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Genre: Ambient, Electronic, New Age

F.D. Project is a New Age / Ambient / Electronic project by the German artist Frank Dorittke. The two albums being featured today have both been released by the netlabel Pharmacom Records.

Both albums contain a combination of synth sounds, guitar riffing and drum patterns that pay homage to the electronic scene of the 70s.

The album, Mare Tranquillitatis, released in 2006, seems to have a much greater guitar influence than the second album Mare Tranquillitatis Vol. 2, released in 2008. Mare Tranquillitatis Vol. 2 contains many ambient and synth samples to create a soothing, electronic feel.

Tracks of note include Alone in the Dark from Mare Tranquillitatis and Mandarinentraum (Part 2) from Mare Tranquillitatis Vol. 2.

The albums may be downloaded by following the links below:

Mare Tranquillitatis

Mare Tranquillitatis Vol. 2

Genre: New Age

The Kyoto Connection is electronic, New Age music with a difference; it has a certain Japanese feel in the music that really fits. The quartet have released 2 albums till now, both of them available on the Internet Archives.

The First Voyage has a strong New Age feel throughout the whole album. It is very calming and relaxing, and bands like these should have their albums listened to in their entirety, not as single songs. However, with that said, tracks of note include Fly and Loneliness Radar.

The Second Voyage is very similar to the first album; more calming electronic music with Japanese influences. Tracks of note on this album include Painting With Lights and The Prisoner.

Both albums may be downloaded from the Internet Archives by following the links below:

The First Voyage

The Second Voyage

Genre: New Age, Electronic, Folk

The name of the artist, SaReGaMa, corresponds to the first 4 notes of the standard octave in Indian classical music. This should be a preparation in what their music entails.

SaReGaMa have over 12 releases on Jamendo, but I chose to feature The 4 Elements. As the album title suggests, 4 of the songs feature the classical elements in some way. Earth is a steady song with improvisations made on a framework of a few notes. Fire invokes the image of a rising, calming fire while Air is a light song, aptly subtitled “Kalimba Solo”. Water is a much more electronic song with hints of trance.

The album may be downloaded from here in mp3s of various bitrates, from 256kbps and upwards.

Genre: Folk, Electronic, New Age

This eclectic album is a mixture of Asturian folk music and electronic music, giving it a very new age feel. Instruments such as bagpipes and violins feature over the soundscapes created by this Spanish group. Tracks of note include Lliendes, Valsiau De San Andrés and Elexía.

This album may be downloaded from Jamendo at the bitrate of 192kps MP3.

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