Projects I (1986 - 1988)
Projects II (1988 - 1990)
Projects III (1991 - 1992)
Projects IV (1992 - 1994)
Projects V (1988 - 1994)
Solar Voyages (2000)
Retrospective (2002)
Nibiru (2003)
Ambience (2004)
Blind Vision (2005)
Atmosphere (2006)
Synergos (2007)
Darklight (2010)
Israeli synthesist. Lots of different styles but mostly in melodic Jarre / Vangelis and Berlin School mould. Erez Yaary got his first synthesizer in 1986 and started recording what is known today as Berlin School Electronic Music. His early works are documented on the "Projects" series CD's, spanning the years from 1986 until 1994. In 1991, Erez formed a New Wave band called The Omega Project where he also played keyboards. After a hiatus of 6 years, Erez Yaary returned to music making with his new work Solar Voyages. Since then, he's been putting out CD albums with Electronic Music quite regularly.
Color (2000)
Garden (2001)
Nebula (2001)
UFO (2001)
Sphere (2001)
Liquid Planets (2001)
SF (2001)
Ego (2001)
Dataland (2002)
A project of Rob Knetsch of Novo Sibirsk that explores the more ambient side of his music.
See also: Novo Sibirsk, Beudeker/Knetsch, Electrance, Rok, Knetsch.
Rhythm of Snow (2002)
Rigning (2009)
Comparable to Biosphere, but also influenced by Brian Eno. Soft, delicate Ambient music with some Techno-isms thrown in. Yagya is Aalsteinn Gumudsson.
Return To Jogja (1992)
Gamelan-influenced music done on synthesizers. Obscure, romantic and New Age-like concept album.
Arkeo (1993)
Mirage (1994)
Opium (1995)
CyberSpace (1996)
Astralia (1997) (with Dan Sin Chan)
Yamantaka (2000)
Vortex (2002)
Elixir (2005)
Melodic music with hints of Jarre. Joakim Yama was born in Lyon in 1973. He was influenced by the first generation of Electronic Prog composers and by the French Academic / musique concrete scene.
Stages (1999)
Synthesist with nods to Vangelis, Kitaro, Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno. Stages contains music that was originally written for a theatre play. The album was produced by Erik Norlander.
Red Buddha (1971)
Henze / Takemitsu /
Maxwell Davies (1972)
Contemporary Works (1972)
Floating Music (1972)
The Man From the
East (1973) (soundtrack)
Freedom Is Frightening (1973)
Takemitsu Ishi (1973)
One By One
(1974) (soundtrack)
Raindog (1975)
Go (1976) (with Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola, Steve
Winwood and others)
Go Live From Paris (1976) (with Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola, Steve
Winwood and others)
Go Too (1977) (with Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola, Steve Winwood and others)
Iroha-ten/chi (1981)
Iroha-sui (1982)
Tempest (1982) (soundtrack)
Iroha-ka
(1983)
Sea And Sky (1983)
Solar Dream Vol.1 - Fantasy of Sanukit (1990)
Solar Dream
Vol.2 - The Eternal Present (1993)
Solar Dream Vol.3 - Peace And Love (1997)
Listen To the Future Vol. 1 (2001)
Japanese Avant-Garde musician and synthesist. His early albums are either very experimental (like Red Budda that's done with percussion sounds only) or have a Jazzy / Fusion-y flair. Yamashta collaborated with Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve, among others. These sessions are documented on three Go albums. They are mixed bags, although essential for Klaus Schulze completists. Still, if you absolutely don't like Fusion, maybe it's better to avoid these... Starting from the early 80's, he ventured into the realms of melodic / spacey synthesizer music. Especially Sea And Sky will delight EM fans with its cosmic, oriental atmospheres.
Time Pie (1997)
Yamo is the solo project of former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur. Reportedly, it's much more interesting than Carl Bartos' work as Electric Music, because Flur doesn't try to copy the Kraftwerk sound and creates fairly original music.
See also: Kraftwerk
Optimystique (1980)
Keys To Imagination
(1986)
Out of Silence (1987)
Chameleon Days (1988)
Niki Nana (1989)
Dare To Dream
(1992)
Mostly New-Agey music and not really worth your time. I deleted his latest works from the above discography, as it's not really EM.
A Meditation Mass (1974)
Yatha Sidhra are two brothers Rolf and Klaus Fichter. Their first band was Brontosaurus, which later chnaged the name to Yatha Sidhra, reflecting their oriental influences. Their only record was produced by Achim Reichel in 1974. The music is in a way similar to early Popol Vuh or Ash Ra Tempel, very spacey and mesmerizing, featuring Moog, guitars, percussion and flute.
See also: Dreamworld
Plach Lesov (2006)
Umirala Rechka (1007)
Dyhanie Navi (2009) (S)
Pagan Ambient from this Belgorod-based project.
Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan)
Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978)
Solid State
Survivor (1979)
Public Pressure (1980)
Xoo Multiplies (1980)
BGM (1981)
Technodelic
(1981)
Service (1983)
After Service (1983)
People With Nice Smiles (1983)
Naughty Boys
(1983)
Faker Holic (1991) (recorded in 1979)
Technodon (1993)
Live At Budokan (1993) (recorded in 1980)
Live At the Greak Theater (1997) (recorded in 1979)
L-R Trax (2005) (recorded in 1978 - 1980)
Legendary Japanese trio of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi that mixed Kraftwerk-like musical aesthetics with very unique sense of humor. The band doesn't exist officially since around 1984, nevertheless once in a while the guys get together to record an album or to do a concert. One of such reunion works is Technodon. Bands like Kraftwerk and YMO were crucial for the development of such styles as Techno, Industrial etc., but also for the development of modern music in general. It goes without saying that they are recommendable, but beware the general 'Pop' format for this 'Anti-Pop' music. All YMO members have also released numerous solo works.
See also: Sakamoto, Ryuichi, Hosono, Haruomi, Takahashi, Yukihiro.
Blood Music (1992)
Yen Pox (1993)
Deliver (1995) (S)
Hollow Earth (1996) (S)
New Dark Age
(2000)
Mnemonic Induction (2002) (with Troum)
Dark Ambient from Michael J.V. Hensley and Steve Hall.
See also: V.O.S., Hollow Earth, Gorehallreider, Blood Box, Mud.
Uncertainty & Incompleteness
(2000)
The Seed Project (2001) (with K.M. Krebs)
Rim of the Sun (2002)
Where (2002)
Abyssal Plain (2003)
Ship of Theseus (2003)
Indra's Net (2006)
Clouds of Six Directions (2007)
Dark Space / Experimental acoustic artist from New Mexico. Sometimes the music consists of soundscapes, sometimes it's Rock-influenced.
Sundance 3 (1997) (S)
Yorky's
Chillout (1998)
The Yorky Planets (1998)
Dreams (1999)
Live At Ekko, Utrecht
(2000)
Daliesque Cloud Formation (2001) (S)
Lord of Light (2002)
Symphonic electronics with beats, long ambient passages and sequences.
See also: 4m33s, Noise Kommandoh, Ambient Ashand, Cult of Ashand, Entity, Quadra.
Electric Day (1979)
Timecode (1982)
Wonders
From the Genetic Factory (1984)
Laserscape (1986)
Era (1996)
A classic of German electronics, the formation known today as You (sometimes referred to as "Yourovision") was born in 1977, when Udo Hanten (synthesizers) and Uli Weber (guitar) decided to work together in the field of Electronic Music. Udo Hanten had considerable experience in the field, having worked with Harald Grosskopf on Synthesist. The collaboration went fairly smooth and in 1979, synthesist and graphic designer Albin Meskes jumped on the wagon, completing the trio. After the first album, Uli Weber left the group, and subsequent works were done in the duo format by Udo Hanten and Albin Meskes. Overall, the group had several LP albums released and a CD boxset in 1996 that gathered all of their previously released works and one CD with completely new music. The drums on the first LP are played by Harald Grosskopf (in the credits he appears under a pseudonym).
See also: Central Europe Performance, Robot City.
Scientific
Breakthrough (1999)
N.C.V. (2000)
Collaborator of John Wetton in Quango and Asia. Also associated with groups like Fish and Greenslade. He has at least one more album that contains Neo-Progressive Symphonic Rock (it's called Life Underground). N.C.V. (= No Commercial Value) is relaxing Electronic Music in the style of Vangelis. Scientific Breakthrough is a library record.
Over Low Trees (1979)
Results, Not Answers (1979)
Live Sciences (1980)
Obscure Electronic Music band from Washington area that later gave birth to "Palace of Lights" label. The line-up included James Husted, Marc Barreca and Roland Barker.
See also: Barreca, Marc, Barker, Roland, Sequencer People.
Asunder (2007)
Ambient musician based in Tuscon, Arizona. Asunder was mastered by Steve Roach who also plays on this album.
Worlds of Music (1994)
Island (1998)
Czech electronic duo formed in 1992. A bit like Vangelis.