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The crossover from ambient n,nu -garde composer to space to new age is a \l,n anne Amacher, as seamless one, as younger well as Robert Fripp, Jeff musicians like The Orb, Greinke and Biosphere. Banco de Gaia and Aphex Completing the circle, Twin borrow, sample and Steve Roach and Robert NeW AgE pay homage to the '70s Rich, synthesists who have sounds of Tangerine Dream been making an increas- and Klaus Schulze. ingly organic global fusion, Another strand of musi- have both released their cians are creating a sound most purely electronic al- NEW AGE MUSIC been performed," he explains. called `dark ambient," a psy- bums to date. Rich has Continued from page 53 "There is one thing you can't recon- chologically powerful mush recorded with composer struct-the ears of listeners. They that harkens back to what Brian Lustmord on "Stal- Vox's " Diadema" (Real Music) and changed in time. And so, for me, the Peter Michael Hamel once ker," and Roach has re- creates almost hyper -real vocal question was how to do medieval called "tone color music." A leased "The Magnificent choirs on Sarband's "Libre Vermeil" music fòr a modern audience." litany of dark ambience can Void," both on Hearts Of (Mesa). Ivanoff makes no apologies be heard on the "Throne Of Tangerine Dream inspires new agers. Space imprint Fathom. for his artistic liberties. "You can SPACE IS DEEP Drones" and "Swarm Of This is rootless, rhythmless reconstruct the instruments, you can Some musicians are adapting clas- Drones" compilations from appropriately named Rhythm & music that truly journeys to the cen- reconstruct the hall, the church sical forms, but others are still setting Asphodel records, compiled and Noise.
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