New Age music is
music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. The harmonies in
New Age music are generally modal, consonant, or include a drone bass. The melodies are often repetitive, to create a hypnotic feeling, and sometimes recordings of nature sounds are used as an introduction to a track or throughout the piece. Pieces of up to thirty minutes are common.
New Age music includes both electronic forms, frequently relying on sustained synth pads or long sequencer-based runs, and acoustic forms, featuring instruments such as flutes, piano, acoustic guitar and a wide variety of non-western acoustic instruments. In many cases, high-quality digitally sampled instruments are used instead of natural acoustic instruments. Vocal arrangements were initially rare in
New Age music but as it has evolved vocals have become more common, especially vocals featuring Native American, Sanskrit, or Tibetan influenced chants, or lyrics based on mythology such as Celtic legends or the realm of Faerie.
Music for Zen Meditation (1965) by Tony Scott is considered to be the first
New Age album. Many different styles and combinations of electronic experimental and acoustic
new age music was introduced in the 1970s including
music from Asia, such as
Kitaro.
New age music was originally produced and sold exclusively with independent labels. Sales achieved a significant part of the unusual, such as libraries, shops, Gift shops, food stores and message files. In year 1981, Tower records in a view from the top, California, adds such a
new age. In 1985, chain retailers, independent record added elements of
music,
new age and houses a large drives started to show interest in the genre through the acquisition of certain existing labels with a new age, as Paul Winter life
music, both artists
new age captions as artist crossover jazz Kitaro, Pat Metheny, two all signed by Geffen.
Valentine's day in 1987, rock antigua-los Angeles, transformed into a
new age format
music radio station has been filled with new CRLs KTWV as KMET Wave. He told management
new age music Wave which wavelength reference as a "State of the sentence" instead of "radio station" staff of the station. DJ stopped, announcing the titles of the works, and instead to maintain uninterrupted atmosphere, listeners can call the phone number: 1-800, to discover what
music is played. News Breaks have also accepted and called "wave breaks". Santa Cruz (color) began a new era of KLRS, at the same time format.[citation needed] In 1988, Stephen Hill
music radio programmes and stations in other cities have followed a lead from the heart space was taken by the NDP dissemination 230 branches throughout the country. Another option is the
music of specialized forest
music including Starstreams and echo John Dilaberto programme. Most networks have channels of cable television networks of the large play
music without Visual effects, a
new age,
music channels, such as for example the string "Soundscapes" in the selection of
music.
In 1989, there are over 150 small independent disks, exemption from the
new age, alternative programs and
music new age were transported hundreds of commercial radio stations and at universities in the United States and sold more than 40 distributors
new age music directories.
List of artist under New Age music style
- Acoustic Alchemy
- Mark Isham
- Tim Wheaton
- Bruce BecVar
- Chuck Jonkey
- Constance Demby
- Davol
- Georgia Kelly
- Nightnoise
- Jon Mark
- Liz Story
- Robert Julian Horky
- David Michael
- Mannheim Steamroller
- Michael Hedges
- Michael Jones
- Osamu Kitajima
- Paul Winter
- Patrick O'Hearn
- Peter Maunu
- Ray Lynch
- Rob Whitesides-Woo
- Richard Burmer
- Max Highstein
- Enigma
- Enya
- Eddie Jobson
- Tim Clément
- Theresa Schroeder-Sheker
- David Arkenstone
- Yanni
- Love Spirals Downwards
- Don Harriss
- Stephan Micus
- Suzanne Ciani
- Harold Moses
- Yas-Kaz
And Etc.
