Isolationism (album)
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Ambient 4: Isolationism is a 1994
compilation album
released on the Virgin Records
label, part of its Ambient series
. The compilation was issued as a double CD, packaged in a slimline case. It features liner notes by Kevin Martin.
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
compilation album
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...
released on the Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
label, part of its Ambient series
Virgin Ambient series
The Virgin Ambient Series was a series of albums released on the UK Virgin Records label between 1993 and 1997. Of the 24 albums released in the series, 13 were compilations.-Discography:...
. The compilation was issued as a double CD, packaged in a slimline case. It features liner notes by Kevin Martin.
CD 1
- KK NullKK NullKK Null is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist. He began as a guitarist, but soon added composer, singer, electronic musician and drummer to his list of talents, and also studied with the Butoh workshop....
& Jim PlotkinJames PlotkinJames Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer, famous for his role in bands such as Khanate and OLD, but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has performed guitar duties for bands Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for bands such as KK Null, Nadja, Sunn...
: "Lost (Held Under)" - Jim O'RourkeJim O'Rourke (musician)Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
: "Flat Without A Back" - Ice: "The Dredger"
- Raoul BjörkenheimRaoul BjorkenheimRaoul Björkenheim is an American jazz guitarist. He was born to Finnish parents. His mother is actress/singer Taina Elg . He lived in the USA until he was 15 years old, when his family returned to Finland...
: "Strangers" - Zoviet FranceZoviet FranceZoviet France is a prolific music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category...
: "Daisy Gun" - LabradfordLabradfordLabradford is a U.S. post-rock musical group from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1991. They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not officially disbanded, its members have since been active with separate projects.-Biography:...
: "Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer" - Techno Animal: "Self Strangulation"
- Paul SchützePaul SchützePaul Schütze is an Australian artist resident in London. Over thirty years his work has spanned composition, performance, installation, video, printmaking and photography....
: "Hallucinations (In Memory Of Reinaldo Arenas)" - ScornScorn (band)Scorn was an English electronic music project. The group was formed in the early 1990s as a side project of former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen...
: "Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water Mix)" - Disco InfernoDisco Inferno (band)Disco Inferno was an English experimental rock band, formed in Essex in the late 1980s, by Ian Crause , Paul Wilmott , Rob Whatley and Daniel Gish .-History:...
: "Lost In Fog" - TotalMatthew BowerMatthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
: "Six" - NijiumuKeiji HainoKeiji Haino born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles...
: "Once Again I Cast Myself Into The Flames Of Atonement"
CD 2
- Aphex TwinAphex TwinRichard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
: "Aphex Airlines" - AMMAMM (group)AMM are an important British free improvisation group, founded in London, England in 1965.AMM have never been well known to the general public, but have been incredibly influential on the field of improvised music...
: "Vandoevre" - SeefeelSeefeelSeefeel are a British electronic/post-rock band formed in the early 1990s. They are currently signed to Warp Records.-Biography:Seefeel formed during 1992 in London, England; with Mark Clifford on guitar, Mark Van Hoen on bass, Justin Fletcher on drums and Sarah Peacock on vocals and guitar. During...
: "Lief" - .O.rang.O.rang.O.rang is a band led by Lee Harris and Paul Webb, formerly of Talk Talk. The group's first album, Herd of Instinct , was recorded similarly to Talk Talk's later albums: guest musicians played hours of improvisational material, then the performances were edited down and pieced together...
: "Little Sister" - E.A.R.Peter KemberPeter Kember is a British musician and producer, more usually known as Sonic Boom, and was a founding member of alternative rock band Spacemen 3....
: "Hydroponic" - Sufi: "Desert Flower"
- David ToopDavid ToopDavid Toop is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was notably a member of The Flying Lizards. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine The Face. He is a regular contributor to The Wire,...
& Max EastleyMax EastleyMax Eastley is a sound and visual artist. He is part of the Cape Farewell Climate Change project . He studied painting and graphic art at Newton Abbot Art School and then went on to gain a BA in Fine Art at Middlesex University . He is a sculptor , musician and composer...
: "Burial Rites (Phosphorescent Mix)" - MainMain (band)Main were a British ambient band formed in 1991 by guitarists Robert Hampson and Scott Dowson, the former members of Loop. They combined ambient sound with layers of electric guitars and dark, foreboding emotional overtones. In 2006 Hampson announced that Main had been effectively disbanded in...
: "Crater Scar (Adrenochrome)" - FinalFinal (band)Final is a project of Justin Broadrick, creator of the band Godflesh, which he started when he was just 13 years old. Unlike Godflesh, Final is primarily electronic in nature, taking on a space-like, dark ambient sound....
: "Hide" - Lull: "Thoughts"
- Thomas KönerThomas KönerThomas Köner is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences. He's been noted for his use of low frequencies...
: "Kanon (Part One: Brohuk)"