Agape (1982)
Fitzcarraldo (1982) (soundtrack)
Music From Werner Herzog's Film Soundtracks (1982)
Future Sound Experience (1983)
Spirit
of Peace (1985)
Cobra Verde (1987)
Gesang der Gesange (1988)
For You And Me (1991)
City Raga (1994)
On the Way To Himalaya (1996)
Shepherd's Symphony (1997)
Nicht Hoch Im
Himmel (1998)
Messa di Orfeo (1998)
Legendary German band led by keyboardist Florian Fricke who left this world in 2001. A real legend of Krautrock and World Music. The first couple of albums are electronic and said to be similar to Tangerine Dream from about the same period. After that, Fricke transformed his band into basically an acoustic ethnic outfit (legend says that Florian ditched his Moog after receiving an electric shock from it). As a kind of exception I decided to leave the non-electronic albums in, as they're still very interesting, spacey and mesmerizing works.
See also: Wiese, Klaus
Indian Ocean / Trail of the Sphinx (1981)
(S)
Through Veils
(1981)
Eve of Departure (1982)
Crossings (1983)
Traveler's Companion (1984)
Electronic duo of Stefan Tischler and Keith Walsh (Keeler).
See also: Tischler, Stefan, Keeler, Other Skies.
Portata Della Voce (1993)
Comparable to Nightmare Lodge.
Final Universe (??)
Space Tunes (1997)
80's style music from Mark Koslowski.
Lethargic Revelation (2000)
Gauze (2002)
Chiaroscuro (2003)
Sea-Green Series Chapter V (2004)
Marginal Existence (2005)
Raspad (2006)
Grey Eminence (2010)
Mostly Death Ambient music from Andrey Filimonov. Sea-Green Series Chapter V is a mini-CD that contains one 20-minute track, built of abstract looped sounds, voice samples, noisy bits and obscure atmospheres. This is the kind of stuff that works better when played on mid-to-low volumes. The track starts with a section consisting of looped sounds of the deep nature, conjuring up a doomy atmosphere. Something slightly resembling the sound of the church bell is also heard as well as the half-heard Russian spoken text. Creepy! After the 4 minute mark a more aggressive section starts that comes very close to Noise stylistically - very intense. There are some radio noises, unidentifiable sounds, creakings, industrial clangs and a reversed childish voice. The noisy elements get more intense and aggressive, retaining the dark edge. Sounds like a soundtrack to a genocide. Don't play this to your kids! The final section is surprisingly light, featuring atmospheres based on major chords, a bit reminding on Brian Eno even. Tinkling notes finish the track off in a somewhat minimalistic mood. It's a fine little piece of Dark Ambient that gets pretty noisy at places.
It Stands For Something Else (2008)
This artist states to be influenced by 1970's Electronic Music. While some of these influences are clearly discernible, the whole at times ends up sounding rather New Agey.
The Ghost Office (1980)
The Scythe (1981)
Here (1981)
Two Nights (1981)
A Gain (1982)
Where House (1982)
Recent History Vol.1 (1989)
Recent History
Vol.2 (1989)
See (1990)
And Then (2000)
Low Ground (2000) (with Jonathan Coleclough)
Minya (2000) (with Jonathan Coleclough and Andrew Chalk)
Behind Your Very Eyes (2003) (with Paul Bradley)
Jonathan Coleclough / Bass Communion / Colin Potter (2003) (with Jonathan
Coleclough and Bass Communion)
Shellfish In Kettleblack (2004) (with Phil Mouldycliff)
Confluence (2004) (with Paul Bradley)
Live (2005) (with Paul Bradley)
3 Eggs (2006) (with The Hafler Trio and Andrew Liles)
A Pressed On Sandwich (2006) (with The Hafler Trio)
It Was Like This (2006) (recorded in 1999 - 2006)
The Sights of the Drowned Fable (2007)
Bad Light (2009) (with Jonathan Coleclough)
Trajectories (2009) (with Phil Mouldycliff)
Colin Potter (born in 1952 in York) is one of the veteran UK synthesists who's been playing and performing EM since the late 70's, releasing his works on cassettes. His style gradually shifted from more direct / classic Electronic Music to ambient soundscapes with a dark twist.
See also: Ora, Dada Lives, Monos.
My Sediments Exactly (1987)
13 Drones (1997)
This is stark Electronic Music, quite experimental, with sequences. In a way similar to Conrad Schnitzler. Made on Serge, ARP 2600 and other classic artifacts...
The Long Hello Vol. 2 (1980) (with
Guy Evans)
Mountain Music (1983)
Sketches-In-Sound (1985)
Self Contained (1987)
The Blue Zone (1990)
New Europe - Rainbow Colours (1992)
Dreamworld (1996)
Nic Potter is former bass player of Van Der Graaf Generator. The Long Hello, a collaborative album recorded with Guy Evans has some percussive / rhythmic pieces in Ashra / Kraftwerk mould. Mountain Music contains diverse Electronic Music / Fusion material with nods to 80's Tangerine Dream. Nothing is known about the others, but I guess they continue where Mountain Music left off.
Other Worlds (2004)
Return (2005)
In A Hummingbird's Dream (2005)
Heart's Core (2005)
Horizon (2005)
Reflections (2005)
New Dawn (2006)
Door Beyond Time (2006)
Trance Meditation (2006)
Medicine Bag (2006)
Red Plains (2006)
Shaman's Dance (2006)
Impressions (2006)
Liquid Planet (2006)
Solar Nexus (2006)
Heat Waves (2006)
Everflow (2006)
Still of the Night (2006)
Fire Within (2007)
Touching the Space (2007)
Dream Spaces (2007)
In-Sense (2007)
Tantra Majik (2007)
Lunar Effect (2008)
Drift (2008)
Night Watch (2008)
Esoterica (2009)
Living Planet (2009)
Ambient artist from California who mixes electronics with acoustic / ethnic instruments like didgeridoo, flute, percussion etc. Music from the Steve Roach school of thought.
Cosmic Furnace (1973)
The Arp Family of Synthesizers (1973) (S) (with Dave Fredericks)
Air Pocket (1980)
Free Form Dance
Fusion (??)
Fossil Poets (2006)
Blue Note Ridge (2009)
Solo cosmic Electronic Music from member of Todd Rungren's Utopia. The Arp Family of Synthesizers EP has spoken narration about ARP synths with background music on side A and four compositions on side B.
Future Projects (1984)
Iceland (1986)
Convoy
(1989)
Another one of those countless pseudonyms of Claude Larson.
See also: Larson, Claude, Netzle, Klaus, Elmulab, Futura, Carlos, Special Touch, Logo 2000.
Between Past And Present (1989)
Myths And Memories (1993)
En-Trance (1995)
Receive (1998)
Short impressionistic electronic pieces with some World Music influences from this California-based artist.
Svetacjam (2007)
Mysterious Ritual Ambient influenced by Paganism, nature and myths of the Baltic region. A mixture of electronic soundscapes and folk instruments. A few voices, too.
P.R.Computer (1983)
Panta Rhei - Epilogus (1997) (recorded in 1976 - 1987)
P.R.Computer consisted of members of Progressive group Panta Rhei (Kalman Matolcsy, Andras Szalay and Alex Szalay) doing instrumental EM. The second album is released under the name of Panta Rhei but contains parts of the P.R.Computer album as well as unreleased material from that era which is in similar style. There are rumors that the band's keyboard player Kalman Matolcsy died in 2005. In their early years Panta Rhei were notable for Rock adaptations of Classical pieces (ala ELP). They used self-built synthesizers.
White Ashes (1995)
Obliteration (1997)
Hindenburg (1998)
Nocturnal Gates
of Incidence (2000)
Dark Stars Unfolding (2005)
Dark Ambient from Gerd Zaunig. Hindenburg has some symphonic-oriented material with vocals.
Foundation & Empire (1987)
Standstill (??)
Of Times And Places (1995)
Stranger In A
Strange Land (1995)
Electric Eyes of Man (2001)
Matter (2005)
Rhythmic, sequencer-full music by this veteran British synthesist of Indian origin. Ashok Prema has been a mainstay of British EM scene since the 1980's. His story begins a decade earlier when he started playing popular Indian music (including soundtrack themes) on a harmonium. However, in 1976 he heard Tangerine Dream's Phaedra which changed his musical life forever. The assembled an electronic studio and started releasing his music, first on cassettes and then switching to CD a few years later. He has collaborated with a few fellow musicians, including guitar player and synthesist Rob Jenkins.
Trianon (1993)
Metamorphosis (1994)
Order (1995)
Enochia #1: The Watchtower of Earth (1996)
Chris Prentice was the pseudonym of Christchurch-based synthesist and electronic musician Chris Orczy. Some of his works are in the style of Tangerine Dream (for instance, Metamorphosis), some more ambient and experimental. A bit later he also released works (both electronic and acoustic) under his own name.
See also: Orczy, Chris
X Factor (1982)
The Dreamer (1985)
Electromagnetism (??)
Four Million Years (1985)
Neologisms (1985)
New Music
For Cathedrals (1985)
Red Shift 2 (1985)
Active Resistors (1987)
Red Shift 3 (1987)
Red Shift 4 (1987)
Red Shift 5 (1987)
Thin Veils: Heaven In Hell (1987)
Walking In Slow Circles (1987)
Into the World (1987) (with Roger Moneymaker)
The Last Battle (1988)
A Fish Devoid of Memory (1988) (with Hal McGee)
Studies In Static & Stasis (1988)
The Depths of Proficiency (1988)
Prague Spring (1988)
Without Direction (1989)
Whispering Wendy (??) (with A. Bohman)
Concentration / Combination (1989)
GMP (1989) (with Goldberg and Margolis)
Feedback (??) (with Montgomery, Chocolak and
Thomasius)
Iancu Dumitrescu / David Prescott (1989) (with Iancu Dumitrescu)
From Chance To Probability (1989)
Post Traumatic Stress (1990)
Untitled (1990) (recorded in 1988 - 1990)
Epicentres / Still Life With Boiling Water (??) (with Iancu Dumitrescu)
Synthesist from Boston, USA. I know that Without Direction contains two long tracks of quite chaotic sounds (no wonder with a title like this!). Can be compared to some of Hal McGee stuff, maybe. Some of the other albums have classic synth excursions that remind on Klaus Schulze.
See also: Alien Planetscapes, Ambient Complot, Mid-Cult Matrix.
Electromantic (1982)
A Padlas (1987)
Stala Sa Nam
Laska (1989) (with Burciak)
Csak Dalok (1994)
Kis Tortenetek (1996)
Kepzelt
Riport Egy Amerikai Popfesztival (1998) (with Anna Adamis)
A Zeneszerzo (1998)
Angyalok Es
Emberek (1999)
A Zeneszerzo 2 (2001)
A Zeneszerlo 3 - Szerelmes Dalok (2002)
Koncert (2003)
A Zeneszerlo 4 - Legszihazibb Dalai (2004)
T12enketto (2006)
Ex-member of Progrock band Locomotiv GT. The first album contains slow flowing electronic tracks with not much variety.
Alien (1985) (with Michael Mantler)
Vile Foamy Ectoplasm (1993) (recorded in 1967 - 1981)
Music From Blood Dinner & Other Films (2001)
Io Landscapes (2001)
Transformation (2001)
The Inner Realities of Evolution
(2003) (with Akashic Ensemble)
Works (2007)
One of the pioneers of Electronic Music, Don Preston used synths onstage playing live with Frank Zappa and John Lennon. He played with many more famous and not-so-famous musicians and collaborated on the soundtrack for the film "Apocalypse Now". His own albums are supposedly in classic EM style but also quite experimental.
Blue (1995)
The Ambient Field (??)
The Intimate Sphere (??)
The Healing Circle (1996) (with Matthew Manning)
The Mechanics of Descent (1998)
The October Child (2000)
Angel (??) (with
Justin Chubb)
Raphael Preston was the engineer of Vangelis on Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. His own music often leans towards New Age aesthetics and, therefore, not interesting for serious EM fan. Blue, The Ambient Field, The Mechanics of Descent and The October Child are said to be quite good, though.
Insect Mechanics (1994)
Missing
Time (??)
UK synthesist with a fairly sequencer-based style.
Melody And Madness (2002)
Sedimental Journey (1985)
Tone Poems
(1988)
Conjunction (1990)
Idyllatry (2005)
Psychedelic soundscapes from ex-Tuxedomoon bass player whose real name is Peter Dachert.
Destiny (1998)
Beyond My Ice (1999)
Trance Flares (2001)
Neuromatic Visions (2002)
Fairy Dazzles (2002)
Melodic, easy-listening electronics with Pop and Techno / Trance influences from this Milan-based artist. Not sure how much of this music would actually qualify as "Electronic Prog", but the influences from the great masters are present in his compositions.
Nocturnal Earthworm Stew (1976)
Unexplored Ether (1977)
David Pritchard was the first Canadian artist to sign for the Island label and, amazingly, his debut featured interesting electronic compositions, playful and diverse. Sadly, David died in 2005. Note that there's also a California-based acoustic guitarist with the same name.
Argo Navis (2005)
Deathwanderings (2005)
Residual Tides (2005)
Astral Birth (2006)
A Summerhaze Array For August Nights (2007)
Lunar Transit (2007)
The Cold Gloaming (2007)
Saltwater And Glassmoon (2008)
Diverse project by this mysterious character who calls himself "Derek". Runs a gamut of styles from minimalistic Black Metal to acoustic compositions and concrete textures, to ambient soundscapes. Only his ambient recordings are included in the discography.
The Divination of Souls (1992)
The
Sorrowful Scent of Funeral Flowers (1993)
The Seal of Xastur (1994) (S)
In Death's Silent Embrace (1997) (S)
Epitaph of Shattered Dreams
(1998)
The Serenity of Endless Graves (1998)
Ages In Dust (1999)
A Cast In the Mould of the Ancients
(2003)
Dark American band in Doom Ambient / Death Ambient mould.
See also: Raven's Bane
Profound As A Thousand Nights (Belgium)
Profound As A Thousand Nights (2003)
Abysmal (2004)
Brooding.
See also: Nether
Sintesis Digital (1983)
Acropolis
(1985) (S)
Ashes (1999)
Phoenix (2003)
This group was formed in 1983 in Barcelona by Carlos Guirao and Jose Antonio Lopez Ibanez aka Joseph Loibant. On the first album they are aided by Jose Maria Ciria. Ashes was done by just the duo of Loibant and Jose Ciria and contains Kraftwerk-like music, albeit more organic.
See also: Guirao, Carlos, Loibant, Joseph, Ciria, J.M.
Project Moonbeam (2008)
Chris Fournier formerly known as Fonya. Electronic / Progressive crossover.
See also: Fonya, Centric Jones.
Project the Three (Czech Republic)
Antimother (2003)
Ambient soundscapes from Michael Cihak, R. Senkyr and V. Jenicek. Somewhat dark.
Space Groove (1998)
This is one of King Crimson side projects. The line-up is Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew and Trey Gunn. The music is basically Fripp's soundscapes but with added drums and guitar synth. Pretty experimental mixture of Fripp's solo works, Gong and Tangerine Dream. Some of the pieces are just plain percussion, some pure soundscapes.
See also: Fripp, Robert
Mysterious Vibration (1991)
11:11 (1992)
Newtime (1992)
Tak Ze (1994) (S)
Project Erde 3 (1996) (with Erik Berglund)
Ambient. Projekt Erde are Christoph Hausmann and Martin Stark.
See also: Hausmann
Impressionen (1995)
Traveller of the
Universe (1996)
Traume Am Meer (1998)
Electric Voyage (2000)
Dreams of Meditation (2001)
Power of Life (2001)
Your World (2004) (with Erich Schauder)
A duo of Uwe Brameier and Volker Flottmann. Some works are melodic and rhythmic, some slow, but always retaining the melodic edge.
The Chasing of Events (??)
Early
Works (??)
Teraenid (??)
Tetrae / Aeder (??)
Aerthae (??)
Ambient / Dark.
Hermeneutic Music (1988)
The Secret Convention
(1989)
The Garden (1995)
My Fantastic VCA (1995)
Freak Noise Two (1995) (recorded in 1991)
No Move No (1996) (recorded in 1992 - 1996)
Materia Prima (1996) (recorded in 1993 - 1996)
Capture of the Beast (1997) (recorded in 1986 - 1993)
My Beautiful LFO (1992)
ESTCA (1997) (recorded in 1984 - 1986)
Medi-Terra (2000) (recorded in 1979 - 1981)
Arygrondoma (2000) (recorded in 1981 - 1983)
Experimental, surreal, abstract music. Very often quite dark. Propeller Island is German synthesist and sound sculptor Lars Stroschen who has been collecting sounds and experimenting with synthesizers in his studio since the 1970's. Apart from music, Lars is also very much interested in visual arts and sculpture.
See also: Tonart
Noumena & Phenomena (1992)
Strange Geographie (1999)
Ambient on DiN label by a Halifax-based duo of Stefan Bojczuk (synths and arr.) and Matt Shaw (samplers and processing). Stefan got some interest in Electronic Music already in the 1970's. Meeting Ian Boddy (another synthesizer enthusiast), Stefan discovered they had common interests, so they locked themselves into a studio, doing plenty of experimenting with analogue synths. After that, Steve played in Rock / New Wave bands. However, his own experiments continued and in 1990 he met Matt (who was very much into sample-based music at that time). Their collaboration yielded some results that are documented on Protogonos albums.
Epsilon (2001)
Inner Travelling
(2002)
During the last several years a certain number of projects that specialize in copying the Laserdance sound popped up. In other words, these bands create Space Disco music, or Instrumental Synth Disco, whatever you call it. This is probably the best one I've heard. The difference between this and other Laserdance copyists is that Protonic Storm doesn't add the annoying Techno beat to the trademark Space Disco sound. In my opinion, this is a good thing, because Space Disco is Space Disco, and this should it be in the future, too. This form of easy-listening electronic music doesn't need no stupid House rhythms to sound cool. I encourage all Laserdance fans to check out Protonic Storm.
Proxyon (1989)
Interplanetary
Mission (1992)
The Return of Tarah (1993)
Space Disco. For Laserdance fans.
Antimatter (2003)
Industrial Love (2007)
Contaminated Area (2009)
Rather traditional-style Electronic Music with slight Techno influences from this synthesist.
The Cinematic Mind (1992)
The Unknown
Frontier (1993)
Mythomusic (1997)
The Garden (2000)
Eternal Angel
(2003)
Azhdark Passion (2004)
Theatre des Vampires (2006)
Ambiethernum (2008)
Fantasynth (2009)
Melodic EM with symphonic and ethnic influences from Spanish musician Salva Moreno. Rather accessible stuff.
23 (2001)
Heat (2002)
China Radio
Sunshine (2003)
Vox (2007)
Todd Fletcher's alter ego.
See also: Fletcher, Todd
The Extasie (1994)
Send (1997)
Psychomuzak is Dean Carter. The approach is similar to Inventions For Electric Guitar by Manuel Goettsching but with an obvious modern twist. It can be also compared to other artists, for instance, Michael Garrison, although Psychomuzak is wilder.
Psychophysicist (1996)
Dark Ambient on Side Effects label. Psychophysicist is a collaboration between Adi Newton (Clock DVA) and Andrew MacKenzie (The Hafler Trio).
See also: Clock DVA
In Dreamshow (1991) (with Mengrad)
Visions of Shadow (1995)
Gehörgänge (2002)
A duo of Siegfried Fischer and Dirk Grützmann (from Temps Perdu?).
See also: Temps Perdu?
Pollen (1975)
The Strands of the Future
(1976)
Halloween (1977)
Bienvenue Au Conseil D'Administration (1980)
Gorlitz (1989)
Memory Ashes (2007)
Legendary French group that mixed spacey Symphonic Rock with Electronic Music ala Tangerine Dream. I have Halloween and it's a real classic. Bienvenue... was rereleased on CD by Musea in 2001 and as a bonus contains "Melodie Boreale" from 1986, a solo electronic work of Jacques Roman (Pulsar keyboardist), originally only available on cassette.
See also: Roman, Jacques
Pulse Programming (1999)
Rhythmless Ambient sculptures from Joel Kriske and Marc Hellner.
Perichoresis (2007)
Clinical Ambient / Isolationism from the duo of Mike Blenkarn and Brooke Johnson (both from the Industrial Black Metal band The Axis of Perdition).
Purcell, Stephen (Australia??)
Seeing Eye (??)
Ambient. I think Stephen Purcell was a member of Power Electronics / Experimental formation Psy.Phalanx.
Nachtmuziek
(1982)
Spheres of Pole (1983)
Songs of the Earth (1984)
Sterrenstukken (1985)
Pralayabyrinth (1985)
Belgian Electronic Music group formed in the late 1970's by Rudd Rondou and Marc Creemers. In 1977, Mark De Wit joined them. Sometimes they were assisted by Chris Carlier. In the 80's, they released several cassettes with ambiental Electronic Music and deep cosmic synths. They also gave several performances using analogue instruments only.
See also: Rhea
Calcium Waves (1998)
Andy Russell and Mark Keen.
Pyramid (1976)
Flowing, monolithic slab of Electronic Music from this obscure project. Somewhat similar to Tangerine Dream with Sympho elements and a "Kraut / Kosmische" vibe.
Atmosphere (1998)
Ocean Drive
(1999)
Random Events (2000)
Fish'n Love (2001)
Caveland (2005)
Evolution (2007)
Electronic trio of Axel Stupplich (Axess), Uwe Denzer and Andreas Morsch. Music in the style of Tangerine Dream, i.e. Berlin School electronics.
See also: Axess, Digital Dream, Rotten, Andrew.
Inland (1979)
Ausland (1981)
Wunderland (1984)
Traumland (1987)
Pyrolator is Kurt Dahlke who has also worked with Der Plan. First album is repetitive synth with a slight New Wave feel. Subsequent albums, such as Ausland (1981) and Wunderland (1984) delved deeper into the Industrial / New-Wave weird sampling music in Der Plan / The Residents vein.
Journey To the Vast
Unknown (1980)
After the Silence (1981)
So It Goes / She And Her Shadow (1983) (S)
This electronic band was formed in the late 1970's by Rene de Haan (who had naturally got some interest in synthesizer music prior to forming Pythagoras) and Bob de Jong (a drummer who worked in a music shop in Hague). Their first album sold pretty well for an instrumental EM recording. Pythagoras' style is characterized by the use of rich symphonic passages, sequences and string synths and is quite cosmic overall. The second album incorporated some Progrock influences. Apparently there exists a bootleg recording of a concert in Papendrecht in 1983.