Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (digital version), by Various Artists

Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (digital version)

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Stéfan Németh Chillout treasure chest opening a window to the past or, more accurately, to never-before seen or realised futures. Favorite track: Mare Nostrum.

Gio Makyo As someone who was spinning in Tokyo chill rooms throughout the ‘90s, this certainly captures the vibe, and they’ve managed to dig up a few unrecognized gems (Oneski, Arcadian). The one big omission IMO is The Irresistible Force. If you’re interested in this period and want more, on BC search for: Orgship, Heavenly Music Corp., Woob 1194, Higher Intelligence Agency, A Positive Life, Insanity Sect, Another Fine Day, Trans-4m, Apollo Records ... Lots more to discover! Favorite track: Fluresence.

jonjons Yay, finally - Artificial Intelligence III Favorite track: Oneski.

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1.	MLO - Birds & Flutes 05:21		buy track
2.	Pulusha - Isolation (Part Two) 08:27
3.	MDA Analog - Rainful Memories (Digital / CD only) 04:03	info	buy track
4.	Spacetime Continuum - Fluresence 06:47		buy track
5.	David Moufang - Sergio Leone's Wet Dream 09:41		buy track
6.	LA Synthesis - Frozen Tundra Dub 09:55		buy track
7.	Richard H. Kirk - Oneski 06:43
8.	A Positive Life - The Calling (Loved'Ub Mix) 11:29		buy track
9.	Sideral - Mare Nostrum 06:22		buy track
10.	The Primitive Painter - Levitation 08:17
11.	Sun Electric - Love 2 Love 04:02
12.	LFO - Helen 06:36
13.	Dubtribe Sound System - Sunshine's Theme (Sunshine's Remix) 08:09		buy track
14.	Human Mesh Dance - Infinity 05:37		buy track
15.	Link - Arcadian (Global Communication Remix) 09:31
16.	Bedouin Ascent - Joyriding III 02:00		buy track

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*Please keep in mind that we have several different agreements in place with the artists. This has resulted in a seperate tracklisting per medium. This is also the reason that we can't offer the digital version together with the vinyl version unfortunately.

Music From Memory is delighted to be turning 50 with a special release: Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (3xLP/2xCD).

The first in a series of various artist compilations, alongside more in-depth artist focused releases, Virtual Dreams will delve into music produced during the 1990’s that redefined the boundaries of ‘Ambient’. This was music that explored the possibilities of Ambient within a new setting, created often by House and Techno producers for a world beyond dance floors but made very much with the pre-clubbing and post-clubbing listener in mind.

When House and Techno exploded out of America in the mid 1980s a whole generation was transformed not only musically but also culturally and chemically speaking. Peaking, quite literally, with a second ‘Summer of Love’ in 1988, millions of young people would experience the life-changing ups of a new world but with it of course came the downs; enter the concept of a ‘Chill-out’ room. Whilst early Chill-out rooms lacked a specific sound and were often sound-tracked by music such as reggae and soul, slowly young Techno and House producers themselves became increasingly interested in developing a futuristic ‘Ambient’ soundtrack to a world beyond the thud of the main room.

‘Ambient’ in this new age now though had sharper teeth than in Brian Eno's key text for ‘Music for Airports’, instead here the sounds were the mode of transport rather than the backdrop. While the melodies were pretty, the soundscapes steered away from the pastoral, often dreaming of outer-space and technology as opening up transformative new dimensions. Much like in the first Summer of Love; the musicians were again exploring psychedelic, mind-altering and transcendental possibilities of music. And also, much as in the first Summer of Love, a psychedelic visual language would accompany the music. Now though the tracks would be accompanied by music videos, often utilising early CGI techniques, and they would look almost entirely to the future: envisioning technology, nature and humanity intertwined in a new Utopia. These were the Virtual Dreams of a new world.

From Ambient and early Chill-out classics, to lesser known one-off projects, as well as Ambient deviations by some of House and Techno’s leading producers, Volume One of Virtual Dreams features tracks by Bedouin Ascent, David Moufang, LA Synthesis, LFO, Marc Hollander, Mark Pritchard & Kirsty Hawkshaw, Richard H. Kirk and more.

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released January 15, 2021

Compiled by Jamie Tiller with artwork by Vica Pacheco, design by Steele Bonus and liner notes by Piers Harrison.

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