#new age music

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Hidden Forest by Tony O'Connor (Queensland: Steve Parrish Publishing, 1993)

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Relaxing PlayStation 2 Music w/Wave Sounds 🌊💤  

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(music: run! - WILLOW)

hey! it’s been a good long while but here to say that the 1st HoneyVenom music of 2024 is finally out this wednesday (10/23)! 🖤

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So you know that post about Enigma's "Sadeness" going round, where everyone in the 90ies was into Gregorian Chants for a month?

It was NOT just a month.

The 90ies is a whole decade of unexpected and weird bangers which were based on combinations of synth, traditional instruments, traditional music, choral work and religious music. This is why there was always a whole section in shops called "New Age" (which pretty much meant "weird music we can't classify").

So Enigma releases "Sadeness" in 1990 and it becomes wildly popular in Europe. The band is still going strong apparently, though I haven't heard of any of their other music.

In 1993 in France, another Gregorian Chant banger came out: the soundtrack from a (terrible) comedy called Les Visiteurs.

If the theme sounds familiar, it's because in 1996 the composer Eric Lévy formed the band Era (also still going to this day) and the song "Ameno" was another banger. The album was apparently France's biggest musical export in 1996.

In 1994, another choral banger hit the charts. Written phonetically in a language that sounds like Latin, it was used in adverts and the album generally sold really well.

Okay so how was it possible for this many Latin-sounding choral work weird-ass bangers to get so popular? Well, IMO, someone paved the way for them.

Enya topped the charts for weeks in 1989 with her album Watermark and single "Orinoco Flow". Her music heavily relies on choral work, is heavily inspired by religious and classical music, with her own Irish spin on it. While "Orinoco Flow" sounds quite far from that dark Gregorian style, a number of lesser-known tracks definitely have a feel of it. This is my favourite from 1995, all in Latin (other notable ones are "Cursum Perficio" and "Tempus Vernum"):

And if you're one of those snobs poo-poohing Enya as "just cutesy ambient music", she is still Ireland's bestselling solo artist 35 years later, in spite of the fact that she doesn't tour and only releases an album every 5 years or so. She has influenced many artists, been used in soundtracks and sampled into several songs which themselves became hits. Her music is complex and varied - if you care to dig further than her singles.

And since it's Christmas, it's only appropriate for me to end with this gorgeous adaptation of a Christmas hymn:

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Sky Voices (Ambient Classical Music) from New Beginnings by John Martini

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Though this is primarily a poetry (and occasionally short fiction) blog, I am also an active composer. My music is a form of wordless poetry, swelling with emotions that carry the listener through soundscapes of mystery, love, and loss. I invite you to listen as you read and hope that you find something stirring and beautiful here. Thank you for visiting. - JM Tiffany, 7.16.2024

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Zel x Slonaut - 777

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(Download the Dolby Atmos version of this track on Bandcamp!)

The golden spiral symbolizes the connection between mathematics and nature, highlighting the laws governing the universe. Its unique properties showcase the beauty in perfect balance and harmony as well as the ever-changing nature of life and the cosmos.

“The spiral in a snail’s shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it’s also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It’s the same ratio that you’ll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.”
-Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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I normally wouldn't do this as this was never meant to be an official release, but as I started to notice that Frutiger Aqua developed an increasing popularity as well as a fanbase of its own, I decided to release it to streaming platforms for everyone's listening comfort, enjoy!

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Chris Andrews TRACK OF THE WEEK “Gentle Harp” https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/gentle-harp Time to chill out and go into the nature preserve of the soul. When he’s not doing musicals, rock’n’roll, or funky pop songs, Chris composes ambient instrumental music to ease the ears and mind. On a cosmic jukebox this would play somewhere between Enya and Vangelis.https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/gentle-harp

#harp #chrisandrews #ambient #newagemusic #enya #vangelis

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Tony O'Connor doing his thing. From Hidden Forest CD booklet (Queensland: Steve Parish Publishing, 1993)

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📌 📺 Ambient Music Kaleidoscope Video Background

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2024-11-22 Left alone (beautiful ambient pop song)

„Left alone“ combines again ambient tunes with pop tunes which make the track to a catchy song. And of course this song will go into my 7th album, which will hopefully released until spring 2025. Just pondering about to continue with songs or with pure instrumental tracks to keep balance between songs and ambient and new age or world music with a touch of jazz in it.

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Listen to: Sacred Geometry #3 by John Martini Music