Va - Ambient Dub collection

Va-Ambient Dub Volume One - The Big Chill (1992)

01. Original Rockers - Sexy Selector02. 21st Century Aura - Disorientation03. Banco De Gaia feat. Ofra Haza - Desert Wind04. Mimoid - Strawberry05. G.O.L. - Angelica In Delirium06. Banco De Gaia - Soufie07. Mimoid - Tree Of The Sun, Tree Of The Moon08. Alphanex - Planet Hoskins09. Higher Intelligence Agency - Ketamine Entity10. 21st Century Aura - Something Started

Va - Ambient Dub Volume Two - Earthjuice (1993)

01. Original Rockers - DeMat DubRim02. The Higher Intelligence Agency - W.H.Y.03. The Higher Intelligence Agency - Speed Learn04. Original Rockers - Push Push (The Underwater World Of Jah Cousteau)05. G.O.L. (Gods Of Luxury) - Soma Holiday06. G.O.L. (Gods Of Luxury) - No Bounds07. Banco De Gaia - Shanti (Black Mountain Mix)08. Banco De Gaia - Lai Lah (Deeply Sirius Mix)09. A.P.L. (A Positive Life) - The Calling10. A.P.L. (A Positive Life) - Universal Message11. Insanity Sect - Subliminal Air

Fluke

Fluke - Techno Rose Of Blighty (1991)

Fluke - Six Wheels On My Wagon (1993)

A three-piece combo who managed to make inspired music during the 1990s while blazing a path through most of the popular electronic styles of the decade, Fluke was formed by occasional vocalist Jon Fugler, Mike Tournier and Mike Bryant after the three had spent several years living in the same combination house and recording studio. At first an eclectic, widely inspired house-pop act, the three later moved into trip-hop (and the British charts) during the mid-'90s before another leap into big-beat video-game soundtracks by the end of the decade.

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Bitten by the acid-house bug in 1988, Fugler, Tournier and Bryant began recording with two singles informed by more-than-competent guitar work, soaring techno-funk and plenty of pop inspiration as well. "Thumper" and "Joni" (the latter sampling Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi") brought Fluke much attention in the growing electronic sphere, and they signed a one-off album deal with indie-rock kingpins Creation for their debut full-length, 1991's Techno Rose of Blighty. After completing another record deal with Virgin that same year, Fluke released a live album Out (in essence) and their sophomore masterpiece Six Wheels on My Wagon, an album of poppy, occasionally dreamy ambient-trance which included several previously released singles.

William Orbit

Bassomatic - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Bass (1990)

William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (1993) thx adara!

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William Orbit collection
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Ambient pioneer, studio master, and omnipresent dance remixer William Orbit began his musical career in the new wave band Torch Song. Even while the group recorded several albums for IRS, Orbit remained in the studio to learn the ropes and began producing and remixing for artists including Sting, Madonna, Prince, the Human League, Erasure, and Belinda Carlisle. Orbit concurrently recorded his own material, and released his first solo album, Orbit, in 1987. That same year, he inaugurated the ambient project Strange Cargo, which released follow-up albums in 1990 and 1993. Also during the late '80s, Orbit latched onto the acid house explosion in England and founded one of the scene's most notable labels, Guerilla Records. Orbit's own Bassomatic recorded for Guerilla alongside British progressive acts Spooky and React 2 Rhythm plus excellent Chicago producers Felix da Housecat and DJ Pierre. Through Virgin, Bassomatic also released an album, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass.

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The last and best of the Strange Cargo albums, III matches elegant sequencer trance and understated organic instruments (piano, guitar) with ethnic-fusion and soft house rhythms. It's the only Strange Cargo record featuring vocals, with Beth Orton making an early appearance (more earth mother than neo-folky) on the beautiful ambient-trance single "Water From a Vine Leaf."

Opus III

I Talk To The Wind (single) 1992

It's A Fine Day (single) 1992

Mind Fruit (album) 1992

Guru Mother (album) 1994

When You Made The Mountain (single) (1994)

Opus III had a few hit songs in the early-'90s ambient house scene before lead vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw embarked on a successful venture later on in the decade as a freelance vocalist, working with some of dance music's most successful artists. The group's debut album for Atlantic, Mind Fruit (1992), featured the popular songs "It's a Fine Day" and "I Talk to the Wind." The group attained notoriety for merging ethereal female vocals with the ambient house sound synonymous with similar popular groups from the era like the Orb and Enigma. Also in 1992, while Opus III was experiencing their peak popularity, Hawkshaw worked with Orbital on their second album, the landmark Orbital 2. Opus III returned in 1994 with the follow-up album Guru Mother, which was a disappointment relative to the group's promising debut album, though it did feature the single "When You Made the Mountain." With the group's future put on hiatus, Hawkshaw returned to session work during the late '90s, working with producers like BT, Delerium, the Silent Poets, DJ Tiesto, and again with Orbital.

Va - Trance Europe Express

Va - Trance Europe Express 2 (1994)

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Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 1 (1993)
Tracklisting:A1 Orbital Semi-Detached (9:31) A2 Bandulu Gravity Pull (5:34) A3 Ready Made (2) Face The Day (6:11) B1 System 7 Desir (Butterfly Remix) (7:11) B2 Spooky & Billie Ray Martin Persuasion (Exclusive Remix) (6:14) Remix - D.O.P. B3 Material Praying Mantra (Orb Remix) (5:16) C1 Black Dog, The Xeper (8:03) C2 Scubadevils Celestial Symphony (6:42) C3 030 Midnight In Europe (5:38) D1 Cosmic Baby Space Track (Remix) (7:40) D2 Total Eclipse Black Hole (5:09) D3 CJ Bolland Random (5:29) E1 MLO Colour Of The Sun (5:57) E2 Source It's A Kind Of Magic (7:29) E3 Aphex Twin Analogue Bubblebath 3 (5:54) F1 Orb, The Majestic (Millwall Mix) (9:36) F2 Moody Boyz* Glitch (7:19) F3 Moby Move (Volume Remix) (5:52) G1 DiY Washed Over By Mastemah (6:58) G2 Drum Club Follow The Sun (6:18) G3 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia Dust (6:33) H1 Barbarella The Mission (7:21) H2 Sabres Of Paradise, The Inter / Lergen / Ten / Ko (6:27) H3 Trance Induction N (6:27)

Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 2 (1994)

Tracklisting:A1 Microglobe Trust (7:38) A2 Speedy J The Fun Equations (4:32) A3 Paul van Dyk Today (5:35) B1 Analogical Camillo (6:30) B2 Irresistible Force, The Lotus Position (7:27) B3 A Positive Life Pleidean Communication (6:54) C1 Salt Tank Dreams (7:09) C2 Dave Angel Life's Little Pleasures (7:02) C3 Eat Static Element 115 (6:44) D1 Megalon Symbols D2 Pressure Of Speech Aphelion (4:43) D3 Secret Knowledge Afterworld (7:42) E1 FFWD Lucky Saddle (6:47) E2 Scanner Safety (6:57) E3 New London School Of Electronics The Frenchman (8:35) F1 Richard H. Kirk Oneski (6:41) F2 Pentatonik Real (6:35) F3 Pluto Rockefeller (5:11) G1 Human Beings Orbit (6:13) G2 Escape Escape To Mars (8:21) G3 Autocreation Justice Loop (8:14) H1 Hardfloor Reverberate Opinion (8:34) H2 Ambush, The Sun (8:59)

Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 3 (1994)

Tracklisting:cd1-01 Air Liquide Chromoplastic (5:05) cd1-02 808 State Mondonet (4:51) cd1-03 Banco De Gaia Kincajou (6:33) cd1-04 Luke Slater's 7th Plain* Pearl (7:17) cd1-05 Pulse Cariño (Silencio) (6:47) cd1-06 Joey Beltram Judgement (5:16) cd1-07 Sun Electric Whoshe (5:01) cd1-08 Holy Language Energy (5:19) cd1-09 Resistance D Unknown (9:08) cd1-10 Kinesthesia Lave Trader (6:25) cd1-11 µ-Ziq Roy Castle (6:33) cd1-12 Caustic Window Cunt (4:14) cd2-01 Mouse On Mars Maus Mobil (6:30) cd2-02 Ultramarine Before (6:00) cd2-03 Coco Steel & Lovebomb San Fran (6:25) cd2-04 William Orbit Barbarik (4:30) cd2-05 Inner Space Araqua (7:18) cd2-06 Link Avatar (7:20) cd2-07 Nüw Idol Ancient Memory (5:32) cd2-08 Grid, The Big Foot (6:08) cd2-09 Alter Ego Sex And Gender (6:39) cd2-10 Biosphere The Third Planet (8:31) cd2-11 Infiniti I-94 (4:31) cd2-12 Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes* Track 4 (4:11) cd2-13 Emergency Broadcast Network 3:78 (3:32)

Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 4 (1995)

Tracklisting:A1 Deadstock Octarine A2 Fluke Synth Bit A3 Bytesize Nuns Codpiece (Trouser Torpedo Mix) B1 Vulva Haunted House B2 Rue East Viper B3 Solcyc Ky9 C1 LFO Helen C2 Coldcut Nominal Aphasia C3 DJ Crystl Crystlized D1 Rootless Return To Savannah D2 Chemical Brothers, The Life Is Sweet (Delik 1) D3 Depth Charge Sex, Sluts & Heaven E1 Node Alternator E2 A Guy Called Gerald When You Touch Me E3 Hex Homunculus E4 Redagain P 2 Live F1 Acid Junkies Figment Of One's Imagination F2 Miss Djax Groovy Bitch F3 Skylab vs. Deluxe Twister G1 Future Perfect (2) Got It Goin' On G2 Lava Lava Chaka G3 Move D Makes You Move H1 Alaska Unreleased Project 1 H2 Underworld Dark Hard

Various - Trance Europe Express - Volume 5 (1996)

Tracklisting:1-01 Glamorous Hooligan Breakin' Knees (Revenge Of The 23 Stone Bodypopper) (8:26) 1-02 Ian Pooley Picture Palace (8:37) 1-03 Orlando Voorn Solar System (5:51) 1-04 Andrea Parker Unconnected (7:16) 1-05 DJ Trace The Beacon (10:41) 1-06 Buckfunk 3000 The Return Of Alphonzo (7:25) 1-07 Advent, The City Limits (6:46) 1-08 Random Logic Katafolko (8:56) 1-09 As One Doctrine To Dance (4:42) 1-10 Cristian Vogel Doke (4:50) 1-11 Future 3 Vasa K (5:13) 2-01 B.Low Where Are You Coming From (6:24) 2-02 Zulutronic Zululeptic (5:15) 2-03 Outcast Peach Taxi (7:07) 2-04 Marshall Jefferson And The Lumpheads A New State Of Being (6:39) 2-05 Carl Cox The Other Side (6:40) 2-06 Slam Soul Power (7:02) 2-07 Russ Gabriel Rare Is The Groove (7:55) 2-08 Killer Loop Genre (9:05) 2-09 Slab Rabbit's Moon (Squelch Mix) (4:29) 2-10 Doctor Rockit Take Off (3:21) 2-11 Stasis But Not Quite (6:04) 2-12 Neil Landstrumm Eavesdropper (7:10)

Early Aphex Twin

Analogue Bubblebath (1991)

Classics (1999 Compilation)

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1993) Also here

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Exploring the experimental possibilities inherent in acid and ambience, the two major influences on home-listening techno during the late '80s, Richard D. James' recordings as Aphex Twin brought him more critical praise than any other electronic artist during the 1990s. Though his first major single, "Didgeridoo," was a piece of acid thrash designed to tire dancers during his DJ sets, ambient stylists and critics later took him under their wing for Selected Ambient Works 85-92, a sublime touchstone in the field of ambient techno.
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Inspired by acid house in the late '80s, James began DJing raves around Cornwall. His first release was the Analogue Bubblebath EP, recorded with Tom Middleton and released on the Mighty Force label in September 1991. Middleton left later that year to form Global Communication, after which James recorded a second volume in the Analogue Bubblebath series. This EP (the first to include "Digeridoo") got some airplay on the London pirate radio station Kiss FM, and prompted Belgium's R&S Records to sign him early the following year. A re-recording of "Digeridoo" made number 55 in the British charts just after its April 1992 release date, and James followed with the Xylem Tube EP in June. He also co-formed (with Grant Wilson-Claridge) his own Rephlex label around that time, releasing a series of singles as Caustic Window during 1992-1993. Available in cruelly limited editions, most of the recordings continued the cold acid precision of "Digeridoo" — though several expressed humor and fragility barely dreamed of in the hardcore/rave scene to that point.

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The climate for "intelligent" techno had begun to warm in the early '90s, though. The Orb had proved the commercial viability of ambient house with their chart-topping "Blue Room" single, and R&S scrambled to find useful material from its own artists. In November 1992, James acquiesced with Selected Ambient Works 85-92, consisting mostly of home material recorded during the past few years. Simply stated, it was a masterpiece of ambient techno, the genre's second work of brilliance after the Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.

The Orb

The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. The group popularized the genre as well, by appearing on the British chart show Top of the Pops and hitting number one in the U.K. with the 1992 album U.F.Orb. Frontman Dr. Alex Paterson's formula was quite simple: he slowed down the rhythms of classic Chicago house and added synthwork and effects inspired by '70s ambient pioneers Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream. To make the whole a bit more listenable — as opposed to danceable — obscure vocal samples were looped, usually providing a theme for tracks which lacked singing.
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The Orb's first actual foray into ambient house appeared in October 1989 on Paterson's WAU!/Mr. Modo label. The 22-minute single "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld," which sampled ocean noises and Minnie Riperton's "Loving You," actually hit the U.K. charts that year. The single became popular with indie kids as well as club DJs, and earned Paterson and Cauty the chance to re-record the song in December 1989 for a John Peel session.

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Finally, in April 1991, The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld was released in England to considerable critical acclaim. Its popularity extended to the general public as well, pushing the double-album into Great Britain's Top 30 LP charts.By mid-1991, the Orb had signed a deal to release Ultraworld in the States, but were forced to edit the album down to one disc. (The full double-disc version was later released in the U.S. by Island.) Paterson and Thrash toured Europe during 1991, and compiled the Orb's first two Peel Sessions in November 1991. One month later, the duo released The Aubrey Mixes as a Christmas special. The album, a remix compilation with reworkings by Steve Hillage, Youth, and Jimi Cauty, was deleted on the day of its release, but still managed to place in the U.K. Top 50.

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In June 1992, the new single "Blue Room" hit the British Top Ten. The longest single in chart history at just under 40 minutes, it earned the Orb a spot on Top of the Pops, where they ruminated over a chess game and waved at the camera while a three-minute edit of the single played in the background. Released in July, the album U.F.Orb concentrated not on space, but the beings that inhabit it. (The actual "Blue Room" is an installation where the U.S. government allegedly keeps the relics of a 1947 saucer crash outside Roswell, NM.) It hit number one on the British album charts, and also did well with critics, who praised it and the duo's sold-out tour of England.