Collected Ambient & Textural Works 1977-1987

1. Elysian E [Edit]

2. M'Ocean [Edit]

3. Morning [Excerpt]

4. Ancient Leaves [Excerpt #2]

5. Subterranean Ambiance [Edit]

6. Rivers of Rhythm

7. Vicki's Dance [Edit][Live]

8. Jewel [Edit]

9. Night Currents

10. Dragon's Dream World [Edit]

11. Desert Moon Walk [Excerpt]

Collected Ambient & Textural Works 1977-1987,Michael Stearns,Fathom/Hos,Ambient,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Progressive Electronic,Space

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Average customer rating: Massive Attack My first massive attack Essential Massive Attack A good collection The 2nd Layer of DVD will not play in all machines.

Collected Massive Attack Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Versions Blue Lines The Garden Mezzanine Supernature ASIN: B000ENBNT0 Release Date: 2006-04-04

Tracks:

1. Safe From Harm
2. Karmacoma
3. Angel
4. Teardrop
5. Inertia Creeps
6. Protection
7. Butterfly Caught
8. Unfinished Sympathy
9. Risingson
10. What Your Soul Sings
11. Future Proof
12. Five Man Army
13. Sly
14. Live With Me

Tracks:

1. False Flags
2. Incantations
3. Silent Spring
4. Bullet Boy (Vox)
5. Black Melt
6. Joy Luck Club
7. Small Time Shoot 'Em Up
8. I Against I
9. I Want You
10. Danny The Dog

Tracks:

1. Daydreaming - Baillie Walsh
2. Unfinished Sympathy - Baillie Walsh
3. Safe From Harm - Baillie Walsh
4. Be Thankful For What You've Got - Baillie Walsh
5. Sly - Stefan Sednaoui
6. Protection - Michel Gondry
7. Karmacoma - Jonathon Glazer
8. Risingson - Walter Stern
9. Teadrop - Walter Stern
10. Angel - Walter Stern
11. Interia Creeps - Wiz
12. Special Cases - H5
13. Butterfly Caught - Daniel Levi
14. Live Wit n Glazer
15. Live With Me (Terry Version) - Jonathon Glazer
16. False Flags

Amazon.com

The group who single-handedly created the woozy, sexual, cinematic, and meditative dance genre known as trip-hop with their 1991 masterpiece Blue Lines later went on to craft gorgeous soundtrack music and generally emerge as one of the most forward-thinking, fastidious, and s-l-o-w production teams in pop music. Collected, a best-of compilation straddling the group's career, is the kind of record that reeks "contractual obligation," but that's not meant as a diss. If a kick-ass collection like this is what it takes for this heady group to keep the record execs happy while they slowly hone a new album, so be it. Much of the older tunes sound remarkably contemporary, which isn't surprising when you consider Massive Attack have always mixed styles in radical, new ways. The one new tune included to entice die-hard fans, the slowly percolating and deeply bluesy "Live With Me," is what soul music will sound like in the future. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

One side of the disc contains audio, while the other side offers DVD content NTSC/Region 0). The dual disc features additional new tracks, unreleased material, rarities, remixes, all of their videos to date, including the new single and rare live footage. EMI. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Massive Attack.......2007-06-01

CD got here in a short time (without expedited service) and it plays wonderfully. I play it all the time! I would definitly buy from this seller again!

My first massive attack.......2007-04-02

I totally dig this album, I was turned on to this album from "the first titan in eve". google that and come get some

Essential Massive Attack.......2007-01-15

Excellent "digest" of one of the most intriguing musical adventures of the late XX-th century.

A good collection.......2007-01-06

This is a good collection of Massive Attack. If you enjoy them, I think you'll enjoy this CD-DVD combo.

The 2nd Layer of DVD will not play in all machines........2006-09-13

Watch out!

The 2nd Layer of the DVD, which is the opposite side of the disc that holds only the new Audio tracks, will not play on all machines!

I bought this thinking that there will be 2 discs and a DVD, but they put the 2nd disc on the back side of the DVD - and that layer will not play on my laptop.

It was a real bummer - as I wanted to put it onto my MP3 player.

Average customer rating: Collected is GREAT. Massive for the masses. Future Fool Proof Either way, win or lose...

Collected Massive Attack Manufacturer: Virgin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 100th Window Protection Mezzanine Blue Lines Versions ASIN: B000EQHSFK Release Date: 2006-04-04

Tracks:

1. Safe From Harm
2. Karmacoma
3. Angel
4. Teardrop
5. Inertia Creeps
6. Protection
7. Butterfly Caught
8. Unfinished Sympathy
9. Risingson
10. What Your Soul Sings
11. Future Proof
12. Five Man Army
13. Sly
14. Live With Me

Album Description

With their critically acclaimed albums clocking up 9 million sales worldwide, a clutch of awards and a new album due for release in early 2007, the time felt right for a Massive Attack Best Of, an apt reminder of their musical legacy to date. The album, entitled "Collected" and will feature all their key tracks and the new single 'Live With Me'. The ltd edition will include the main disc and a bonus dual-disc featuring additional new tracks, un-released material, rarities, remixes, all of their videos to date, including the new single and are rare live footage The album release is preceded by the new single featuring Terry Callier on vocals released on 13th March and it sees a return to a more soulful sound for Massive Attack, while retaining the lush production of their more recent albums. The video will be directed by Jonathan Glazer. Massive Attack will be playing a series of live dates and festivals throughout the summer and autumn of 2006, details of which will be announced in due course. Emi. 2006

Customer Reviews:

Collected is GREAT. .......2006-11-02

Massive Attack come back is excellent. It got a great selection of the most popular songs during their career, with a little upgrade I will say. This will be a wonderful piece for the M.A. lovers, and if you are not a fan, you will get hook to it.

Massive for the masses........2006-10-18

Massive Attack has got to be one of the coolest bands on the planet. On many of these tracks, dark and creepy would also be a good description. Generally stuck in the trip-hop or electronica genre's, this is mood music at it's best. As with any collection favorites are missing, but for the new or casual fan, this might just be your first or only stop. Songs are drawn from all four albums, and a new track to close. Guest vocals could not have been more perfectly chosen, from Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) on "Teardrop", Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) on "Protection", and Sinead O'Connor on "What Your Soul Sings", among other singers. I really don't think this group has any equal. Only possibly Portishead comes close. If any of the people or genre's mentioned above interest you, I think you will love this. You'll most likely become a massive fan.

Future Fool Proof.......2006-05-03

It's hard to tell who's in and who's out of the Massive Attack line-up these days (since Mushroom departed under a cloud in 1998 and Daddy G took a backseat on fourth album 100th Window, the name has generally become a dark and Gothic vehicle for sole founding member 3D), yet their legacy is assured thanks to their iconic 1991 debut Blue Lines and its staggering follow-up Protection.
A more compact musical overview than the earlier Singles Box: 1990-1998, Collected features 14 of the Bristol acts most popular moments with new tune Live With Me tagged on the end. Fans of the trio's early singles such as Daydreaming and Hymn Of The Big Wheel may be disappointed by their absence on Collected, but later masterworks such as Angel and Future Proof are given the space to breathe on this disc of ominous rhythms.
While 3D's sombre vocals are present on many of the key tracks, it is the appearances of guests that ensured Massive Attack truly soared. Tricky's early success Karmacoma, Liz Fraser's pristine additions to Teardrop and Shara Nelson's powerful rendition on Safe From Harm open Collected in fine form, with Tracey Thorn, Horace Andy and Sinead O'Connor among the additional guests that follow. Although there's a clash of styles as the paranoid vibe of Inertia Creeps bleeds into the mellow and sublime Protection, generally Collected acts as a fine introduction to the influential band that outgrew their berated trip hop label.
Collected is a sound investment by any greatest hits standard, but Massive Attack's back catalogue deserves to be investigated at a deeper level once this record has been devoured and deconstructed.

Either way, win or lose..........2006-04-15

Although Massive Attack only released four albums in fifteen years, their musical ideas were usually ahead of their time, and set the tone for a lot of electronic music in the nineties. For instance, if you like Gorillaz, this compilation is really the blueprint for their fusion of rock, rap, and techno, as well as their use of different collaborators from album to album. Except Massive Attack were less flashy and more downbeat, and they drew just as heavily from soul and reggae as they did from those styles.

"Safe From Harm" embodies everything that they were trying to do. It has a powerful soul vocal at the centre, and contrasts it with repetitive, gravelly-voiced rapping from one of the band members. In the hands of Massive Attack, rap was very rhythmic and often fast, but never aggressive. They used it as just another way to set a mood. In this case, and in most other cases, the mood was one of impending doom. The ominous rapping suggested that danger was just around the corner, and the main vocal attempted to add a sense of lost innocence in the middle of this danger. Oh, and the song also has an incredible techno bassline, which made it popular in the clubs for a time. This combination of sounds may not sound revolutionary now, but this song alone basically created a style known as "trip-hop." It was also ripped off by just about everyone in the next six years. Even Bjork jumped on the bandwagon in her song "Army Of Me."

Massive Attack had a great talent for reinterpreting the past. Early on, they sent a demo tape to Horace Andy, a reggae singer who had already had a long and illustrious career in his native Jamaica by that point. The man offered to collaborate with them, and went on to do so on every one of the band's albums. Usually, he covered such reggae standards as John Holt's "Man Next Door" and his own "Spying Glass," but Massive Attack gave these songs totally new sounds, emphasizing the unease expressed in the lyrics with their moody production. Unfortunately, neither "Man Next Door" nor my own personal favourite "One Love" is included on this CD, but "Angel" is. This is one of the band's best songs. It starts with a slow, creeping bass line and a dreamy vocal introduction from Andy, but then suddenly breaks out into a crescendo of driving, distorted guitars sounding reminiscent of the Cure or the Sisters of Mercy, only heavier, more rhythmic and more powerful.

The band could make uplifting tracks too, once in a while, like "Unfinished Sympathy" from their first album, or "Teardrop" from their third, but they were more at home with dark, slow rhythms and lonely, romantic atmospheres. Even "Teardrop" sounds lost and vulnerable, due to a superb performance by Elizabeth Fraser, who had by then already received a lot of praise from critics for her singing in the indie band Cocteau Twins. The black flowers on the cover of this album are a good indication of the band's aesthetic. The song "Blue Lines" from their first album, in which the band members took turns rapping, with impeccable rhythm, has precisely that kind of yearning, rainy-day mood. Unfortunately it's not included here. However, "Risingson," a bitter variation on the theme of failed love, is probably the best vocal performance by the band's core members, and it is included.

As time went on, Massive Attack gravitated toward the more dissonant, rock-influenced sound of "Angel." Since the theme and feel of their music was basically the same as before, this wasn't really that big of a change, but it did lead to increasing creative differences within the band. By the time their fourth album came out, three of the four founding members had left. As a result, the album seemed like a bit of a retread, and wasn't very well received by critics. This compilation may be an attempt to repair the band's image and put the spotlight on their best work again. As you may have gathered, a lot of good songs are missing, and even the bonus disc in the limited edition doesn't have all of their B-sides. If it were up to me, I would have added a few more album tracks and left off some of the singles. Actually, when I was starting to write this, I wanted to say something like, "Massive Attack were ultimately a singles band," and as I was writing that I realized that it wasn't really true.

But anyway, the album is still very good, and it ends with a sign that the band may not be finished yet. "Live With Me" is the token new song on the compilation, but it's not only a good song, it's their best song ever. Once again, the band calls in a veteran soul singer, Terry Callier this time, to lament about another failed love against a backdrop of strings and slow beats, but never has this combination sounded as good as it does here. Except now everybody is that much older, so instead of professing undying love, the song implores its subject, "Come live with me."

Average customer rating: Necessary Massive Collection. Ride the snake............ A cracking collection.

Collected Massive Attack Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: 100th Window Blue Lines Mezzanine Protection Collected ASIN: B000E5L8DE Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

1. Safe From Harm
2. Karmacoma
3. Angel
4. Teardrop
5. Inertia Creeps
6. Protection
7. Butterfly Caught
8. Unfinished Sympathy
9. Risingson
10. What Your Soul Sings
11. Future Proof
12. Five Man Army
13. Sly
14. Live With Me

Tracks:

1. False Flags
2. Incantations
3. Silent Spring
4. Bullet Boy
5. Black Melt
6. Joy Luck Club
7. Small Time Shoot 'Em Up
8. I Against I
9. I Want You
10. Danny The Dog

Album Description

With their critically acclaimed albums clocking up 9 million sales worldwide, a clutch of awards and a new album due for release in early 2007, the time felt right for a Massive Attack Best Of, an apt reminder of their musical legacy to date. The album, entitled "Collected" and will feature all their key tracks and the new single 'Live With Me'. The ltd edition will include the main disc and a bonus dual-disc featuring additional new tracks, un-released material, rarities, remixes, all of their videos to date, including the new single and are rare live footage The album release is preceded by the new single featuring Terry Callier on vocals released on 13th March and it sees a return to a more soulful sound for Massive Attack, while retaining the lush production of their more recent albums. The video will be directed by Jonathan Glazer. Massive Attack will be playing a series of live dates and festivals throughout the summer and autumn of 2006, details of which will be announced in due course. Emi. 2006

Album Details

With their Critically Acclaimed Albums Clocking Up Nine Million Sales Worldwide, a Clutch of Awards, the Time Felt Right for a Massive Attack Best Of, an Apt Reminder of their Musical Legacy to Date. The Album, Entitled "collected" Will Feature all their Key Tracks and the Single `live with Me'. The Limited Edition Will Include the Main Disc and a Bonus Dual-disc featuring Additional New Tracks, Un-released Material, Rarities, Remixes, all of their Videos to Date, Including Rare Live Footage.

Customer Reviews:

Necessary.......2006-12-07

This is the best entrance into Massive Attack's music for the unfamiliar. All of my favorites are here: Angel, Protection, Unfinished Symphony, I Against I... This is the best collected ambient trip hop from the last few years... Perfect background for working, driving... this Thievery Corporation and Mosquito Bar collection are constantly playing for me.

Massive Collection........2006-07-12

The best of Massive Attack. A lot of fans have been waiting for this to come out, but is it as good as we hoped. The answer is yes. This two disc 'Best Of' album is quite rewarding. Tracing back to Massive Attack's successful years including some and most of their best songs. The only other album of Massive Attack that I really like is the excellent Mezzanine. It was dark, eerie and moody tuned which is what I was attracted to. Collected does deliver this dark and eerie music with the classic Karmacoma, the melodic but dark Angel, Teardrop, Inertia Creeps and Risingsun from Mezzanine. Collected does keep me happy with these well known tracks along with other past hits that are enjoyable and adapt towards my tastes. However, I was a little dissapointed that Man Next Door and Black Milk wasn't on this album as they are two very good Massive Attack songs both from the dark Mezzanine.
Overall, this is a very pleasing collection from a great artistic band.

Ride the snake...................2006-04-14

Ever had one of those long ass drives and the only thing to keep you sane was the pulse of a really good cd? "Massive Attack" carries you there. It cradles all the upcoming problems, for a new and better stoic you.

A cracking collection........2006-04-10

One of the most innovative and energetic bands to emerge from the UK music scene in decades, they have finally gotten their best tracks in one delicious place. This album is sublime trip through many modern and historic musical genres, laced with hip-hop, R+B, trance, soul and urban slants. Massive attack's popular gimmick is to have guest vocalists to add a little extra spice to their skillfully arranged and hypnotically beautiful music. For me this works best in their choices of female vocalists, often elevating these tracks to classic and athemic status. Witness the haunting beauty of "Protection", with the deliciously mellow pitched, Tracey Thorn of "Everything but the Girl". The fragile beauty of "Teardrop" sung by the quirkily ehthereal Elizabeth Fraser of "The Cocteau Twins" and the raw power and earthy energy of "Unfinished Sympathy" as belted out by the amazingly melodic, Shara Nelson. The songs speak of the complexities of modern life and have a modern, poetic energy which manages to have global perspective and yet remain essentially British. Every track has such a refreshingly different quality. This album is most definitely a collection of their superior tracks but you would be hard pressed to find a shoddy track in their archive, they just are not capable of poor quality! Listen to any of their previous albums and you will be hooked from the outset, they are quite simply amazing and a must have for any discerning music collection. Buy and try it, you really will not be dissapointed, it isn't possible!

Average customer rating: only way to get his Dust Mix This is what Moby was and should be Early Moby, how I love thee. A near flawless collection Mostly What You Would Expect With B-Sides But...

Rare: Collected B-Sides Moby Manufacturer: Instinct Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rave | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Moby Early Underground I Like to Score Everything Is Wrong Ambient ASIN: B000001UWG Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

1. Voodoo Child (Poor In NY Mix)
2. Next Is The E (Club Mix)
3. Drug Fits The Face (Drug Free Mix)
4. Have You Seen My Baby (Baby Mix)
5. UHF 2
6. Time's Up (Dust Mix)
7. Drop R Beat (Deep Mix)
8. Mobility (Aqua Mix)
9. I Feel It (Synthe Mix)
10. Thousand

Tracks:

1. Go (Woodtick Mix)
2. Go (Analog Mix)
3. Go (Subliminal Mix)
4. Go (Night Time Mix)
5. Go (Original Mix)
6. Go (Low Spirit Mix)
7. Go (Rainforest Mix)
8. Go (Delirium Mix)
9. Go (Voodoo Child Mix)
10. Go (Barracuda Mix)
11. Go (Arpathoski Mix)
12. Go (In Dub Mix)
13. Go (Soundtrack Mix)
14. Go (Amphetamix)

Amazon.com

In listening to Moby's collection of early work and rare remixes, it's clear the diversity of this man's wax was in full effect long before the gospel field recordings of last year's wonderful Play came to the fore. Little pieces of dialogue mingle with gigantic house beats and snippets from sources forever unknown, twisting through songs like the downbeat "UHF" with serpentine ease. His grasp of structure was much different then, however, as these mixes can wander a bit--especially in the hour-plus worth of "Go" remixes he offers up on the second disc. Still, this is a worthy excursion for Moby fans and those who appreciate techno with a little range. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

only way to get his Dust Mix.......2006-11-29

I had to hear Time's Up (Dust Mix) from a P to P download (unfortunately @ 128kb) and got fixated on it's trippy groove. I can't really stand any Moby stuff, but this one had me hooked and I had to have it.

I'll leave the rest to Moby fans.

This is what Moby was and should be.......2006-01-16

I am not thrilled at all with the direction that Moby has went over the years. I am happy though to see such a small time artist has been able to be successful on the pop charts, and he still is creating music that is unique and different, but this is when Moby was strictly techno. The song "1000" is reason to get this alone, as the song gets up to an unbelievable 1000 beats per minute. Dont be fooled by at all just because this says Moby on it. Even it you hate Moby's newer work, you have to have this in your collection if you are a fan of old school techno. ENJOY

Early Moby, how I love thee........2002-12-28

A great mix of electronic genius Moby's early remixes and b-sides. Virtually every genre of dance is collected here, from the classic rave track "GO! (rainforest mix)", the odd electronica "UHF 2", to acid-club fan favourite "Have you seen my baby (baby mix)". Also contains the fastest song ever recorded, "Thousand", topping in at an insane 1034 bpm. (I've tried to make super fast songs, but nowhere need that speed! All my programs stop at 999 bpm!). Hard, odd, but loveable, "Thousand" is one of my fave Moby tracks. Sure, some of the beats sound a bit dated, but what can you expect from dance songs made from 1989-1993? The bonus disc, I feel, is better than "Rare". I just love to play this album from start to finish, and listen to it again, and again!

BEST TRACKS: UHF 2, Thousand, Go (Rainforest, Arpathoski and Amphetamix Mixes)
WORST TRACKS: Hard to choose... none are really bad, but some do sound a bit dated, and some of the voice samples do REALLY annoy me, but nothing stands out as bad!

A near flawless collection.......2001-08-24

This is one very good collection for big Moby fans and completists.Disc 1 collects all the essential mixes of the mega-hit Go.The mix is continuous and adventurous.You can literally hear all the dance genres mixed in the tracks,Ambient,Tro-hop,Acid,House,etc.The best one I think is the Woodtick mix.Very fast and hard! Disc 2 collects some of his very hard to find or otherwise deleted tracks.Some of the tracks are better sounding here than on his Early Underground cd.Especially I feel it,Have you seen my baby?,and Next to the e.Best tracks on here I think.Overall it is a good set to have if you don't want to hunt down the singles separately and spend lots of money.

Mostly What You Would Expect With B-Sides But..........2001-05-26

This album has some killer re-mixes and that in some cases are better than the original version. Specifically, songs like Next Is the E, Have You Seen my Baby, and Drop a Beat. It also contains one of the most jarring tracks ever in Thousand, which according to the Guiness Book of World Records, is the fastest song ever recorded. Needless to say, it probably won't be one that you would want to listen over and over to. The remixes of Go are good at first, but then they sorta become bland, but then again there are 14 different versions here. The Rainforest mix is my favorite version of Go, and the In Dub mix was my least favorite.

Should you pick this album up? Most definitely if you're a fan of Moby or of techno. Yes, there's some weak stuff here, so it's not going be another Play, Everything Is Wrong, or I Like to Score. It's more like Moby but with more filler, and it's probably a better album than about 85% of the stuff that's out there now.

Average customer rating: A Little Known Masterpiece An excellent album from a veteran of ambient music... Ambient music in its childhood Wonderful retrospective of truly original ambiant music

Collected Ambient and Textural Works: 1977-1987 Michael Stearns Manufacturer: Fathom/Hos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: En Trance The Stargazer's Journey Myths And Memories Desert Solitaire Structures from Silence ASIN: B000000X7H Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. Elysian E
2. M'ocean
3. Morning
4. Ancient Leaves
5. Subterranean Ambiance
6. Rivers of Rhythm
7. Vicki's Dance
8. Jewel
9. Night Currents
10. The Dragon's Dream World
11. Desert Moon Walk

Customer Reviews:

A Little Known Masterpiece.......2003-01-03

In the vast ocean of ambient music, Michael Stearns has been left out to sea. Having been eclipsed in the public mind by high-profile artists like Brian Eno, Stearn's back catalog has been reduced to two LPs, consisting of disjointed snippets of much longer pieces. I've always been surprised that Stearns hasn't been more revered after scoring such films as Baraka. Having been confined to the New Age shelves probably hasn't helped, but above all, Stearns doesn't seem to try and come up with an artists image like so many young, hip, ambient artists. Stearns is above all an earth-hugging hippie, and his music is all the more powerful and sincere because of it.
Ambient and Textural works consists of most airy, floating synthezisers, bells, eerie and beautiful female vocals, and field recordings. Stearn's big strength on this album is his ability to create not simply experimental pieces, but to create emotionally potent and beautiful pieces, without resorting to any of the luke-warm New Age flourishes that many of his contemporaries did. The nine-minute tape, vocal, and bell piece "Jewel" is worth the purchase price, and listeners would be hard-pressed to hear anything that didn't exite them. Anyone looking for organic, sincere, and ascendent ambient music would regret not buying this album.

An excellent album from a veteran of ambient music..........2000-09-07

Michael Stearns played a major role in the beginning of the style known as Ambient Music. Even if he is shadowed by masters like Brian Eno and Steve Roach, the extreme quality of this album shows how this artist has been forgotten by the critics and the historians! Because of its beautiful and calm melodies, this album should be very accessible for someone new to this style as well as being a good intro for a amateur wishing to discover the early compositions of Stearns.

Ambient music in its childhood.......1998-06-15

This retrospective disc shows the promise of ambient music, along the lines of Brian Eno and early Tangerine Dream. Uneven but compelling, the artist Michael Stearns later works eclipse these rough sketches. A must if already a fan, but try Kronos or The Lost World first if uninitiated.

Wonderful retrospective of truly original ambiant music.......1998-06-13

This CD has some of the very best ambiant music ever recorded. It covers all sorts of moods and textures without degenerating into "drums and rattles" or horrible dissonance.

The only disappointment is to realize just how many of Michael's works are now out of print....

Average customer rating: What you see is NOT what you get

Collected Simple Songs of My Temporary Past Schlammpeitziger Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005YD7B Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Gezischel in Fremdorient
2. Hallimaschlomba Im Kreisverker
3. Mausefaltenfripp
4. Spaceagent Zimmermann
5. Quietschquarklaute
6. Mango Und Papaja Auf Tobago
7. Spacerokkmountainnutsch
8. Konfliktfickfahig
9. Verhospielquakerseat
10. Elektronischer Country
11. Honkytonk Schlickummpittz
12. Hydraulicmeisters Halbtagstanz
13. Keine Sitar

Customer Reviews:

What you see is NOT what you get.......2007-03-28

I'd love to be able to review Schlammpeitziger - "Collected Simple Songs of My Temporary Past" but that's not what they sent me. I got another disk instead and was unable to return it due to Amazon's return policy (exceeded 30 days due to delivery time to Australia and computer dead).
Maybe someone else can tell me what it's like? I don't want to order again in case I get something else I don't want.

Average customer rating: delicious downtempo Pork does it again!!

How About Some Ether?: Collected Works 93-95 The Solid Doctor Manufacturer: Pork Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000073YL Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. U-Turn
2. Short Wave
3. Holy Roller
4. Spicey Pipe
5. Anomie
6. Lights on the Vibe
7. O Say Krevlon
8. Pickyparkdickbods
9. Room Is Breathing
10. Dusk
11. When I'm Dead
12. Bye Bye
13. I Love Life

Tracks:

1. Armed to the Teeth
2. Jet Smooth
3. Ether
4. Invisible Sunlit Snow
5. Cerulean Reverie
6. Mixamatosis
7. Land of Dope & Tory
8. Ninety One Campion
9. Tomato
10. Slipping into Another Dimension
11. Moving Family of Suns

Customer Reviews:

delicious downtempo.......1999-04-15

Solid Doctor is Steve Cobby - half of Fila Brazillia, the masters of Pork Recordings. These tracks are very phat, way large beats and some amazingly soulful samples. The 2 discs break down into very atmospheric downtempo and more dancefloor (though not your usual thumpathump techno by a long shot). Very highly recommended.

Pork does it again!!.......1998-10-11

One of my all time favourite electronic downtempo cds!!! Check out anything on Pork recordings... Fila Brazillia especially... though this double cd pack is a must get for anyone who enjoys electronic music... lush, sexy and gorgeous soundscapes...

Average customer rating:

How About Some Ether?: Collected Works 93-95 The Solid Doctor Manufacturer: Pork Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B6LO6 Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. U-Turn
2. Short Wave
3. Holy Roller
4. Spicey Pipe
5. Anomie
6. Lights on the Vibe
7. O Say Krevlon
8. Pickyparkdickbods
9. Room Is Breathing
10. Dusk
11. When I'm Dead
12. Bye Bye
13. I Love Life

Tracks:

1. Armed to the Teeth
2. Jet Smooth
3. Ether
4. Invisible Sunlit Snow
5. Cerulean Reverie
6. Mixamatosis
7. Land of Dope & Tory
8. Ninety One Campion
9. Tomato
10. Slipping into Another Dimension
11. Moving Family of Suns

Average customer rating: Wonderful!

Ambient Origins: Collected Early Works 1983-1987 Stephen Bacchus Manufacturer: Oasis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DDMI Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

1. The Returning
2. Winter's Way
3. Echo Shadows
4. 'Rosebud' Revisited
5. Subterrania
6. A Seperate Moment
7. The Form Of The World
8. From The Ashes

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2003-07-23

This is such a great album! His music flows together so beautifully to create such a wonderful atmosphere. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who likes tranquil music.

Average customer rating:

How About Some Ether?: Collected Works 93-95 The Solid Doctor Manufacturer: Pork Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005Y93X Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. U-Turn
2. Short Wave
3. Holy Roller
4. Spicey Pipe
5. Anomie
6. Lights on the Vibe
7. O Say Krevlon
8. Pickyparkdickbods
9. Room Is Breathing
10. Dusk
11. When I'm Dead
12. Bye Bye
13. I Love Life

Tracks:

1. Armed to the Teeth
2. Jet Smooth
3. Ether
4. Invisible Sunlit Snow
5. Cerulean Reverie
6. Mixamatosis
7. Land of Dope & Tory
8. Ninety One Campion
9. Tomato
10. Slipping into Another Dimension
11. Moving Family of Suns

Meditation Music:

1. Collection: 1981-1987 [Box set] [Import]
2. Collection of Piano Music, Vol. 1
3. Color of Rain
4. Compassion
5. Contemporary Spanish Guitar
6. Cradle of the Sun
7. Cyberpunx [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Enchantment: A Magical Christmas
9. Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
10. Equinoxe

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Everything to Me [CD-single]

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F Sharp Minor, Op.20/Symphony No.3 in C Minor,Op.43

Music: Billboard Top Country Hits: 1967

Bay Area Playaz, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]

Adventures in Lo-fi [Explicit Lyrics]

A Bobino

Bass Machine

African Blues

Alexander Scriabin: The Preludes, Vol. 2 - Paul Komen

Abide With Me

Akataka

100% Game

Almost Like Tonightlive

Gilles Peterson in Africa