VA - Ambient, Short to Long, Spacey to Pastoral and Anything in Between (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

 

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VA  -  Ambient, Short to Long, Spacey to Pastoral and Anything in Between (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. A form of instrumental music, it may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody. It generally uses textural layers of sound which can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual", or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer.

The genre originated in the 1960's and 1970's, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as the synthesizer. It was presaged by Erik Satie's furniture music and styles such as Jamaican dub music and German electronic music, but was prominently named and popularized by British musician Brian Eno in 1978 with his album Ambient 1: Music for Airports; Eno opined that ambient music "must be as ignorable as it is interesting." It saw a revival towards the late 1980's with the prominence of house and techno music, growing a cult following by the 1990's. Ambient music may have elements of new-age music and drone music, as some works may use sustained or repeated notes. 

Ambient music did not achieve large commercial success, being criticized as having a "boring" and "over-intellectual" sound. Nevertheless, it has attained a certain degree of acclaim throughout the years, especially in the Internet age. Due to its relatively open style, ambient music often takes influences from many other genres, ranging from classical, avant-garde music, folk, jazz, and world music, amongst others.

Here are 60 selections which vary from short to long, spacey to pastoral and anything in between. Enjoy!

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Track lists

CD1

01 Popol Vuh In Den Garten Pharaos 17:38

02 Edgar Froese Epsilon in Malaysian Pale 16:27

03 Virginia Astley From Gardens Where We Feel Secure 3:59

04 Brian Eno Always Returning I 4:37

05 Brian Eno Always Returning Ii 3:09

06 Kraftwerk Heimatklange 3:44

07 Jogging House Fingers 4:32

08 Air Land Me 8:10

09 Klaus Schulze Some Velvet Phasing 8:20

10 Global Communication 4 14 4:13

11 Forrest Fang A River in Retrograde 11:37

12 Hammock I Can Almost See You (Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo) 4:13

13 Laraaji Meditation Ii 2:47

14 Stars of the Lid Requiem for Dying Mothers Part 2 7:37

15 Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries 4:44

16 Will Ackerman Shella's Pictures 5:21

17 Steve Roach Reflections in Suspension 16:46

18 Paul Kelly Queen Stone (Ambient Mix) 4:22

19 Eluvium Prelude for Time Feelers 5:50

20 Vangelis Papathanassiou Blade Runner Blues 10:18

CD2

21 Steve Kilbey Summer Asteroid 3:19

22 Susumu Yokota Saku 5:45

23 Virginia Astley A Summer Long Since Passed 4:37

24 Aphix Twins #3 7:44

25 Vangelis Creation Du Monde 10:01

26 Philip Aaberg O, Shenandoah 3:58

27 Harold Budd The Gunfighter 3:12

28 Michael Brook Distant Village 4:03

29 Stars of the Lid Even If You're Never Awake 9:20

30 Boards of Canada Olson 1:31

31 Eluvium Seeing You Off the Edges 5:03

32 Tycho Melanine 2:54

33 Ulf Lohmann Java 3:52

34 Roger Eno Voices 2:25

35 Jon Hopkins Immunity 9:56

36 Harold Budd & Brian Eno Wind in Lonely Fences 3:58

37 Tangerine Dream Phaedra 16:47

38 Miles Davis Solea 12:17

39 Grouper Moon is Sharp 6:49

40 Sean Harkness Coming Home 5:16

CD3

41 This Mortal Coil Song to the Siren 3:30

42 Eluvium Ostinatio 6:10

43 Edgar Froese Panorphelia 9:41

44 Pan American Shining Book 4:02

45 Steve Kilbey Hypnogogue 3:30

46 Penguin Cafe Orchestra Prelude and Yodel 3:53

47 Steve Hillage Four Ever Rainbow 20:31

48 Trancendental Anarchists Sixth Sense 7:39

49 Tangerine Dream Zeit 4:35

50 Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno An Ending (Ascent) 4:26

51 Brian Eno 1,1 16:36

52 Robert Fripp 1988 6:33

53 Cluster Dem Wanderer 3:51

54 Future Sound of London Domain 2:48

55 James Blackshaw The Elk With Jade Eyes 18:15

56 Klangwart Immer Weiter (Excerpt) 10:56

57 Gigi Masin Call Me 4:25

58 Porcupine Tree Moonloop (Improvisation 16:18

59 Lewis Romance for Two 4:44

60 Led Zeppelin London Philharmonic Orchestra Kulu Valley (Ambient) 7:41

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