Three New Concert Performances From Synthesist Robert Rich

Digital Music store Fake Science has released three live concert performances by synthesist Robert Rich. The MP3 downloads are sets recorded at concerts in San Francisco. Rich is one of the pioneers of ambient music. His music has a unique sound that combines home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal tunings, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems… Read More Three New Concert Performances From Synthesist Robert Rich

April 18, 2007Leave a comment

Bruno Sanfilippo – Intro

InTRO is the latest CD from Bruno Sanfilippo, an Argentinean composer and musician now living in Barcelona, Spain. Sanfilippo claims the like of Wendy Carlos, Vangelis and Mike Oldfield as influences. The music of Intro, though, is more reflective and ambient than these influences would suggest. Sanfilippo describes the tracks on InTRO as soundscapes. Sanfilippo… Read More Bruno Sanfilippo – Intro

May 10, 2006November 10, 2010Leave a comment

Cluster – First Encounter Tour 1996 Live

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

March 19, 2004December 31, 2006Leave a comment

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

December 4, 2003October 20, 2007Leave a comment

Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land

This is the last recording in Brian Eno’s seminal Ambient series, and after 20 years, it still sounds beautiful and disturbing. Brian Eno originated the modern idea of ambient music. In his series of 4 ambient albums, Eno established the modern idea of a shifting audio environment, free of the constraints of melodies or song… Read More Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land

November 23, 2003September 24, 20084 Comments

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Three New Concert Performances From Synthesist Robert Rich

Bruno Sanfilippo – Intro

Cluster – First Encounter Tour 1996 Live

Klaus Schulze – Body Love

Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land