Who Can You Trust? is the debut release for Morcheeba. It combines downtempo electronica grooves with traditional soul instrumentation and the delicious vocals of Skye Edwards. Morcheeba’s music is great for dancing or for just chilling out. The music is consistently chilled, with slow grooves, mellow lyrics, and Edward’s soulful voice. The instrumentation on Who… Read More Morcheeba – Who Can you Trust?
Debut was released in 1993, and it sounds as adventurous and free-spirited as ever. Bjork sings fearlessly, turning her relatively weak voice into one of the strongest voices in electronic pop music. Though the CD is over ten years old, few artists have caught up with Bjork. She explores all types of songs, arranging each… Read More Bjork – Debut
This release captures ambient space music improvisations from a 1985 concert by Robert Rich. The eight tracks showcase a variety of ambient environments that explore different moods and sound, while also blending together into a 73 minute soundworld. Inner Landscapes was recorded live at one of Rich’s long improvised concerts. This concert was about three-hours… Read More Robert Rich – Inner Landscapes
Aquaria: A Liquid Blue Trancescape is light new-age music in the style of Enigma. The music is polished, professional and produced, but also a little ponderous. This light new-age trance pop tries to be sexy, but fails to generate much heat. It cops a feel, in a groove sense, from Enigma, to the point that… Read More Diane Arkenstone – Aquaria: A Liquid Blue Trancescape
With Geogaddi, Boards of Canada continue in the style they defined on their debut album, Music Has the Right to Children. This oblique, psychedelic pop electronica has no immediately catchy tunes or hooks, but if you give it a chance, it will seep into your head, nevertheless. Boards of Canada is actually a Scottish duo,… Read More Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
This live release from Cluster captures performances from around the United States, including New York, Portland, Chicago and Phoenix. The pieces are each named after the location where they were performed. The music is a collection of mellow, drone-based ambient work. Cluster isn’t well known, but their music is important and has been influential over… Read More Cluster – First Encounter Tour 1996 Live
This CD is a treat for anyone with open ears. Slack Key Guitar is a collection of some of the best guitar music of Hawaii. It features solo guitar pieces played by seven well-known slack key guitarist. It is a beautiful introduction to the music. Hawaiian slack key guitar is one of the great styles… Read More Various – Slack Key Guitar
This 1992 release is complex ambient music at its best. The music has a mystery and edge about it, even a little uneasiness. The double-cd collection of dark ambient music is one of the finest works Roach has released, and is a classic piece of ambient electronic music. The cover of World’s Edge shows lightning… Read More Steve Roach – World’s Edge
Cox delivers a mixed bag of techno and house dance tracks on Phuture 2000. At its best, Phuture 2000 is state-of-the-art minimal dance music. Even at its worst, the music sounds just sounds like Cox needed a couple of tunes to pad out the album. “Phuture 2000”, the title track, is a futuristic techno track… Read More Carl Cox – Phuture 2000
This 2002 release combines the surface sheen of European dance music with a darker undercurrent. While Loud isn’t a perfect album, it has some great tracks on it, and manages to avoid any clunkers. “Help Me” is a fantastic track, featuring Kelis on vocals singing: “There’s an awful world inside of me You wouldn’t believe… Read More Timo Maas – Loud
