Here’s one out of my many “what was I thinking?” moments, this one from the eighties: A friend had this album that I taped and often listened to for at least a few months.
Andreas Vollenweider… “New Age” music with a harp at the front and center.
But now if I want to feel the spiritual and connectedness, I much prefer something like Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks (I see your username and salute!), or John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Stuff that challenges as it illuminates.
Musically, I’ve always been an enthusiastic searcher and have yet to stop delving, decades later.
One album that was tagged as New Age in the 80s that I still listen to every day - I use it for stretching before meditation - is Brian Eno’s Music For Airports.
In the 80s, Ambient and New Age were clumped together uneasily but we didn’t know better, until Techno came along and Ambient instantly found its’ proper, logical home.
For a taste of some of the sound of groups like Wyndham Hill or Mannheim Steamroller - every element of rock n roll completely absent, a bit of medieval vibe wafting throughout - I now prefer a band like Pentangle.
There’s one song I’d like to recommend to you at this moment - I can’t get it out of my mind right now as I write - I discovered it about a year ago thanks to fantastic UK music monthly Uncut Magazine, it is closer in spirit to Brian Eno and it may have shot all the way to my #1 favorite piece of music ever. Listen to it in a quiet place, or with headphones. Often. This piece has a way of unfurling differently every time you hear it.
This is great, I so rarely talk to anyone else who’s a fan of this music! Actually received a vinyl copy of Music for Airports as a gift a couple years ago, it’s a classic for certain. Also a big fan of Another Green World from Eno, but very different vibe. I will definitely give that song you recommended a listen here today!
Here’s one out of my many “what was I thinking?” moments, this one from the eighties: A friend had this album that I taped and often listened to for at least a few months.
Andreas Vollenweider… “New Age” music with a harp at the front and center.
I listened to a ton of new age as a kid and still visit it often. Wyndham Hill goes hard in the astral plane yo.
But now if I want to feel the spiritual and connectedness, I much prefer something like Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks (I see your username and salute!), or John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Stuff that challenges as it illuminates.
Musically, I’ve always been an enthusiastic searcher and have yet to stop delving, decades later.
One album that was tagged as New Age in the 80s that I still listen to every day - I use it for stretching before meditation - is Brian Eno’s Music For Airports.
In the 80s, Ambient and New Age were clumped together uneasily but we didn’t know better, until Techno came along and Ambient instantly found its’ proper, logical home.
For a taste of some of the sound of groups like Wyndham Hill or Mannheim Steamroller - every element of rock n roll completely absent, a bit of medieval vibe wafting throughout - I now prefer a band like Pentangle.
There’s one song I’d like to recommend to you at this moment - I can’t get it out of my mind right now as I write - I discovered it about a year ago thanks to fantastic UK music monthly Uncut Magazine, it is closer in spirit to Brian Eno and it may have shot all the way to my #1 favorite piece of music ever. Listen to it in a quiet place, or with headphones. Often. This piece has a way of unfurling differently every time you hear it.
Cluster - “Zum Wohl”
This is great, I so rarely talk to anyone else who’s a fan of this music! Actually received a vinyl copy of Music for Airports as a gift a couple years ago, it’s a classic for certain. Also a big fan of Another Green World from Eno, but very different vibe. I will definitely give that song you recommended a listen here today!
Oh lord… I LOVE Another Green World like few other albums in this world. Up there with Talk Talk’s Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock, in my book.
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