Mission: Critical (1999)
Progressive / symphonic electronics from Chuck Pedersen out of Jacksonville, Florida. Comparable to Amin Bhatia.
B'Kai (2005)
Massa Di Requiem Per Shuggay (2006)
Obscure Medieval Ambient with Black undertones.
Crystallization (1978)
Fat cosmic electronics by this obscure project.
Saccomani, Jean-Pierre (France)
The Four Seasons (1999)
Music For
Time (2002)
Equilibre Thermique de l'Igloo (2003) (with Jean-Luc Berthelot)
Voyage Intersideral En Nimbus (2004)
French synthesist who mainly creates serene electronic soundscapes. Comparable to Tales at places.
LiVE (2006)
A collaboration between Sylken, Anomalous Disturbances and URM. Ambient atmospheres with some hints of the Berlin School.
See also: Sylken, Anomalous Disturbances.
Crows Awaiting Murder (2003)
Gloomy, dark ambience.
Strange Places (2006)
To the Undying Lands (2006)
Hello, Mr Edison (2007)
SAIEM To the 4 (2007)
SAIEM is the "Anglo-Irish School of Electronic Music". A loose-knit community of electronic musicians, founded by Richard Barton (Event Horizon) and Eugene Nugent (Clockwork Accordian). Also joined by Jeff Barton (Health Hazard) on the album "To the Undying Lands". The two albums so far produced were created by transmission of various files by Email, to and from the musicians involved, and were then mixed onto a master 8 track digital recorder, then mixed down into a 2 track stereo mix. None of the musicians performed together at any point. (text used with permission)
See also: Barton, Richard, Event Horizon.
Atlantis (1977)
To Be Or Not (1980)
Le Piano d'Abigail (1983)
Phytandros
(1991)
Atlantis contains fusion-y / funky Prog compositions with enough electronic elements to keep fans of EM happy. It's one of the least accessible works by Saint-Preux. The 1980 album is electronic / Rock interpretations of Classical compositions. Saint-Preux plays synthesizers backed by a Rock group, including Bernard Paganotti (Magma) on bass. I think it will appeal to fans of Space and Jean-Michel Jarre. The title track is a real sequencer feast. I'd just take those all-too prominent drums out of the mix to be able to enjoy the pulsations in their full glory. Phytandros is quite avant-garde symphonic / electronics. There are plenty of other albums by this artist that represent light airy piano works mixed with some electronics. I try to list his EM-related works here.
Prefiero El Naranja (1984)
Musica Esporadica (1985) (with Glen Velez and others)
En La Piel del Cruce (1986)
Confidencias (1987)
Cronica De Castas (1990) (with Jorge Reyes)
Simbolos
(1991)
Al Filo de lo Imposible (1992)
Hypnotics (1992)
Mirror of
Pollution (1993)
El Detective y la Muerte (1995) (soundtrack)
Un Hombre Oscuro (1995)
Africa (1996) (soundtrack)
Katuwira (1998) (soundtrack)
Al Filo de lo Imposible Vol. 2 (1998)
Quartet (1998)
El Milagro de P.Tinto (1998) (soundtrack)
Novios (1999) (soundtrack)
El Juego de Luna (2001) (soundtrack)
El Cuaderno de Petalos de Elefante (2002) (with Diego Vasallo)
The Box of the Insomniac Songs (2006) (recorded in 1992 - 2006)
Electronic guitar with a very spacey sound.
See also: Suspended Memories
Thousand Knives (1978)
Tokyo Joe (1978) (with Kazumi Watanabe)
Summer
Nerves (1979)
B-2 Unit (1980)
Left
Handed Dream (1981)
End of Asia (1982)
Coda (1983)
Furyo (1983) (soundtrack)
Favourite Visions (1983)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) (soundtrack)
Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia (1984)
Esperanto (1985)
Piano One
(1985)
Futurista (1986)
Future Boy (1986)
Adventures In Chatran (1986) (soundtrack)
Media Bahn Live
(1986)
The Last Emperor (1987) (soundtrack)
Aile
de Honneamise (1987) (soundtrack)
Neo Geo (1987)
Asian Games (1988) (with Bill Laswell)
Playing the Orchestra (1988)
Grouppo Musicale (1989)
A Handmaid's Tale (1989) (soundtrack)
Beauty (1990)
The Arrangement (1990) (with Robin Scott)
The
Sheltering Sky (1990) (soundtrack)
The Fantasy of Light & Life (1990)
Heartbeat (1991)
High Heels (1991) (soundtrack)
Tokyo Joe (1991) (with Kazumi Watanabe)
Wuthering Heights (1992) (soundtrack)
Little Buddha (1993) (soundtrack)
Wild Palms (1993) (soundtrack)
Sweet Revenge
(1994)
Sweet Revenge Tour (1994)
Love And Hate (1994)
Smoochy (1995)
1996 (1996)
Discord (1997)
Snake Eyes (1998) (soundtrack)
Love Is the Devil (1998) (soundtrack)
BTTB (1998)
Sampled Life (1999)
Cinemage (2000) (recorded in 1997)
Gohatto (2000) (soundtrack)
L.O.L. (2000)
Zero Landmine (2001)
CM/TV (2002) (recorded in 1977 - 1998)
Comica (2002)
Minha Vida Como Un Filme (2002) (soundtrack)
Elephantism (2002)
Femme Fatale (2002) (soundtrack)
Vrioon (2002) (with Alva Noto)
Sakura No Koro
(2002)
Derrida (2003) (soundtrack)
A Day In New York (2003)
Mototronic (2003)
Chasm (2004)
04 (2004)
Insen (2005) (with Alva Noto)
Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005) (soundtrack)
05 (2005)
Bricolages (2006)
Cendre (2007) (with Fennesz)
Tony Takitani (2007)
Ocean Fire (2008) (with Willits)
Out of Noise (2009)
One of the most important electronic musicians to come out of Japan (born in 1952) and certainly one of the most prolific film composers from that country. Ryuichi Sakamoto was a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late Seventies and early Eighties, but he has also composed numerous solo works as well as participated in many collaborations. His works vary in style considerably, so try anything at your own risk. For YMO fan I can recommend his early stuff, while some of his soundtracks are obviously of the orchestral variety and do not relate to EM per se, although if you're a fan, surely you'd want all of them. For those interested in the Japanese electronic scene Ryuichi Sakamoto is a must. Hardcore synth fans will want to skip the following: Summer Nerves (an album of Disco / Tropical-style music), End of Asia (made as a collaboration with an acoustic ensemble), Coda (this one contains piano versions of his soundtrack to "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence") and a few of his newer ones (one should be careful with RS' recent work as he often strays into styles that all have very little to do with EM). Of course, one should also be careful with his soundtracks (for the said reason). By the way, some of the soundtracks were not fully composed by RS but feature other artists as well. Note that there was also a Japanese (and a more complete) version of Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia which was called Ongakuzukan.
See also: Yellow Magic Orchestra
Electronic
Virtuosity (1969)
Electronique et Stereophonie (1969)
(with Harald Genzmer)
Resonanzen (1970)
Elektronische Impressionen (1979)
Electronic
Kaleidoscope (1983)
My Fascinating Instrument (1990)
Subharmonische Mixturen (1994)
Music played on Trautonium. Not only a historical curiosity, but also very interesting musically. Oskar Sala (1910 - 2002) was one of the EM pioneers who used this wonderful instrument invented in the 1930's for many theatre scores and film soundtracks, as well as for original compositions. He is also known as the man who created sound effects for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963). Oskar Sala died in February, 2002, aged 91.
Musica Phantastica (1976)
Klangszenen (1982)
Electronic Pictures (2004)
Dieter Salbert is a Classical composer who has scored a host of works for chamber orchestra, as well as choir, sax, clarinet and other instruments. These are two Electronic Music albums released by this artist in 1976 and 1982, respectively. The lineup for the first one is: Dieter Salbert - composer, synthesizer; Alrun Zahoransky - voice. Klangszenen was recorded with the following people: Dieter Salbert - composer, synthesizer; Alrun Zahoransky - voice, vocoder, harmonizer; Mathias Sorof - guitars; Wolfgang Grotjan - drum-synthi, percussion; Hans-Peter Schier - keyboards, synthesizer; Hans Neumann - bass, engineer.
True Dreams (2003)
Collection
(2003) (recorded in 1993 - 2003)
Karoliina Salminen (born in 1974) composes music which is strongly influenced by early Jean-Michel Jarre (circa Oxygene / Equinoxe).
Biologia Electronica (??)
Nebula (??)
Born in 1957 in Arbucies, Girona, David Salvans is Catalan composer with a wide range of influences. He worked in a broad variety of styles including EM. I am not sure how much of his discography actually contains music which will be of interest to readers of EEM, but these two supposedly do. There may be others as well.
4 Cadavres Exquis (2002)
Rude Awakening (2004)
Douglas Basement (2006)
3 Synapses (2008)
Synth duo. Pretty dark, improvised EM. From the press-kit (used with permission): "The 4 cadavres exquis started with two musicians, Eric Fillion and Sylvain Lamirande, and their idea to merge their musical divergences, progressive-rock on one side and improvisation on the other to compose a musical dialog. Countless re-improvisations, collages and sound montages were superposed to an improvised musical canvas. They wanted this exchange to be without pre-established structural constraints, at levels such as harmonies, rhythms or melodies for example. Even though the sound of this project is influenced by contemporary electronic music and "space music" from the 1970s, the two musicians' styles, both quite different from each other, blend to create a whole that is coherent, has its own life, and defenitely belongs to this century." You can read reviews here and here.
Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (??)
The Samizdat is an improvised acoustic guitar / synth duo of Jeff Loomis and Vincent Presley (who replaced Jeremy Hollister). They are influenced by Fripp & Eno, as well as the early Krautrock / Electronic bands. I suggest that you also check out Jeff Loomis' solo stuff which, although not EM, is some interesting textural stuff done on acoustic guitar.
Antigravitation (1986)
Extraterrestrials
(1989)
Antigravitation is mostly piano playing with a few synth injections, as well as vocal improvisations by Samoilov. Extraterrestrials starts as a piano solo and then transforms into pure synth weirdness. A totally unique style. Sadly, Samoilov died at the time of his second LP release.
The Laurentian Divide (2002)
Sounds Good On Paper (2003)
Mechanically Separated (2003)
Dark Ambient by Nathan Larson. Mechanically Separated is a sampler that contains various alternative versions, b-sides and rare tracks.
Samshuijzen, Sam (Netherlands)
Onder Ede (1980)
Samshuijzen & Davies (1981) (with R. Davies)
Eplee (1999)
Analogic 3 (1999)
Kaal (1999)
Buit (2000)
Bin (2000)
Zongs For the Platypus (2000)
Wavlov (2001)
Boven Water (2002)
Foresee (2002)
Vacuum Energy (2002)
Mental Models (2002)
Nano Jazz (2002)
De Gek Zei Ik (2002)
Regel Maat (2002)
Rimpel (2003)
Imps (2003)
Pollen (2003) (EP)
Mutated Reincarnations (2003)
Lake Shock (2004)
Stracks (2004)
Global Warning (2004)
Achterland (2004)
Self-MUXilation (2004)
Achterland (2004)
Reap (2007)
In 1978, this electronic musician played keys and electronics in Progrock band "Kracq". The band had one LP issued named "Circumvision". The style was very diverse with strong zappaesque flair. After that, Sam Samshuijzen went solo within more experimental realms. Self-MUXilation is one his numerous collections of varied songs. It starts with an improvisation done on a Synthi A with sequencer. It's called "Simple" and boy does it live up to its title! Laid-back rhythmic bleeps and a rather basic lead line is all we hear throughout its 3-minute length. Not that I didn't wnjoy it, though, just the contrary. I thought it was great - so raw and organic. "Walk True" was made using natural resonance. It's basically just abstract noise and textures. "AltShift" has an upbeat melodic theme supported by steady hi-hats and weird sequences. "Nova Nova Zembla" consists of metallic sounds and interesting vocal transformation experiments. Curious stuff. Towards the end, the track becomes more intense, chaotic and noisy. This one might appeal to fans of Electroacoustic music. "Piano Winti" is absolutely crazy fast piece made with a computer tracker program. If piano played super-fast by a machine sounds like an attractive idea to you, chances are high that you will like this. "Record Nothing" - this is what silence sounds like, amplified with a computer. What a disgusting sound! Thank God our ears don't hear THIS! And I am happy that this track is soon over. "The Sleeping Fox" is a computer-based piece of an ambient nature, with lots of funny samples, voice cut-ups and a sustained background synth tone / pad. "nr485144" is pure joke - 11 seconds of silence. What! Only 11 seconds? John Cage wins, I'm afraid. :-) "Fear Facts 5" is next. Hmmm... Sam surprises once again. This one sounds like an overdriven Heavy Metal song (a sample of Fear Factory was used). Heck, I am starting to like this guy! "Nervous Wreck" is filled with super-cheesy but heavy sequences and other crazy and funky interjections. Sounds like a 80's cop theme played by a guy with a few cheesy samples and a computer at his disposal. "Klass" consists of manipulated orchestral samples only. Pretty bombastic stuff. Great for digital fetishists I guess. "Final NZ" is mostly atmospheric choir recordings with changing tape speed. The results are pretty eerie I must admit. "Number Televen" is sample-based Fusion with odd orchestral / voice interjections. "Oude Tijd" is so strange, I'm still thinking how to describe it. A soundtrack to a clumsy walk of a 1-year old would probably be the best description of it. Honestly, it's nothing but very very funny and cheesy sounds and melodies. How to describe Self-MUXilation? Take Frank Zappa's sense of humour and apply it to computer / experimental music and you pretty much have what this collection of tracks is all about. I enjoyed it. If you like Experimental EM, get this.
Golem (1974)
Ultrasonic Seraphim (1996)
(recorded in 1974)
Golem was produced by Klaus Schulze and is a very strange electronic work with folky elements. Ultrasonic Seraphim was released by David Tibet (Current 93) and Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) and contains the whole Golem album, plus some alternative versions of Sand tracks. Warning: some tracks on this release actually have nothing to do with Sand. Nevertheless, I recommend that you buy it, that is, if you can find it, of course.
Sons of the Light (1991)
The New Kingdom
(1995)
Solemnis (1997)
Suite Patagonia (2000)
Visualia (2003)
Indalo (2003) (with Max Corbacho)
Ad Libitum
(2004)
Intro (2006)
Piano Textures (2007)
Ambessence Piano & Drones (2008) (with Mathias Grassow)
Auralspace (2009)
Piano Textures 2 (2009)
Cromo (2010) (with Mathias Grassow)
Bruno Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. He now resides in Barcelona, Spain. Orchestral electronics. Like Vangelis, although with ethnic touches.
Take Off (1978)
Antonio Sanguiliano's music can be described as Tangerine Dream-like electronics, but also Classically inspired.
The Journey (1995)
Origin (1996)
Essence (1996)
Initiation (1997)
Radiance (1998)
Transparent (2001)
Fragments (2004)
Tales From the Land of Os (2005)
Ambient and Trance, psychedelic electronics. Sanjiva is Charles Roux.
Ceremony (2003)
Ambient trio (Sean Carroll, Brian Goodhue and Jeff Sampson) from Massachusetts. Drifting, sublime and dark.
See also: Kepheus
Tones For LaMonte (2008)
Drone Ambient released by Forrest Fang under a pseudonym.
See also: Fang, Forrest
Into Light (1999)
Paramythos (2000)
Immaculate Conceptions (2001)
Inner Beauty (2001)
Coffee Culture (2005)
Space Music by Stephanie Sante. On Coffe Culture she started incorporating modern club / Chillout elements into her music.
Synthesized Electrons (1976)
This album was recorded in Germany using ARP 2600, Roland SH-2000, Farfisa Syntorchestra, Armon piano and sequencer. It contains electronic interpretations of Bach's compositions. Jon Santo is a physician and musicologist who studied at the universities of Cologne and Copenhagen.
Saratoga Space Messengers (UK)
Surf (1976) (S)
A single released by Tim Blake under another moniker. The second track, titled "Saratoga Space Sound" consists of bird songs only. Blake's voice appears in the intro to the first side.
See also: Blake, Tim
Mysük (1991)
Stuur (1997)
Sa[e]nds (1997)
Sailend G.A.S.D. (1998)
Wueste Scheuer (1999)
Distend Rooms (2002)
Intar (2002)
Idyll (2004)
Dark Ambient / Isolationism from this East German ensemble formed in Dresden in 1987.
Sator Absentia (France / Sweden)
Mercurian Orgasms (2000)
Fluid Artefacts (2001)
The True Meaning of Golgotha (2003)
ExisTime (2006)
Cinematic Dark Ambient with electric violin from Cedric Codognet and Fredrik Bergstrom. The third album called The True Meaning of Golgotha is more diverse musically and incorporates Industrial and Folk influences plus vocals.
See also: Asmorod
Contemptus Mundi (2008)
Kanashibari (2008)
Satori was formed in the early 1980's. The band consists of Neil Chaney of Pessary and Justin Mitchell - the owner of Cold Spring Records. Early works were noisy and industrial. It was on their later efforts (listed) that they developed a dark, opressive ambient style.
See also: Pessary
Invisible Rhythm (1995)
A short-lived Tribal Ambient collective of Crystal Michelle Rayburn and Barry Stramp with Joel Young on percussion. Bill Laswell collaborates on one track.
Universal Fruit (1994)
Another Fine Mess (1994)
Lifesigns (1995) (S)
Non-Specular Reflections (2002)
Plugged (2003)
Satsuma Nightmare is a Leicester-based collective of musicians formed circa 1983 by Alan Stocker (synths) and Bill Henderson (guitar and synths). Right from the beginning they sought to recreate the classic sound of German analogue Electronic Music known today as the Berlin School. Their biggest inspiration was and remains to this day the music of Tangerine Dream, as is quite obvious from their name. They played some live gigs in the early 1980's, which were definitely recorded but supposedly not released in any form. Jon Humphries arrived with his guitar playing but left as soon as 1984. However, the duo continued until 1987 when they decided to call it quits and devote themselves to other commitments. In the 1990's, the group returned, having sold all of their analogue gear and, switching to the then modern digital equipment, released a few tapes. This time, however, the line up included only Stocker and a new guitarist Jon Angell. Satsuma Nightmare still exists as of 2010, recording music, some of which is available for downloading.
See also: Stocker, Alan
La Detente Par La Musique (1988)
Serenite
(1989)
La Ceremonie De L'Oiseau (1989)
La Respiration Consciente (1990)
Migrations
(1990)
Le Songe Du Temps (1991)
Eleusis (1992)
Time Dreaming (1994)
Tristesse (1995)
Nomad (1997)
Paul Sauvanet was born in 1950. He received formal music education at the conservatories of Bordeaux and Paris. During the 1970's, he became interested in the European Electronic Music of artists like Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream and later he was able to combine those influences with his Classical / Jazz roots. I suppose his main output can be classified as (more or less) Ambient music with sometimes an Eno / Roach feel.
Stationary Dance / Sensible Music (1981)
(S)
The
Neorealist (1982)
A group led by Kerry Leimer. Mostly Eno-like ambience with some weird touches like various sampled noises, looped rhythms and so on.
See also: Leimer, Kerry
Music On the Moon (2007)
Sweet Dreamy Space (2008)
Dreamy, sci-fi-like Electronic Music, mostly beatless and flowing.
Help Me / Space Police (1977) (S)
Music composed by P. Senneville and O. Touissant, arranged and performed by Roland Romanelli. In the style of Space.
See also: Romanellli, Roland, Space.
Childhood (1982)
Igor Savin is mostly known for his YU Disco Express album from 1979 that mixed funky Disco sound with Balkan motifs, as well as from his work for television, radio and theatre plays. However, he also released this little-known obscure ambient work played on analogue synthesizers.
Synthetic Dreams (2001)
1st Encounter (2003)
This artist mixes traditional Electronic Music with more modern trends.
Naif Music (1998)
Comunicare (2006)
Quiet Electronic Music from BIOnighT member. Performed with almost no use of sequencers. The first album is currently available only for those who order directly from the author. Comunicare is much more sequencer-based, although not in typical Berlin School mode, but in a very personal way. This album is much more active and not so "quiet".
See also: BIOnighT
Innerseed (1998)
Silent Mars (2000) (with
John Lakveet)
Binary Secrets (2001)
Analogical Confessions (2002)
Facta (2002)
About A Tree (2003)
Twelve Stories (2004)
Crosswords (2005)
Necessary Fears (2006)
Spanish synthesist (born in 1965) and member of AT-Mooss. Berlin School sequential electronics. Very good, indeed. Scab doesn't simply copy the classic Tangerine Dream sound, but adds his own sounds and leaves enough space for experimentation.
See also: AT-Mooss, Cosmic Ni.
A World Behind the Silence (2009)
Scamall is Polish musician Jakub Kmiec (Polaris), doing more experimental, ambient stuff.
See also: Polaris
Magical Mind (2006) (recorded in 1975)
Steve Schroyder's (ex-Tangerine Dream) project formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1975. Magical Mind features never-before-heard recordings from 1975. The line-up features Gene Gross (who would later form part of the duo Augenstern) and a few other, more obscure names. Trippy electronic Krautrock.
See also: Schroyder, Steve, Augenstern
Vista (1989)
The Jart Mentality (??)
Flesh Tones (1991)
Sound of Mind (??)
Synthesist on Electronical Dreams.
Sonar Experience (1999)
Supposedly, the same style as his work with Schulze on Trance Appeal.
Elephant Island (2002)
Chilly, droning Ambient in Deep Chill Network / Stephen Philips vein by former Team Metlay contributor.
Nunatak (1980)
Extensions (??)
Memberflight (??)
The Matik (??)
Elaboration (??)
Desertifikation - Q (??)
Schaf Im Wolfspelz (1982)
Wavescapes (1983)
Peter Schaefer's Farn-Werke (1984)
Hevron (1985)
Farn IV (1986)
We Are Black Noise (1987)
Sundaes (1988)
Foreign Worlds (1990)
The World Fol (1991)
Trans Lucency (1992)
In Splendour of the Truth (1993)
The Mynah (1996)
Liquid Spaces (1997)
Galactic Zoo (1999)
Painted Music (2001)
Isch! (2003)
German synthesist. Very diverse works in Experimental / dark / rhythmic Space fields.
See also: Farn, Pete
Schaltkreis Wassermann (Switzerland)
Psychotron (1982)
A pioneering electronic duo of Stella and PJ Wassermann founded in 1979. The music was all analogue and made with an ARP 2600, an ARP Avatar guitar synth, a Roland 100M modular synth and a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 polyphonic synth. For the sequencing they used a Roland MC-4 Micro Composer. Their album Psychotron had considerable success among synth fans. Nowadays both artists release solo albums (Stella went for the Lounge / Oriental / Chill-Out music, while PJ Wassermann combines Goa Trance with Rock / guitar music), but for certain projects they still like to get together from time to time.
Escape (2005)
Flashlight (2005)
Lights (2005)
Passion (2009)
Riding the Storm (2009)
Sound of Silent (2009)
Memories (2010)
Trafic... (2010)
Schattenfell is Heinz-Werner Arndt from Karlsruhe. He mixes the old with the new, sometimes being Berlin School (Lights, Passion), sometimes sounding like the output of the Electrolux label.
Attenti al Treno! (1992) (with Peter Frohmader and Andreas Merz)
Munich-born artist (b. in 1955) who, starting from the early 1970's, began building his own custom devices for Electronic Music production. He played synthesizers with a Rock group as early as 1971 and began recording solo electronic compositions around that time. At the end of the 1970's, he got interested in multimedia techniques, animation and computer graphics. He worked with Weltklang and Peter Frohmader's Nekropolis, among others, and was a member of many groups and projects, including Kurgmuller, France Douce, Ampzilla's Delight, The Ankles, Dissidents, Kwalitat 100% and Real Sharks.
Everyday's Life (2007)
Luca Scherani is an Italian keyboardist who on Everyday's Life mixes Electronic Music with a bit of Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock. A cast of guest musicians and a female vocalist support Luca in this quest.
Scherpenzeel, Ton (Netherlands)
Heart of the Universe (1984)
Virgin Grounds - Orion (1988)
Synspiration (1991)
Kayak member. These albums contain Electronic Music and are of interest. The second one was released under the project name "Virgin Grounds". There was an earlier album, released way back in 1978, called Le Carnaval des Animaux. It had only interpretations of Classical compositions done in the style of Prog masters like Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Schicke, Fuhrs & Frohling (Germany)
Live In Papenburg (1975)
Symphonic Pictures
(1976)
Sunburst (1977)
Ticket To Everywhere (1978)
The Collected Works of SFF
(1976-1979) (1993)
Symphonic progressive electronics with occasional guitar licks. Here, synthesists and keyboard players Fuhrs and Frohling are aided by the great drumming from Schicke. Their albums were released on the German Brain label. The Collected Works of SFF combines all three albums into one 2-CD set, adding a couple of live bonus tracks. After the 1978 album, Schicke left, and the duo continued to release albums in similar vein.
See also: Fuhrs & Frohling
Samtvogel (1974)
Uberfallig (1979)
In den Zeichen Von Sabine Franek-Koch (1981) (S) (soundtrack)
Kinder In der Wildnis (1983)
Somnambul (1994) (recorded in 1980 - 1994)
His musical approach is similar to Inventions For Electric Guitar by Manuel Goettsching which means trippy, echoey guitarscapes with tons of electronic processing, sometimes creating sequencer-like looping structures. Samtvogel is a rare debut released privately as a limited edition, Uberfallig is his most commonly encountered work. Kinder... is an obscure cassette release, while Somnambul, released on the now defunct Musique Intemporelle label, gathered unreleased pieces from 1980 - 1994.
See also: GAM
And the Little Girl / Paraphrenia Praecox
(1970) (S)
Le Voyageur / Torcol (1972) (S)
Sort of an early incarnation of Heldon with Richard Pinhas as main man.
See also: Pinhas, Richard, Heldon.
Oranur III - The Third Report
(1995)
Black Static Transmission (1999)
Dark Ambient from Richard Schneider and Mark Burch. The other albums of this project are in Industrial style.
Klanggarten (1990)
Enter & Return
(1991)
Zodiac Symphony (1992)
Klanggarten Vol.2 (1993)
Klangallee (1994)
Klangallee Vol. 2 (1998)
Klanggarten Vol. 3 (1999)
The Secret Element (2004) (S)
Burkard Schmidl was born in 1955 and received Classical education in music. Like many other musicians, he started in a band (that was playing Jazz and Jazz-related music). His diverse influences (such as Jazz, New Age, Ethnic music et al) and a profound experience (he played in many groups over the years) have distilled into a solo career that started with 1990's Klanggarten.
Filmmusik Vol. 1 (1980)
Filmmusik Vol. 2 (1981)
Toy Planet (1981) (with Bruno Spoerri)
Rote Erde (1983)
Filmmusik Vol. 3 (1984)
Filmmusik Vol. 4 (1984)
Herr Schmidt (1985)
Musk At Dawn (1987)
Filmmusik Vol. 5 (1989)
Impossible Holidays (1991)
Legendary keyboard player of the group Can. Irmin Schmidt was born in 1937.
The Last Planet (2007)
The Last Planet Chapter II (2008)
The Last Planet Chapter III: Reversion (2009)
Keyboard player of Eloy with his own solo concept albums. The music is a mixture of styles, from Progressive Rock with rich keyboard passages to Electronic Music. Comparisons are, naturally, Eloy, Ego On the Rocks and Tangerine Dream.
See also: Eloy, Ego On the Rocks.
Schmoelling, Johannes (Germany)
Wuivend Riet (1986)
The Zoo of Tranquility
(1988)
White Out (1990)
Lieder Ohne Worte (1995)
Die Zaubergeiger Settembrini (1995)
(with Martin Burckhardt)
Laufen (2002)
Recycle Or Die (2003)
Weltmaerchen -
Weltmusik (2004)
Instant City (2006)
Early Beginnings - Anthology 1979 - 1985 (2008)
A Thousand Times (2009)
German synthesist and member of Tangerine Dream from 1980 to 1985. During his years with the group, Tangerine Dream produced some of their best works. The music from this era is slightly more accessible than that of the Baumann-era TD, but still retaining the experimental edge, therefore it has stood the test of time perfectly and still sounds totally fresh today. After Schmoelling went solo, he produced several albums of great Electronic Music, which are real gems of the genre. Some of his music reminds us of the years spent with TD, but some of it is quite unique. The most noticeable feature of Schmoelling's music is the use of piano on some tracks. Overall, highly recommended for any serious EM fan.
See also: Tangerine Dream
Crystal (??)
Recontre d'Espaces (1983)
The first one is a rare release with Electronic Music composed for a crystal show. The second shows a more Classical side, with lots of harpsichord mixed with synths.
Lux Aeterna (1988)
Coal Aberrations
(1990)
The Bodley Codex (1992)
Very interesting synthesist with many trends covered in his work: cosmic, rhythmic, experimental etc.
Adjust! (1992)
Acoustic Delusion
(1994)
U! (1995)
Moments In the Past (1997)
Melodic music that possibly comes close to New Age. Carsten Schnell was born in 1964.
Rot (1972)
Blau (1973)
Grun (1973)
Red Cassette (1973)
Gelb (1974)
Con Aus Berlin (1976)
Ballet Statique (1978)
Auf dem Schwarzen Kanal (1979) (EP)
Con 3 (1980)
Consequenz (1981) (with Wolfgang Seidel)
Conal (1981)
Contempora (1981)
Context (1981)
Control (1981)
Conrad & Sohn (1981) (with Gregor Schnitzler)
Container
(1982)
Convex (1982)
Face On Radio (1982) (with Wolfgang Hertz)
Con 3.3.83
(1983)
Con'83 (1983)
Con'84 (1984)
Con 1.7.84 (1984)
Con'85 (1985)
Concert (1986)
Consequenz
II (1986) (with Wolfgang Seidel)
Con'86 (1986)
Black Box 1987 (1987)
Conditions of the
Gas Giant (1987)
Congratulacion (1987)
Contra-Terrene (1987)
Micon In Italia (1987)
(with Michael Otto)
Contrasts (1987) (with Wolfgang Hertz)
ConGen: New Dramatic
Electronic Music (1988) (with Gen Ken Montgomery)
Concho (1988) (with Michael
Chocolak)
February (1988)
June (1988)
July (1988)
August (1988)
September
(1988)
October (1988)
November (1988)
December (1988)
CS 89 (1989)
Constellations (1989)
Kynak (1990) (with Giancarlo Toniutti)
Tolling Toggle (1991) (with
Jorg Thomasius)
Clock Face (1992) (with Jorg Thomasius)
Tonart Eins (1992) (with Lars Stroschen and Jorg Thomasius)
Tonart Zwei (1993) (with Lars Stroschen and Jorg Thomasius)
Con Brio (1993)
00/44 (1993)
Blue Glow (1994) (recorded in 1972 - 1980)
Con Repetizione (1994)
Charred Machinery
(1995) (recorded in 1971 - 1980)
Electronegativity (1995) (recorded in 1977 - 1979)
00/106 (1997)
The Piano Works Vol.1 (1997)
Construction (1999)
Piano 00/071 (1999)
Piano 00/063 (1999)
Con/Solo/1 (1999)
Piano
00/121 (1999)
Concert 00/139 (1999)
Con/Solo/2 (1999)
Computer Jazz (1999)
5.5.85 (2000) (recorded in 1985)
The 88 Game (2000)
Conal 2001
(2001)
Acon (2001) (with Hans-Joachim Roedelius)
Live Action 1977 (2002) (recorded in 1977)
00024 (2003) (recorded in 1991)
00117 (2003) (recorded in 1997)
00/153 (2003) (recorded in 2000)
00159 (2003) (recorded in 2000)
00/172 (2003) (recorded in 2001)
00/205 (2003) (recorded in 2002)
Con '72 (2003)
Contakt (2003) (recorded in 197?)
Con '72 Part 2 (2004) (recorded in 1972)
Mi. T . - Con 04 (2004) (with Michael Thomas Roe)
Moon Mummy (2005)
Conviction (2006)
Aquatic Vine Music (2006) (with Michael Thomas Roe)
Con 2 (2006) (recorded in 1980 - 1981)
Klavierhelm (2006)
Electrocon (2006) (recorded in 1980 - 1981)
00/378 Mix Solos For Jose Luis Lopez Miguel (2006)
Man 00/285 (2007)
Mic & Con (2007) (with Michael Thomas Roe)
Trigger Trilogy (2007)
Morses Schreibapparat Mix Solos 00/423 (2007)
Rektifikation (2008)
Windvogel (2008)
00/500 Mix Solos Lichtpunkte (2008)
Happen Again Wild Mix 00/485 (2008)
Sunset Wild Mix 00/486 (2008)
Rohre - Concert 00/274 (2008)
Silver (2009) (recorded in 1974 - 1975)
DictaCon (2010)
10 kW/h (2010) (recorded in 1973 - 1977) (with Wolfgang Seidel)
Conrad Schnitzler is one of the most enigmatic
figures on the EM scene. He was a member of Tangerine
Dream in 1969 and helped to create their first official
album release, Electronic Meditation. After that he left the group and formed Kluster together with Hans-Joachim
Roedelius and Dieter Moebius. When he left to pursue a
solo career, the name of the group was changed to Cluster,
which is essentially an English spelling of the word. Schnitzler has a huge discography
and overall is one of the most prolific EM composers today. His work usually can be
characterized by using one word: experimental. It's really uncompromising, rough music,
often abstract and harsh, in other words, very interesting. Not your usual EM affair. As
for New Age fans, I think they might have a heart attack if they ever happen to hear some
of his works. But the elite status he has in certain (rather narrow) circles is certainly
justified. He is the kind of man that never looked at or followed any fashions or
trends. Ok, he did flirt with New Wave in the early 1980's, but does that matter?
;-)
See also: Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Berlin Express.
Destruction of Harmony (1971)
A Day's Lullaby (1971)
Meditation (1973)
Windows (1974)
Bali Agung (1975)
Musik Aus Bali (1976)
Trance-Formation (1977)
The Book (1977)
Flashback (1978)
Video Magic (1978)
Video
Flashback (1979)
Events (1980)
Video Magic (1981) (different)
Time Square (1981)
Spurensicherung (1983)
Sky Music / Mountain Music (1984)
Eberhard
Schoener System (1985)
Bon Voyage (1986)
Bali Symphony - Trance Mission (1991)
Harmonia
Mundi (1993)
Time Cycle (1994)
Namaste-Puja (1999)
Schoener And Friends (2006)
German synthesist and Classical composer. Eberhard Schoener was the first to bring a Moog Modular synthesizer to Germany. His works often incorporate ethnic influences and he is sort of a pioneer of World Music. Schoener has an extensive discography (see above) and some of his works are purely or almost purely orchestral (for instance, Die Schachtel (1967), Bastien Und Bastienne (1976), Die Schauspieldirector (1976) ). Destruction of Harmony seems to contain Electronic Music based on Bach's pieces. Windows is a collaboration with a cast of Rock musicians, including John Lord of Deep Purple. Video Magic sees Eberhard collaborating with Sting (of The Police fame).
Tales of Fantasy (1982)
Echoes (1984)
Silent Nature
(1986)
Harmony (1989)
Heaven On Earth (1990)
Magic of the Water (1992)
Cosmic Symphony (1993)
Secret Garden (1995)
Light of the Moon (1997)
Live At KLEM (1999) (with Nik Tyndall)
Mystic Voyage (2000)
Circle of Trees
(2004)
Dreamspheres (2004) (with Nik Tyndall)
The Sacred Path (2009) (with Rudiger Gleisberg)
Circle of Trees (2009)
Bernd Scholl was born on 28th of November, 1956. He played keyboards in different bands before going solo in 1980. His music is very relaxing. However, early releases contain more active and very Berlin School-like stuff.
Lydglimt (1979)
Cyclus (1980)
Nasavu
(1982)
Locrian Arabesque (1985)
Arctic Light (1987)
Symphodysse I (1989)
Symphodysse
II (1990)
Scandinavia (1990) (with Kim Skovbye)
Heartland (1991) (with Kim Skovbye)
Symphodysse III (1991)
Symphodysse IV (1993)
Magic Cafe (1993)
Aftermath (1993)
(with Kim Skovbye)
Endless Corridor (1995)
Copenhagen (1996)
Rune
Quest (1997)
There And Back Again (1997) (with Kim Skovbye)
Mysteries From the Past (1998)
Stars In the Night (2000)
Invisible Worlds (2002)
The Ring Vol. 1 (2002) (with Kim Skovbye)
Fairytales (2005)
Flow (2010)
Danish synthesist born in 1954 in Copenhagen. Starting with music as a child, Klaus quickly embraced the growing Rock scene and began playing keyboards (mainly piano). However, it was synthesizer that captured his imagination and in 1979 Klaus released his first album Lydglimt that was enthusiastically received by the public. A bit later Klaus started adding traditional / acoustic instruments to his sound pallette and explored various styles, from the melodic to the ambient. For the most part, his music consists of quite symphonic electronics, sometimes close to New Age, but most of the time it's just your "normal" EM.
From the Pyramids (1985)
Zeit (1985)
Grossstadtgedanken (1986)
Human Nature (1986)
Aus Einer Anderen Zeit (1988)
Eye of the
Chameleon (1989)
Hypnotic Beats (1990)
Close By My Distance (1992)
Memories In Space
(1994)
Spherical Bodies (1994)
Solotrip (1996) (recorded in 1987 - 1996)
German synthesist (born in 1960 in Berlin), the president of the Manikin label. His music is melodic and rhythmic with good arrangements. But his collaborative efforts with Detlef Keller somehow impressed me more.
See also: Keller & Schonwalder, Fanger & Schonwalder, Nightworkers.
Power Station (1984)
Meditation (1987)
Crossroad (??)
Timebreaker (1990)
Library albums by this composer born in 1936. Manfred Schoof is mostly known as a Jazz musician but during the 1980's he expanded his musical style into areas that would interest most EM fans.
Schouten, Patrick (Netherlands)
Collection (1999)
Dreams (2002)
Rain (2004)
Above the Sky (2005)
The Road Home (2006)
Cosmos 1 (2006)
Soul of the Mountain (2007)
Melodic music by this keyboardist (born in 1968 in the Hague), influenced by Vangelis.
Harmonic Ascendant (1979)
Floating Music
(1980)
Mosaique (1981)
Galaxie Cygnus A (1982)
Paradise (1983)
Computer Voice
(1984)
Die Story der Final Legacy (1984)
Brain Voyager (1985)
Time Waves (1987)
Driftin' (1988)
Pegasus (1990)
(recorded in 1982-83)
Hamaja (1991)
Mindwalk (1993)
Everdreams (1994)
D.MO Vol.1 (1998) (recorded in 1978)
Brainchips (2005)
Sphereware (2007)
D.MO Vol.2 (2008) (recorded in 1980 - 1983)
Taste It (2009)
30 Years After (2009)
New Frequencies Vol.1 (2010)
German synthesist (b. 1955), one of Klaus Schulze alumnis. Robert started with guitar at the age of 13. After getting what he could get from it, he gave up his music studies and immersed himself in the world of electronics and soldering. His talent at assembling electronic circuits led him to building his own electronic instruments. These were bulky modular synthesizers with significant capabilities. He had been playing his own brand of EM for several years without getting any publicity until in 1978 he was noticed by Schulze and offered a contract with Klaus' newly established IC label. This spurred a stellar recording career with Robert being recognized as one of the premier synthesists in Germany. The style of Robert Schroeder could be described as Berlin School music, generally rather soft and beautiful. Some albums (like Brain Voyager) are actually too sweet for my tastes (there is a track which features sweet female vocals and sounds like a child's lullaby - yuck! If it ain't New Age, then what the heck is?), although even these contain some excellent tracks. The least impressive one I heard is Driftin', a rather average melodic work that you can easily do without. The early stuff is very good. Time Waves is 50% rather boring slow melodic songs, and 50% quite exciting upbeat stuff with smooth sequencing. 'Skywalker', released in 1983 as a single and also included on the Paradise album sounds like an early version of Laserdance. Any fan of this group should like this track. In the meantime, Schroeder works mainly as a producer for other artists, and composes rarely.
See also: Double Fantasy
Klänge Bilder Welten (1990)
Sun - Spirit of Cheops (1992)
Klänge des Lebens (2007)
Trilogy (2008) (with Paul Lawler and Jozef Skrzek)
S5 (2009)
Former member of Tangerine Dream, Steve Schroyder is one of the pioneers of Electronic Music and is known for his projects Augenstern and Star Sounds Orchestra. On these solo albums he finds himself in the Ambient mode, with Sun... featuring several fellow musicians, including Jens Zygar (Star Sounds Orchestra) on tuned gongs. The others are Schroyder alone.
See also: Tangerine Dream, Augenstern, Star Sounds Orchestra, Scarecrew.
TransFuture (2002)
The Iron Realm (2002)
Halloween Returns To Haddonfield (2003)
War of the Dead (2003)
Slavedriver (2007)
This California-based synthesist is inspired by the Berlin School and especially by John Carpenter's horror film scores.
Beyond (1989)
Emar Schulte has been recording and performing EM since the 1980's, inspired by the ambient works of Steve Roach and other EM pioneers. Most of his music is released under the Solitaire pseudonym.
See also: Solitaire
Expedition Extra (1983)
Metronomics
(1987)
Born To Breathe (1993)
Ex-Passport keyboard player, Kristian Schultze is also known as a member of New Age duo Cusco (with Michael Holm). He was born in 1945 in Frankfurt and received his musical education in Stern' sches Konservatorium in Berlin. After that he studied in Austria and upon returning to Germany started composing for movies and theatre productions (that was in the late 1960's). He formed his first Jazz-Rock group in 1970. His first experiments with electronic instruments date to 1975. In the early 1980's he used a lot of the then new sampling technology on a Fairlight sampler / synthesizer.
See also: Passport
Saxamania (1984)
Tambora (1984)
Hardcore experimental improvised EM by Rolf Schulz and his ensemble. The first album is heavily based on drones while the second features neurotic, aggressive and sometimes rhythmic music with electronics, collage and wailing distorted guitar (ala Heldon).
Irrlicht (1972)
Cyborg (1973)
Picture Music
(1973)
Blackdance (1974)
Timewind (1975)
Moondawn (1976)
Body Love (1977)
Mirage (1977)
Body Love Vol.2
(1977)
X (1978)
Dune (1979)
...Live... (1980)
Dig It (1980)
Trancefer (1981)
Audentity (1983)
Dziekuje Poland (1983) (with Rainer Bloss)
Transfer Station Blue (1984)
(with Michael and Kevin Shrieve)
Drive Inn (1984) (with Rainer Bloss)
Angst (1984)
(soundtrack)
Aphrica (1984) (with Rainer Bloss and Ernst Fuchs)
Inter*Face (1985)
Dreams (1986)
Babel (1987) (with Andreas Grosser)
En=Trance (1988)
The Dresden
Performance (1989)
Miditerranean Pads (1990)
Beyond Recall (1991)
Royal Festival Hall
Vol.1 (1992)
Royal Festival Hall Vol.2 (1992)
The Dome Event (1993)
Goes Classic (1994)
Totentag (1994)
Le Moulin de Daudet (1994) (soundtrack)
Das Wagner Desaster (1994)
Conquest of
Paradise (1994) (S)
In Blue (1995)
Are You Sequenced? (1996)
Dosburg Online (1997)
Live
KlangArt Vol.1 (2001)
Live KlangArt Vol.2 (2001)
Andromeda (2003) (S)
Ion (2004) (S)
Moonlake (2005)
Kontinuum (2007)
Farscape (2008) (with Lisa Gerrard)
Rheingold (2008) (with Lisa Gerrard)
Dziekuje Bardzo (2009) (with Lisa Gerrard)
Come Quietly (2009) (with Lisa Gerrard)
Also participates in:
Go (1976) (with Stomu Yamash'ta,
Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola and others)
Go Live From Paris (1976) (with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola and
others)
Go Too (1977) (with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola and others)
The Dark Side of the Moog series:
The Dark Side of the Moog (1994)
(with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog II (1995) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog III (1996) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog IV (1996) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog V (1997) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog VI (1997) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog VII (1998) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog VIII (1999) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog IX (2002) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog X (2005) (with Pete Namlook)
The Dark Side of the Moog XI (2008) (with Pete Namlook)
Boxed sets:
Silver Edition (1993) (recorded in 1972 -
1993)
Historic Edition (1995) (recorded in 1975 - 1985)
Jubilee Edition (1997) (recorded in 1967 - 1997)
The Ultimate Edition (2000) (recorded in 1967 - 1999)
Contemporary Works (2000)
Contemporary Works 2 (2002)
It is very difficult to speak of someone who literally started it all, especially when I know that whatever good thing I say about this genius of Electronic Music just won't do justice, and won't be enough for a person who has had such an immense influence on the musical scene as a whole, not only so-called 'EM' scene. This man was always way ahead of his time, both musically and technically and to say that Klaus Schulze is a pioneer of Electronic Music is to say nothing. And if I tell you that I'm a biggest fan of Klaus I can already hear you saying: "Now, he can't be objective about that one". And yes you're right, I'm probably biased here because I'm really one of those people who think that everything Klaus has ever created is absolute genius. You see, I always try to be as non-chalant as possible but when it comes to someone whom you rank as highly as I rank Klaus, this is just beyond me, I probably won't be able to say anything bad about him even if I wanted to. Especially when there is absolutely nothing bad to say, from my p.o.v. Well, I too have personal taste in music, and a very good one, methinks. :-) So all that said, I'll start praising the greatest electronic musician in history. Have you ever heard the music of Klaus Schulze? No? Ok, then you haven't heard Electronic Music, that's for sure. And you probably don't know what REAL music is, either. You should rethink all your preconceptions about music and try some of his works as soon as possible. Klaus Schulze is one of those people who always search for something new: new sounds, new forms of musical expression. The results of this quest are known today as Electronic Music. Or, better, modern music. I doubt that we'd have all these countless bands (even outside the EM camp) that use electronic instrumentation now, if there was no Klaus Schulze. But, to my greatest delight, there IS Klaus Schulze and I'm sure that he is still walking the new, never-heard-before and unfound musical streets as I write this. I won't say anything detailed about his music simply because it's very personal and impossible to describe by using mere words. Try anything by him. For instance, you can start with classics like Timewind, an absolutely mesmerizing floating electronic work, a real masterpiece that still sounds totally fresh today, and probably it will always sound fresh, or Mirage, also a masterpiece with an atmosphere that I cannot describe here, I'm starting to run out of words. It's simply a masterful work. I don't want to repeat myself but ALL of his works are top-notch! In spite of the countless copycats who generally don't even remotely sound like Klaus, the Maestro is still making great, totally uncompromising music, with his eternal classics becoming real archetypes with the passage of time. My only advice is: don't judge his music after the first superficial listening. Listen at least a couple of times and listen closely! You won't regret it, trust me. I know that Tokyo wax museum holds a figure of Klaus. Well, maybe it's time for a real monument, for instance, in his native city of Berlin? Because Klaus is one of those few who deserve seeing their own monument while still being well & alive and active in music making. Now that my rant is over, here's some brief biographical data: Klaus Schulze was born in 1947 in Berlin. His first serious encounter with music was drumming for a Free Rock band Psy Free in the 1960's. A bit later he became the drummer of Tangerine Dream, recording the seminal Electronic Meditation in 1969. Later still, he founded Ash Ra Tempel with Manuel Goettsching and Hartmut Enke. The guys then released their highly-acclaimed debut in 1971. Klaus' first experiments with electronics date back to the 1960's. In the early 1970's he launched a successful solo career with nothing more than an old Teisco organ, a guitar, tapes, and a broken amplifier. With this crude setup he managed to create some amazing sounds. A bit later first synthesizer followed (an EMS VCS3, preceded by a Solina string ensemble). By 1973, murky processed organ and tape effects gave way for a flashier, synthesizer based sound. The 1973 - 1979 period is considered by many to be the golden age of Klaus' music, with every album being a masterpiece. Throughout his career, Klaus Schulze has collaborated with many noted EM and non-EM musicians, including, but not limited to Harald Grosskopf, Andreas Grosser, Rainer Bloss, Michael Shrieve, Pete Namlook, Jorg Schaaf.
See also: Wahnfried, Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Cosmic Jokers.
Trans Vision (1981)
Inventions
(1983) (with Adelbert Von Deyen)
Voyage (1985)
The Comet (1986)
Dawn
(1987)
Secret Waves (1988)
Other Worlds (1990)
Inner Light (1991)
Synthesist (1955 - 1991) from Flensburg who worked within the melodic Berlin School idiom.
Deus
Ex Machina (1989)
The Annihilating Angel (1990)
Regard: Music By Film (1991)
New Maps of Hell
(1992)
The Rapture of Metals (1993)
Isabelle Eberhardt (1994)
The Surgery of Touch
(1994)
Apart (1995)
Site Anubis (1996) (with Phantom City)
Fell (1996) (with
Andrew Hulme)
Abysmal Evenings (1996)
Shiva Recoil (1997)
The Ulm Concert (1997) (with Simon
Hopkins)
The Nine
Songs From the Garden of Welcome Lies (1997)
Second Site (1997)
Green Evil
(1998) (recorded in 1982 - 1996)
Third Site (1999)
The Gazing Engine (1999)
Writing On Water (2002)
Ex-Laughing Hands musician and Ambient composer born in 1958 in Melbourne. His style can be compared to that of Robert Rich or Steve Roach, but Paul Schutze stands pretty much on his own. By the way, some of his works heavily feature mutant trumpet and other Jazz structures, approximating his style to certain works by Jon Hassell. Generally, his music is quite minimal and often dark and depressing. Don't know if his music can be considered Dark Ambient, though. I am still to discover his works someday.
See also: Seed
Freudian Slips (1998)
A band with George Martindell (electronic drums and percussion), Steve Siers aka Quad (synthesizers and bass guitar) and Frank Sonsini (guitars and guitar synth) who create a 'progressive space rock' sound. George, Quad and Frank are together again creating another progressive space rock project called Aliens, Ghosts and Demons (2008). Frank and George as a duo have a side project creating 'dark electronica' called Exploding Monsters (2004). Frank Sonsini and George Martindell as a duo have also been composing unique film soundtracks for eight years under the name Science Friction Scoring / Sound Design.
See also: Cosmic Testicles, Fluorescent Eclipse.
Any Time (1991)
Fox Hunting (1993)
While It's Raining (1994)
Breath of the Universe (1998)
Into Your Dreams (2007)
This musician started out in early Jarre vein, veering towards New Age on later works.
Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol.1 (1963)
Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol.2 (1963)
Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol.3 (1963)
Manhattan
Research Inc. (2000)
Raymond Scott (born as Harry Warnow) was an inventor, Electronic Music pioneer and Jazz musician. He wrote numerous works in both Jazz and electronic fields and some of his tunes were used in cartoon series about Bugs Bunny. Soothing Sounds For Baby is a trilogy of albums written specifically for calming down infants, but it will be also interesting for adult infants who are usually called 'EM fans'. :-) These are truly groundbreaking works made with instruments designed by Scott himself. This rather underrated genius passed away in 1994. Let us hope that he has finally found the 'perfect' performance he demanded from his musicians during his life.
Seasickness (1980)
Obscure duo (Chris Jones and Tony Murphy) from Coventry that played ambient synth music during the 1980's. They have released several cassettes, some of them were essentially a solo work of Chris. A bit experimental, with influences from "cosmic" music and Electropop. Seasickness is also known as Individually Screened.
Forever (2005)
A pseudonym of Amir Baghiri.
See also: Baghiri, Amir
Heldon-styled band from Cuba.
Step By Step (2001)
Intended as a 'mental rehabilitation' music for hospital use, this actually sounds inspired by Vangelis' more symphonic and romantic works.
Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1971)
Second Hand was a British Psychedelic Rock / Progressive band led by Ken Elliott that later gave birth to the Moog exploito Prog ensemble Seventh Wave. Their first album was Reality from 1968 and featured pretty standard Psych of the time. However, it's amazing what they achieve on the follow-up. While the first side is still pretty typical Psych / early Prog songs, the second side features only experimental instrumental compositions. And here's the deal: the album being released in the pre-synthesizer era (at least for the band, as no synth is listed in the credits), the guys manage to come up with some amazing sounds, using just Mellotron and organ! There's even a proto-Berlin School track (Revelations...), with repeating pulses, weird effects, etc, all done on just electromechanical keyboards! You can easily compare it to Pink Floyd's "On the Run" but this is at least two years earlier. Some parallels with the early Mellotron experiments of King Crimson can also be drawn. Recommended to those who are interested in the early, embryonic manifestations of EM in popular music.
See also: Seventh Wave
Tri-Angle Waves (2009)
Jamming Space Rock band from Ohio. On this album there are six tracks, two of which are completely electronic.
Critical Mass (1999)
Critical Mass Vol.2 (2001)
A very strange hellish electronic project by Stuart J. Harris and Jim Kirkwood. The second album is a solo work of Harris. Very experimental in a way with strange rhythms and otherwordly sounds. This is indeed music from hell, but it could easily be the music of some alien club as well.
See also: Kirkwood, Jim, Lucifaere, Ancient Technology Cult, Violence In Eden, Emerald Eye.
Vertical Memory (1995)
A project of Paul Schutze. Ambient.
See also: Schutze, Paul
Rise of the Seekers (2005) (S)
Presence of the Seekers (2006) (S)
Invocation of the Sleeper (2007) (S)
Dark Ambient from Osman Arabi.
See also: Arabi, Osman
Angel's Suicide (2000)
Phosphorus
(2001)
Dark Ambient by Andreas Barekas.
Synthetik 1 (1973)
Abstract Electronic Music from Eckhart Seesselberg and Wolf-J. Seesselberg, comparable to Conrad Schnitzler circa the same period.
Thrust Avis (2004)
A Trip To
Nebula Cluster (2004) (recorded in 1992 - 2003)
Aotearoa (2006)
Astronomical Unit (2008)
Core (2009)
This artist makes cosmic, melodic and rhythmic music with influences from Vangelis, Jarre, Tangerine Dream & more.
Keyboards And Friends (1973)
Flying Frames
(1986)
Sensitive Touch (1987)
The Passage (1990) (with Michael Lorenz)
Open Borders
(1991)
Christmas Songs & Traditionals (1993)
Cosmic Strings Vol.1 (1994)
Cosmic Strings Vol.2 (1995)
Sound Oasis 1 (1996)
Sound Oasis 2 (1998)
Sound
Oasis 3 (2001)
Sternenmusik (2001)
Peaceful (2002) (with
Lisa Franco)
Peter Seiler was born in 1953 in Mannheim. In the Seventies, he was part of the Progressive Rock trio called "Tritonus". The band's music was similar to Emerson, Lake and Palmer with some Pink Floyd stylings as well. They released two LP's: Tritonus (1975) and Between the Universes (1976). In the 80's, Peter resurfaced again as a solo electronic musician.
Seismic Wave Factory (Czech Republic)
Morbid Symphony Pt. 1 (1998)
Morbid
Symphony Pt. 2 (1998)
Soptones (1999)
Thanasis (2000)
Finis Gloriae Mundi (2000)
Excommunicated (2002)
Insight (2003)
Secondary Reaction (2003)
D/H/C (2004)
Postcollapse (2004)
Dysphoria (2005)
Noise Ambient / Dark.
An Ordinary Day (2007) (with Kenji
Siratori)
Dirge of the Dying Year (2008)
Ambient soundscapes by Estonian sound artist Margus Mets.
Jamin (??)
Library LP. Vladislave Sendecki is also known as Wladyslaw Sendecki.
Fragments of Light (1974)
Sensation's Fix
(1974)
Portable Madness (1974)
Finest Finger (1976)
Boxes Paradise (1977)
Vision's Fugitives (1977)
Flying Tapes
(1978)
Antidote (1989) (recorded in 1978 - 1980)
Florence-based band with Franco Falsini, Richard Ursillo and Keith Edwards (the original line-up). Electronics with some vocals and more upfront guitar on later albums.
See also: Falsini, Franco
Emerging Transparency (2009)
Atlanta-based artist Jim Combs is influenced by both modern club music such as IDM / Drum'n'Bass and the classic electronic sound. This album is more traditional EM with spacey parts and more rhythmic, a bit Kraftwerk-like excursions.
Nattljus (1995)
Tidvatten (1997)
Cathedron (1999)
Windarnas Hus (2003)
Draconian Poetry (2005)
Sephoroth is Ulf Söderberg. Note that some of the above works were released under his own name. The music is Dark / Ritual Ambient with cold northern atmosphere, like music from some ancient temple. There's percussion that makes it comparable to a more tribal version of Raison D'Etre.
1 (1982)
A duo of James Husted and Roland Barker (also known as "Young Scientist").
See also: Young Scientist, Barker, Roland.
Aestetica Tenebrarum (2008)
A duo of Carlo Luzi and Paolo de Gregori. Aestetica... is a sort of a cosmic opera.
See also: Terra della Sera, Acheloo.
Sereba, Kouame Gerard (Ivory Coast)
Kilimandjaro (1993)
With the participation of Erik Wollo. This album represents a mixture of melodic Electronic Music and African rhythms. Gerard Kouame Sereba has been living in Norway since 1983.
Stellar Nurseries (2005)
Arhythmia (2005)
A Melancholy Light (2005) (S)
Aurora (2006) (S)
Floating (2006)
Ydd Hwnt Y Seren A Llygedin (2006)
Veils, Shadows (2007)
The Quiet Labyrinth (2007)
Seren Ffordd (the name of the project translates to "star road") is a soundscape artist Andy Benford based in Wales. A Melancholy Light and Aurora are mini-CD's.
See also: Llunstorcarnay
Son Premier Ete (1976) (soundtrack)
Electronic And Symphonic Dreams (1984)
Belgian singer and composer of Polish descent who started in the 1960's, releasing some Pop singles and LP's. After that a period of instrumental research followed, resulting in several electronic works, including the soundtrack to a soft porn movie "Son Premier Ete". Lately, Henri Seroka plunged with both feet into the world of relaxing New Age / background music and Classical composition.
Il Giardino del Tempo (1987)
Kodak Ghost Poems (1988)
Ritual In Transfigured Time (1989)
Music For the Heart And the Memory (1991)
Heaven & Earth Magic Feature (1992)
Ishtar (1993)
Our Lady of the Sphere
(1998)
Memories of An Unborn Baby (1999)
Disappearing Music (1999)
Theta
Experience (2000)
Journey Around A Zero (2000)
Holographic Soundscapes (2000)
Molecular Memory (2001)
Frontiere (2001) (with Andrea Marutti and Atto)
Hypnagogic Algorithms (2001)
Digital Avatar (2002)
Europe Endless (2002)
Footsteps On Dead Leaves (2003)
Le Spectre De La Rose (2004)
The Third Mind (2004)
Italian synthesist who collaborated with Alio Die as Fivethousand Spirits. His own music has a dark edge and is often based on the sound of analogue synthesizers.
See also: Fivethousand Spirits, Talharion.
And the Stars Go With You (1986)
Flightpath
(1987)
Tingri (1989)
Planetary Chronicles Vol.1 (1990) (recorded in 1983 - 1984)
Planetary Chronicles Vol.2 (1991) (recorded in ??)
Midsummer Century (1993)
Ixlandia (1995)
Upon A Midnight Clear (1997)
Spirit Keepers (1998)
Dream Jouneys
(1998)
Hidden World
(2000) (with Gary Stroutsos)
Century Seasons (2000)
Lumia Nights (2002)
Yuletides (2003)
The
Stargazer's Journey (2003)
Epiphany (2005)
Sunday Morning (2006)
Thousand Star (2009)
Hidden World Beyond (2009) (with Gary Stroutsos)
Jonn Serrie is one of the premier Space Music composers who's been around since the 1970's, playing music in various planetariums and designing live shows. I have the first album which is pretty decent relaxing stuff, perhaps a bit too New Agey for my tastes, but still nice.
Ruckkehr Aus Ithaka (1986)
Pas de Deux In H (1988)
Meditatio In Variatione (1995)
East German (former GDR) electronic duo of Jan Bilk and Tomas Nawka, vaguely along the lines of Tangerine Dream.
Man With Bean Teeth (1976) (S)
Automaton (1990)
Binfen (1995)
Culduz (2000)
Automaton2 (2005)
Binfen 2005 Remix (2005)
Electric Levantine (2006)
Umami (2007)
Beside the Sun (2010)
Murat Ses was born on the 17th of December, 1946 in Izmir. As a keyboardist, he is fairly well-known among connoisseurs of modern Turkish music. After performing in several groups he formed his own project called Mogollar that was fairly popular in Turkish clubs. I know that he released a solo electronic single with Moog sounds in the 70's. His newer trilogy of albums Automaton (1990), Binfen (1995) and Culduz (2000) blends some electronics into a generally cross-cultural East-meets-West brew of music.
Seven (??)
Things To Come (1974)
Psi-Fi (1975)
Poppish synth music by Ken Elliott and Kieran O'Connor (both ex-Second Hand) with vocals on some cuts. The instrumental cuts on the first album for the most part sound like some cheaply produced ad for a corporate jet. There are some interesting moments but the mixing is not very clean which spoils the experience. The vocal tracks... Well, if Bruce Springsteen in his over-the-top mode decided to make synth music in the 1970's, he would probably sound just like that. Totally hilarious! The second album continues where the debut ended, adding a couple of interesting spacey moments. The main attraction is, however, the long "Star Palace of A Sombre Warrior" - a mildly interesting, if expectedly pretentious Prog track with nice spacey synthesizers. They fell into oblivion after Psi-Fi.
See also: Second Hand
Visions (1998)
Maldoror (1999)
Woman In the Dunes (2000)
Unisexdreamsalon (2001)
Beauty & The Beast (2005) (with Arban) (soundtrack)
Nature Morte (2006) (with Arban) (soundtrack)
London Voodoo (2006) (soundtrack)
Music For Silents (2009)
Ex-Siouxsie And the Banshee member (real name: Steven John Bailey) who made several albums of ambient, synth-based, somewhat Vangelis-ish music.
Ordal (1985)
The music on this private release was recorded in 1982 - 1985. Nothing is known about the musical style of this album, but the instrumentation is completely electronic. It could be a typical obscure 1980's "minimal synth" release, not having anything to do with Prog EM, if it wasn't for Manuel Goettsching's involvement who plays Hawaiian guitar on this one and is resposible for recording and mix. This fact alone warrants a certain interest towards this release from the EM crowd.
Arizona-based artist who has been making Electronic Music since 1975. Recently, Sam has released several download albums and one long, 8-hour continuous ambient piece, called Somnience (released on a CD in MP3 format).
Argo Navis (2009)
Sargasso Sea (2009)
Pillar of Cloud (2009)
Virginia-based trio of Kathy McMenamin, Kevin Hassett and Matt McGarraghy. Improvised ambient atmospheres with guitar and synths.
My Love Affair With Death And Melancholy
(1994)
To Gather My Thoughts Among The Sleeping Summer Spirits (1994)
Abandonment (1996)
Psychelectronic Experience (1999)
Temptation (1999)
Atmospheric project started in 1993 with ambient, surreal and sometimes 70's-influenced sound. Includes some spoken narrative pieces as well as instrumentals. The first two albums are demo records.
Part of the Inifinity (2009)
Started as a Black Metal project with Dark Ambient elements, Novi Sad-based Shadowdream (the name of the musician is Rastko Perisic) has now transformed into a purely Ambient outfit, with a dark, cosmic, surreal and classically tinged sound.
Realignment (1993)
Journey To the Sun (1995)
Drift (1996) (with Tim Floyd)
Like a more melodic, ethnic-spiced Vidna Obmana with German influences. The later works (not listed) are more in Dub / Ambient Techno vein.
My Dream (1986) (maxi)
Feeling
Like A Stranger (1987) (maxi)
Journey To A Nightmare (1989)
Moments of
Illusion (1990)
Mirror To Eternity (1993)
Collector's Items 1986 - 1993
(1993)
In Search of Precision (1994)
This Island Earth (1997)
Influences
(1998)
The Book of Genesis (2001)
Who Do They Think They Are (2004)
Ambiguous Points of View (2006)
Questions of Life (2008)
Is This Human Behavior (2009)
Electronics with elements of Symphonic Rock. Shamall is Norbert Krueler.
Nature's Odyssey (2004)
Exodus (2006)
The Inner Land (2009)
A duo of Volker Kaufmann and Ron Grahnert. Nature's Odyssey is an album of melodic music released on Invisible Shadows.
Lucubration (??)
Parallel Flaming (1993) (with Vidna Obmana)
Still Fragments Live (1994) (with Vidna Obmana)
Crows Heading For Point Blanc (1994)
(S)
Dark Ambient on Amplexus label.
Dreams of Film-Musik (1991)
Fantasies Unlimited (1994)
Symphonic, bombastic, rhythmic and melodic music with a strong Classical influence.
See also: Linus Project
The Spiral Staircase (2002)
Electronic Music heavily inspired by the Baroque period of European Classical tradition. Mark Sheeky (born in 1972) is a software developer and game music composer.
Sky Yen (1974)
Electronic Music by a guy who later became member of Buzzcocks (a Punk band!). He was somewhat influenced by the German EM of the time and released this LP on his own label.
Above And Beyond (2002)
Home
(2003)
Jeff Sherman was a member of the 70's band Glass and on this solo album from 2002 he explores various styles of Electronic Music. You will hear different approaches here from the intense to the relaxed ones. His brother, Greg Sherman (also a member of Glass) released an album as well. It's called Zutique and contains solo piano compositions.
See also: Glass
Deep Blue (2005)
Way of the Gods (2008)
Ritualistic Ambient from one Manaru Hiramoto. Mysterious, percussive, ethereal, not so dark. Soundscapes, voices and taiko drums.
Beneath Folly (1992)
Into Battle
(1994)
Spirit of Adventure (1995)
UK synthesist. Melodic but energetic music.
See also: Volt
Star Wars (1978)
Jataka (1978)
Lupin the 3rd (1984) (soundtrack)
Gundam (??)
Japanese soundtrack composer and synthesizer programmer who appeared on numerous electronic scores starting from the late 1970's.
Aqua Culture 1 (2001) (with James
Johnson and Vir Unis)
The Yellow House (2002) (with Vir Unis)
Duende (2002)
The Unnamed Constellation (2003)
Atmospheric guitarscapes and electronics. Christopher Short is also known as Ma Ja Le.
See also: Ma Ja Le
Show of Exaggeration (Germany)
Show of Exaggeration (2002)
Bernhard Wöstheinrich and Philipp Münch. Dark!
See also: Wöstheinrich, Bernhard, Centrozoon, Subsonic Experience, The Redundant Rocker.
Ursa Major (1980)
Embryo (1980)
Phantom
(1980)
Firemusic (1981)
Thoughts of War (1981)
Care (1983)
Assassin (1983)
Legion (1985)
Crash
Head (1988)
Collide (1994)
Nocturne (1995)
Library music:
Oracle (1984)
Energy Fountain (1986)
Riding the Edge (1989)
Powerhouse (1990)
Pulsar (1991)
Legendary British synthesist. Highly energetic music with sequencing, strong melodic hooks and powerful solos. Mark Shreeve formed Redshift in 1995. He explains: "I think one of the many reasons was as a reaction to the tedium I felt with all the “normal” E.M. that had started to show up around the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. There were bands and artists (particularly in the UK and Europe) who were creating shockingly bland music…you know… cheesy little ditties over badly programmed drum machines using horrid thin digital preset sounds. People were releasing 5rd rate soundtracks, to 4rd rate films, that already had 3rd rate soundtracks written for them. In short… The Sci-Fi Anorak had hijacked European E.M. The “frontiers” style of E.M. had been suffocated by all this “easy-listening-for-midi-nerds-elevator-music”. I was yearning to hear some darker, more unstable synthesizer music again, but no one seemed to be doing it" - reprinted without permission.
I recommend Mark Shreeve for those who like energetic, powerful, no-nonsense electronics.
Transfer Station Blue (1984) (with Kevin Shrieve and Klaus Schulze)
In Suspect Terrain (1984)
The Bedroom Window (1986) (soundtrack) (with Patrick Gleeson)
The Leaving Time (1988) (with Steve Roach)
The Big Picture (1988) (with David
Beal)
Fascination (1995)
Two Doors (1995)
Michael Shrieve is the percussionist for Santana and Klaus Schulze collaborator, while also being a Jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in 1949 in San-Francisco, USA. Some of his acoustic / Jazz albums are not included in the above discography.
The Final Asylum (2006)
Distorted Legends Pt. 1 (2008) (S)
Moody ethereal Ambient built from samples and synthesizer pads. Shrine is Bulgarian musician Hristo Gospodinov.
Ooparts (1994)
Landscapes (1994)
Kun Mae (1996)
This one will appeal to fans of dark European synth music, i.e. Peter Frohmader, and the like, with experimental "Cluster" touches. Shun was an "ambient" side-project of Susumu Hirasawa, a well-known Japanese Avant-Garde / Synth-Pop musician (of P-Model fame). During the 1980's, Syun released a series of LP's with experimental music, where many of the tracks represented raw outtakes and alternative versions of P-Model tracks. Some of them were later collected on Ooparts. I am not sure if this music fits in stylistically, but Landscapes and Kun Mae do.
Shunto Nie (2006)
More or less classic-formula Dark Ambient stuff.
Double Mind String (1994) (with Deisel
Guitars)
Synapse / Atmos (1996)
Sink / Assign (1997)
Dark Ambient from Akifumi Nakajima (Aube) and Shonei Iwasaki.
See also: Aube
Sacred Sounds (1988)
Seelentanz (??)
Carrara (??)
Indigo (??)
Eletronica (??)
Classically influenced electronic musician (b. 1960 in Judenburg), with some albums representing just sampled organ and symphony work. Apart from music Oad is also into painting, visual arts and philosophy.
Another Time Another Place (1984)
Short Stories (1986)
Jazz / Fusion musician. The above albums are still Jazzy, of course, but mostly electronic. Another Time... was done in collaboration with Patrick O'Hearn.
On the Moon (1977)
Rare synthesizer album released on the same label as Space. Written by Charlie Mike Sierra (aka Jean-Pierre Massiera) with assistance from Malcolm Albee and Frederic Mercer. Sierra plays Korg, ARP Odyssey and Mini Moog synthesizers.
Dominus Maleficarum (2005)
I'll Keep You In An Oaken Box, With Velvet For Your Bed (2008) (S)
Dark soundscapes.
See also: Leviathan
Music With Analog Improvised Soundscapes
(2006) (recorded in 2002 - 2006)
Binaural Beats (2007)
Sol Arp Lexis (??)
A duo Mauno Tuominen and Petri Frestadius doing a bit experimental analogue soundscapes and rhythmic pieces.
Songs of Nature And Heathen Resistance (2006)
Pagan Ambient with lots of samples.
Wracam (1994)
Horchata vs. Sil Muir (2008) (S)
(with Horchata)
Sil Muir (2009)
Dark Ambient collaboration between Andrea Marutti and Andrea Ferraris.
See also: Marutti, Andrea, Amon, Never Known.
Le Divin Cagliostro (2005)
Opus Paracelsum (2006)
Das Haus Zur Letzten Latern (2009)
Dark Ambient and esoteric experimental music from Stephan V. Friedman.
Silent Watcher of Dark Matter (Sweden)
Installation (2000)
Deep Space
(2001)
Deep Space II (2001)
Haemotoxylon (??)
Dark Space from a guy who calls himself Myt (don't know if it's a name or not). The project was started in 1999 and the author cites some Academic electronic composers as his influences.
The Ancient's Wisdom (1995) (recorded in 1988 - 1993)
Pre-Munruthel homemade ambient music.
See also: Munruthel
Empty Stages (2006)
This album was recorded in the Electric Junk studio (owned by Albin Meskes of You) by Slem Beniak, Lens Kimbase, Nike E. M. Bass and Ibek Manless. These all sound like pseudonyms and the music is most likely a solo venture of Meskes.
See also: Robot City, You.
Arctic Dreams (??)
Ambient soundscapes, between Steve Roach and Brian Eno, but heavier.
Ad Infinitum (1989)
Vast sonic landscapes from this Italian synthesist.
Silver Apples (1968)
Contact (1969)
Beacon (1997)
A Lake
of Teadrops (1998) (with Spectrum)
The Garden (1998)
Decatur (1998)
Experimental New York-based duo with vocals. One of the members (known as Simeon) played the "Simeon" - sort of a homemade synth that consisted of nine audio oscillators stacked together. The other member was Dan Taylor on drums. One of the the first 'Synth-Pop' groups, then? A reunion took place in the 1990's, but after a van crash accident that left Simeon with a broken neck and spine injuries the future of the project seems pretty hazy.
See also: Bell, Jake
Dream Cell (1995)
Silvermandalas (1998)
State of Union (2001)
Requiem Settings (2002)
Live In Basel 2005 (2005) (with Edward Ka-Spel)
Nature of Illusion (2005)
Woodland Calling (2005)
Spectral Artifact (2007) (S) (recorded in ??)
Sun With A Beating Heart (2007)
Blank For Your Own Message (2008)
The Whispering Wail (2009) (with Edward Ka-Spel)
Elemental (2010)
This is solo music from The Legendary Pink Dots keyboard player Philip Knight. Electronic Music mostly consisting of Ambient soundscapes and cosmic analog sounds.
See also: Mimir
The View From Anelog (1992)
From Anelog To Bardsey (1994)
Green Lane To Ledbury (1994)
Portmeirion (1996)
Dreams of Avalon (1997)
Compositions of Stone (1998)
Ambient musician, whose music represents a mixture of Steve Roach and some unique mysterious synth style.
Claudio Simonetti (1981)
1990: I Guerrieri del Bronx / I Nuovi Barbari (2000) (soundtrack) (with Walter
Rizzati)
Il Cartaio (2004) (soundtrack)
Goblin keyboardist. The first album features original compitions and one reworked Goblin tune. The soundtrack album Il Cartaio was created with digital and analogue synths. The music will appeal to fans of Goblin and some of Tangerine Dream's 80's soundtrack work.
See also: Goblin
Eidolon (2007)
Somewhere... Inside A Void (2008) (S)
The Heaven's Open (2010) (with Wereju)
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood (2010)
Dark Ambient from Miguel Boriau.
Zeugma (1999)
Anti Matter Society
(2002)
Upuaut (2004)
Dark Ambient by a guy who calls himself Patryc Cyber.
Sine Wave 1 (2008)
Sine Wave 2 (2010)
Obscure artist from West Midlands. On first album he plays acoustic and electric guitars, analogue synthesizers, theremin and Mellotron.
EXP (2005)
Sequences and atmospheres by Georg Abts.
Tres (1996)
Melodic, straightforward EM.
Siniaalto (2002)
Hakala (2003) (S)
Tallentumia
(2004)
Kuolema (2007)
Very Tangerine Dream-ish analogue stuff. Fender Rhodes, Juno 6, MS-20, Jupiter 6, Theremin etc. Siniaalto consists of Ilai Rämä, Teemu Halmkrona and Tuomas Mettänen. The band was formed in 2002 in Helsinki.
Watertube Ringspiel (1984)
Riflessi (1985)
Correnti Magnetiche
(1989)
Innovative Italian composer born in 1953 in Arona, Piemonte. Minimal electronics with surreal atmospheres in complex blend with ethnic structures and sometimes acoustic elements.
See also: Futuro Antico
Akrasia (2007)
Nordic Dark Ambient from Marcus Lönebrink.
Electronic duo formed in 1974 by Peter Seiler (ex-Tritonus) and Michael Bundt (ex-Medusa).
See also: Bundt, Michael, Seiler, Peter.
Siver, Valery & Trepakov, Kiryll (Russia)
Midway (2003)
Although not for EM purists, this is still a very pleasant album, very relaxing and emotive. Mixture of classical guitar and electronics.
Anarchia Funeralis (2003)
Dark.
Vergangenheit und Gegenwart (2005)
Eliwagar (2006)
Dark Ambient with rhythms and Ritual elements from Alexander Lesswing.
The Secret Life of Angels (2002)
Fallen Angel (2005)
Skin Mechanix are Dave Hughes of T-Bass UK and some 'Skin'. All lovers of the aforementioned group as well as Mark Shreeve fans should check it out. Powerful, energetic synthetics.
In the Shadow of Love (1999) (S)
Temenos (2002)
Soundtracky Ambient with lots of chant-like textures. Skin To Skin are Lena Måndotter and Ronnie Hall.
Kondens (1982)
Knut Skodvin is a Classical composer and electronic pioneer from Bergen. He released several albums on LP and CD, the most interesting one being Kondens from 1982, made on analogue synthesizers mostly (EMS, Aries, Crumar, EKO and the fabled Davolisint), with help from acoustic bass, guitar, piano and sax.
Pamietnik Karoliny (1978)
Dominics Godfather (1979)
War of the Worlds (1982) (soundtrack)
Koncert
Swietokrzyski (1983)
Ambitus Extended (1983) (with Tomasz Szukalski)
Podroz w Kraine Wyobrazny (1984)
Czas (1998) (with Michal Banasik)
U Stop Krzyza (2003)
Planetarium (2006) (with Colin Bass)
Maria z Magdali (2006)
La Tempete (2007)
Trilogy (2008) (with Paul Lawler and Steve Schroyder)
Czas Dojrzewania (2009) (soundtrack)
Josef Skrzek, the leader of Polish Progressive Rock band SBB and one of the legends of Polish Progressive music, was born in 1948. Not all of his works are electronic. The ones that are of interest to EM fans are listed above. Josef Skrzek creates rather sedate Electronic Music that sometimes recalls early Popol Vuh. Koncert was recorded in a cathedral using church organ and Moog. Podroz is a live recording as well.
See also: Ololuiqui
An Explanation of the Past (2002)
Varied soundscapes.
Star Captain (1978)
Rare LP with Electronic Music from this synthesist. He started composing in 1977 and after releasing Star Captain issued several cassettes and library records during the 80's. After that he acted as club musician until 1996 when he started recording again.
Slap (1984)
Pratique (1985)
Downtime (1985)
Songs From the Cross (1986)
Bed of Nails (1987)
Eden Now (2008) (S)
Slap is / was synthesist Stephen Nester.
See also: Happiness Boys
Cold Sun (1999)
Sunset Cove
(2000)
The Mosaic Effect (2000)
Rain (2006)
Skylight (2006)
Ambientology (2006)
6am (2006)
Antarctica (2006)
Four Patterns (2006)
Cold Sun is Tangerine Dream-like, while Sunset Cove contains about forty minutes of Ambient music from this UK musician.
Nostromo (2001)
Dead Weather Machine (2004)
Dead Weather Machine - Re:Heat (2004)
Deep Frieze (2007)
Deep Ambient from the Scottish project of Kevin Doherty. Nostromo is based on the first 8 minutes of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic "Alien". This album takes you on a journey deep within the bowels of Nostromo via its ultra deep and dark atmospheres.
Electronic Music From the Rainbow Isle
(1978)
The
Sea of Bliss (1980)
Open Spaces (1981)
Computer Don't Breakdown (1981)
Rhythm of Life (1982)
Reflections
(1986)
Christmas Candlelight (1986)
Sonic Perfume (1987)
Largos (1988)
Introspection (2000) (recorded in 1980 - 1999)
Beginnings One (2005)
Beginnings Two (2005)
Unique and probably very interesting electronics. The first album was originally released only on cassette and contained pieces recorded between 1972 and 1978. A CD version is currently available that adds tracks from the 1979 - 1984 period. Introspection contains pieces recorded in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1999. Some of the compositions are simply piano solos.
See also: Electric Diamond
Soundtracks of Loss (2000)
A Quiet Return (2000)
An Unsaid (2000)
Silence Behind the Horizon (2000)
The Shoreline of An End (2001)
To Cross the River of Light (2001) (EP)
Whispered With Water (2001)
The Space Between Beginnings (2001)
Moving Through (2002) (with Matt Borghi and Brannan Lane)
Still (2003)
Winterwomb: A Collection of Selected Live Recordings (2003)
Guilford (2004) (with Matt Borghi)
A White Bleeding Silence (2004)
Live Webcast :: January 24, 2004 (2004)
Y:adnus: As I Lay Blinded By the Light of the Moon (2005) (with David
Manchester)
Hymns For the Afterlife (2006)
Ending [Light] (2008)
Static (2008) (S)
[--] (2009)
Ambient soundscape artist who worked with the likes of Brannan Lane and Matt Borghi and whose music was featured numerous times on Star's End radio show. A lot of his earlier material was released in very limited editions.
See also: Dolmen
The Age of Candy Candy (2004)
Waiting For the Red Bear (2006)
Computer Day (2007)
Pacific Northwest Sasquatch Research (2007)
The latest album contains a mixture of ambient atmospheres, field recordings and sequencer pieces. Smackos' real name is Danny Wolfers.
See also: Weltman, Klaus, Falckenhaus, Franz, Phalangius.
Travels Within (2000)
Rhapsody In Green (2002) (recorded in 1990)
Metaphysics 101 (2008)
Ohio-based painter Larry Smiley creates aggressive synth / guitar compositions.
Snowy Dreamscapes (1995)
Tell Me
What You Feel (1996)
Passageways (1999)
On the Threshold of Dawn (2000)
Wilderness (2001)
Electronic Music with many influences: Jazz, Ambient, Musique Concrete, etc.
Lapis Lazuli (1998)
Galaxy Gate (1999)
Reclining Music (2003)
Solarization (??)
Dreaming Mind (2005)
Persian (2006)
Ambient from this South Wales-based musician. Sometimes more rhythmic.
Log the Man Dead (1995)
Gehenna Belvedere (1996)
Autumn Is the End (1998)
From Ashes Come (1999)
Slate Branches (2000)
Tableland (2001)
Kohl (2002)
Lineaments (2002)
Antimony (2004)
Crown of Marches (2005)
The Anchorite (2006)
Owl (2007)
Cities (2009)
Westering (2009) (with Gareth Davis)
The Line Across (2010) (with Gareth Davis)
Dark and atmospheric electronics like a somewhat updated version of Fripp & Eno (although warmer) from former member of Space Rock band Mirza..
Smorenburg, Bert (Netherlands)
Running Status (1990)
Melodic music from this Dutch artist.
Assalto Alle Nuvole (1994) (recorded in 1977)
One of the short-lived bands formed by Ciro Perrino (together with Alex Magazzino) after the dissolution of his Progressive Rock band Celeste. The music is a mixture of Electronic Music and Space Rock. Unfortunately, this is more or less a rehearsal tape with corresponding sound quality.
See also: Perrino, Ciro, St. Tropez, La Compagnia Digitale.
9 Famous Synth Songs (1990)
Searching For
the Arms of Venus (1991)
Looking Through the Eyes of the Overworld (1995)
The Source of
Scarlet Dreams (1998)
Melodic and rhythmic EM.
From the Foundation of the World
(1995)
Number Our Days (1999)
Daughter of God (2004)
Symphonic electronics. Sometimes cosmic.
Beyond the End of Time (1995) (with
k-rakos)
Cosmic Magic (2003)
Faraway Land (2004)
Pentagram (2005)
Todd Snow is an Illinois-based recluse who lives in a country house and produces spooky Dark Ambient soundworlds.