Various - Excursions In Ambience

Various - Excursions In Ambience (Caroline Records, CAROL 1733-2, 1993) (FLAC)

01 Tranquility Bass – Mya Yadana
02 Future Sound Of London, The – Calcium
03 Higher Intelligence Agency, The – Solid Motion (Black Hole Mix)
04 Ultramarine – Saratoga (Upstate Mix)
05 Psychedelic Research Lab – Tarenah
06 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia – Obsidian (Deconstructure Edit)
07 777 – Mia (The Fishermen Mix)
08 It's Thinking – Afterglow
09 Banco De Gaia – Desert Wind (El Ahram Mix)
10 Sub Sub – Past

It's hard to believe this is twenty years old.  No review should be required.  This is solid.

Various - Three A.D.

Various - Three A.D. (Waveform Records, 1996) (320)

This is almost as good as Two A.D. Well, it might be as good... it's a close call.

01 Real Life - Shark Infested

02 Higher Intelligence Agency, The - Skank

03 Sounds From The Ground - Drawn To The Woman

04 A Positive Life - Lighten Up!

05 Another Fine Day - In 7

06 Coldcut - Sign

07 Spacetime Continuum - Oracle

08 Insanity Sect - Solar Prophet

09 Starseeds, The - Regina From The Future

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Various - Two A.D.

Various - Two A.D. (Volume Two Ambient Dub) (Waveform Records, 1995) (320)

This is my favorite of all the Waveform comps. There are just so many great tracks. And my first exposure to the killer Biosphere.

01 Starseeds, The - Behind The Sun (Deep Ambient Mix)

02 Coldcut - Autumn Leaves (Irresistable Force Mix Trip 2)

03 Sounds From The Ground - Triangle

04 Groove Corporation - A Voyage On The Marie Celeste

05 A Positive Life - Pleidean Communication

06 Biosphere - Baby Interphase

07 Higher Intelligence Agency, The - Tortoise

08 Human Mesh Dance - Sunken Garden

09 Insanity Sect - Late Night

10 A Positive Life - Aquasonic

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Various - One A.D.

Various - One A.D. (Volume One Ambient Dub) (Waveform Records, 1994) (320)

This is probably one of the first albums that got me into more electronic sounds, and especially ambient. The label Waveform was a pretty big deal to me in 1994 to about 2000. They had a good run. There is some tie between them and Beyond Records, as their comps have similar tracks and style. I'll post those in due time. I sort of lost track of Waveform as some of their stuff had more of a downtempo vibe, which I wasn't into as much.

There was a reissue of this comp that came out in 2000 with a slightly different tracklisting. I'd like to hear that if anyone has it.

I also have this on blue vinyl. Pretty cool.

01 Templeroy - Dubometer

02 Pentatonik - Devotion

03 G.O.L - Soma Holiday

04 Banco de Gaia - Desert Wind (Interstate 101 Mix)

05 Higher Intelligence Agency - Spectral

06 A Positive Life - The Calling

07 Sandoz - Beam

08 Higher Intelligence Agency - Harmony Angel

09 Banco de Gaia - Shanti (Black Mountain Mix)

10 Original Rockers - Mecca Of Space

11 A Positive Life - The Calling (Ambient Mix)

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008Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - Polar Sequences

Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - Polar Sequences (Headphone Records, 1996) (320)

Review in previous post.

Here's some pix.

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007Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - Birmingham Frequencies (With Video)

Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency - Birmingham Frequencies (Headphone, 2000) (320)

A great review from here.

Polar Sequences and Birmingham Frequencies are two parts of a same project. Polar Sequences, released in 1996, was recorded two years earlier, during Tromso’s Polar Music Festival. Tromso, hometown of Biosphere’s Geir Jenssen, is situated 70 degrees north, above the Arctic Circle, in Norway.
In 1995, the organisers of the festival commissioned Geir Jenssen and Higher Intelligence Agency’s Bobby Bird, a series of three concerts, using environmental sounds recorded in the area. The concerts were given on top of a mountain, where the audience was brought to in turn by cable car.
The second part of this project was put together by Bird and Jenssen, using a similar approach, this time set in Bobby Bird’s native Birmingham. The chosen venue was on the twelfth floor of the Rotunda, situated in the heart of the city. The one off event also featured videos and digital images, as well as a café and one of the best views over Birmingham.
The music created for the two events is very similar in form, the two artists creating a slow moving, chilled soundtrack. But where Polar Sequences feels very natural, using sounds of snow and melting ice, the only human interaction being the cable car, Birmingham Frequencies is definitely more urban. Voices of children playing in a park or a pelican crossing alarm are amongst the sounds used as the basis for the creation.
These two records are complementary, and Jenssen and Bird both bring their own creativity and technology to a very interesting project. Absolutely unmissable.

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