Atmospheric/New Age Music

[Reenee]

Preferably free. Anybody know of any? I am going to rightfully assume this is pretty niche around here.

[Jacal]

Keiko Matsui's later work is considered New Age. There's a small chance your local jazz station plays her music.

[Ribos]

Lunar - Wall Of Sound

Two free albums for your downloading pleasure. And while I have yet to listen to Wall Of Sound, Hybrid Awaken is pretty dang good.

Outside "free", I highly HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend Amethystium. Evermind seriously ranks as one of my favorite albums, and that's not something I hand out frivolously.

Going more into "ambient" world (but back into free), Richard Bowers and The Sound of Aircraft Attacking Britain for some stuff. No, it's not me, it's just some guy who shares my name. Really. Very minimalist, but it does set an atmosphere.

And that's all I've got right now. Give those a shot, let me know what you think. "New Age" is kind of a vague genre of music, and "Atmospheric" is a descriptor, not a genre on its own.

[PICASIO PICASIO]

RETURN TO INNOCENCE.
Oh man.
Classic.
hahahahaa.

[Blackraven]

Kevin Kern (but I don't know if you would consider him to be New Age).........or more importantly ENYA and YANNI.

Just to be sure, if you don't know what you're looking for, you may wanna check out Live365.com Internet Radio and look for radio stations that play New Age or the music that you're looking for.

Btw, if I may ask, is the "New Age" music you're looking for meant for meditation, reflective or relaxation purposes? If so, then go check the station named "WHISPERINGS SOLO PIANO RADIO" (it's the #1 station of Live365.com).

You can't go wrong there

[Eshmasesh]

If by "atmospheric" you mean "ambient", then:

Eluvium
Evan Bartholomew
Aural Expansion
Delerium
Current

[Ribos]

Originally Posted by Blackraven

Kevin Kern (but I don't know if you would consider him to be New Age).........or more importantly ENYA and YANNI.

Do not listen to this kid.

Yanni and Enya? Are you serious? Total corporate-induced cash-grabbing schlock. Honestly, I can't tell one Enya song from another, and Yanni? Well, he's just a joke.

Here's the thing: Reenee's looking for New Age music. Not music designed for people who want to pretend they're "cultured" or "mature."

[Reenee]

ambient

This is accurate and correct. You know, dreamy stuff.

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by Ribos

Here's the thing: Reenee's looking for New Age music. Not music designed for people who want to pretend they're "cultured" or "mature."

And what's that supposed to mean?

But seriously, was there something wrong with what I said
? Isn't it that New Age music the type of songs involving overlaps between subsets of the "DOWNTEMPO" genre? Come on, how could I not miss out on that one? In fact, the base definition of new age mostly involves overlaps mostly between Ambient, electronic, space music and a bit of chillout and such (this includes a lot of Celtic tunes as well).

Check the wiki defintion myself:
New Age music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"New Age music is peaceful music of various styles that is intended to create relaxation and positive feelings. Some but not all new age music is associated with New Age beliefs. New Age music is typically relaxing and inspiring, and is often used by listeners for such activities as yoga, massage, meditation, reading, as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments."

And even check out Ishkur's Guide to EDM v2.5
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music | New Home on Techno.org

Same statements in that New Age (a.k.a. Easy Listening) is basically associated with music designed for meditation, relaxation, spiritual therapy, taichi + yoga and also the type of music you hear in health/wellness spas and massage centers/parlors. See, even ENYA is used an example of New Age music (as it clearly is part of that genre).

So again, I'm not sure what you are saying in your post........or maybe there's something that I'm not getting the full picture of. Well whatever it is, we'll know later on...........but more importantly, maybe we should ask as to what type of "New Age" music Mr. Reneee is looking for. I mean New Age alone (even you sir mentioned it yourself) is a huge genre in itself.

So I was thinking, maybe Reneee is looking for a certain scale of "New Age music".

Probable suggestions:
If it is mostly on the light side, then ENYA (yes, I'm being firm on this), Jim Brickman and even David Nevue............or even your everyday piano instrumentalists/soloists already provide you with these. However, if you're looking for something heavier, then perhaps what you're looking for maybe in another subset of the "DOWNTEMPO" genre.......................cause the only thing that I can think of New Age that is heavy/dark in nature is represented by one word:

ENIGMA (though also under "DARK AMBIENT MOON" genre, they're the closest that I can think of).

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Reenee

This is accurate and correct. You know, dreamy stuff.

So Sir Ribos, I guess this answers the question now, doesn't it?

[helix eternal]

Originally Posted by Ribos

Amethystium.

This, definitely.

I have an ambient song I did last year you might like:
Caribbean Rain, created by Helix Eternal and presented through ACIDplanet.com
If you want an mp3 of it just PM me.

[Ribos]

Originally Posted by Blackraven

So Sir Ribos, I guess this answers the question now, doesn't it?

This is all I read, and as I found no sense within this statement considering you seem to have written a page about what you want to think New Age means, I've decided to dismiss your post. I'll simply reiterate the fact that Yanni and Enya are shit and say you have terrible taste in music.

Also, hi5 to Helix Eternal.

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by Ribos

This is all I read, and as I found no sense within this statement considering you seem to have written a page about what you want to think New Age means, I've decided to dismiss your post. I'll simply reiterate the fact that Yanni and Enya are shit and say you have terrible taste in music

Those songs are part of the common definition of "new age" music. Again, I said that those were "some examples" and not as "the examples" (because new age again involves numerous sub-genres)

Alright then, so you tell me: What is your definition of "new age" music? If it is considered as relaxing, meditative, spiritual...........or basically the BGM music for health spas and wellness centers, then does that satisfy your definition of it???

[Ribos]

Originally Posted by Blackraven

Those songs are part of the common definition of "new age" music. Again, I said that those were "some examples" and not as "the examples" (because new age again involves numerous sub-genres)

Alright then, so you tell me: What is your definition of "new age" music? If it is considered as relaxing, meditative, spiritual...........or basically the BGM music for health spas and wellness centers, then does that satisfy your definition of it???

Since when were we debating about the definition of "New age?" I was just saying Yanni and Enya suck. Which they do. They're corporately-produced attempts at making new age to appeal to the masses to make them feel more "mature" and "cultured," since people tend to not listen to different music unless someone shoves it down their throat.

Please try to stay on topic.

[helix eternal]

If you want some stuff that has a relaxing/chill vibe but still has a bit of trance foundation check out Tastexperience, at least the first album "Beyond the Horizon" I'm not sure how the newer albums are. BtH is pretty great stuff though. I'd guess the newer stuff is similar.

protip: don't argue with Ribos about music, he has better taste than you (applies to everyone)

[Reenee]

people tend to not listen to different music unless someone shoves it down their throat.

Sorry but that's sig-worthy. Just saying.