AMBIENT EXPLORATIONS IN THE HOUSE & TECHNO(1993-97

VIRTUAL DREAMS: AMBIENT EXPLORATIONS IN THE HOUSE & TECHNO AGE, 1993-1997 EAN Barcode TRACKS MLO - Birds And Flutes Pulusha  Isolation (Part Two) MDA Analog - Rainful Memories Space Time Continuum - Fluresence David Moufang  Sergio Leone's Wet Dream LA Synthesis  Frozen Tundra Dub Richard H. Kirk  Oneski A Positive Life  The Calling (Loved'Ub Mix) Sideral  Mare Nostrum The Primitive Painter - Levitation Sun Electric  Love 2 Love LFO  Helen Dubtribe Sound System  Sunshine's Theme (Sunshine's Remix) Human Mesh Dance - 8 Link  Arcadian (Global Communication Remix) The Arc - Orphic Mysteries Bedouin Ascent - Joyriding III DESCRIPTION *PRE-ORDER FOR REPRESS* Music From Memory is delighted to be turning 50 with a special release: MFM050 - V/A - Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997 (3xLP/2xCD). The first in a series of compilations, alongside more in depth artist-focused releases, Virtual Dreams will delve into music produced during the 1990™s that redefined the boundaries of ˜Ambient™. This was music that explored the possibilities of Ambient music within a new setting, created often by House & Techno music producers for a world beyond dance floors but made very much with the pre and post-clubbing listener in mind. When House and Techno exploded out of America in the mid 1980s a whole generation was redefined not only musically but also culturally and chemically speaking. Peaking, quite literally, with a second ˜Summer of Love™ in 1988, millions of young people across the world would experience the life-changing ups of a brave new world but with it of course came the downs; enter the concept of a ˜Chill-out™ room. Whilst early Chill-out rooms lacked a specific sound and were often soundtracked by music such as reggae and soul, slowly young Techno and House producers themselves would become increasingly interested in developing a futuristic ˜Ambient™ soundtrack to a world beyond the thud of the main room. ˜Ambient™ in this new age now though had sharper teeth than in Brian Eno's key text for ˜Music for Airports™, instead here the sounds were the mode of transport rather than the backdrop. While the melodies were pretty, the soundscape steered away from the pastoral, dreaming of outer-space and technology as opening up exciting new dimensions. Much like in the first Summer Of Love; the musicians were again exploring psychedelic, mind-altering and transcendental possibilities of music. And also much as in the first Summer Of Love, a psychedelic visual language would accompany the music. Though now the tracks could be accompanied by music videos, utilising early CGI techniques, they would look almost entirely to the future: envisioning technology, nature and humanity intertwined in a new Utopian future. Virtual Dreams of a better world. From Ambient and early Chill-out classics, to lesser known one-off projects, as well as Ambient deviations by some of House and Techno™s leading producers, Volume One of Virtual Dreams features tracks by Bedouin Ascent, LA Synthesis, LFO, Marc Hollander, Mark Pritchard & Kirsty Hawkshaw, Richard H. Kirk and more. To celebrate our 50th release the first 1000 copies include a holographic 'Virtual Dreams' sticker plus a special insert poster with artwork by Victoria Pacheco and design by Steele Bonus.