Ambient / New Age / Esoteric

Style:  Aussie Rules Ambient

Format: LP
Label: growing bin records

Year: 2016

Condition: M/M including Insert!

"Setting up camp where the Swan River meets the Indian Ocean, Wilson and Tanner tuned into nature, translating the warm sun, sea air and blue sky into a postcard from paradise. Lithe clarinet dances around tranquil piano, relaxed guitar decorates velvet synth textures and unhurried percussion makes an occasional appearance, as if to remind us that time’s still passing. Employing an innovative alfresco recording technique, Andy and John invited members of the local animal community to join their jam sessions, saving a Blue Swimmer Crab from the flames of the barbecue and encouraging him to claw the ivories. Drop the needle and drift away on the distant ocean of “Pilot”, freefall into the soothing ambience of ‘Further Than Your Headlights’, and let “Sun Room” guide you gently back to terra firma. The dream team of Australian musicians (not to mention a very talented crustacean), come together on one vinyl – and it’s better than you could possibly imagine." Patrick Ryder

SELLING THE LAST FEW LABEL COPIES TO FUND NEW RELEASES

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Style: Socks Off

Format: LP
Label: Blue Song

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+

Penguin Cafe vibes from post cold war Berlin.

Organic guitar and sock-free percussion.

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Style: New Age

Format: LP
Label: Heavenly Music

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+

Flute, Zither & Harp is all you need to pertend being the ocean. I you do so and it sounds like Schawkie I will gladly believe you!

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Style:  Elegant Synthesizers

Format: LP
Label: Musiza

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+  incl. original printed Innersleeve

Synthesizer music THAT sensual is VERY hard to find. 

One for moments of melting away and a personal holy grail here. 

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Style: New Age of Dance

Format: LP
Label: Sky

Year: 1988

Condition: VG+/VG+

The later the Sky the new agy the record. Sounds like humbug?

Well it probably is, but the late 80s Sky albums are in fact breezier than the earlier records  on that magnificent label. This one here from 88 is no exception. Priper fluffy New Age dance! The sound is a bit more lowfi too.

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Style: New Age Guitar

Format: LP
Label: DDD

Year: 1989

Condition: M/M

Contemplative new age sounds on guitar. Bhakta Priya is a collection of songs recorded between 1984 and 1989 by the milanese guitar player Walter Lupi. One of those wonderfully warm records that you put on and listen to all the way through... If you dig the Andreas von Wangenheim LPs you should definitely check this out!!

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Style: Ambient / New Age

Format: LP
Label: Marlboro

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

What the hell did the people at Marlboro (yes the stupid cowboy ciggies) think when they teamed up with Virgin to establish a label and sign someone so gentle and esoteric like Andreas von Wangenheim? Change the whole cowboy image by releasing New Age music??

Whatever they thought - it's just fantastic that they released these wonderful songs. Calling it All killer, no filler doesn't really fit the New Age vibe, huh? But hey it's Marlboro :)  and it's shotgun recommended! And you might know a track from my Dezember mix for testpressing

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Style: Blue Guitars

Format: LP
Label: Silver Wave

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Wonderful new age guitar poetry. Flowing like....

water! NM with some minor pops in A4.

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Style: New Age / Experimental / Ambient

Format: LP
Label: PGP RTB 

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG 

This a New Age Electronic masterpiece from Ex Yugoslavia. Maybe my favourite record Ex Yu album. Copy looks great with only a few surface scuffs but the pressing has not been very high end. There is light background noise in the beginning of B1. Like all copies I've had. Don't let anybody tell you there are NM copies of this!

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Style:  Ha Ha Harp!

Format: LP
Label: Wundertüte

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/NM

Oppermann taking it to a new dimension on his 2nd album. Freaked out harps, tea glasses and selfmade percussion instruments made from junkyard finds dominate the scene. Expect lots of percussion and the unexpected Satie!

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Style: Ambient / New Age / Fricking Balearic

Format: LP
Label: Marlboro

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+

What the hell did the people at Marlboro (yes the stupid cowboy ciggies) think when they teamed up with Virgin to establish a label and sign someone so gentle and esoteric like Andreas von Wangenheim? Change the whole cowboy image by releasing New Age music??

Whatever they thought - it's just fantastic that they released these wonderful songs. Calling it All killer, no filler doesn't really fit the New Age vibe, huh? But hey it's Marlboro :)  and it's shotgun recommended!

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Style: Ambient / New Age

Format: LP
Label: Rainbow (Private)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Here's a pretty much unfindable private dutch New Age pearl including the wonderful Het Yin En Yang Van De Chaos. Comes with a lyrics sheet so you can practice your dutch...

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Style: Ambient / Modern Classical

Format: 2LP
Label: ECM

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Bored ears will dance to this. The modern classical parts have a lot of humour and the ambient / reichy parts  are perfect for zoning out!!

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Style: Emotional Eso

Format: LP
Label: RASH

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG

I call this a wonderfull and emotional album. Can't say if this is ambient jazz or new age ;)  But in the end I don't care about words anyway. It's those shivers the music gives me. My fave is Venedig (Venezia) just as elegant as romantical. But check out Wald, Sommernachtstraum and Samba Pronto as well. They're all in the clip!!

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Style: Fusion / Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Jeton (Ger)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Excellent relaxed fusion. Seems to be CD only with only a tiny bunch of LPs pressed. Perfect for the summer days!

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Style: Ambient Jazz?

Format: LP
Label: Red

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG

Difficult to say if this is music for watching rainbows grow or slowly following clouds passing by. I am selling this as a hypotensive agent, hence the price!

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Style: Experimental Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Wap

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Mindblowing collabo between the otherwise very gentle Thilo and the amazing Ellen who has tickled something experimental in gentle Thilo.

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Style:  New Age Bliss

Format: 12"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/NM 

7:37 minutes of pure bliss...

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Style: Ambient / Cosmic Electronic

Format: LP
Label: Medley

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Deepest ambient electronics by danish master Klaus Schønning. First pressing with textured cover. Including the opener for a mix I made some time ago called Cocktails by the pool 

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Style: Gaymbient

Format: 12"
Label: Select

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Even Brown Sugar is not good for your health, but maybe Water Sports are? Well at least these water sports here sound incredibly relaxing.

Like a waterfall of poppers....

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Style: Organix

Format: 7"
Label: Wundertüte

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+

Oppermann's most amazing and unfortunately also hardest to find tunes. Big fave of the Thing From The Woods ...

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Style: Ambient Paddleboats

Format: LP
Label: Amiga

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  sticker tear

Ambient acoustic guitar vibes from eastern germany. Recorded shortly before the was no more eastern germany on the maps anymore. The cover image is well chosen. The music flows gently like a river.....

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Style: Esoteric Fusion / New Age of Jazz

Format: LP
Label: IC

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Meditatrive vibes on this laid back esoteric fusion delight.

One for the sock-free zone!!

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Style: Blissssssss

Format: LP
Label: Innovative Communication

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/NM 

Limited edition multicoloured picture disc edition including the extensive booklet. Seriously one of the TOP- Highlights in in the IC catalogue. The subtitle says it all: Magic Sounds From Percussion Island. One of the most blissful LPs out there imo.

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Style: Ambient Jazz / Free Improvisation

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG

Like new copy of this ambient Jazz record. Very quiet and calming for a "Free Jazzer".  Ungoogleable Private Pressing. Perfect music for the night (don't forget to get some strong red wine - I recommend a Primitivo from Puglia)

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Style: Minimal

Format: LP
Label: JFM (Private)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

These two guys already brought us the mesmerizing Submarine Backgrounds album on the same tiny label. Now here are some neutral backgrounds just as deep as the underwater tunes. And unfortunately just as hard to find...

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Style: Modern Classical / Minimal

Format: LP
Label: CBS (US)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

The minimal master's take on dance pieces.

If i were the dancer i'd freeze in amazement ...

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Style: Organic Harps

Format: LP
Label: Wundertüte

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Just listen to this exceptional beauty. Probably Oppermann's best album!

Only topped by his first recordings exclusively available on 45!

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Style: Ambient Jazz 

Format: LP
Label: Biber

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Wonderful ambient esoterica by the master of Sentimental Elegance.

Maybe this is Friedemann's best album.

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Style:  New Age of Guitars

Format: LP
Label: Olafsongs

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  signed on the back

Lovely New Age Vibes from these two talented danish guitarrists.

2 guitars, percussion and occasional keyboards.

Enough for some Sight Seeing!

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Style: Esoteric Songs

Format: LP
Label: Racket

Year: 1987

Condition: M/M

Unplayed copy of this emoteric album. Kind of a NEW AGE singer songwriter thing. Shivers created by warm and spiritual melancholia!

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Style: Cosmic Meditations

Format: LP
Label: Z Sounds (Private)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG

Highly organic cosmic meditations played live on selfbuilt instruments in summer 1986 in Hamburg. Power recommended!

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Style: Organic

Format: LP
Label: Philo

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/NM

Sealed copy of this featherlight and optimistic barefooter. Expect to be grounded by various percussion instruments, guitar strings and flutes ...

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Style: Dark'n'Easy

Format: LP
Label: Deneb

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG foxing

Mostly filled with these emotionally easy gems that you only find on italian libraries and then there's this psychedelic dark ambient track to close the happy set... Meraviglioso!

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Style: Library Greats

Format: LP
Label: Sonoton

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/NM

Klaus Netzle with a strong Boards of Canada sound.

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Style: New Age

Format: LP
Label: Kuckuck

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/NM

You don't need tranquilizers if you can have Deuter for a fraction ... This is also far better for your health!!

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Style: Electronic Relaxation

Format: LP
Label: Erdenklang

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

Tri Atma's last album. The group shrunk to the key figures

Asim Saha and Jens Fischer, but their sound got even richer.

Highest Recommendation!

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Style: Ambient Kraut

Format: LP
Label: Virgin

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/NM 

Pretty much Manuel Göttsching on his own.

And yes, pretty much all killers here ...

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Style: Esoteric Pop?

Format: LP
Label: Philips

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+ 

When I first saw this record I bought it by chance. "Trilok Gurtu on percussion - it can't be that bad". It's actually VERY nice and still one of my favourite records. In my humble opinion this is one of those records that should have a place in everybody's record collection.

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Style:  Ambient 

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/NM  

This is by far my favourite Clannad album.

Quiet & calm, just perfect for little rest!

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Style: ESO WONDERLAND

Format: CD
Label: Biber

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  

The kings of ESO JAZZ strike again. Such a wonderful collection of songs by Friedemann, Büdi, Ralf Illenberger's Circle and some CD only tunes by the amazing Silent Jazz Ensemble. Check out Volume 2 as well. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Esoteric Blast

Format: LP
Label: Mood

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+

The last album before Jan Reimer went into Astrology.

Reimer composed and played all the instruments.

Esoteric jazz at it's best!

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Style: ESO WONDERLAND

Format: CD
Label: Biber

Year: 1993

Condition: NM/VG+  

The kings of ESO JAZZ strike again. Such a wonderful collection of songs by Friedemann, Büdi, Ralf Illenberger's Circle and some CD only tunes by the amazing Silent Jazz Ensemble. Check out Volume 1 as well. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Ambient / New Age

Format: LP
Label: Magic Cube

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

Laid back New Age electronics from the North Sea.

Perfect for some rest by the window...

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Style: Symphonic Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Virgin

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/NM 

I always thought this would be some nerdy ahem doodly symphonic prog thing until lately I overcame my fears and just listened to it. That was a good idea: Not too symphonic and very very beautiful ... I dare to call this ambient! Mark Nauseef helping out on percussion, bells, cymbals, etc. Including the opener for my Dezember mix for Testpressing

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Style: Mellow Krautfolk

Format: LP
Label: Studio Montan (Private)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Melancholic folk songs by this collective of 13 musicians from the volcanic Vulkaneifel area in southern Germany. Partly sounds like Sufjan Stevens (!) Released on their own Studio Montan label.

A rare beauty ...

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Style: Deeper & Deeper

Format: LP
Label: Midi

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/NM

Detail: Including Insert

I'm happy to offer you my favourite Sakamoto album. Experimental ambient at it's best. Dolphins opening this mix.

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Style: Esoteric Dub, Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Pläne

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+ seam split

Voyager is most definitely Friedemann's #1 LP

Including amazing tracks like Passenger without a Passport etc ...

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Style:  Ambient Kraut

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+ 

Lovely copy of this relaxed electronic album.

Excellent from beginning to finish! Rother at his best ...

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Style: Ambient Kraut

Format: LP
Label: Vertigo

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Yatha Sidra members Klaus and Rolf Fichter recorded this lovely record at Bruno Spoerri's studio in Zurich back in 1979.

Wonderful tunes from beginning to end...

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Style:  Balearic Guitar Experiments

Format: LP
Label: Pläne

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

This rather pensive album holds some amazing tunes between Balearic and Organic Jazz.

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Style: Ambient / Elektronik

Format: LP
Label: Polydor

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/NM 

"Late" and excellent album by TD's Johannes Schmoelling. Laid back Elektronik bordering New Age most of the playtime. Off to the arctic!!

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Style: New Age of Munich

Format: LP
Label: Major Music (Private)

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+

Some ether? Awesome oriental flavoured new agey synth-pop featuring Luna Set's Mario Strack on synths and percussion.

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Style: Ambient / New Age

Format: LP
Label: Son Gaia

Year: 1985

Condition: M/M

Sealed copy of this new age gem! Including the sound of children giggling, seagulls and waves. Super relaxing all the way through... Highest recommendation!

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Style: Autumn Moods

Format: LP
Label: pläne

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

Mellow Acoustic Guitar for the days with occasional sunlight. Reimer's tunes help a lot to cope with reality after leaving the fairytale. My fave is Let Me Reach Your Island that closes the album and shows the horizon. Wonderful cover picture by Ed van der Elsken that always reminds me of the most touching compliment I ever got for DJing. When playing at the wedding of one of my art history teachers in the late 90s the widow of Ed van der Elsken came up to me and thanked me for the music. It made her dance for the first time since her husband died.

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Style: Minimal / Avantgarde

Format: LP
Label: Krem

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

Piano and percussion in the shade of a cypress.

Hungarian avantgarde at the dawn of new europe.

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Style:  Fusion 

Format: LP
Label: Panton

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+  

Great czech Fusion! Incl. the mindbending SIESTA. 

Perfect for a nap in the hammock!!

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Style:  Ambient Fusion / Esoteric Jazz 

Format: LP
Label: Edition Collage

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

The second LP by the relaxed duo comes on the wonderful micro label Edition Collage that brought us Florian Poser's Winds. Musically very close to their first outing. Ambient tunes made with synthesized guitars and saxophone. 

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Style: Fusion Not Fusion / Experimental

Format: LP
Label: SBF (Private)

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Private experimental Fusion from Austria.

Dynamic and diverse. And extremely unique.

Highly recommended.

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Style: Ambient / Minimal Contemporary

Format: LP
Label: Yaki

Year: 1985

Condition: M/VG+  sealed, has some yellowing

Sealed copy of this minimal contemporary gem.

If you dig Musci and Masin you will sob!

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Style: Magic Fusion / Synth-Boogie

Format: LP
Label: Fink & Star

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+

Santino of Diethelm / Famulari fame on the solo path. Not piano solo as the cover might want to tell you but rich and magic fusion with a whole lot of fantastic moves and some overflowing synth boogie as the cherry on top. Private release on Diethelm's own label ...

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Style:  Ambient 

Format: CD
Label: Wergo

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Keyboards + Percussion = Ambient Heaven. Impossible to find music for dance. This is the CD version. Perfect if you don't want even a single crackle and 100€ for the vinyl is too much for the purse

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Style: Organic / Ambient

Format: CD
Label: Verabra

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG woc

Deepest organic ambient by Härte 10 and Earforce Band synthesist Mike Herting. #rare cds

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Style: New Age / Ambient Folk

Format: LP
Label: WYE (Private)

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+  

Peaceful and quiet. Like a walk in the countryside.

One of my favourite songs from the Autumn Air mix from 2009.

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Style: Balearic New Age

Format: CD
Label: IC

Year: 1994

Condition: NM/NM

Pure bliss by the former Release Music Orchestra member and one of the fathers of baleric new age jazz ...

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