A magnificent weekend! Beautiful, sunny weather, home repairs completed, and now to spend the evening hours awash in sonic bliss (presently Spacemind's psybient mix entitled, Distant Worlds[/URL]) and furiously poring over texts on the history of ambient music, taking note of major works which had previously escaped my radar.
Matt Anniss has just published
a breathtaking examination of Ambient House music rich with samples of the works discussed. The write up discusses press documents and mailing list exclusives from the KLF at the dawn of the Chill Out scene, the Land of Oz parties, nights at Trancentral, veterans like Steve Hillage, David Toop, and Manuel Gottsching, the Telepathic Fish and the Spacetime parties, Megatripolis, guest speeches from Terence McKenna, Alan Ginsberg, George Monbiot and Timothy Leary... it is absolutely fantastic.
And Mike Watson (producer of Ultima Thule in Sydney) has done an exquisite job provided a deeper, historical perspective on many of the most significant and influential artists in the field of ambient music on his website,
AmbientMusicGuide.com.
A relaxing evening at home, inspiring reading, and a hot cup of coffee. What more does a man need?
