From Brother Alphabet Sent Thu, May 28th 1998, 16:28
From Brother Alphabet Sent Thu, May 28th 1998, 16:28
I recall things about the same way as A. Haley mentioned... Initially the music was being referred to as 'Space Music' until as late as the mid 80's, when "new age" (the """religion""") started being covered and pop- culturefied by people like Shirley Maclaine...Soon after that there was a hippie- like music movement into which people were crammed regardless of their true musical objectives by a money-maddened music industry. Nothin wrong with money...But it totally clouded the overall genre by default...now only those who knew who was who before can draw the line...On the plus side, the new age hoopla did bring new success to some talented but obscure people... Really...In 1989 Vangelis' score to Chariots of Fire was so hard to find it was silly, plus it cost me 25 bucks to get as an import (after 1.5 years of searching). Not one year later the reissued it domestically (I could smack someone for that!) - Not only that, nearly a decade of his music was gradually re-released over the next few years. Then, Tangerine Dream's old stuff: "Digitally remastered" (or whatever :) ) - etc etc etc...The new age craze brought a lot of obscure electronic artists to the front...it's just like any other 'category' in that you have to weed out the crap to find the good stuff. Jason ----------------------------------------------- This has been a message from : Brother Alphabet xxxxx@xx.xxxxxxx.xxx / www2.msstate.edu/~jah10/