i didnt particularly rate volume 2 but selected ambient works 85-92 was probably one of the first 'techno' albums that opened my eyes/ears. i still really like the way it sounds - manages to tread the fine line between ambience and still being beat driven (as opposed to the forest sound/whale song school of ambience)
neil :outside of what I heard on the radio in detroit, I didnt get started until :aphex twins selected ambient works volume 2. : :I remember listening to this while the sun came up and just being blown :away... : :-Joe : :----- Original Message ----- :From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :To: "Hugo Sweet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :Cc: "The Music Institute" <[email protected]> :Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:04 AM :Subject: Re: [313] Soundtracks and Early Memories : : :> Apologies for the self indulgence below... :> :> On 7/2/02 12:18 AM, "Hugo Sweet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :> :> > I'm interested in member's first experiences of hearing electronic :music, :> > back when you really had no opinion about music. :> :> > Bizarrely enough, considering the number of :> > albums I must have listened to in this way, I can only remember one :album, :> > and I remember that distinctly; Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene". :> :> We have similar touchpoints. I recall being on a extended bus trip in :high :> school and listening to Oxygene on tape over and over well into :the night. :> This was a revelation. The album still brings me back to a certain state :of :> wonder. :> :> Another revelation was 6th grade music class, when the teacher :asked us to :> visualize what might be happening during a particular piece of music. It :> was Tomita's version of Holst's "Mars" from "The Planets". :> :> > As a side note did anybody else ever hear the version of the soundtrack :of :> > "Star Wars" entitled "Star Wars and other galactic funk". I remember :hat it :> > was great for flailing around to when I was six, but of little musical :> > value. :> :> I was thirteen, and it was good to flail around to at my age. A couple :> years ago, I sought out this Meco Monardo CD (for other galactic funk), :and :> recently played it for coworkers. It was a campy hit! :> :> Tangerine Dream's "Exit" was another electronic favorite. I :also listened :> to Klaatu's first two albums quite a lot at that tender age. :> -- :> im :> :> :> --------------------------------------------------------------------- :> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> : : :--------------------------------------------------------------------- :To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
