Ambient, Vol. 1: A Brief History of Ambient (1993)

About this title: Although it seemed to arrive out of nowhere in the early '90s, ambient music actually has a long and varied history, leading back to Brian Eno and Kraftwerk's electronic experiments in the 1970s, right up to Aphex Twin's textural techno soundscapes. As an introduction and history lesson, the two-disc A Brief History of Ambient Music can't be beat; it shows that the ambient-techno trend has roots that most fans wouldn't even realize existed. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Flowered Knife Shadows [Budd]
2. Thru Metamorphic Rock [Franke/Froese]
3. Evening Star [Eno/Fripp]
4. Mountain Goat [Amorphous Androgyno]
5. Sea of Vapours [Brook]
6. The Forge of Vulcan [House]
7. Requiem [A Floating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea Dub Mix] [Coleman/Ferguson/Wa]
8. An Ending (Ascent) [Eno]
9. Marina's Tent [Horowitz]
10. Rapido de Noir [Schmidt/Spoerri]
11. Kazoo [Gottsching/Grosskop]
12. Their Memories [Budd/Eno]
13. Leave Your Body [Ball/Norris]
14. Electric Becomes Eclectic [Franke]
15. Phaedra [Baumann/Franke/Froe]
16. Delta Rain Dream [Eno/Hassell]
17. The Monkey King [Orbit]
18. Castle in the Clouds [Hillage]
19. Life Form [Brock]
20. Dance #2 [Laraaji]
21. Sacred Stones [Chandra/Coe]
22. Earth Floor [Brook]
23. Läuft...Heist das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Läuft [Peron/Wusthoff]
24. Gift of Fire [Hassell]
25. The End of Words [Burroughs/Laswell]
26. Panorphelia [Froese]
27. Voices [Eno]
28. Traum Mal Wieder [Czukay]
29. Home [Sylvian]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.