Vinyl Age

The first Erdenklang compilation, nos. II and III were to follow. Except for the tracks by JADE WARRIOR and KRISTIAN SCHULTZE, all the recordings are first releases and were produced exclusively for this album. … The fact remains that artists and consumers were aware, and still are, of the pleasure of uniting in harmony – through the medium of music – body, spirit and soul with each other, and with the universal cosmic waves affecting them. In our "Magic Age", however, this is apparently becoming a political and social necessity.

In 1985, Lucia Hwong showed a great deal of promise on her debut album House of Sleeping Beauties, which acknowledges the composer/arranger's Asian heritage but isn't traditional Asian music. Rather, this LP finds Hwong (a Chinese-American from Los Angeles) combining Asian music (Chinese and otherwise) with new age and ambient elements. Creatively, House of Sleeping Beauties was a step forward for both Asian music and new age…

Alan Stivell - E Langonned
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 756 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 236 MB
Cat#: Fontana 6325 332 | Country/Year: France 1974
Genre: Celtic Folk | Hoster: Hotfile/Filesonic

Alan Stivell is a Breton musician and singer, recording artist and master of the celtic harp who from the early 1970s revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music.

Gandalf - Journey To An Imaginary Land
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 888 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 257 MB
Cat#: WEA 58 258 | Country/Year: Germany 1980
Genre: Krautrock, New Age | Hoster: Hotfile/Filesonic

Gandalf is the name used by a New Age composer from Austria. He plays a wide variety of instruments including guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and sitars. He includes electronic sounds into his music. His music includes influences from music around the world. He released his first album Journey to an Imaginary Land on March 17, 1981. He has become one of Austria's most accomplished international musicians.