A History of Ambient House & Ambient Techno - 10: 1993 - Compilations and Obscurities

[@russellschaeffler]

In 1993 I was introduced to FAX Records.

[@russellschaeffler]

The Trance Europe Express box sets were a favorite of mine during that time.

[@supamarx5782]

I taped my copy of the series after borrowing them from our local library!

[@leonardstilwell1894]

The Positiva Ambient Collection release contains what may be my favorite Infinite Wheel track, "Digi Out." I believe it's a one-off for them, so it's relatively obscure. Downtempo, lush, tribal and ambient house. Gorgeously warm recording. Highly recommended release overall.

[@linearnorth]

Definitely the year I was introduced to ambient. Listened to Excursions in Ambience 1 during my first trip. Unforgettable! And Atlantis - Paradise is top tier no doubt. Always wanted to know how they did that arpeggio. So smooth and soulful.

[@garglebard]

Good stuff - thanks for uploading...

[@RoofLight00]

Alex Patterson also mixed some Art Of Noise tracks for their ambient compilation album similar to the mixes he did for the very early Orb tracks. A lot of material wasn’t used by the Art Of Noise’s record label China at the time. I was there for those mixes and have a couple of DATs full of mixes that weren’t utilised.

[@supamarx5782]

I had a track on tape, played by some radio station, that I loved but never knew who it was. Turned out it was These Waves by Young American Primitive and I still love it today as a piece of glorious ambient techno. I am not sure why 10 videos in you have started getting fussy about the genre definition? Ambient techno is a subgenre of techno and a long way from beatless abstract soundscapes.

[@absentwithconcept]

I suppose I have to draw the line somewhere, and to me it just feels like it's only tangentially related to ambient stuff - I never get much of a sense of atmosphere or worldbuilding or... well, any of the other stuff I get from most of the music I cover here. Still close enough to talk about, but in the same way I discussed albums like Accelerator - with a caveat.

[@communication001]

My playlist that skips beyond records number 1 as i felt i already knew it too well. kzbin.info/aero/PLt_01V-nsrpB6H8pTaQHkjpeHg4XzkYmr&si=jU-eomUqJcaeEklu

[@gentlemanbirdlake]

Sub Sub - Past we played this for the first dance at our wedding.

[@quentinr5]

aways loved that track, though it always felt too short. Someone did a nice rearrangent of it to fix that proble :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZfNpmB7g8dqhKs

[@gentlemanbirdlake]

@@quentinr5 short playtime was perfect as a first dance selection, we had our moment to open the reception but then got on to the rest of the playlist and everyone had a great time dancing that night.

[@communication001]

Schizophrenia is tom Middleton! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@communication001]

I'm trying to figure out who this Thomas feldman guy is. Some jazz guy? Don't worry about it. Shit happens. Pleaeaease don't lose sleep for weeks wondering if you should change it. No problem. Just leave it. A note below or at end only maybe. Its around 8 min mark.

[@absentwithconcept]

@@communication001 different Schizophrenia. The one on this comp is Thomas Fehlmann, member of The Orb, co-producer of Sun Electric and Moritz von Oswald from Basic Channel.

[@communication001]

​@@absentwithconceptHi yes I've just discovered this! Omg scews my blasphemy - what a f***er of a name cross over.