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Stephen Bacchus: Ambient Origins

Read "Ambient Origins" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Ambient Origins is a collection of “early works" (from the '80s) by Canadian electronic musician Stephen Bacchus. His work has recently been heard on compilation albums like The Ambient Expanse , which repeats a piece heard on this album, and The Ambient Eclipse. He doesn't belong to the “school of Steve Roach," and you won't find pseudo-tribal percussion, tooting flutes, or rattles in these pieces. His textures are more simple, much like his fellow Canadians Mychael Danna and Tim Clement, ...

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Jeff Pearce and Vidna Obmana: True Stories

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Vidna Obmana (the Belgian ambient electronic composer, whose real name is Dirk Serries) has been prolific in the last half of the '90s and into this new decade. I am happy to report that I like his new music more and more. This collaboration with ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce is a good sample of the newer Obmana style.

Obmana has chosen his collaborators wisely, especially his longtime musical partnership with Steve Roach. I must admit that the reason I like ...

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Various Artists: The Ambient Eclipse

Read "The Ambient Eclipse" reviewed by Michael Askounes


After listening to a few ambient recordings and reviewing them, I’ve noticed one glaring problem with the whole ambient genre. It’s not that the music isn’t relaxing – on the contrary, the feeling I have after listening to The Ambient Eclipse is one that I imagine would be akin to taking a bath in a pool of Novocain. This music is so soothing that it could probably calm down Bill Clinton at an intern convention. So as far as having ...


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