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Category Archives: early ambient music
A Brief History of Ambient Ep 1: Erik Nordgren
Erik Norgren is probably more well known for his work in film, especially in regards to the eighteen Ingmar Bergman films he had a part in. Others may know Nordgren from his orchestral pieces, as he was a Swedish composer. … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s ambient, ambient music, ambient singles, chill out, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, foxes rule, ok?, library music
Tagged 1960s ambient, 60s library music, ambient, Cosmic music, Erik Nordgren, film, history of ambient, Ingram bergman, library music, sweden
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The Kosmische Files Episode 17: Florian Fricke “Die Erde Und Ich Sind Eine”
Chillage. Florian Fricke was a founding member of the German electronic Kosmische band Popal Vuh. He also jammed with Tangerine Dream on “Ziet” and played in the band Gila. Naturally, I got curious and wanted to see if Fricke had … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s ambient, ambient music, chill out, dark ambient, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, kosmische, new age, Popol Vuh, space ambient, tangerine dream, tribal ambient
Tagged 1980s ambient, 1983, 80s new age, ambient music, chanting, Deuter, Deuter kosmische, Florian Fricke, German ambient music, Gila German Band, kosmische, kosmische ambient, krautrock, new age, Popal Vuh, tangerine dream, Tibetan music
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The Kosmische Files Episode 16 – Cluster Konzerte 72 / 77
Here we go. Over the last 25 years, archived and/or lost tapes from numerous Kosmische bands have surfaced. Some float around as bootlegs while others become official releases to the rejoice of fans the world over. Personally, I love these … Continue reading
Posted in 1972 ambient, 1977 ambient, 70s ambient music, 70s kosmische, ambient music, ambient on small labels and bandcamp, Avant Garde, Cluster German Band, drone, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, German prog rock, kraftwerk, krautrock, live ambient music, obscure ambient music
Tagged 70s kosmische, 70s krautrock, ambient 1970s, art, brian eno, Bureau b, Cluster, Cluster 2, cluster 71, Cluster Konzerte, cluster live music, early 70s german electronic music, kluster, Moebius, Moebius Roedelius, noise, Roedelius, tangerine dream
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Taylor Carson- Hyperborea
Released earlier this year but in the spirit of 1977, comes this lovely little cassette via Fairfox Library. This really got my attention. Back in the spring, I covered Tangerine Dream’s early material along with other German ambient and Berlin … Continue reading
Posted in 1977 ambient, 70s ambient music, 70s kosmische, ambient music, Berlin school, cassette, chill out, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, self released ambient music, tangerine dream
Tagged 1977 ambient, ambient, ambient cassettes, Berlin school, Berlin school electronic music, Edgar Froese, essential ambient music, furry music, Klaus Schulze, kosmiche, modern Berlin School ambient, retro, tangerine dream, Taylor carson
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A Brief History of Ambient in the UK Part 1 – Ray Cathode- Time Beat / Waltz in Orbit
Certainly not the earliest “ambient” record in the UK, but we’ll start here for now, I guess Artist: Ray Cathode Title: Time Beat / Waltz in Orbit Released: 1962 (modern reissues) Label: Parlophone, Capital, Trunk, Dublab Genres: ambient, electric waltz, … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s ambient, 1960s music concrete, ambient EPs, Ambient in the UK, ambient music, ambient singles, art rock, chill out, downtempo, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, history of ambient in the UK, music concrete, musique Concrète, obscure ambient music, prigins of American ambient music
Tagged 1962, 1962 ambient, ambient music, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, downtempo, early ambient music, early electronic music, George Martin, history of ambient in the UK, history of electronic music, Maddalena Fagandini, obscure ambient music, Ray Cathode, The Beatles
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The Kosmische Files – Episode 14 – Deuter and His Early Works
Deuter, aka Georg Deuter, is a German new age artist. Though, his early releases lean more toward the kosmische sound as well as experimental electronic and ambient. I hadn’t really heard of this guy before and he really didn’t appear … Continue reading
Posted in 1971 ambient, 70s ambient music, 70s kosmische, ambient music, chill out, drone, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, kosmusche, krautrock, new age, obscure ambient music, Popol Vuh, prog rock
Tagged 70s ambient, 70s German prog, 70s new age, 70s prog, ambient, Deuter, Deuter kosmische, early 70s german electronic music, experimental electronic music, kosmische, meditation, new age, osho, sitar music
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Foxy Digs- Some other Upcoming Series
There is a lot of music out there. As I restarted the blog, I wanted to focus just on stuff I wanted to listen to, particularly ambient stuff. But as I dug around looking for new-to-me material, I found some … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s music concrete, 1950s music concrete, 1960s music concrete, 1970 ambient, 1971 ambient, 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1975 kosmische, 1976 ambient, 1976 kosmische, 1994 ambient, 70s ambient music, 90s ambient music, ambient EPs, ambient from Japan, Ambient in the UK, ambient music, ambient music from Thailand, ambient singles, ambient trance, Avant Garde, Berlin school, broken beat, chill out, Dub, dub step, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, early electronic music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, German prog rock, kosmusche, krautrock, long running ambient series, obscure ambient music, prigins of American ambient music, psychedelic rock, self released ambient music, sound collage, space ambient, spoken word, tape music, tribal ambient
Tagged 1940s music concrete, 1950s music concrete, 1960s music concrete, 1967, 1970, 1970 ambient, 1971, 1971 ambient, 1971 noise music, 1972, 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1975 kosmische, 1976 ambient, 1976 kosmische, 70s German prog, Avant Garde, computer music, Dub, early 70s german electronic music, history of electronic music, kosmische, krautrock, Mort Garson, music concrete, musique Concrète, origins of ambient music in Japan, origins of American ambient music, Origins of Jamaica dub, origins of UK ambient music, prog, tape music
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The Kosmiche Files ep 12: A Cluster of Cluster Reviews!
I decided to dig through the next three Cluster albums leading up to their two collaborations with Brian Eno (the first is “Cluster/Eno,” the second is “After the Heat” — even though the Cluster name isn’t front and center). Weirdly, … Continue reading
Posted in 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1976 ambient, 70s ambient music, ambient music, brian eno, chill out, Cluster German Band, downtempo, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, Klaus Schulze, kosmusche, kraftwerk, krautrock, obscure ambient music, psychedelic rock, space ambient, tangerine dream
Tagged 1972 ambient, 1973 ambient, 1974 ambient, 1975 ambient, 1976 ambient, ambient, Brain Records, brian eno, Cluster, Cluster 2, Cluster and Brian Eno, downtempo, early 70s german electronic music, early ambient music, experimental electronic music, Klaus Schulze, kosmische, krautrock, prog rock from 70s Germany, Sky Records, Sowiesoso, tangerine dream, Zuckerzeit
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The Kosmiche Files ep 11: Popol Vuh – Affenstunde
Artist: Popol VuhTitle: AffenstundeReleased: 1970Label: Liberty, Bell Records, numerous othersGenre: ambient, experimental, minimal As I’ve mentioned in numerous posts, Germany was a hotbed of musical experimentation in the 60s and 70s. Another band to pop up during that time was … Continue reading
Posted in 1970 ambient, 70s ambient music, ambient music, chill out, drone, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, Klaus Schulze, kosmusche, kraftwerk, krautrock, obscure ambient music, Popol Vuh, psychedelic rock, tangerine dream, tribal ambient
Tagged 1970, 1970 ambient, affenstunde, early 70s german electronic music, early ambient music, early moog ambient music, early moog music, experimental electronic music, Florian Fricke, German ambient music, German psychedelic rock, Klaus Schulze, kosmische, kraftwerk, minimal ambient, moog, Popol Vuh, tangerine dream
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The Kosmiche Files Ep 10: Cluster – Cluster (Cluster 71)
Artist: ClusterTitle: Cluster (Cluster 71)Released: 1971Label: Philips, Sky Records, (numerous reissues)Genres: ambient, drone, krautrock, kosmische Emerging from Kluster sometime in 1971, Cluster seem to just pick up where they left off. Their debut album moves away a little from the … Continue reading
Posted in 1971 ambient, 70s ambient music, ambient music, conrad schnitzler, drone, early 70s German Rock, early ambient music, electronic music, experimental music, foxes rule, ok?, guitar drone, Klaus Schulze, kosmusche, krautrock, obscure ambient music, space ambient, tangerine dream
Tagged 1971, 1971 ambient, 70s ambient, ambient, Cluster, cluster 71, conrad schnitzler, drone, early 70s german electronic music, early Kluster material, guitar drone, Klaus Schulze, kluster, Kluster zwei osterei, kosmiche, noise, space music, tangerine dream
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The Far Out Fox 