Label: Instinct
Year: 1995
Styles; Ambient Techno
Label: GPR
Year: 1994
Styles: Ambient Techno, IDM
Review:
Texturology is both drenched in woozy summertime warmth, and full of icy, metallic accents. This yin-yang of warmth and coldness runs throughout the whole album. This was the last hurrah for Hannant, before he released the more commercial, and less pleasing "Sculptured" shortly after.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X5D9A24Q
Label: Fax
Year: 1995
Styles: Ambient, Ambient Techno
Review:
Another classic release on the Fax label, "Solitaire" was another triumph for David Moufang (Move D) after the one-two punch delivered by the first two records released by his group Deep Space Network between 1993 and 1994. The albums six lengthy tracks are minimal and slow burning, with sparse synth arrangements which often build into layered towers of percussion and analog blips and bells.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ECAS3MXR
Label: Instinct
Year: 1994
Styles: Ambient, Ambient Techno
Review:
Released on the great Instinct imprint, this album from Mysteries Of Science featured an interesting combination of vintage synth sounds, and tribal rhythms. The album is leisurely paced, and slightly psychedelic, making it an ideal vehicle for aspiring psychonauts.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JU9RAUYA
Label: Astralwerks
Year: 1994
Styles: Ambient Techno
Review:
Released during the golden age of ambient techno, Sea Biscuit was Spacetime Continuum's first proper album, after a collaborative effort with Terence McKenna on 1993's "Alien Dreamtime". Though the album is meandering, and clearly enamored with pioneering ambient techno artists on other labels, it gives listeners a window into the growth process that Spacetime Continuum went through, between this album, and 1996's "Emit Ecaps".
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G96DWYHD
Label: Apollo Music
Year: 1995
Styles: Ambient Techno
Review:
Another lesser known gem from the Apollo Music label, this self titled album from Manna is a collection of pureblood ambient techno tracks. There isn't a lot of experimental weirdness or genre hopping to be found here. Only a well constructed and satisfying ambient techno fix.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=312KU8SP
Year: 1996
Label: Apollo Music
Styles: Ambient Techno
Review:
In an era when the Aphex Twins and Black Dogs of the world had already established themselves as institutions in the realm of ambient leaning techno, Sun Electric never managed to break through. Despite being a great deal better than other albums of the time, "Present" slipped through the cracks at the time of it's release, and never gained a large following in North America. This may be ripe for change, thanks to positive retrospective reviews from prominent critics, and an internet fanbase not shy about trumpeting their favourite artists. The album is a combination of pleasing ambient techno moments like "Stimpak" and "Quaila", and more straightforward techno fair.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N2GIB4T5
Label: Rough Trade Germany
Year: 1994
Styles: Ambient, Ambient Techno, IDM
Review:
One of Atom Hearts more straightforward releases, Morphogenetic Fields is well arranged, diverse and cohesive. Some tracks, like the albums opener "(Holon) Slo Motion" are strictly ambient affairs, while others, like the chilled "Milagro" or the spaced out "Spadix" feature percussive techno elements. The ambient geared tracks serve as dreamy bridges between metronomic IDM passages, and the beats, when they appear, aren't enough to jar the listener out of the albums atmospheric world.
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HQYGYORU
