VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (1993)

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VA - A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (1993)
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Ambient, Electronic | Label: Virgin EMI Records

The second volume in Virgin's priceless Ambient series is a bit of a retread from the first, alternating classics from Virgin's rich back catalog with the new school of ambient electronica (of which, the label's store is much harder to come by). The result is an Orb remix (of the Grid) instead of a normal Orb track; the only other contemporary acts are the Future Sound of London project Amorphous Androgynous, William Orbit's Bass-O-Matic, Tony Thorpe's Voyager, and such intriguing but obviously label-centric acts as Verve and U2's The Edge. As far as classic ambient tracks go, Virgin is tops – Eno, Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Phil Manzanera, Klaus Schulze – though the lack of more up-to-date acts can be frustrating.
Tracklist:
CD1:
01 Baaba Maal / Call To Prayer [03:52]
02 Brian Eno / Tal Coat [05:06]
03 Amorphorous Androgynous / In Mind [05:26]
04 Tangerine Dream / Rubycon Part 2 (Edit) [06:32]
05 David Sylvian / The Healing Place [05:16]
06 The Grid / Crystal Clear (The Orb Remix; Clear, Like An Unmuddied Lake) [06:12]
07 Ryuichi Sakamoto / Nuages [02:08]
08 Fripp-Eno / Wind On Water [05:15]
09 Penguin Cafe Orchestra / Wildlife [08:11]
10 Jansen-Barbieri / When Things Dream [02:39]
11 Gong / Magick Mother Invocation [01:33]
12 Sylvian-Fripp / Bringing Down The Light [08:14]
13 Jah Wobble / Not Another [03:12]
14 The Guo Brothers / One Flower [01:31]
15 God / Black Jesus [06:34]
16 Eno-Byrne / Mountain Of Needles [02:33]

CD2:
01 Phil Manzanera / You Are Here [01:46]
02 Prince Far I / Bendel Dub [03:05]
03 The Dimitri Pokrovsky Emsemble / Slow Kaliuki (Edit) [00:29]
04 Daevid Allen / Euterpe Gratitude Piece [09:21]
05 Robert Fripp / Water Music [01:16]
06 Rain Tree Crow / New Moon At Red Deer Wallow [05:01]
07 Base-O-Matic / Attack Of The 50 Foot Drum Demon [04:14]
08 Jam Nation / Mekong [05:09]
09 The Verve / Endless Life [05:15]
10 Klaus Schulze / Nachtmusik Schattenhaft [06:31]
11 Voyager / Arrival (Edit) [07:14]
12 Edgar Froese / Specific Gravity Of Smile [09:29]
13 The Tsinandali Choir / Orovela [04:54]
14 Laraaji / The Dance No. 3 [03:02]
15 Sylvian-Czukay / Premonition [06:37]
16 The Edge / Island [01:56]

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Various / A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes (Disc 1)

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Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 27. July 2009, 23:27

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Thanks to the Original ripper SmaidS !