New age music is a category for music that tends to be spiritual and contemplative in nature. It is as much a functional category as a stylistic one. New age music is music for reflection, contemplation, stretching, resting, reading and thinking. Unlike “lite” or “easy listening” music, new age music is composed specifically for these… Read More New Age Music
American DJ supplies the gear that DJ’s need for live performance. They carry disco lights, club lighting, smoke machines and special effects, and dj audio gear. They are a good source for roadcases, vinyl lp cases and boxes. They have an insane variety of lighting products, such as beacons, flash tubes, lasers, mirror balls and… Read More American DJ Equipment
Ambient music is a style that focuses on sound and space rather than melody and form. It is music that is intentionally created to be used as both as background music and as music to listen to. It usually features slowly evolving sounds, repetition, and is relatively static. In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1:… Read More Ambient Music
Techno music came out of Detroit in the 1980’s, and carried the influences of popular electronic music of the 1970’s to the dancefloors. The music features regular, pouding beats coupled with distorted synthesized sequences. The best known early techno producers are Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, sometimes known as the Belleville Three. They… Read More Techno Music
Craig Anderton No writer has done a better job of covering the do-it-yourself world of music electronics than Craig Anderton. He’s written for a variety of music magazines, and covered everything from soldering cables to patching virtual synthesizers. Electronic Projects for Musicians is a great introduction to the DIY world. The Internet has made it… Read More Electronic Music Projects for Musicians
With Fever, Kylie heads to the dance floor without pretensions. Retro-disco and electronica collide to create music for a world that doesn’t care about categories or styles, but just wants to have fun and dance. If all you’re looking for is a collection of sexy dance cuts, with hardly a slow tune in sight, Kylie’s… Read More Kylie Minogue – Fever
The latest release from this former Mouseketeer tries to sex it up, and to move Spears into the world of global dance electronica. For this CD, Spears enlisted a who’s who of dance super producers, including Moby, R Kelly, and The Matrix. The question is, can a gang of superproducers turn Britney into a dance… Read More Britney Spears – In the Zone
Long-time Tangerine Dream fans have suffered as they watched the band churn out CD after CD that never seem to reach the creative peak that the band reached in the late 70’s. In 1974, TD released Phaedra, their first mature work, and a classic electronic rock album . The next few years brought Rubycon, Ricochet,… Read More Tangerine Dream – Bootlegs Volume 1
The latest music from dance divas Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears vear off into electronica territory, but they never rise to the level of work that Madonna has been putting out for years. Madonna is one of the few pop artists that regularly crank out albums – completely thought out listening experiences, instead of just… Read More Madonna – Ray of Light
Paul Oakenfold is one of the top DJs in the world, and he’s at the top of his form on Voyage into Trance. This CD is a 12-cut DJ mix of some top trance artists. The emphasis is on instrumental trance, and a lot of the cuts could be considered “goa” trance or psychedelic trance.… Read More Paul Oakenfold – A Vogage Into Trance
