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Some eclectic, ambient, new age, dance rhythms............
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BloodBlood by This Mortal Coil
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.69
Nearly half the tracks are instrumentals, or tracks with minimal and often wordless female vocals. "Song to the Siren" as one of the group's masterpieces.
MorpheusMorpheus by Delerium
Buy used from: $39.95
One of the first and best Delerium LPs, Morpheus leans closer to the pagan death-folk than any of their other albums do. Try it---weird and interesting sounds.
Waiting for the Sirens' CallWaiting for the Sirens' Call by New Order
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $11.10
The music is tight, synth-heavy, and still driven in large part by great bass lines. The album mixes it up a bit, from the electronic first and then can turn to airiness.
Sweet LullabySweet Lullaby by Deep Forest
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Fusing traditional ethnic musics with state-of-the-art rhythms. Contemporary sounds of ambient techno with the haunting voices of the Pygmies of the central African rain forest.
The Mirror PoolThe Mirror Pool by Lisa Gerrard
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Haunting, vast atmospheres with truly mystical rhythems. The use of Australia's Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra on many tracks continues the tradition of strong arrangements in Gerrard's work.
Dead Can Dance/Garden of the Arcane DelightsDead Can Dance/Garden of the Arcane Delights by Dead Can Dance
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Combines elements of European folk music- music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- with ambient pop and worldbeat. Their songs are of lost beauty, regret and sorrow, inspiration and nobility, and of the everlasting human goal of attaining a meaningful existence.
MezzanineMezzanine by Massive Attack
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Hypnotic sound -- a darkly sensual and cinematic fusion of hip-hop rhythms, soulful melodies, dub grooves-nice dance music.
Guru MotherGuru Mother by Opus III
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Merging ethereal female vocals with the ambient house sound synonymous with similar popular groups from the era like the Orb and Enigma.
Blue Wonder Power MilkBlue Wonder Power Milk by Hooverphonic
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Blue Wonder Power Milk is woven with string arrangements and dance club beats for a drowsy feel. Most songs featured on Blue Wonder Power Milk are by light strings, allowing Hooverphonic to gently fall into genres of indie pop, dream pop, and trip-hop, however each song does take on a life of its own.
Magic BoxMagic Box by Bel Canto
Buy used from: $2.70
Atmospheric, melancholy, somewhat medieval soundscapes of Bel Canto (Italian for "beautiful song") mix an essentially synth-based, chamber-rock sound with a wide range of orchestral and folk instruments.
Floating into the NightFloating into the Night by Julee Cruise
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.44
The feeling is one of a '50s jukebox suddenly plunged into a time warp, dressed with extra sparkle and with a just-sleepy-enough, narcotic feeling.
The CeltsThe Celts by Enya
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.15
With her blend of folk melodies, synthesized backdrops, and classical motifs, Enya created a distinctive style that more closely resembled new age than the folk and Celtic music that provided her initial influences.
Clannad: Greatest HitsClannad: Greatest Hits by Clannad
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Clannad bridged the gap between traditional Celtic music and pop. Usually, their results were an entrancing, enchanting form of pop that managed to fuse the disparate elements together rather seamlessly.
Ambient 1: Music for AirportsAmbient 1: Music for Airports
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Four subtle, slowly evolving pieces grace Eno's first conscious effort at creating ambient music. The composer was in part striving to create music that approximated the effect of visual art.
Ov Biospheres and Sacred GroovesOv Biospheres and Sacred Grooves by Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia
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Ov Biospheres and Sacred Grooves, showed that Psychick Warriors could straddle the fence between floor-filling organic trance and dark ambience quite well. On tracks such as "Obsidian" the chilling ambient groove easily overpowered any textured beats.
Dream of 100 NationsDream of 100 Nations by TransGlobal Underground
Buy used from: $23.64
The group's core is composed of vocalist Natacha Atlas, keyboardist Alex Kasiek, drum programmer Man Tu, and founder, bassist, and sampler Count Dubulah. The project grew out of a mutual love for dance, avant-garde, Arabic, and world music.
OrgshipOrgship by Solar Quest
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Orgship is a stunningly beautiful hybrid of symphonic synths, pastoral ambience, dense atmospheres, and new ambience from Solar Quest (nee George Saunders). These individual soundscapes tell a tale of discovery and awakening.