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| Ambient 1: A Brief History of Ambient | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Compiler | Simon Hopkins | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |  [1] |
Ambient 1: A Brief History of Ambient is a 1993 compilation album released on the Virgin Records label, as part of their Ambient series. The album was issued as a double CD, compiled by Simon Hopkins.
Source: Allmusic [2]
| No. | Title | Performing Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Flowered Knife Shadows" | Harold Budd | 7:05 |
| 2. | "Thru Metamorphic Rock" | Tangerine Dream | 9:46 |
| 3. | "Evening Star" | Robert Fripp & Brian Eno | 7:31 |
| 4. | "Mountain Goat" | Amorphous Androgynous | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Sea of Vapours" | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | 3:50 |
| 6. | "The Forge of Vulcan" | Hawkwind | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Requiem" (A Floating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea Dub Mix) | Killing Joke | 10:35 |
| 8. | "An Ending (Ascent)" | Eno | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Marnia's Tent" | Richard Horowitz | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Rapido de Noir" | Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri | 6:31 |
| 11. | "Kazoo" | Ashra | 5:34 |
| 12. | "Their Memories" | Budd, Eno | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Leave Your Body" | The Grid | 4:45 |
| 14. | "Electric Becomes Eclectic" | Christopher Franke | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Performing Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Phaedra" | Tangerine Dream | 10:25 |
| 2. | "Delta Rain Dream" | Jon Hassell & Eno | 3:23 |
| 3. | "The Monkey King" | William Orbit | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Castle in the Clouds" | Gong | 1:04 |
| 5. | "Life Form" | Hawkwind | 1:39 |
| 6. | "Dance #2" | Laraaji | 9:08 |
| 7. | "Sacred Stones" | Sheila Chandra | 5:21 |
| 8. | "Earth Floor" | Michael Brook | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Läuft... Heißt Das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald... Läuft" | Faust | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Gift of Fire" | Hassell | 4:41 |
| 11. | "The End of Words" | Material | 3:46 |
| 12. | "Panorphelia" | Edgar Froese | 9:36 |
| 13. | "Voices" | Roger Eno | 2:14 |
| 14. | "Träum Mal Wieder" | Holger Czukay | 7:21 |
| 15. | "Home" | David Sylvian | 4:15 |
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