#new age music

[altered-statuses]

Light Reiki Touch by Merlin's Magic (Germany: Windpferd Music, 1995)

[posthumanwanderings]

[ BS F-Zero Grand Prix Soundlink Broadcast ]

[soapdispensersalesman]

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!

[spiritofnostalgia]

Samhain Playlist 🕯

A Night On Bald Mountain, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Leopod Stokowski

The Mystics Dream, Loreena McKennitt

Halloween, Faun

Summoning the Gods, Trobar de Morte

In The Hall of Mountain King, _

Mordred's Lullaby, Heather Dale

The Mystic Path, Trobar de Morte

Wake The Witch, Karliena

Ancient Fairy, Invadable Harmony

Where Spirits Sleep, Eric Hellman & Amy Wallace

Will-O-Wisps, Brandon Fiechter

The Old Ways, Loreena McKennitt

Paint It Black, Hildegard von Blingin'

Ravenheart, Xandria

Come Little Children, Hildegard von Blingin'

The Witch's Daughter, Ashley Serena

The Butterfly, Faun

Samhain Souls, Italian Witches Circle

Sadness, Bruno Coulais, Kila

The Elven Treasure, Peter Gundry

Guardians of the Wood, Brunuhville

Spirits of the Wild, Adrian von Ziegler

The Mummer's Dance, Loreena McKennitt

Diese kalte Nachte, Faun

[honeyvenommusic]

(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)! 🖤

[medusinestories]

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:

[divine-nonchalance]

Zel x Slonaut - 777

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

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

[princessstar611120]

killbug - Stone Shoulder (August 6th, 2004)

(fake album and band I made for funsies!!)

[kidsonablock]

[altered-statuses]

Simply Living Vol. 2 No. 5 (1984)

[posthumanwanderings]

Relaxing PlayStation 2 Music w/Wave Sounds 🌊💤  

[sjwallin]

(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

[kaleidoscopevisualart]

📺 Dark Mysterious New Age Music Kaleidoscope Visual Art Video