Vangelis – Beaubourg
Listeners that love Vangelis experimental side will love it, while listeners that like his new age side will be covering their ears.… Read More Vangelis – Beaubourg
Category: Music Reviews
Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
Goldfrapp’s critically acclaimed debut, Felt Mountain, was a masterpiece of vocal electronica. On Black Cherry, their latest album, they don’t have anything to proove. Instead, Alison Goldfrapp gets sexed-up and delivers dark dance electronica with a retro feel. Black Cherry is more accessible than Felt Mountain, and it has thrown some listeners for a loop.… Read More Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
Vangelis – China
This 1979 effort by Vangelis polarizes many listeners – they either love it or hate it. It’s an album that’s lush and certainly innovative for its time, but doesn’t integrate world influences as effectively as some other performers have done. “China” is part of Vangelis’ early creative peak. In the 70’s and early 80’s, he… Read More Vangelis – China
John Scofield – Überjam
Here’s something for the jazz lovers – John Scofield’s Überjam mixes jazz fusion with world music and electronica and creates a new path for the future of jazz. The result is a record that may not appeal to all jazz fans, but should win him a few listeners that love jam bands and electronica. John… Read More John Scofield – Überjam
Klaus Schulze – Body Love
Body Love had inauspicious beginnings, as the background music of an erotic movie by Lasse Braun. Instead of the cheesy jazz typical of 70’s adult movies, Klaus Schulze pumped out a masterpiece of throbbing electronica. There are three cuts on this album. They are each long cuts; the shortest is 11 minutes. They are put… Read More Klaus Schulze – Body Love
Brian Eno/Harold Budd – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
This classic is nothing short of amazing. Each of Eno’s Ambient works has a different mood, with unique instrumentation and textures. On Ambient 2, Eno and Harold Budd create a intoxicating world that, once you’ve visited, you’ll want to return to. Harold Budd creates slow piano works, reminiscent of some of Eric Satie’s more well-known… Read More Brian Eno/Harold Budd – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
Various – Trance Classics
This album is a trance party waiting to happen. It has two discs of continuous mixes of trance classics. The Moonshine release features numerous club classics from some of the leading trance musicians. ATB, Energy 52, System F, Matt Darey, Paul Van Dyk, Moby and BT contribute some of their most popular cuts. Disc 1,… Read More Various – Trance Classics
The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
This 1995 album put ‘big beat’ into the lingo. Plenty of sampled loops, squelchy TB303 basslines, and a compressed kick that won’t quit add up to upbeat, danceable techno. If you’ve listened to much electronic music, you’ve probably heard some of the cuts on this album. “Leave Home” starts the album off, with a sampled… Read More The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
Moby – Play
Moby’s 1999 release has eighteen cuts, and eighteen of them were picked up for use in commercials and movies. On Play, Moby blends emotional blues and soul samples with colder electronic sounds. The result is an often upbeat, spiritual sound. Much of Play sounds like it could be a remix album of blues and gospel… Read More Moby – Play
Tangerine Dream – Exit
This 1981 release is an upbeat set of tunes that highlights some of the best qualities of Tangerine Dream’s music: atmospheric sounds and driving sequencers. More than most earlier TD releases, the cuts on Exit have traditional melodies and forms. This may disappoint some fans, who prefer their earlier free-form recordings. However, Exit does a… Read More Tangerine Dream – Exit
