A Brief History of Ambient

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Ambient 1: A Brief History of Ambient
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 1993
Genre Ambient
Label Virgin
Various Artists chronology
Ambient 1: A Brief History of Ambient
(1993)
Ambient 2: Imaginary Landscapes
(1993)

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, and was compiled by Simon Hopkins.

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Source: Allmusic[1]

Disc One
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. "Marina'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
Disc Two
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...Heist 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 Weider"   Holger Czukay 7:21
15. "Home"   David Sylvian 4:15

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