Jean-Michel Jarre creates a virtual Notre Dame Cathedral with the stage as the altar and his synthesizer cockpit the pulpit. John Diliberto goes to church and experiences electronic heaven.
Harold Budd passed away on December 7th at 84. Here are Five Essential Harold Budd albums from this avatar of ambient chamber music who defined a sound that was unrepentantly beautiful.
Brian Eno is the number one of 30 Icons of Echoes. He launched Ambient Music and altered pop music. Here is a list of ten Essential Brian Eno Albums, from ambient to angst.
Wax Tailor, master of the downtempo cut and paste modality, releases a new and dystopian vision called “Misery” that is pitched for these times with vision of an authoritarian world.
The founder and singer of Yes, Jon Anderson talks about his new album, 1000 Hands: Chapter One, comprised of tapes recorded 30 years ago, as well as Yes, Jethro Tull, Vangelis and Kitaro
Jimi Hendrix changed music forever. He left the planet 50 years ago on September 18, 1970. In a span of only 3 years, he changed music forever. This is a remembrance.
Isolated in pandemic lockdown, pioneering guitarist Michael Rother created a contemplative recording called Dreaming. His video for “Bitter Tang” exemplifies the wistful mood..
Ane Brun is an incandescent singer from Norway via Sweden who is moving away from her chamber folk sound and into more electronic ambiences on new songs like “Take Hold of Me” in a new video.
On the 50th Anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s debut album, We’ve updated our list of 10 Tangerine Dream Albums to Blow Your Mind.
Sheila Chandra is one of the most incandescent singers of our time. We go back to a 1992 live performance of “Ever So Lonely” when she was at the height of her musical powers.
