Madonna has always been fearless in her passion for adopting elements of cutting edge electronic dance music, and making them more accessible with her pop ear and sexy attitude. On Music, she puts wannabe dance divas in their place by continuing her hot streak of bringing new underground sounds to dance music. On Music, Madonna… Read More Madonna – Music
Pink Floyd meets Kraftwerk and Burt Bacharach on 10,000 Hz Legend, as Air combines the strengths and quirks of various styles into psychedelic pop electronica. Air’s Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin had a big hit with their previous CD, Moon Safari. Like their previous album, 10,000 Hz Legend sounds like they’ve been listening to a… Read More Air – 10,000 Hz Legend
Nonesuch, a label well known for edgy music from the sixties through today, asked nine electronica artists to remix some of the best work of composer Steve Reich.… Read More Steve Reich – Reich Remixed
The combination of catchy tunes and ambient textures that Jarre put together on Oxygene made it both experimental and very accessible. Oxygene has gone on to become one of the most popular recordings of electronic music ever released, and a classic of synth music.… Read More Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene
On this release, Steven Halpern creates a musical fusion that combines some of the best ideas of new age music with the timeless appeal of the blues. Halpern manages to avoid rhythm and blues cliches, and also avoids creating music with no soul. Instead, the music on Deja-Blues seems inspired by the underlying ideas of… Read More Steve Halpern – Deja Blues
This Hearts of Space release from Steve Roach explores ambient soundscapes and combines them with rhythmic backing. Roach’s ambient music is often built with metallic, otherworldly sounds that push his music into dark ambient territory. He uses a variety of analog and digital instruments to create long droning sounds, and then envelopes them in ambient… Read More Steve Roach – Light Fantastic
When Chariots of Fire was released in 1981, it came with a unique soundtrack by Vangelis. At that time, putting a soundtrack of electronic music on a period film was unheard of. The music worked, though, because of the simple, beautiful melodies and the way Vangelis used synthesizers in an orchestral way. Chariots of Fire… Read More Vangelis – Chariots of Fire
This 1988 Vangelis CD is a bridge between the symphonic electronica sound that Vangelis made popular in the eighties and his current, more dense orchestral sound. Direct is a mixture of electronica, new age, space music, and folk sounds, mixed together in Vangelis’ unique way. The CD starts of with “The Motion of Stars”, a… Read More Vangelis – Direct
Propagation is a deep ambient album featuring music that explores the idea of life spreading itself. Robert Rich submerses you in a soundscape that has an organic and primitive electronic feel. The titles of his pieces on Propagation capture the spirit of the music: “Animus”, “Lifeblood”, and “Whispers of Eden”. Each of the pieces on… Read More Robert Rich – Propagation
Jay Denis wants you to get it on. As founder of Naked Music, he’s released a lot of sensual music that’s equally at home on the dance floor and at home. His debut as Blue Six, Beautiful Tomorrow, is a savory slice of sexy soul. He lays down seminal house grooves, while soul divas do… Read More Blue 6 – Beautiful Tomorrow
