Masters of Chant Chapter VIII by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2011 album sets pop and rock songs to choral chant, familiar tunes reshaped into something solemn.
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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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The Cross of Changes by Enigma
A late discovery of Enigma's 1993 album, a moody blend of world voices, chant, and downtempo electronica.
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Chronologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1993 electronic suite on the theme of time, an instrumental record I came to long after it appeared.
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A Day Without Rain by Enya
Enya's calm 2000 album, layered Celtic-tinged songs about time and seasons, found by me years after it appeared.
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The Celts by Enya
Enya's 1992 reissue of her 1987 debut, a soundtrack to a Celtic history series, which I found years after its release.
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Dark Side of the Chant by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2010 record, rock and pop songs reworked as choral chant, solemn and oddly moving.
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Équinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1978 instrumental electronic suite, a flowing eight-part work I found decades after its release.
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Masters of Chant Chapter II by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2001 second volume of chant covers, a richer set I came to after the first record.
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Masters of Chant Chapter VII by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2009 album recasts well-known rock and pop songs as solemn choral chant, calm and strangely moving.
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MCMXC a.D. by Enigma
Enigma's 1990 debut blends Gregorian chant with downtempo electronics, a strange hypnotic record I found years on.
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Waiting for Cousteau by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1990 instrumental record by Jean-Michel Jarre, found years later: bright calypso pieces and a long, calm ocean drift.
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Masters of Chant by Gregorian
Gregorian's 1999 album of pop and rock songs sung as chant, a curious record I stumbled on much later.
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And Winter Came... by Enya
Enya's 2008 album draws on winter and Christmas, a calm, layered record of snow, light and quiet wonder.
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Seven Lives Many Faces by Enigma
Enigma's 2008 album mixes chant, beats and warm voices into a calm record about lives lived and faces worn.
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Shepherd Moons by Enya
Enya's lush 1991 album deepened her signature sound, a serene Celtic record I found years after its release.
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Masters of Chant Chapter VI by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2007 album turns more modern hits into solemn chant, from a Queen anthem to a Coldplay ballad.
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A Posteriori by Enigma
Enigma's 2006 album drifts into space and science, a mostly instrumental record about distance and wonder.
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Masters of Chant Chapter V by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2006 album reworks rock anthems as chant, with Sarah Brightman lending the famous opener Heroes.
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The Memory of Trees by Enya
A 1995 Enya record found later: layered Celtic and new age songs, calm and bright, built from many voices at once.
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Amarantine by Enya
Enya's 2005 album returns to her layered, dreamlike sound, with songs in English, Latin, and an invented tongue.
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The Dark Side by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2004 album turns rock and gothic songs into solemn chant, finding the ache under famous music.
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Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1976 electronic landmark, six wordless movements I discovered long after they reshaped the genre.
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Watermark by Enya
Enya's 1988 breakthrough built a whole world from layered voices, a calm Celtic record I found years after its release.
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Masters of Chant Chapter IV by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2003 album reworks famous pop and rock songs as solemn neo-Gregorian chant for a choir of voices.
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Voyageur by Enigma
Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.
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