Blade of the Sun (2002)
Hollow Earth (2006)
T-30 control is a synth duo of Vincent Rees and Peter Smith. On Blade of the Sun they offer a set of short electronic tracks plus one long epic called "Sunphazer Suite" that features Nik Turner doing "Blade Chant" (!) (spoken word actually). They state to be influenced by 70's German Electronic Music, Brian Eno and Hawkwind, among others. No wonder with a set of influences like this one that the music, for the most part, is of totally trippy, cosmic variety that sometimes reminds on spacey synthesizer work on Hawkwind albums, while at other times features some underlying (but not prominent) modern rhythms, really taking it all straight to Anubian Lights territory. The first couple of tracks are dominated by synthesized strings, creating some sort of dramatic effect. The beginning of the first track could be even mistaken for a 70's Klaus Schulze number. Starting from "Too Near the Sun" things become more rhythmic, Technoish beats combined with strings, effects and various synth sounds, both lead and background ones. "Eternity Is Waiting" is pretty restrained, with no rhythms, but with some nice arpeggios, repeated spoken word samples and a tad melancholic mood. "Times Past" features piano playing combined with the same samples that were heard in the previous track. It's the most Classically oriented piece. We are slowly climbing towards "Sunphazer Suite" and here, folks, is where we step with both feet into space! This is really the highlight of the entrire album. The whole track is rhythmless (except for some sequenced rhythms in the second part) and features otherwordly, dark, oozing synthesizers combined at some moment with Nik Turner's vocal performance. Really out-there and very much to my liking! T-30 Control is an interesting project and a must if you enjoy cosmic type of synth music. I just wish they'd step it up a notch in the sound quality department.
Telstar / Rhizosphere Suite (1978) (S)
A single, made by Richard Pinhas, perhaps in an attempt to attract a wider attention to his music.
See also: Pinhas, Richard, Heldon.
Escape (1993)
Medusa (2008) (with Alien Nature)
T M A is Torsten M. Abel who was active during the 1990's. He then quit music for several years before returning in 2008. Escape contains very melodic, easy-listening music, very typical of the time.
We'll Meet You There (1997)
Live In Sint
Niklaas (1998)
Ecliptica (1999)
T.M.P. is the project of Marc Eyckerman (b. 1958) with two other guys. Marc started with guitar, playing in groups, doing experimental, noisy sets of music. The first synthesizer followed and by the early 1980's Marc had a small studio ready for recording. T.M.P. was active from 1995 to 2000 and stood for "The Moon Project".
Dreamland (2001)
Synth duo of Chris Crabtree and Jim Rogers. Berlin School electronics with a dark edge.
Predator Score (1986)
The project of Dale Stevens. The music ranges from slow spacey tracks to more rhythmic numbers.
Across the Flow (2007)
The Door Into Winter (2007)
Moonlit Flowers (2008)
Remembrance (2008)
Seabound (2009)
Quiet Rain (2009)
Hymn (2010)
Ambient composer from Japan who primarily works with analogue instruments.
Saravah! (1977)
Murdered By the Music
(1980)
Neuromantic (1981)
What Me Worry (1982)
Tomorrow's Just Another Day (1983)
Time And Place (1984)
Wild & Moody (1984)
Once A Fool
(1985)
Pouisson D'Avril (1985) (soundtrack)
Only When I Laugh (1986)
La Pensee (1987)
Ego (1988)
Broadcast From Heaven (1990)
A Day In the Next Life (1991)
A Night In the Next Life (1991)
The Adventure of Gaku (1991) (soundtrack)
Umi-Sore-Sango No Iitsutae (1992) (soundtrack)
Life Time, Happy Time (1992)
Heart of Hurt (1992)
Ahiru-No-Uta-Ga-Kikoetekuruyo (1993) (soundtrack)
Mr. Y.T. (1994)
Fate of Gold (1995)
Portrait With No Name (1996)
Pulse (1997) (with
Steve Jansen)
Live 1998 (1998) (with Steve Jansen)
Colors - Best of YT Cover Tracks Vol.1 (1999)
Colors - Best of YT Cover Tracks
Vol.2 (1999)
The Dearest Fool (1999)
Blue Moon Blue (2006)
Page By Page (2009)
YMO member. Most of Takahashi's solo output is firmly in the Synth-Pop / Electropop mould, so I guess hard-core EM fans can forgo it. However, early works will please all fans of YMO, as they have a nice synth sound and the other two members of YMO participate, along with members of Japan.
See also: Yellow Magic Orchestra
Stories (2000)
Movements In Space (2001)
Symphonic electronics with influences from Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield. Sami Takieddin was born in 1974 in Damascus.
Drumlin (1997)
ArcSin (2002)
1632 (2003)
Farewell To Mount Fuji (2005)
Contour (2007)
Landlines (2009)
Electronic Music with a classic style from Tony Allgood who modifies his instruments and has also built some of his own.
Mood Montage (1968)
Pictures of Asia (1996)
Stonehenge For
Eternity (1997)
Interstellar Memories (1998)
Abstract Knowledge (1999)
Marco Polo
(1999)
Echoes From the Last Fairyland (2000)
The Curved Light (2000)
The Seskian Wars
(2001)
Quite busy Space Music. Tales is Jean-Luc Herve Berthelot.
Footsteps On Dead Leaves (2003)
A project of Raffaele Serra. Dark.
See also: Serra, Raffaele
Time Paradox (1975)
Symphonic soundscapes with Moog and violin.
Living
Structures (1990)
Brain Machine (1990)
Fractal Dance (1992)
Lights From Ancient Dreams
(1993)
Visions of Space & Time (1994)
Stimulation des Geistes (2003)
Electronics from Andrzej Slawinski, on IC label. A lot of it is based on the ideas of psychoacoustic music (i.e. "New Age").
Arctic Introspection (1994)
Carl Abrahamsson's project of frozen, Arctic ambience - pure drone in Stephen Philips / Vidna Obmana vein.
A group of cosmic (Berlin School-styled) Electronic Music formed during the 70's by Baltimore synthesist Stuart Rosenzweig.
See also: Rosenzweig, Stuart & Moore, Ken
Tangent / Tangent Project, the (USA)
Tangent I (1981)
Tangent II (1981)
Return (2008)
Live On Star's End (2008)
Live - the Gatherings (2008)
Surface (2009)
Yet another project with the Tangent name, a Space Music band formed by Jeff Coulter and Harrison McKay. They released a few cassettes in the early 1980's and then disappeared only to return a couple of decades later as The Tangent Project.
Electronic Meditation (1970)
Alpha Centauri
(1971)
Zeit (1972)
Atem (1973)
Green Desert (1973)
Phaedra (1974)
Rubycon (1975)
Ricochet (1975)
Stratosfear (1976)
Encore (1977)
Cyclone (1978)
Force Majeure (1979)
Pergamon (1980)
Tangram (1980)
Exit (1981)
White Eagle (1982)
Logos (1982)
Hyperborea
(1983)
Poland (1984)
Le Parc (1985)
Underwater Sunlight (1986)
Tyger (1987)
Livemiles
(1988)
Optical Race (1988)
Lily On the Beach (1989)
Melrose (1990)
Rockoon (1992)
220
Volt Live (1993)
Turn of the Tides (1994)
Tyranny of Beauty (1995)
The Dream Mixes
(1995)
Goblins Club (1996)
Timesquare - Dream Mixes Two (1997)
Tournado (1997)
Quinoa
(1998)
Ambient Monkeys (1998)
Dream Encores (1998)
The Hollywood Years Vol.1 (1998)
The Hollywood Years Vol.2 (1998)
Sohoman (1999) (recorded in 1982)
Valentine Wheels (1999)
Mars Polaris (1999)
Antique Dreams (2000)
The Seven
Letters From Tibet (2000)
Soundmill Navigator (2000) (recorded in 1976)
Past Hundred Moons -
Dream Mixes Three (2001)
Inferno (2002)
Bootleg Box Vol.1 (2003)
Rockface
(2003) (recorded in 1988)
Dream Mixes Four (2004)
Bootleg Box Vol.2 (2004)
Purgatorio (2004)
East - Live In Berlin 1990 (2004) (recorded in 1990)
Arizona
(2004) (recorded in 1992)
Kyoto (2005)
Jeanne d'Arc (2005)
Rocking Mars (2005) (recorded in 1999)
Blue Dawn (2006)
Paradiso (2006)
Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream (2006)
Madcap's Flaming Duty (2007)
Springtime In Nagasaki (2007)
Summer In Nagasaki (2007)
Booster (2007)
One Times One (2007)
The Anthology Decades - Space Years Vol. 1 (2008)
Purple Diluvian (2008)
Views From A Red Train (2008)
Vintage Years Anthology (2008) (recorded in 1967 - ??)
Autumn In Horoshima (2008)
Flame (2009)
Chandra - The Phantom Ferry Part 1 (2009)
London Eye Concert (2009) (recorded in 2008)
Winter In Hiroshima (2009)
A Cage In Search of A Bird (2009)
Booster 3 (2009)
Dream Mixes Five (2010)
Izu - Live In Japan 2009 (2010)
Soundtracks:
Sorcerer (1977)
Thief (1981)
Risky Business
(1983)
Wavelength (1983)
The Keep (1983)
Firestarter (1984)
Flashpoint (1984)
The
Park Is Mine (1984)
Heartbreakers (1985)
Legend (1986)
Near Dark (1987)
Three O'Clock
High (1987)
Shy People (1987)
Deadly Care (1987)
Destination Berlin (1989)
Miracle
Mile (1989)
Dead Solid Perfect (1989)
Catch Me If You Can (1989)
The Man Inside (1990)
Canyon Dreams (1991)
Rumpelstiltskin (1992)
Zoning (1994)
Oasis (1997)
Der Meteor
(1997)
Luminous Visions (1998)
Transsiberia (1998)
The Great Wall of China
(1999)
What A Blast (1999)
Mota Atma (2003)
The Boot Moon series:
Live In Montreal (1977)
Live In Detroit (1977)
Live In Preston (1980)
Live In
Aachen (1981)
Live In Paris (1981)
Live In Sydney (1982)
Live In Ottawa (1986)
The greatest electronic group in history was formed in Berlin, 1966. The group already included Edgar Froese at that time, but the music of that era had nothing to do with electronics. It was simply a Beatles-inspired Rock group that played lyrical poppy stuff with psychedelic touches. Ok, Froese already showed his talent with the guitar, providing some excellent guitar solos, but that was the feature of the whole Psych scene of the time, therefore the singles they released in 1966 (almost impossible to find now) are of no interest to EM fans musically, but nevertheless they are collectors' items and valuable historical documents. It wasn't until 1969 and Froese's encounter with Klaus Schulze, a young Berlin drummer, that the group's sound took a complete turn towards the experimental side. Before that the group has seen many member changes with Froese remaining at the core of the organism known as Tangerine Dream. The trio of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler recorded Electronic Meditation in 1969. It was a very experimental work consisting of (pretty wild) improvisations and hardly having any structure per se. Very amorphous (even cacophonous) work which is a good representative of the early German experimental scene. After that Schulze and Schnitzler left the group. Froese was faced with the need of replacing the two with new people, so he recrouted a young Jazz drummer Chris Franke (of Agitation Free) for his next album Alpha Centauri. The third member of the band at that time was Steve Schroyder. Alpha Centauri is considered to be the first electronic space album in history. A very nebulous blend of floating electronic textures and experimental sounds. Ok, it's almost useless to try to describe the music itself, so I'll concentrate on the history of the group and personnel changes in this particular article. In 1972, the group saw the addition of Peter Baumann to it's rows and the line-up of Froese, Franke and Baumann was to be one of the steadiest in the history of the group. It's the classic Tangerine Dream line-up which gave us masterpieces like Zeit, Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet and many more. 1972's Zeit (one of my favourite TD works which can be seen as the first Dark Ambient album in history) saw the brief returning of Steve Schroyder as guest musician. In 1973, Baumann left the group to travel to Tibet and the duo of Franke and Froese recorded the basic material for Green Desert which was reworked in 1984 and released only in 1986. Ok, I'm not going to tell a long story about the "Virgin" years, which would take enormous space anyway, so I'll just say that in 1973, after Froese quit the Kosmische Musik label, because he didn't want to be associated with Rolf Ulrich Kaiser's "cosmic circus", the group signed to Virgin records, then small and experimentally-biased record company and this gave the group the freedom to experiment without any restrictions and without any time pressing. Thus, one of the group's most fruitful periods began. Baumann left the group in 1977 after their lengthy American tour and Froese formed the new TD line-up adding British musician Steve Jolliffe and drummer Klaus Krueger. The 1978's Cyclone featured vocals of Jolliffe to a certain extent and the reaction from the crowd was far from being positive, although in my opinion the experiment has worked pretty well, but only if it stays as an experiment, it's not what I'd want to hear in all TD works. Later Froese would distance himself from the production of the album, although in an interview, Jolliffe says it was the idea of Froese to use vocals on Cyclone. In any case, the combination of TD's trademark electronic sound and the impressionistic nonsensical lyrics sounds pretty good, from my p.o.v., don't flame me for that :-) I generally *hate* vocals in EM but this is one of those numerous exceptions. By 1979, Jolliffe had left and Force Majeure was recorded by just Franke, Froese and Krueger. After that, Krueger left too. A young Berlin musician Johannes Schmoelling joined the band in 1980 and the second classic TD line-up took shape. In 1983, the group's contract with Virgin expired and subsequent TD albums would be released on Jive Electro and, later, on Private Music label, set up by former Tangerine Dreamer Peter Baumann. In 1986, Johannes Schmoelling left the group and was replaced by a young Austrian keyboardist Paul Haslinger. By 1988, the group already had a huge discography of both normal releases, live albums and film soundtracks. That year saw the departure of Chris Franke - to many fans, an irreparable lost. After more than 25 years of being the driving force behind TD's sound, "Mister Sequencer" left the band for good. Well, the music of Tangerine Dream has become more poppish (in fact this was the tendency which had begun already during Schmoelling's stay with TD, when Franke was still member of the group), but it was always very quality production that differentiated TD from the rest of the crowd. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the albums made by the line-up of Froese and Haslinger (Optical Race, Lily On the Beach and Melrose) are actually not bad. For instance, Melrose has some interesting ideas. The track called "Electric Lion" is probably my favourite TD track of the 1988-1990 period. It starts slowly with cute little melodies, then develops and finally Froese unleashes one of his best guitar solos, comparable to "Coldwater Canyon" from Encore although the atmosphere is completely different here. I usually prefer Manuel Goettsching when it comes to electronic guitar soloing, but when Froese sounds so inspired I just cannot resist it. It's quite powerful stuff. In 1991 Haslinger left to pursue a solo career and Tangerine Dream became the duo of Edgar Froese and his son Jerome, who already was member on Melrose. The subsequent albums are the least interesting from my p.o.v., the 1990-1997 period containing the most bland and New Age-like music TD ever produced, with sax solos and all. In 1999, after the release of Mars Polaris my interest towards the group started to grow again, this is a really strong and interesting album. I think the collaboration with NASA is a very good idea, they should continue in this direction (because space-themed albums were always something which TD were particularly good at), but please, will they finally stop recycling (and marring) their old material? I wouldn't want to hear Dream Mixes 35 or 175. Unfortunately, their post-Mars Polaris material has been rather lackluster at best.
See also: Froese, Edgar, Franke, Christopher, Baumann, Peter, Schmoelling, Johannes, Schulze, Klaus, Schnitzler, Conrad, Schroyder, Steve, Augenstern, Star Sounds Orchestra, Jolliffe, Steve, Krueger, Klaus, Haslinger, Paul, Coma Virus, Picture Palace Music, Wadephul, Ralph.
Early 80's synth band.
Aurinko (1983)
This band was formed by Otso Pakarinen and friends in the early 1980's. They had the reputation of a Synth-Punk / Prog band but in fact the music on their self-released cassette (listed) was partly Synth-Pop pieces sung in Finnish and partly instrumental ambient synthesizer compositions.
See also: Ozone Player, Otso, Visual.
Suoni (2002)
Lionello Tarabella is an Electroacoustic composer and researcher in the fields of mechanical instruments, sound controllers and computer music. This album will appeal to fans of Italian experimental / Electronic Music.
Kost' Ar Mor (1993)
Mod & Mini & Space Age
(1996)
Atmospheric synths with a Jazzy touch. Real name of the musician is Evgeniy Taran.
Slow (1994)
Lyssna (1995)
Eko (1997)
Raw-Mix-Demo-98 (1998)
Skarva (1998) (S)
Lur (1999)
Skok (1999)
Vykort (1999)
Arctic Ocean (2001) (with Eternal Ice)
Smakakor (2001)
The Druser Pricid (2002) (with C. Reider)
Eschgl Hel (2005) (S)
Mormor (2007)
Dark Ambient from Lutz Pruditsch.
Nonsense For the Cat (2003)
Nothing By Chance (2003)
Time Lag (2003)
Age And Transformation (2004)
By the Steam (2004)
Drone Works #4 (2004) (S)
Remains (2004)
Sometime Today (2004) (with Paul Bradley)
Strange Artifact (2004)
Close Timid Night (2005)
Cryptical (2005)
Formation (2005)
Trees Kissing Trees (2005) (with Daisuke Suzuki and Kathleen Vance)
Without Season (2005) (with Andrew Liles)
3/3/06 (2006)
Clouds Upon Clouds (2006)
Ghost Guitars (2006)
In A Breeze (2006)
Reveal (2006)
The Elves Are Coming (2006)
Edition (2007)
Moon Lit (2007)
Organ of Sight (2007)
Small Worlds (2007)
The Moon As A Hole (2007) (with Ian Holloway)
Old Pointed Hat (2008)
Reflections of A Ceiling (2008)
Summerland (2008) (with Banks Bailey and Ian Holloway)
Wet Rat Year (2009) (with Ian Holloway)
When An Insect Visits Your Window (2009)
Droning Ambient, with guitars, keys and found sounds. Darren Tate is an experimental composer born in 1966.
See also: Ora, Monos, Dada Lives.
Celestial Geometries
(2000) (with Oophoi)
Subterranea (2003) (with Oophoi)
Four Short Pieces
(2004)
Somnium (2004)
Todahnlich (2004)
Archaic Oceans (2004) (with Oophoi)
Frozen Planet (2004)
Todstimmung (2004)
Mizar (2005) (S)
Pulsar (2005) (S)
The Windy Shores of Awua (2005) (S)
Deneb (2005) (S)
Le Torri Del Silenzio (2005) (S) (with Oophoi)
Lifting the Veil (2005) (S) (with Oophoi)
Algol (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Australis (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Borealis (2006) (S) (with Oophoi)
Achernar (2006)
Albhali (2006)
Alchiba (2006)
Azhais (2006)
Dark soundscapes. Tau Ceti is a project of Enrico Cosimi with collborators Alessandro Tedeschi, Gianluigi Gasparetti and others.
See also: Cosimi, Enrico, Liquid Ghosts.
Virtual Terrain (1987)
The Infection of Time
(1993)
Connexion (1999)
The Fabulous Neutrinos (2001)
T-Bass is David J. Hughes (synth), Jules C. (synth, tambourine) and Dave Wilson (guitar). What I've heard from them so far, sounded like 1987-1991-period Tangerine Dream, only better.
See also: Skin Mechanix, Ion.
Bandwidth (1990)
Ballistic (1994)
Beneath Stars (1999)
The first Electronic Music group that was organized via the Internet, back in the late 80's. The musicians would discuss their ideas via e-mail and then meet in some place to play together. A session was recorded every two years from December 1990 to January 1999 and some of these recordings made it to an album.
See also: Metlay, Ozma, MindSpiral.
The Clockface Frown (1992)
An Hourglass of Opals (1993)
The Black Fruit (1995)
Resin (1997)
Film Decay (1998)
Emulsion (1999)
Dark Ambient from Todd Gautreau. I haven't heard it.
See also: Sonogram
Espectros (1986)
Sabotaje (1989)
Live In Essen (1989)
Miguel Angel Ruiz and Luis Mesa.
See also: Ruiz, Miguel Angel
Demo (1981)
Eve of Dawn (1983)
Visions of the Forest (1983)
Prismatic (1984)
Reflections (1985)
Amber (1986)
Ionosphere (1987)
Interact (1988)
View! (1989)
Adventures In Algiers (1989)
Ten To Strange (1990)
Dream States (2001)
Zwolf (2002)
Timeslip (2007)
Timestorm (2007)
Time & Motion (2008)
This synthesist's early albums contain lengthy melodic instrumental tracks. On Amber he experimented with shorter, more commercial compositions. One track features singing by Maria Ganderton. Interact returned to the melodic style of early works but with wordless vocals by Maria Ganderton. With View! a more experimental period started, where Peter, apart from synths, used a lot of samples and voices with a slight Eastern flavour. This period reached it peak with the very Eastern-flavoured Adventures In Algiers and the atonal Ten To Strange. Zwolf returned to the melodic style, while later albums ventured into pure Berlin School. The odd one is Dream States that bears many Techno influences.
See also: Xaxxa
Despiritualization of Nature
(1996)
Theriomorphic Spirits (1997)
Dark / Black Ambient by Sinisa Ocurscak (a soldier who died in the Balkans conflict). Mystical and ritual atmospheres.
Time Zones (1977)
Blends & the Digital Pianos (1982)
Time Zones is an Electronic album from ex-Musica Elettronica Viva Moog player who was born in 1939 in New York. The line-up is: Richard Teitelbaum - synth, Anthony Braxton - saxes, clarinet & various instruments. Avant-gardish. Blends & the Digital Pianos has one side of solo synth from Teitelbaum (helped by Katsuya Yokoyama on shakuhachi and Trilok Gurtu on tabla and percussion) and one side of processed electric piano improvisations.
See also: Musica Elettronica Viva
Telaio Magnetico (Italy)
Live 1975 (1975)
See also: Battiato, Franco, Camisasca, Juri.
Astral Currents (1998)
Zoetosis (2001)
The Stellar Sea (2007)
Telomere is Chris MacDonald. He creates great Space Music which is highly recommended. Chris uses Serge modular synthesizer and a couple of other classic analogue machines to craft his compositions. The Stellar Sea starts with "Radiance": warm analogue textures float through the air, creating an atmosphere of serenity and grandeur. You can almost feel the vastness of space as you listen to this. Towards the end, things become a bit more chaotic, without losing the beauty of sounds. The track then segues into "The Shimmering Sea", which opens with bright synth flourishes, until rich analogue pads take over, complimented by spacey effects. This is some evocative, beautiful and relaxing music. Halfway into the track, the sound gets more deep and mysterious, with choir-like sounds in the background. "Bathyal Depths" is more mystical and profound, but overall it continues in the same vein. All you hear by now is phased string / pad sounds and background bubbling effects. Pretty hypnotic material. "Orion's Field" is initially outright dark, with a few low, droning synth textures, depicting the darker regions of space, perhaps. Soon, brighter synth sounds enter and take us to already familiar territory of classic Space Music. However, the dark shades do come back from time to time in the form of windy effects and low drones. "Ascension" begins with mysterious pads, which are soon joined by a gentle synth lead sound. One of the more active tracks on this album (although the term "active" must not be taken literally in the context of Space Music), this composition is a really rewarding listen. "Through the Gate" opens with spacey synthesizer sounds and a subtle bass throb that propels this floating, 100% analogue piece forward. A growling, mechanical buzz leads us to a calm section populated by sparse sounds and effects only. A gentle sequence then appears, never really coming to the fore. The track then builds again to a new climax before calming down near the end. "Drifting" is a short (3+ minutes) track, filled with majestic pads, slow melodies, echoing sounds and a few high-pitched synth textures. "The Far Shore" opens with low, mysterious drones, wind effects and a few complimenting sounds of the drifting variety. Gradually it becomes more intense and loud, with more synth voices layered on top of the initial soundscape. If you like the music of artists like Michael Stearns, Rick Miller or even Jonn Serrie, be sure to check out Telomere. However, I should warn that this music is very "positive" and uplifting. The author uses a lot of major chords and seems to avoid minor ones, which I really missed sometimes (but then again, I like a bit of "bite" and "drama" in my music). In other words, if you want to know my personal opinion, I would say that the sounds are excellent, while the mood was not exactly my thing all the time.
Anthems of Desolation (2003)
The Calling of the Battlehorn (2004)
Discordant Harmony (2005)
Dark soundscapes by Valentin Zechiu. Telurica was started in 2003.
Portrait of A Moon (2002)
End of Fall (2004)
Through Fire (2007) (with Love Power Experiment)
Dark soundscapes.
Athanor (1993)
Terra Incognita (1995)
The
Day the Earth Melted (1996) (S)
Earth Story (2000)
Ritual Ambient from Dirk Grützmann and Catherine Ledit. Dark.
See also: Psygram
Le Voyage du Temps (2005)
Melodic and propulsive Electronic Music with quite virtuoso passages by Maryland-based synthesist Allen Brunelle. Excellent choice for Jarre fans.
In Cold Shivering Silence (2006)
The Land (1993)
The Sea (1993)
The Sky (1994)
Timerooms (1996)
Ethereal Steps (2003)
Physical Modeling Solo
I (2003)
Physical Modeling Solo II (2003)
Electronic Liquids (2004)
Electronic Liquids II (2004)
Said to be similar to the music of Tyndall from the 90's.
Notes 18.11.2003 - No wonder! It's a project of Tyndall.
See also: Tyndall, Nik
Ten Stars - Ten Horns (2004)
Woe To You Oh Earth And Sea (2005)
The Sacred Truth (2007)
Titan Death (2008) (S)
My Horns Are A Flame To Draw Down the Truth (2009)
Solo project by Christopher Walton from Endura.
See also: Endura
Genese (??)
CD single with somewhat ambient EM.
Terenzi, Fiorella, Dr. (Italy)
Music From the Galaxies (1991)
A real curiosity, this one. The core of this work is the basic data received by a radio telescope from radio galaxy UGC 6697 that was later translated to frequences audible by human beings and then played back on a synthesizer by Fiorella. A truly scientific concept, isn't it? This *real* space music has no structure per se and consists of just buzzing, oscillating noises and deep electronic drones, except for the last track. Recommended, but if you absolutely MUST have melodic structure in your EM, you can forgo it.
The Darker Space (2002)
The Gate
(2004)
Wanderlust (2009)
Tribal Ambient comparable to Robert Rich and Steve Roach. Terra Ambient is Pittsburgh-based artist Jeff Kowal.
Daar I Laan (??)
Terra della Sera was started in 1980 by two musicians Carlo Luzi and Paolo de Gregori with the aim to recreate the atmosphere of Wagner's works as well as works of other Classical composers. The initial idea was to create music set to a written libretto. However, they ended up with a much more cosmic sound, influenced by German electronic pioneers. The group had a few notable appearances on samplers during the 1980's.
See also: SeraSidereA, Acheloo.
Anno Domini (2000) (S)
Aeon (2002)
Disintegration (2006)
This project by Greg Good was started in 1996 and right from the beginning set out to explore soundscapes that were influenced by the Cold Meat Industry bands and Lustmord. Gradually, Terra Sancta has found its own musical language within the realm of Dark Ambient electronics. Anno Domini is a demo album that was re-mixed and re-released in 2002 as a mini-CD. Aeon is the first full-length album.
The Third Is Not Given (1999)
Hers Is Blood (2001)
Diverse cinematic / Dark Ambient compositions by John Bergin (C17H19NO3) and Brett Smith (Caul).
See also: Caul
Io (1985)
Continua (1989)
Breathwork (1992)
A Traveler's Guide To Mars (2008)
Sometimes a recording shows up that just grabs you and doesn't let go. Ian Tescee's Io is exactly this kind of album. Here Tom Gregor aka Ian Tescee presents us with a symphonic and cosmic concoction done with real attitude and feeling. It's amazing what a man can do with a couple of synths and a lot of talent & creativity. There are four tracks (each having several sub-titles) of cosmic sympho synths, in the best traditions of Vangelis, although totally unique. The first track is solemn and melodic, rich symphonic synths all over. It ends with a calm gentle section. Aaahhhh... Great! The second part sounds a bit like Jonn Serrie, with its gentle electric piano-like sequenced patterns. Very beautiful and extremely cosmic. It's like flying through space, unhurriedly taking in the beautiful vistas. It then morphs into a more upbeat sequenced (but still very melodic) section with a BIG bass sound, then drums come in and a powerful solo sound (ala Vangelis). The track ends with yet another gentle section (subtitled "Jupiter"). What can be said about Part Three? Well, no mistakes here, this album just keeps bringing in the goods. It's rocking, upbeat and extremely powerful. Part Four concludes this great album on a mysterious and a bit sad note which then evolves into a solemn major-key part and ends with a sparse, a bit minimalistic workout with very CS-80-like symphonic synth sounds. Very evocative! I should mention that all sounds used on this album are very tasty. Ian is a great synthesist, indeed! His melodies are strong and convincing and his talent is pretty obvious. In conclusion, I'd like to recommend this classic to all lovers of EM, especially to fans of Vangelis. Nah, to the hell with recommendations, it's simply a must! You can read my reviews of Ian's other two albums in the reviews section.
Tesendalo (1987)
2 (1988)
Fragment (??)
Auf Ein Wort (1991)
Aus Age Und Ohr (1991)
Tesendalo (1991)
Buch Und Zeit (1992)
Musik From 5 (1992)
Suite De Sons (1992)
Berichte (1993) (with Telepherique)
Early Morning Music (1993)
Klangwiedergabe (1995)
Natur Nacht (1995)
Wendezeit (1995)
Lautschrift (1996)
Mehr (1996)
Phire (1996) (with Doc Wör Mirran)
Formlos 1, 2, 3 (1998)
Laura (1998)
Einklang (1999)
Formlos 12 (1999)
Formlos 4 & 5 (1999)
Formlos 6 / 7 / 8 (1999)
Formlos 9 / 10 / 11 (1999)
No Recorded Remixed (1999) (with Doc Wör Mirran)
5th Anniversary (2001)
Muuh! (2001)
Parmesan (2004)
Momentum 2 (2009) (with Doń Wör Mirran)
Long, droning tracks of analogue electronics. Tesendalo is Peter Schuster (Nürnberg, Germany).
Senza Tempo Nel Tempo (1994)
Sound Map of Marcarolo Park (1998)
Healing Herb's Spirit (1999) (with Alio Die)
Sacbe Cammino Luminoso (2000)
Prayer For the Forest (2002) (with Alio Die)
Birds (2005)
Radioforest (2005)
Continuum (2005) (with Gaudi)
Inframundis (2007)
Ecosphere (2008) (with Susana Beatriz Alvear)
Ritual Ambient for fans of Alio Die.
Synapse (1998)
Oneiromancer
(2001)
Heart of Glass (2002)
Sloth (2003)
Quicksilver (2006)
Member of Endgame and Eruption. Experimental electronic / electroacoustic works. The first album is electronic, while Oneiromancer and Heart of Glass feature some unlikely objects as instruments. Only for the adventurous.
Vorelon Sellas (2006)
Foresee (1986)
In the Air (1987)
A Journey (1988)
Heaven's Light (1989)
The History of Secret Life (1992)
From
Outer Space (1997)
German synthesist. He was born in 1951 and has been living in Hanover since 1977. In 1980, he started experimenting in the field of Electronic Music. He chose some pieces from his archive and published them on his first cassette, called Foresee, in 1986. That was the official start of his solo career. Apart from his own works, he was a member of the Rock band In Medias Res, but that was before 1980. These days Helmut composes rarely. At the the beginning of the New Millennium, however, he had a series of CD's out, mostly with music for aerobics (the first one was Music For Aerobic, released as early as 1991). Helmut's main recorded output is similar to Mark Shreeve in style, with strong themes, powerful rhythm patterns, sequencing and soloing.
The Sun-Cage & Oz-Beams (??)
Peacemakers (??)
Classic cosmic Electronic Music mixed with weird and often atmospheric sound collages and concrete noises.
Thals (??)
Style: Berlin School and sometimes Jarre. Thalassa is the project of Galician musician Pablo Penas.
Lux Terrea (1983)
Occitania (1984)
Okeanos (1986)
Dreamy, spatial Electronic Music from this French synthesist.
Verso La Luce (1994)
Clepsydra (1997)
De Rebus Incognitis (2004)
Melodic and rhythmic Electronic Music. Theatrum Chemicum are Enrico Cosimi and Paolo di Cioccio.
See also: Cioccio, Paolo di, Cosimi, Enrico.
Pulscoded! (1996)
Follow Me! (1997)
Northern Lights (1998)
California
Orange (1998)
Weed Jam (1999)
Ganja Grooves (1999)
Eternity (2000)
Silent Tunes (2001)
Ex-member of Interface.
See also: Interface
In Between Here And There (2007)
It looks like this artist (Jeff Stork) has been inspired by both Rock music and EM, as he likes to combine heavy guitar riffs with screaming synth solos. There are some purely electronic moments as well. The author is actually a drummer, and some of the drumming, indeed, sounds "real", not programmed.
1929 (2007)
Dark Ambient from this Portuguese act. 1929 contains a CD and a DVD.
The Thicket (2003)
The Thicket is a duo of Andrei and Ivan Poukhovski, father and son from Canada. The first and the last tracks of their eponymously titled album are in the traditional EM style. The rest is synthi Prog-Rock with three tracks of ten delivering vocals. The music is actually pretty unique and quite good, too. Andrei and Ivan are good players and great electronic musicians too, judging from their two electronic tracks. Comparisons? Well, tracks with vocals are somewhat like a more active Solar Moon System (i.e. slow beats with various atmospheres plus appropriate voice). That's the closest I can get with comparing their work to others. Bear in mind that the music displayed here is truly progressive in the sense that there are usually multiple themes, lots of changes & variation etc. I wonder, how their purely instrumental electronic album would sound like. I'm pretty sure it will be a real corker, because both "Free Fall" (1st track) and "Catharsis" (last one) are quite good (the music reminds a bit on Jean-Michel Jarre with also echoes of vintage music from the Soviet era, i.e. Zodiac or something like that). I hope they deliver one someday.
I, Thighpaulsandra (2001)
The Michel Publicity Window (2001) (EP)
Experimental musician and keyboard player who worked with Coil, Julian Cope and Spiritualized, among others. On his solo album from 2001 (this is not his only release but I am not sure the others will be interesting to EM fans) Julian Cope lends a hand, along with some other guest musicians. The music runs a gamut of styles, from the complete weirdness to Jazzy stuff and cosmic Electronic ala early Schulze / Tangerine Dream. Thighpaulsandra's real name is Tim Lewis and he is a big fan of early German "Krautrock", just like his cohort Julian Cope.
See also: Queen Elizabeth, Coil.
Music From Macbeth (1972) (soundtrack)
The Magus (1972)
Third Ear Band operates more or less within the realm of bands like Univers Zero and Art Zoyd, which means dark, acoustic Chamber Rock pieces. The soundtrack to a Polanski movie Macbeth appeared on LP in 1972 and was issued by Harvest. It's one of those rare examples where extensive electronic experimentation is involved and their acoustic and folk instruments mix with EMS synthesizers to create highly vivid, opressive and dark atmospheres. The Magus is a hybrid of spacey oboe / violin playing and synthesizers.
Thistle (1996)
Tired Anchor (2003)
One of the many Mauve Sideshow offshoots (Kelly Thistle).
See also: Dream Radiation, Konkrete Kantikle.
Enrielle (1995)
Epoch Pt. 1 (1996)
Index 1.0. Coma (1998)
Absorb (2000)
Minus (2004)
Identify (2010)
Dark Ambient from Lutz Rach.
Sternklang (2007)
German female artist who calls herself Eisen. Sternklang is a massive soundscape in Dark Space vein.
Watch Devil Go (1975)
A Free Jazz drummer, Jacques Thollot released several Progressive / Jazz Rock albums during the 1970's. This album mixes several styles, including Free Jazz, Rock and Electronic Music of the Heldon school of thought.
More People Have Been To the Moon (1997)
Electronic Music album from this cave diver and synthesist. Atmospheric, sequential and Tangerine Dream-like, including real underwater ambiences.
Freizeit (1987) (with Dieter Zobel)
Tomato (1989)
Falsche Hase (1989) (with Dieter Zobel)
Tolling Toggle (1991) (with Conrad Schnitzler)
Clock Face (1992) (with Conrad Schnitzler)
Minimization (1994) (with Guido Hübner)
Marmor (1996)
Wie Eine Companie Indianer Caffee Trinken (1997) (with Gust)
The Sound of Silver (1998) (with Doc Wör Mirran)
Die Gesange Der Komparsen (??)
East German electronic experimentalist.
See also: Tonart
Sound Music Album 12: Modern Music
For Synthesizer (1977)
Sound Music Album 23: Unterwasser (1979)
Sound Music Album 27: Chemistry - Physics (1980) (with Klaus Weiss)
These are all electronic library albums. As usual with records of this type, there's some dated cheese but there are also some good ambient floaters to be found.
Unknown Territory (1991)
Approaching the Light (1991)
Rainbow's End (1992)
Enigmas
(1998)
Beyond the Unknown Territory (2000)
Light, melodic electronics. Sometimes quite atmospheric or Berlin-styled.
Deeper In the Dreamtime (1991)
The Strong
Eye (1992)
Ginnungagap (1993)
Shadow Gazing (1994) (recorded in 1986 - 1994)
Amorphia (1995)
Air
Friction (1995)
The Silent Shore (1996)
Music For A Summer Evening (1997)
Another Sky (1998) (with Nikitas
Demos)
Frontier (1998)
Aether (1998)
Sapphire (1998)
Elemental Folklore (1998) (recorded in 1994 - 1997)
As In the Dark, All Cats Are Grey (1999) (recorded in 1986)
Siren (1999)
Blue Day (2000)
Alchemy (2000)
Forgotten Places
(2000) (with James Johnson)
Cytizen (2000) (recorded in 1981 - 1986)
The Vivid Air (2000)
In
Ruins (2000) (recorded in 1981 - 1982)
Acousma (2001) (recorded in 1996 - 2001)
Manifold (2001)
Sidereal (2002)
The Still Center of A Turning World (2004)
Pendere (2007)
Tre Passagio - Homage To Ingmar Bergman (2008) (S)
Poesis Athesis (2008)
Gold Flowers Bloom Mercury Petals (2009)
Robert Scott Thompson was born in 1959 in California. He creates Ambient music which is sometimes dark and sometimes has a bend toward the electro-acoustic side of the fence.
See also: Fountainhead.
Alien Encounter (1996)
Basically a New-Age musician, Phil Thornton released several (one?) works that will be interesting for Electronic Music fans. Alien Encounter is one of these, a mesmerizing and a bit mysterious electronic landscape with lots of effects and sounds that create special night-time atmosphere. Further investigation is needed.
See also: Mandragora
Context (2002)
Continuum (2005)
Thought Guild is actually Gregory Kyryluk aka Alpha Wave Movement with fellow synthesist Christopher Cameron. Same style as AWM.
See also: Alpha Wave Movement
Thrall, Ure (USA)
Forbidden Fruit (1996)
Shauerroman (2003)
Arabian Knightmares (2004)
The Bone Tree Soundtracks (2004)
The Bone Tree Soundtracks Vol. 2 (2004)
The Zound And the Ure (2004)
Smooth Quality Replicant (2007) (with P.H. Locasta)
The Bone Tree Soundtracks Vol. 3 (2007)
A Saucerful of Sucrets (2008) (recorded in 1995)
The Great Zoviet-French Kiss-Off (2008)
Ure Thrall Comes Apart! (2008)
Drone Ambient. Pretty dark stuff. Ure Thrall (real name - Greg Logsdon) started as a random Noise artist mostly doing amateur collages (early works are not included in the above discography). However, over the years he has managed to refine his sound into a cohesive whole. Ure Thrall was once a member of the ensemble Voice of Eye.
See also: Asianova
Cornucopia (1986)
Melancholia (1988)
Former Eulenspygel member, Matthias Thurow was born in 1949 in Tubingen. These solo albums contain symphonic EM. Matthias currently resides in Italy.
Silmarillion (1994)
Obscure duo that released an album of Tolkien-inspired atmospheric music.
Steve Tibbetts (1977)
Steve Tibbetts is a guitarist born in 1954. The above mentioned first album is the only one which is of interest to EM fans. The music is drenched in guitar but there are some synth numbers, too.
Coriolis (2002)
Ambient by Tarl Broad-Ashman.
The Four Rivers (2001)
Golem & Man (2002)
Ingathering of Exiles (2003) (with Chaos As Shelter and Igor Krutogolov)
Silent Knife Speaks (2005) (S)
Ablution (2006) (S) (with Peter Duimelinks)
Dark soundscapes by David Brownstead.
Polyrische Variationen (1989)
Stefan Tiedje worked with Christopher Franke back in the 80's and released an album of Experimental EM. He is now working in the CCMIX studio in Paris (fresh after his stay in Experimental Studio, Freiburg). He is still active in music making, mostly doing free improvisations with his self-written programs.
These Things Happen (1984)
Safety In Numbers
(1987)
Strange Cargo (1989)
Avant-garde electronic percussionist. The first album is done in collaboration with other musicians and incorporates various computer collages and synth phrases embellished by diverse percussion and chromatic percussion-like sounds (marimba, vibraphone, etc). Safety In Numbers is more spacey and ambient, while Strange Cargo is largely influenced by Ryuichi Sakamoto's style. David van Tieghem worked with such luminaries of Progressive / Experimental scene as Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, Jon Gibson, Robert Fripp, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Zorn, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, John Cale, Richard Peaslee and Bill Laswell, to name but a few.
Tiermes (1996)
210 (1997) (S)
777 - ra.ar.a (1999)
Malahvia (2005)
Dark soundscapes by Saaren Levy aka Jussi Saivo and Jarkko Toivonen. Ritual, organic...
Liliental (1978) (with Moebius, Plank,
Hattler, Alto and Okko)
Nachtstucke (1979)
Biotop (1981)
Musik Aus der Grauzone (1981)
Spat Europa (1982)
In Die Nacht (1982)
Musik Im Schatten (1982)
Musik An der Grenze
(1982)
Musik Unter Tage (1983)
Litia (1983)
Formen Letzer Hausmusik (1984)
Rattenheu
(1984)
Seuchengebiete (1985)
Grosse Statik (1985)
Geboren Um Zu Dienen (1986)
Notturno
(1986)
Watching
the Burning Bride (1986) (with Terry Burrows)
Zwingburgen des Hedonismus (1987) (S)
Aus Freunde Am Elend (1987)
Face To Face Vol.1 (1988)
E (1988) (with Okko
Bekker)
Linea (1988)
Abfleischung (1989) (recorded in 1977)
Marches Funebres (1989)
Stupor Mundi (1990)
Five Manifestoes
(1990) (with Phillip B. Klingler)
Raum 318 (1991)
Monoposto (1991) (with C.V. Liquidsky)
Sinkende Schwimmer (1991)
Grav
(1991) (with Phillip B. Klingler and Merzbow)
Seuchengebiete 2 (1991)
Das Einsverfehlung (1992)
Syrenia 2 (1992) (with Vidna
Obmana)
Dbl.Fdbk (1993) (with Arcane Device)
Das Fest Ist Zu Ende. Aus. (1993)
Daseinsverfehlung (1993)
Die
Nacht Aus Blei (1994)
Das Vieh Und Sein Vater (1995) (recorded in 1981 - 1995)
Asmus Tietchens / Vidna Obmana
(1995) (with Vidna Obmana)
Eisgang (1995)
Ptomaine (1995)
Speiseleitung (1996) (with
Arcane Device)
Dammerattake (1997)
Seuchengebiete 3 (1997)
Das Digitale Vertrauen (1997) (with Edward Ka-Spel, Jetzmann and L. Ski)
Burning the Watching Bride (1998) (with Terry Burrows)
Repetitive Movements
(1998) (with Achim Wollscheid)
Glimmen (1999)
Motives For Recycling (1999) (with Vidna Obmana)
Stockholmer Totentanz (1999) (with Okko Bekker)
Alpha Menge (2000)
Beta Menge (2001)
Flussdichte (2001) (with David Lee Myers)
Gamma Menge (2002)
The
Shifts Recyclings (2002) (with Vidna Obmana)
7 Stucke (2003) (with Jon Mueller)
Delta Menge (2003)
FT+ (2003)
Adventures In Sound (2003) (recorded in 1965 - 1969)
60:00 (2004) (with David Lee Myers)
Epsilon Menge (2005)
Verstreutes 2 (2006) (recorded in 1984 - 1995)
Zeta Menge (2006)
Fabrication (2007) (with Richard Chartier)
Aus Freude Am Elend (2008)
Eta Menge (2008)
Tels Teils (2008)
Eine Menge Papier (2009) (S)
Flachen Mit Figuren (2009)
Asmus Tietchens is a German experimental and electronic composer born in 1947 in Hamburg. He has strong connections to the early work of his German cohort Karlheinz Stockhausen but can hardly be considered an academic composer. He is actually one of the Krautrock pioneers, having been experimenting in the field since the late 1960's. He has collaborated with Cluster and participated on the legendary Liliental record. He then went solo, singning for the Sky label. A few quirky and vaguely "commercial" electronic albums followed, before Asmus plunged into the world of repetitive minimal Ambient and Experimental music.
See also: Kontakt Der Junglinge
Fog (2007)
Andy Tillison is a keyboard player of The Tangent fame. Here, he presents us some solo music played on synthesizers in Berlin School vein. For some reason, on the cover of Fog his name is spelled "Andy Tillison Diskdrive".
One Small Step And A Giant Leap
(1996)
Two Worlds (1998)
Strange (2000)
Daughters of Jupiter (2005)
Travelling Light (2007)
Timescape is Kent Borrefjaell Eskildsen from Navigator (sometimes joined by Tony Andersen from the same band). Rhythmic Space Music in Schmoelling / Tangerine Dream vein. The story of Kent Eskildsen begins in the 1970's, when he heard Tangerine Dream's Stratosfear. This music captured his attention and made him a long-time fan. Apart from Electronic Music, Kent always had a passion for Progressive Rock, playing guitar in a band called Atlantis. Kent got his first synth in 1979 and since then he's been experimenting with it both as solo artist (Timescape) and with several groups, including Navigator. Together with fellow musician Tony Andersen, Kent forms a duo called Kenton Files.
Spacewalk (2003)
Universal Excursion (2003)
Melodic EM with varied influences.
The Luenen-Rehearsals (1993) (with Tranquillity)
Time-Wave is synthesist Norbert Gunkel.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1978) (S)
Trip Into the Body (1981)
Classic EM with lots of vocoder voices.
Approaching Sirius (2006)
Prolific composer who, starting from the early 1990's, has been releasing some 10+ albums a year, so needless to say, I don't even hope to sink my teeth into the whole of it. Apparently, some of his music is either New Instrumental or Folk music. Approaching Sirius is nice melodic EM of the Jarre school of thought, sometimes bombastic, sometimes Rocky. Looks like the guy only uses factory presets and he accompanies his music (and live shows) by some wishy-washy New Age healing theories, so beware. It is debatable, how much of his output should be in EEM.
Ecclesiastes: The Thorns of Time
(2004)
Identities (2007)
Ambient duo of Ben Fleury-Steiner and Jim Brenholts.
See also: Fleury-Steiner, Ben, Rigel Orionis.
Searchlight & Torch (1984) (with
Tara Cross)
Sultan In Oman (1984) (with Joe Zeytoonian)
In Florette's Room (1985)
Invisible Cities (1986)
Gorgons & Gargoyles (1986) (with
Blair Petrie)
The Blue Pill (1988)
City of Dark (1988)
Excess of Free Speech (1992)
Project For A Revolution In New York (1998)
Cinematic Visions (2004)
The Black Book (2004)
Ex-Port Said synthesist. A lot of his material can be classified as World Music
See also: Port Said
Analogue Dreams (??)
Anocosmic
(??)
Comet Star (??)
Fazes (??)
Slipstream (1995)
Titania Moon are Andy Var and Mick Skinner. Cosmic sequencer music but rather repetitive.
Lightning Girl (1988)
Breezeing Sequence
(1989)
Reflections (1991)
First Excursion (1991)
Vertigo (1993)
Smoove City
(1993)
Also known as Teekay. This project was initially the brainchild of Thomas Kudling and was one of the projects released on the IC label. But Reflections and Smoove City were reportedly done by some Peter LaSalle and are more in the Smooth Jazz vein, so it's debatable whether they should be listed here. Meanwhile, Kudling shortened the name of the project to TK and released First Excursion and Vertigo, both issued by CUE-Records. Kudling's music is mostly light, rhythmic and melodic.
Tranquilizer (2008)
Year of Astronomy (2009)
TM Solver is actually German musician and synthesist Thomas Meier (from Berlin). Melodic music with an analogue feel.
Kunst Aus Nacht (1999)
Silent Departure (1986)
Sonnenreise (1987)
On Sky label.
New Eyes On the Universe (1998)
Near And Far
(1999)
Music like the darker Robert Fripp's soundscape stuff. Pretty mysterious and sometimes quite cosmic.
See also: Viridian Sun
Spazio (1973)
Synthesizer (1973)
April Orchestra Vol. 5 (1976)
Grandangolo (1981)
Technologia Elettronica (1986) (with Stefano Torossi)
Technologia e Computer (1992)
Italian pianist and composer who contributed to quite a few library releases, some of which (listed) will be of interest to EM fans. As with most library albums, caution is advised, though.
Snowflakes Are Dancing (1974)
Catastrophe 1999 (1974) (soundtrack)
Pictures At An
Exhibition (1975)
The Firebird (1975)
The Planets (1976)
Sound Creature
(1977)
Kosmos (1978)
The Bermuda
Triangle (1978)
Daphnis et Chloe (1979)
Grand Canyon Suite
(1982)
Dawn Chorus (1983)
Mind of the
Universe (1984)
Back To the Earth (1987)
Misty Kid of Wind (1989) (soundtrack)
Storm From the East
(1992) (soundtrack)
The First Emperor (1994) (with others) (soundtrack)
NASCA Fantasy
(1994) (with Kodo Drummers)
Bach Fantasy (1996)
Captain Ultra (1996) (soundtrack) (recorded in 1967)
Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) (soundtrack)
Gakko I - III (1998) (soundtrack)
The Tale of Genji (1999)
Sennen No Koi (2001) (soundtrack)
Tokyo
Disney Sea (2002) (soundtrack)
Born in 1932, Isao Tomita is one of the most important Japanese electronic musicians. Isao spent his childhood in China but upon returning to Japan entered the Keio University. After graduating in 1955, he became a full-time composer, scoring works for movies, TV and theatre productions. Tomita's first experiments with electronics date back to the 1960's when he bought himself a modular Moog. At that time he was deeply influenced by Walter Carlos' groundbreaking work with synthesizer on the legendary Switched-On Bach. It is no wonder, therefore, that Tomita is mostly known for his interpretations of music by Classical composers. However, unlike Walter/Wendy Carlos, Tomita mainly plays music by more modern composers, like Debussy and Mussorgsky, for instance. Besides, around 1976 or so he started adding more and more self-composed pieces which he blended smoothly with his Classical interpretations. Yet another difference between the two is that Tomita prefers his synths sounding like synths unlike Carlos, who tries to imitate the sounds of real instruments. As for me, I prefer Tomita's approach over Carlos'. Recommended.. No, a must!
Futurist / Sea of Tranquility
(1997) (S)
Stereoscopic Soundwaves (1997)
Sequence of the Negative Space Changes (1998)
I Wish I Was An Angel So I Could Sleep On the Moon (1999) (S)
People Mover (1999) (S)
Microbe (2001)
Anemone (2003)
Ambient duo of Stephan Baker and Nick Brackney. They were influenced by both Krautrock and the Techno / Post Rock scene.
Tonart Eins (1992)
Tonart Zwei (1993)
Tonart Drei (1993)
Tonart Vier (1994)
Tonart Fünf (1997)
Experimental electronic duo of Lars Stroschen (Propeller Island) and Jorg Thomasius. Conrad Schnitzler collaborates on the first two volumes.
See also: Propeller Island, Thomasius, Jorg.
ConSail Curve (2002)
Hydrogen 2 Oxygen (2002)
The White Space (2002)
Guard Lock Skin (2004)
Kit Watkins' "improvisational trio" formed in 2001. Ambient.
See also: Watkins, Kit
Tone Pharaoh (2000)
Tone Pharaoh is a trio of Dwight Loop (synths, processing), Ray Regan (synths, e-guitar, percussion) and Lee Howard (bass, fx, vocals, percussion), with vocal contributions from some mysterious "Noor".
See also: Loop, Dwight
Spiral Craft (1997)
Encounter (??)
Peaceful electronics with flute, I think.
Wechselwirkung (1982)
Metanarkosis (1983)
Das Todesantlitz (1983)
La Mutazione (1985)
Epigenesi (1986)
Kynak (1990) (with Conrad Schnitzler)
Tahta Tarla (1993) (recorded in 1987 - 1988) (with Andrew Chalk)
*KO/USK- (1997) (with Siegmar Fricke)
Starting in the early 1980's with nothing but analogue synthesizers, Italian musician Giancarlo Toniutti engaged in cosmic EM before moving on to hard-core experimental stuff on later releases.
Tonto's Expanding Head Band (UK / USA)
Zero Time (1971)
It's About Time
(1972)
Really FAT analog sound. A Classic. Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a duo of Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff. They used a huge custom modular synth called "The Original and New Timbral Orchestra". The name of this instrument was abbreviated and gave birth to the project's name.
See also: Cecil, Malcolm, Caldera.
Luminescent Flow (2006)
Stellar Reach (2007)
This Illinois-based musician produces Ambient / Space Music inspired by (mainly) American artists that got rotation on the legendary "Hearts of Space" radio show.
Screen Ceremonies (1995)
Museum of Fruit (1999)
David Toop is a musician and writer who published several books. He is also known as a friend and collaborator of Brian Eno. David released his first album in 1975 on Brian's "Obscure" label. It was New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments - a sonic treatise on unknown instruments done in collaboration with Max Eastley. Since then he has released many collaborative works in the field of experimenal Jazz, as well as several solo albums with varying styles and moods. I don't know how much of his output would qualify as Prog EM, but the above mentioned ones could be interesting for fans of Ambient and soundscape music. The mood is slightly darker than what Eno is mostly known for.
Souvenirs des Cites Crepusculaires
(1976)
Compartiment Fuchsia (1979)
Le Prince Apartide (1980)
Ulysse (1981) (with Serge Houppin)
Musique Pour Jean-Claude Gallotta (1984) (with Serge Houppin)
Memoire des Ecumes (1985)
Volume III
(1986) (with Serge Houppin)
Mammame - Les Louves et Pandora (1986) (with Serge Houppin)
Docteur Labus (1988) (with Serge Houppin)
Les
Mysteres de Subal (1990) (with Serge Houppin)
Amour-Legende (1992) (with Serge Houppin)
Voyageur Immobile (1999) (with Serge Houppin)
Vertiges (2001) (with Serge Houppin)
Henry-Skoff Torgue is a French synthesist. In cooperation with Serge Houppin he created many theater dance scores. Nowadays he composes in mostly non-electronic chamber / acoustic style.
Torn Curtain (1996)
One more side-project of Dusty Lee from Mauve Sideshow. Again it's ethereal Mellotron-laden ambience plus hypnotic echoey voice, this time with some Medieval Ambient thrown in by way of cathedral-like organ. If you like Froese's Epsilon In Malaysian Pale, try this.
See also: Mauve Sideshow, Blessed Oblivion, Minus Infinity, Mistress of Strands, Steeple of Fyre, Thistle, Angel Provocateur, Kangaroo Kourt.
One (2003)
Two (2003)
Three (2004)
Equinox (2004)
HeadmiX (2005)
Astroboy (2005)
Mixture of atmospheric and more direct / rhythmic EM from the duo of Michael Thomas Roe (synthesist and Conrad Schnitzler collaborator) and James Combs.
See also: Roe, Michael Thomas
Full Circle (1978) (soundtrack)
Making Faces (1982)
The soundtrack to the film "Full Circle" contains melodic and melancholic music played on piano and synthesizers. Colin Towns is former keyboard player for Ian Gillan Band.
Electrical Lights (1998)
Undine
(1999)
A Passage In Time (2000)
See also: Now And Then
Dystopia (1979)
Here And Now (1980)
Belial
(1983)
Ambiente (1984)
Music For Experimental Film (1985)
Electronic Music project that revolved around Jurgen Petersen aka Adrian Marcator with sometimes other musicians helping out (mostly Armin Wischnewski). Trance was formed in 1975.
See also: Marcator, Adrian, Entrance.
Humanity Can't Evolve (1986)
Carpenter (1987)
Island Sketches (1987)
Live Intelligence (1988)
Dancing / Static (1990) (with Alan Martin)
Storming Heaven (1990) (with Alan Martin)
This Far (1990)
Tranceglobal (1992)
Further (1993)
Chung Kuo (1994)
Go To (1996)
Way
Beyond (1997)
Altitude Silence (1999)
Scottish synth trio of Bobby Gillies, Alan Martin and Peri Urban. Very rhythmic Electronic Music, comparable to Brainwork.
See also: Martin, Alan, M.A.O.
Cyberland X-Press (1992)
The
Luenen-Rehearsals (1993) (with Time-Wave)
The Spectre Within (1994)
Deus Ex Machina
(1996)
Core (2001)
Tranquillity is Frank Makowski. Classic-style (sequencer) Electronic Music.
See also: The Speed of Dark, Ramp.
Racconto Psicofonico Dell'aldila (1974)
Obscure band consisting of Marcello Giombini and Mario Molino. The closest comparison would be another Italian band, Jakula. Dark, occult Electronic / Prog music with some spoken vocals. A lot of found sounds make appearances, too.
Intrigue (2001)
Transformation 88:98 (2006) (recorded in 1988 - 1998)
Energetic music similar to Mark Shreeve. Transceive is Steve Nelson.
Manifestations of Obscure Influence (2005)
Inherent Decay (2007)
The Hopelessness of Logic (2009)
Marspiter side-project in Dark Ambient mould.
See also: Marspiter
Voyage (1997)
Tranzversal (2000)
Tranz-Rapid (2002)
Tranzit is Dutch musician Dirk H. J. Nusink who creates melodic music which is sometimes rhythmic, sometimes more ambient. Dirk's talent is evident on pieces like "E-Drive", "Travelin' Lite", "Hill Side" and "Alexander+" from Tranzversal. Just listen to the brilliant sparkling solo on the first track "E-Drive". This is simply superb stuff, very well done. "Hill Side" is very unique, featuring electric harp sounds coupled with synth textures, very unusual, I haven't heard anything like this. "Alexander+" is a very earthly ambient piece, I can clearly imagine some old square rounded by baroque buildings and lots of pigeons and sparrows chirping around. Very atmospheric stuff. Voyage has it's highlights too, the perfect example being "Rick's Theme" which is one of the best piano pieces I've heard. Very pleasant and emotional piano playing is augmented by appropriate synth tones. Overall, Voyage has a bit of a New Agey feel to it, but in a good sense.
Hospital Machinery (2007)
After Visiting Hours (2007)
Cold Room II (2008)
Discarded (2008)
An Intimate Connection (2009)
Pure Clinical Ambient from this project out of UK. Hospital ambiences and clean, sterile atmospheres.
Die Legende Von Sammandaria (1989)
Terra
Incognita (1990)
The Big Rock (1993)
The Omen (1994)
Mystic Visions (1995)
Refractions (1996)
Secrets (1997)
Galactical Drive
(1997)
Twilight Colours (1997)
Raumzeit (1998)
Quasar (1998)
Raumzeit 2 (1999)
Chronicle (1999)
Hubble Deep Field (2000)
Elements (2003)
Fern In
Australian Dandenongs (2003)
Touches (2005)
Natural Phenomenons (2006)
Beyond the Surface (2009)
Harmony (2009)
Berlin School music by Frank Klare and Carola (Jurgen) Kern.
See also: Klare, Frank, Kern, Carola
Untamed World (1974)
Points of Vision (1975)
Phasing Drums & Electronic Sounds (1976)
Electronic Fields (1977)
Magic Colors (1978)
Unbekannte Welt (1979)
Montage (1985)
Bilder Aus Der Wissenschaft (1985)
Laboratory (1987)
Bilder... is a library LP with Electronic Music for scientific reports. Gerhard Trede had some other releases. Everything that's listed above is electronic.
Sehnsucht Und Einklang (1982)
The 1982 album by this pioneering World Music / Ethnic Fusion outfit has Gyan Nishabda on it who is actually electronic musician Claude Larson (aka Klaus Netzle). The group consisted of Jens Fischer, Asim Saha and Achim Gieseler and was formed in 1977.
See also: Fischer, Jens, Gieseler, Achim.
The Cessation of Spoil (1999)
A Dark Ambient collaboration between members of Gruntsplatter (Scott Candey) and Ruhr Hunter (Chet Scott).
See also: Gruntsplatter
Tanz auf dem Eis (1996)
A band with Ingo Debus released on Spheric Music with a style close to that of Schicke, Fuhrs & Frohling, which means floating, dreamy Synth / Prog compositions.
Viens Avec Nous / La Confusion (1972) (S)
This one is mainly of historic interest, featuring Jean-Michel Jarre on synth. The other members of this band were Aldo Roamno, Henri Texier and Francois Cahen (Magma). Pop / Progrock.
See also: Jarre, Jean-Michel
Tribal Machine (1990)
Pre-Dweller At the Threshold Electronic Music by Paul Ellis and Jeff Vasey.
See also: Ellis, Paul, Dweller At the Threshold
New Views (1984)
Breaking Barriers
(1986)
Live: the Melody, the Beat, the Heart (1987)
Terra Incognita (1990)
Swedish band. Sometimes like Correlations-era Ashra, sometimes like Software, with neat Oldfieldian touches. Also a lot of tracks that remind on the symphonic aspects of Genesis. Beware the vocals.
Trance Dance 128 (1991)
4Cast
(1994)
In Concert (1999) (with Laserdance)
The first album is supposedly ambient / dance synth music with Laserdance influences. The second is more in the Techno / Trance vein. Trilithon is Huib Schippers, who formed this project in 1990.
See also: Syntech
Firework (2003)
Mare d'Equinoxe (2005)
Instrumental synth / EM with varied influences.
Tiefenrausch (2005)
Hin - Fort (2007)
Initiation (2008) (recorded in 2000 - 2003)
Willenskraft (2009)
Dark Ambient from Benjamin Koenig - a member of Black Metal act Aurora. The first album has spoken word / vocal parts by Timo Koelling, while the Hin - Fort is a solo work by Koenig.
The Island (2008)
Synthesist from Sweden, now residing on Åland islands, with a melodic style, influenced by Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and more. Sequences, melodies, solos and rhythms.
Inselmusik (1980)
Two Faces (1982)
Der
Prophet (1982)
Narrow Gate To Life (1983)
German synthesist. Classic Berlin School electronics. In 1998, Manikin Records released a 2CD set called Recall Level that contains tracks from his first three albums.
Troumings 1997 (1997)
Ryna (1998)
Dreaming Muzak (1998)
Mort Aux Vaches (2000)
Navis (2000)
Tjukurrpa Pt. 1: Harmonies (2001)
Tjukurrpa Pt. 2: Drones (2001)
Mnemonic Induction (2002) (with Yen Pox)
Symbiosis (2002)
Kasha-Pashana (2003)
Tjukurrpa Pt. 3: Rhythms And Pulsations (2003)
Sigqan (2003)
Autopoietic Transformations (2004)
Objectlessness (2005)
Seeing-Ear Gods (2006)
To A Child Dancing In the Wind (2006) (with Martyn Bates)
Shutun (2006)
Ignis Sacer (2007) (with NID)
Symballein - A Cellection of Rare & Early Tracks 1997 - 1999 (2007)
AIWS (2007)
Sen (2008) (recorded in 1999)
Kreuzung Zwei (2008) (with Reutoff)
Eald-Ge-Streon (2009)
Ljubimaya / Daur (2009)
A duo of Martin Gitschel and Stefan Knappe (ex-Maeror Tri) creating dark, psychedelic, droning madness.
See also: Maeror Tri
Euclid (1987)
Reflections (??)
Impressions (??)
Scottish synthesist with a fairly rhythmic and sequencer-heavy sound.
Awakened To Never Sleep Again
(2001)
The Significance of Secrecy (2001)
(Absence) (2003)
The Cave of Knowledge (2008) (S)
All of the True Things I'm About To Tell You Are Lies (2008)
Dark Ambient based on guitar drones by Eric Kesner who lives in Washington, DC.
Just A Try (1980)
A duo of Amadeus Reineck and Michael Lapp with a style close to that of Ashra and Cluster.
TSRS Live (1980) (S)
This rare EP by the band TSRS (Tasty Shit Remove Sensation) from Hague was released in just 250 copies. The cover of this synth music obscurity was black and white and had a skull on it with headphones on. Reportedly, it's their only release. It was recorded from a live performance.
Occult Transmission (2002)
Optimism Is For the Weak (2002)
Optimism Is For the Weak is Martial Ambient, Occult Transmission is more ritual. The guy behind Tugend goes by the name J. Brandenburg but this is most likely not his real name.
Centenarians Divine Lunacy (2002)
Fortress Ermetica (2005)
Dark soundscapes in the vein of Lustmord.
See also: Sostrah Tinnitus
Tunguska (2000)
Crash (2004)
A side-project of Claudio Dondo (Runes Order) and Massimo De Maria. A mixture of Runes Order cosmic style and some modern influences. Also has some traits of early Berlin School stuff like Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream.
See also: Runes Order, Order 1968.
Sailing the Solar Wind (2003)
The Tunnel Singer is Lee Ellen Shoemaker who likes to sing in places with interesting natural reverberation such as halls, tunnels, corridors, etc. On this album Lee Ellen added synths, loops, sequencing, percussion and electronic processing to her magical voicescapes that were also treated electronically. The result is an enjoyable trip in Tribal Ambient vein. There are steady percussion rhythms over which various soundscapes, voice, synthesizers and samples create a delicate and at times unusual flowing tapestry. In contrast to her previous releases where the voice of Lee Ellen served as the main instrument, this one has far fewer singing (wordless of course) and focuses on instrumental soundscapes. The best track is IMO "Sea Caves" that somehow reminds me on Klaus Schulze's "Midas Touch" from Jubilee Edition, not because they are similar in sound but rather because they conjure up similar images in my mind. The odd track on the album is the upbeat "Red Red" with its almost dance rhythm. Overall, if you like Steve Roach (in his Tribal Ambient period) or, say, Amir Baghiri, this album is a must. And of course I recommend this release for all other Ambient-minded listeners and those who simply like interesting and unique music.
Turf Olymp (1998)
Melodic synth music from Erik Simon and Frank Bartholomai.
Tuts-Schiemsky, Emmanuel (Belgium)
Ruust Voor De Stilte (1994)
Atmospheric electronics with sequences.
Invocation (1990)
One Thousand Years
(1992)
All Our Ancestors (1994)
Mesh (1997)
Terma (1998) (with Nick Parkin)
The Frozen Lands
(1999) (S)
Ritual Ambient from the trio of Martin Franklin, Mykl O'Dempsey and Richard Clare. Nick Parkin is also a member of sorts, collaborating on most recordings.
See also: Parkin, Nick, Stillpoint.
Erkki Sven Tüür is the keyboard player of Progressive Rock group In Spe. He is an accomplished composer (even in the Academic field) and has a lot of works in styles such as Orchestral, Vocal, Chamber, Rock and Electronic - for instance, "Kaks Rituaali" (1983) for chamber orchestra and synthesizers, or "Vitrea Ludentia" (1985) for synthesizer and renaissance ensemble. Several of his orchestral pieces found their way onto a couple of official releases. However, I am not sure that any of his Electronic Music works ever made it to CD (not counting a couple of samplers). Further investigation is needed.
One (1988) (S)
The above release is an EP. I don't know about other releases from this artist. The style is not known either.
Outside Brain Inside My Room (1997)
Painted Wall (2003)
Ambient music by Peter Bonne and Geert Coppens (both from Autumn). The group started as an outlet for Peter and Geert to explore more vocal-oriented music than what was done under the "Autumn" moniker. Twilight Ritual's early (tape) releases followed this style. However, Painted Wall is a return to their early Ambient influences.
See also: Autumn
One Step Beyond the Horizon (1996)
Moon Album (1998)
Titan (1999)
Kunstkamera (1999)
Ogme's Dreams (2000)
The Shining (2002)
Tsiolkovsky-Beat (2003)
Relic (2006)
Russian synthesist Alexey Ostrovskiy creates cosmic, melodic and atmospheric EM.
Compositions And Soundpictures (1998)
Eepra
Nahf (1998)
Source And Tone (1999)
Drawings In the Room (1999)
Fathoms (1999)
The Hover (2006)
Ambient ala Brian Eno or Vangelis' Bladerunner soundtrack. Richard Tyler started making Electronic Music in 1987 after acquiring an Ensoniq Mirage sampler, a computer and a tape recorder. Some of Richard's compositions have a distinct IDM flair.
Sonnenlicht (1980)
Traumland (1981)
Reflexionen (1982)
Durch Die Zeiten (1983)
Entspannung (1984)
Einklang (1986)
Horizonte (1986)
Zeitenwende (1987)
Sounds of Silence (1988)
Landscape Pictures (1989)
Plejaden Suite (1990)
Lagoon (1990)
Silvermoon (1991)
Four Seasons (1991)
Farwind Islands (1992)
Trance Dance (1993)
Romances (1993)
Sunwinds (1993)
Magical Sea (1993)
Visionary Worlds (1993)
Dreamcircle Suite (1993)
Im Suden (1994)
Am Sternentor (1994)
Invisible Worlds (1994)
Sahara Night Winds (1994)
Voices of Asia (1995)
Am Sternentor Live (1995)
Sumatra (1995)
Trance In Space (1996)
Monuments In Time (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 2 (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 3 (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 4 (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 5 (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 6 (1997)
Monuments In Time Part 7 (1997)
Im Elektronisches Garten (1999)
Landschaftsbilder (1999)
Live At KLEM (1999) (with Bernd Scholl)
Mogul Nights (2000)
Terra Nean (2002)
Metallurion Lands I - IV (2002)
Metallurion Lands V (2002)
Metallurion Lands VI (2002)
Subterranean Levels (2002)
Moonwinds (2002)
Red Moon Over Prevely Monastery (2002)
Subterranean Nights (2002)
Healing Holy Water (2002)
Nightfalls (2002)
Chill Out Ocean - Farout (2002)
Chill Out Ocean - Atmospheric Phases (2002)
Chill Out Ocean - Atmospheric Scapes (2003)
Chill Out Ocean - Atmospheric Waves (2003)
Chill Out Ocean - Atmospheric Liquids (2003)
Solera (2003)
Analogika Sternika Moons I (2003)
Electro Beats I (2003)
Desert Walks (2003)
Alem Mar (2003)
Analogika Sternika Moons II (2003)
Arelos (2003)
Raumwanderung (2003)
Electronic Club Lounge - Black Sea Spirits (2003)
Electronic Club Lounge - Grainlands (2003)
Electronic Club Lounge - Grainwaters (2003)
Voices of the Unknown (2003)
Voice of Spaces (2003)
Orangeria Naira (2003)
The Echos Voices (2003)
Wasser Des Lichts (2003)
Die Grosse Zeit (2004)
Zeitraum (2004)
Signale Signale (2004)
Zeitstucke (2004)
Rehnender Raum (2004)
Listen To the Oberheims (2004)
Inspiration Schaulager I - Installationsklange (2004)
Installation Schaulager II - Installationsklange (2004)
Analogika Sternika Planets (2004)
Silent Electronic Dreams (2004)
Analogika Sternika Asteroides (2004)
Analogika Sternika Moons IV (2004)
In Dream of Time (2004)
Dreamspheres (2004) (with Bernd Scholl)
German synthesist whose real name is Jurgen Krehan. Early albums are done in the duo format together with Rudolf Langer and released under the project name "Tyndall". There are a lot of Cluster influences, with clattering drum boxes and melodic synth patterns. However, they added some spaciness in there, too. After the duo split, Krehan continued to release albums, changing his name to Nik Tyndall and becoming more and more New Agey with each subsequent release.
See also: Tenere, Akiro