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1	Solo Piano (1989) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist see all copies from $7.62! new only from $7.62!
2	Fourth World, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya (1981) more music like this by Jon Hassell add to wishlist Overwhelmingly interesting and extremely variant, Jon Hassell's Dream Theory in Malaya is rescued from the stereotypical new age recipe, thanks to its ever-changing instrumental structure and the use of numerous eccentric instruments that emerge as the album progresses. The album's concept is taken from an anthropologist's 1935 study of a tribe of ... see all copies from $9.91! new only from $9.91!
3	Liquid Mind VI: Spirit (2003) more music like this by Liquid Mind add to wishlist Chuck Wild must be one of the most serene individuals of all time. He creates dreamy floating atmospheres under the pseudonym Liquid Mind. Liquid Mind VI: Spirit is another relaxation treasure. Wild recommends this disc for yoga and massage. Experts agree. Every one of his solo efforts is in the ultimate relaxation zone. This disc follows his ... see all copies from $12.39! new only from $12.39!
4	The Piano (1993) more music like this by Original Soundtrack add to wishlist This crossover hit, the soundtrack to Jane Campion's film, is subtle, pretty, and just a little bit bland. Nyman keeps the theatrics to a minimum, crafting an evocative work that manages to be both personal and universal. He also lets the music run its course, never pushing or cutting off a piece until it says what it needs to. A towering ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99!
5	Endless Wave, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this by Gabrielle Roth add to wishlist see all copies from $7.98! new only from $14.59!
6	Kundun (1997) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist Philip Glass' soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama epic Kundun captures the grace, beauty, joy and melancholy within the film. Glass uses familiar minimalist structures, but works with traditional Tibetan instrumentation and monks, giving the music an alluringly otherworldly feel. It's an entirely original, evocative score, and one of Glass' ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $16.52!
7	Music for 18 Musicians (1998) more music like this by Steve Reich & Ensemble Modern add to wishlist After Reich's initial experiments with phase music, he moved on to exploring pulse -- music that had no relation to melody, but would repeat phrases of either one or several notes, increasing then decreasing in volume as long as the musician had the stamina. When repeated with several musicians playing around one key and starting them off at ... see all copies from $11.39! new only from $11.39!
8	Bones (1989) more music like this by Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors add to wishlist The six cuts on Bones offer the dancer an entire album to move through Roth's 5Rhythm Wave . The first piece, "The Calling," serves as a warm-up to trance and movement. Pieces representing Roth's 5Rhythms identify with animals. The flowing rhythm is represented by the sinuous "Dolphin." "Raven" squawks through the funky angular cha cha of the ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $14.59!
9	Pieces of Africa (1992) more music like this by The Kronos Quartet add to wishlist When released, Pieces of Africa was subject to some of the same "cultural imperialist" criticism that had been more successfully leveled at performers like David Byrne and Paul Simon. The album consists of commissions from African composers working at varying distances from European conventions. But whereas Byrne and Simon arguably used the music ... see all copies from $2.96! new only from $15.37!
10	Rainbow in Curved Air (1967) more music like this by Terry Riley add to wishlist After several graph compositions and early pattern pieces with jazz ensembles in the late '50s and early '60s (see "Concert for Two Pianists and Tape Recorders" and "Ear Piece" in La Monte Young's book An Anthology), Riley invented a whole new music which has since gone under many names (minimal music -- a category often applied to sustained ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.84!
11	Powaqqatsi (1988) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist In 2002, Philip Glass toured in support of the four-disc set Glass on Film, culled from his movie scores. It was good to see that the Philip Glass Ensemble performed the long-underrated Powaqqatsi among his other collaborations with filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, because those electric keyboard works have outlasted the symphonic stuff. Back in the '80s ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $11.00!
12	Windham Hill: The First Ten Years (1990) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Windham Hill: The First Ten Years is a retrospective celebrating the artists and artistry of the pioneering new age label's first full decade. And while the label's compilation release schedule is brisk to say the least, this two-disc set features at least one track from anyone who's ever recorded for the imprint's main new age division. It's ... see all copies from $2.72! new only from $14.14!
13	The Photographer (1983) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist Composing the music for a theater piece revolving around the life and work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge must have seemed a natural fit for Philip Glass, as Muybridge's stop action studies of people and animals in motion have a clear visual analogy in Glass repeating musical cells. Scored for his ensemble accompanied by a chamber orchestra, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.83!
14	The Sinking of the Titanic (1995) more music like this by Gavin Bryars add to wishlist One of the two works for which composer Gavin Bryars is best known (the other being "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet"), his epochal "The Sinking of the Titanic" had been recorded three times in the 25 years since its creation. The first, for Brian Eno's Obscure label, was a landmark recording, but went swiftly out of print and became a much ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $11.39!
15	The Hours [Original Soundtrack] (2002) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist The score for the movie adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours, composed by Philip Glass. The music is somewhat continuous, all built upon the same basic motives. The repetition of a three-note phrase is key to the course of the whole, emerging time and time again as the framework for variations around which the rest of the music is arranged ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $15.38!
16	Mishima (1985) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist Philip Glass' soundtrack to Paul Schrader's retelling of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima is one of his strongest early scores, one that retains his essential "Glass-ness," but begins to bring in elements of narrative, creating distinct sounds for each of the sections of Schrader's non-linear storytelling structure. So for Mishima's final ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $15.38!
17	Initiation (1984) more music like this by Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors add to wishlist Initiation is "a musical map, from inertia to ecstasy," the formal musical presentation of Gabrielle Roth's 5-Rhythm "Wave." Moving and dancing from flowing through "stillness" can catalyze and release the emotions of fear, anger, sadness, joy, and peace, according to "urban shaman" and music director Gabrielle Roth. "Flowing"'s rhythm is carried ... see all copies from $4.42! new only from $14.59!
18	Encounter (1988) more music like this by Michael Stearns add to wishlist While Michael Stearns had recorded music "in the flavor of (outer) space" for years, Encounter: A Journey in the Key of Space is his first album with space as its theme. It is an ambient classic. The atmospheres don't just sound like outer space, they are outer space. The individual tracks are vignettes that deal with events in outer space. ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $13.76!
19	Trance (1993) more music like this by Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors add to wishlist Trance is the latest in Gabrielle's cutting-edge musical series exploring primeval dance rhythms and ecstatic trance. Since her earlier drum-based efforts, Gabrielle's music has become more worldbeat in orientation, propelled by a powerful percussion section & various musicians who lend distinctive flavors to the pieces. At times funky and ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $14.59!
20	Nixon in China (1995) more music like this by John Adams add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99! new only from $22.79!
21	More Moondog/The Story of Moondog (1992) more music like this by Moondog add to wishlist CD re-issues of two lp's on the Prestige label from 1956 and 1957. Moondog on the street and everywhere else. The sources in everyday life with music and life blending as a whole. A soundtrack to spur the imagination. Contains: Softshoe and Hardshoe (7/4), a duet with The Queen Elizabeth Whistle And Bamboo Pipe, Ostrich Feathers Played on Drums, ... see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14!
22	Einstein on the Beach (1979) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist This opera, composed in 1975 and premiered in 1976, is scored for four principal actors, 12 singers doubling as dancers and actors, a solo violinist, and an amplified ensemble of keyboards, winds and voices. It is imbued with the postmodern spirit both in its non-linear, poetic, mystic narrative and the floating, eternal world created by the ... see all copies from $37.85! new only from $51.94!
23	The Desert Music (1985) more music like this by Steve Reich add to wishlist This hour-long work, commissioned by West German Radio and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, marks a transitional period for Reich. Based in the rhythmic pulse of Music for 18 Musicians, he adds a text by William Carlos Williams (sung by a full chorus), uses the more traditional sounds of a full orchestra (strings and brass are suddenly prominent), ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.39!
24	Tribe (2000) more music like this by Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.90!
25	Koyaanisqatsi (1982) more music like this by Philip Glass add to wishlist Parodied more than once, derided, blessed, hailed as a wonder, and decried as a travesty, this (abbreviated) soundtrack is capable of generating fascination and annoyance, often simultaneously. The truth is that this isn't merely minimalism -- it's expressive minimalism, with some impressive nuances. Given the space to breathe, the music here is ... see all copies from $12.72! new only from $12.72!

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