In His Purest Form by Yanni
Yanni's 2020 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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New Age
New age music aims for calm and reflection, using gentle textures, atmosphere, and space to create a meditative mood.
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Sensuous Chill by Yanni
Yanni's 2016 release, wordless music for reflection. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Pure Chants II by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2022 album Pure Chants II is calm choral crossover, hymns and pop reworked as gentle chant.
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Oxymore by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2022 album Oxymore is a bold instrumental work of immersive, spatial electronic sound.
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Inspirato by Yanni
Yanni's 2014 release, grand and unhurried singing. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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Pure Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2021 album, a calm set of choral arrangements blending sacred chant with familiar melodies for quiet listening.
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Amazônia by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2021 instrumental work, an immersive electronic journey through the sound and spirit of the rainforest.
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Truth of Touch by Yanni
Yanni's 2011 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Revolutions by Jean-Michel Jarre
A late discovery of Jean-Michel Jarre's 1988 album, electronic music that folds machines and world sounds together.
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Mexicanisimo by Yanni
Yanni's 2010 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Yanni Voices by Yanni
Yanni's 2009 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Equinoxe Infinity by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2018 electronic album, a sequel to Equinoxe asking how we will live with machines.
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Holy Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2017 album wraps carols and gentle hymns in choral robes, a calm, seasonal record for the dark of the year.
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Rendez-Vous by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1986 album, an instrumental record of grand synth suites that I found long after its release.
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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's second Electronica volume is a sprawl of collaborations, an instrumental tour through decades of electronic sound.
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Christmas Chants by Gregorian
A later discovery: Gregorian's 2006 album sets carols and modern songs to choral chant and soft new age textures for the season.
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Oxygène 3 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2016 album closes the Oxygène trilogy, warm analogue electronic music marking forty years of the original.
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The Fall of a Rebel Angel by Enigma
Enigma's 2016 album is a cinematic electronic concept record about a soul's journey through doubt toward a new life.
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Oxygène 7-13 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 sequel to his landmark, six wordless movements I came to long after the original.
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Masters of Chant X: The Final Chapter by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2015 album, the last of the Masters of Chant series, pop songs reset as choral chant.
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Dark Sky Island by Enya
Enya's 2015 album, layered Celtic-tinged songs about journeys, islands, and the night sky, calm as ever.
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Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2015 album, a sweeping collaboration record where the electronic pioneer works with many artists.
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Zoolook by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1984 album built from sampled human voices, a strange record I discovered long after.
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The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma
Enigma's calm 2000 album, chant samples woven through electronic moods, found by me years after it appeared.
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Winter Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian gather carols and ballads into a 2014 winter record, choral voices and gentle arrangements for the quiet end of the year.
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