Ege Bamyasi was recorded between December 1971 and June 1972 at the Inner Space Studio in Weilerswist, near Cologne. Music linernotes album music
Danzindan-Pojidon is a quintessential ambient, environmental, and electronic album Music linernotes album music
Caribou is the moniker of Canadian musician Dan Snaith, who also records as Daphni. Music linernotes album music
Black Editions reissued the album on vinyl in 2017, meticulously remastered by Elysian Masters. Music linernotes album music
Birds of Fire was released in quadraphonic sound on LP and 8-track in 1973 Music linernotes album music
Birds of Fire was recorded in August 1972 at CBS Studios in New York and Trident Studios in London. Music linernotes album music
Artist Florine Stettheimer designed the sets, which included innovative cellophane backdrops, and the costumes of colorful lace, silk, and taffeta. Music linernotes album music
Archangel is the second track on Burial's second studio album Untrue, released on November 5, 2007 by Hyperdub. Music linernotes album music
Archangel is classified as dubstep and UK garage, with elements of ambient music. Music linernotes album music
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85–92 includes tracks Richard D. James recorded on cassette as young as age 13. Music linernotes album music
Al Di Meola was inspired by The Kinks' 'You Really Got Me,' the first song he attempted to play on guitar as a child. Music linernotes album music
After Romantic Warrior, Chick Corea decided the group's time had ended and continued with a new Return to Forever lineup featuring only Stanley Clarke. Music linernotes album music
'Miles Beyond' was dedicated to John McLaughlin's friend and former bandleader Miles Davis. Music linernotes album music
Visible World was recorded in June 1995 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway. Music linernotes album music
Unlike his debut It's About Time (1992), which was a rock/funk album, Neighbourhood is a jazz album. Music linernotes album music
Tracks 2 through 5 on disc two were recorded in Tbilisi, Georgia, featuring the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jansug Kakhidze. Music linernotes album music
The track 'Zure' features a piano that had been submerged in tsunami water. Music linernotes album music
The room's resonant frequencies gradually reinforce themselves until any semblance of speech is destroyed, replaced by the room's natural resonant frequencies. Music linernotes album music
The Master Musicians of Jajouka are an all-male ensemble from a small village about 60 miles south of Tangier, Morocco, preserving a centuries-old Sufi-influenced musical tradition. Music linernotes album music
The main motif, representing the 'Flock,' is first presented by the oboe. Music linernotes album music
The Magnetic North Orchestra was established in Oslo, Norway in 1992 by Norwegian pianist and composer Jon Balke. Music linernotes album music
The higher-fidelity recording released by Lovely Music was made on October 29 and 31, 1980, in Lucier's living room in Middletown, Connecticut. Music linernotes album music
The first recording was made at the Electronic Music Studio at Brandeis University in 1969. Music linernotes album music
The first performance was in 1970 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, featuring Polaroid photograph projections by Mary Lucier. Music linernotes album music
The first ECM album by Jon Balke with the Magnetic North Orchestra was Further, recorded in June 1993 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo and released in 1994. Music linernotes album music
The album is a collaboration between Grouper, the ambient project of Oregon-based musician Liz Harris, and Jarboe, formerly of the New York band Swans. Music linernotes album music
The album features Jan Garbarek on saxophones, Tomasz Stanko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano, and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass. Music linernotes album music
The album features Bachir Attar as the leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, playing flute and other instruments. Music linernotes album music
The 'Pentagonal Garden' is a harmonious tone-field created mainly on the strings using five-note scales. Music linernotes album music
Takemitsu was inspired by a dream of birds descending into a garden, which he attributed to a photograph of Marcel Duchamp with his head shaved in the shape of a star-shaped garden. Music linernotes album music
Takemitsu described the piece as 'a shifting panorama of scenes' and said the structure is circular rather than linear. Music linernotes album music
Six Japanese Gardens was premiered on July 12, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan, performed by Shiniti Ueno. Music linernotes album music
Six Japanese Gardens was composed in 1993 and revised in 1995, written for percussion and electronics. Music linernotes album music
Six Japanese Gardens is scored for percussion and electronic processing, with a duration of approximately 16 minutes. Music linernotes album music
Six Japanese Gardens is a collection of impressions of gardens Saariaho saw in Kyoto during her stay in Japan in the summer of 1993. Music linernotes album music
Sakamoto walked through the streets of New York, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Paris with a cell phone microphone to capture everyday sounds. Music linernotes album music
Sakamoto conceived async as the soundtrack for a nonexistent Andrei Tarkovsky fi Music linernotes album music
Rites was released as a double album on ECM Records (ECM 1685/86) on October 5, 1998. Music linernotes album music
Rites was produced by Manfred Eicher and engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio. Music linernotes album music
Rites features Rainer Brüninghaus on piano and keyboards, Eberhard Weber on bass, Marilyn Mazur on drums and percussion, and Bugge Wesseltoft on synthesizer and accordion. Music linernotes album music
Plague Mass was recorded live on October 12 and 13, 1990 at the Cathedral of St. Music linernotes album music
Plague Mass was produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Blaise Dupuy, with Rory Johnson as executive producer. Music linernotes album music
Plague Mass is part of Diamanda Galás's Masque of the Red Death trilogy, addressing the AIDS epidemic and societal response to the crisis. Music linernotes album music
Officium, his 1994 collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble recorded at St Gerold monastery in Austria, became one of ECM's best-selling albums. Music linernotes album music
Neighbourhood was recorded in March and November 2004 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway. Music linernotes album music
Neighbourhood is led by French session drummer Manu Katche, his second solo album. Music linernotes album music
Manu Katche and Marilyn Mazur both contribute drums and percussion on various tracks. Music linernotes album music
Manfred Eicher, ECM Records' founder, has produced the vast majority of Garbarek's albums since the early 1970s. Music linernotes album music
Lucier was inspired after a colleague described a lecture by Amar Bose about testing loudspeakers by feeding their own audio output back into them. Music linernotes album music
Jon Balke created the work Magnetic North as Olympic musical ambassador for the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway. Music linernotes album music
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist who rose to international fame in the 1970s playing with Keith Jarrett's European Quartet. Music linernotes album music
Grouper's hazy ambient meets Jarboe's visceral vocals — a mutual dissolution of boundaries Music linernotes album music
Citadelamerica was released on ECM Records, Jan Garbarek's longtime label home. Music linernotes album music
Async was Sakamoto's first solo studio album in eight years, since Out of Noise in 2009. Music linernotes album music
Async was Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album since recovering from throat cancer in 2015, and he thought it might be his last album. Music linernotes album music
Apocalypse Across the Sky was recorded in the village of Jajouka in the Rif Mountains of Morocco, the home of the Master Musicians. Music linernotes album music
Apocalypse Across the Sky was produced by Bill Laswell and released in 1992 on the Axiom label. Music linernotes album music
Alvin Lucier's I Am Sitting in a Room was composed in 1969 — a pure conceptual landmark Music linernotes album music
A Mutual Dissolution of Structures was released on Important Records, a label known for supporting experimental and avant-garde musical collaborations. Music linernotes album music
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden was composed in 1977 by Toru Takemitsu. Music linernotes album music
Zoor was released on Mute Records, a label known for its roster of electronic and avant-garde artists, providing a platform for Galás' uncompromising artistic vision. Music linernotes album music
Williams performed it with a symphony orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Music linernotes album music
The title track was dedicated to Nick Drake, who died 18 months after the album's release. Music linernotes album music
The title is a play on Latin grammar — 'ah um' evokes the first-person declension, suggesting 'Mingus, himself' or 'the essence of Mingus.' Music linernotes album music
The title derives from a 13th-century Provençal word meaning 'to cry out,' reflecting the album's exploration of medieval vocal traditions and Galás' intense, operatic delivery. Music linernotes album music
The Real Book is a famous compilation of jazz lead sheets created in the mid-1970s by students at Berklee College of Music, originally an illegal publication. Music linernotes album music
The quartet's Forest Flower, recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September 1966, became one of the most successful jazz recordings of the era. Music linernotes album music
The quartet featured Charles Lloyd on tenor saxophone and flute, Keith Jarrett on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Music linernotes album music
The personnel includes Steve Swallow on bass guitar, Tom Harrell on trumpet and flugelhorn, Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone, Mulgrew Miller on piano, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Music linernotes album music
The musicians come from five different ethnic groups from the Kasai region: the Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and Luntu. Music linernotes album music
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto was released on April 16, 1985, on the Earthworks label. Music linernotes album music
The full title is In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic. Music linernotes album music
The Flowering was recorded in concert at Aulaen Hall in Oslo, Norway on October 29, 1966. Music linernotes album music
The ensemble includes electric guitars, electric likembes (thumb pianos), balafons, xylophones, slit drums, and multiple vocalists and dancers. Music linernotes album music
The collective includes members from the bands Masanka Sankayi and Basokin, as well as Luscombe Madimba, Tandjolo, and Dibua Dietu. Music linernotes album music
The Charles Lloyd Quartet was one of the few acoustic jazz acts booked into Bill Graham's Fillmore Music linernotes album music
The album was released on Prestige Records, with Bob Weinstock as producer. Music linernotes album music
The album was released in 1971 on Atlantic Records, several years after it was recorded. Music linernotes album music
The album was released in 1963, during Lateef's prolific period on Prestige and its subsidiary labels. Music linernotes album music
The album was recorded on May 5, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, often called 'The Church' for its exceptional acoustics. Music linernotes album music
The album was recorded on June 6, 1968, at the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, New York, with one track recorded January 29, 1968. Music linernotes album music
The album was recorded in Copenhagen on January 14, 1963, by Danish Radio. Music linernotes album music
The album draws on the tradition of medieval Provençal troubadour poetry, with Galás interpreting texts that explore themes of desire, suffering, and spiritual yearning through her distinctive vocal approach. Music linernotes album music
Table covers include John Renbourn and Paul Simon on the Simon & Garfunkel album Sounds of Silence. Music linernotes album music
Solid Air was recorded in November and December 1972 at Island Studios and Sound Techniques in London. Music linernotes album music