Métamorphoses by Jean-Michel Jarre
A later discovery: Jean-Michel Jarre's 2000 album adds voices to his electronic sound, turning instrumentals into strange, warm songs.
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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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Ethnicity by Yanni
Yanni's 2003 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Masters of Chant Chapter IX by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2013 album turns modern hits into solemn chant, from a U2 anthem to an R.E.M. ballad.
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Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma
A 1996 Enigma record I found years later, the third album, where chant and electronics search for the eternal.
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Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields) by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1981 electronic landmark I found years later, Jarre's Magnetic Fields, four parts of pure synthesiser music.
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Masters of Chant Chapter III by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2002 third volume of chant covers, a darker, leaner set I found while exploring the series.
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Epic Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2012 Epic Chants reworks film and pop anthems as choral, monastic settings, grand and oddly soothing.
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If I Could Tell You by Yanni
Yanni's 2000 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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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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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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In My Time by Yanni
Yanni's 1993 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Dare to Dream by Yanni
Yanni's 1992 release, wordless music for reflection. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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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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