Updates12-17-2009 What's New Age Rock? Read the review of Eden's debut to find out.
12-3-2009 New artist Roth Ritter's epic soundscape debut is reviewed here.
9-30-2009 Check out Blue Stone's newest Ambient Pop collection, Messages.
9-10-2009 The Enigma page is once again current, with a review of the seventh and most recent studio ablum, Seven Lives, Many Faces.
3-25-2008 Brian Eno is the "father of Ambient music". The seminal Ambient 1: Music for Airports now has a home on the site.
11-29-2007 Since I'm clearly not able to keep up with things at the moment, I'm changing to an irregular update schedule - which is to say, I'll post reviews as I write them, which may be more or less often than weekly. Eventually, I may resume a regular schedule. This site is alive and well, in any case, just a bit less predictable.
11-8-2007 If you don't yet have any Japanese World Fusion in your collection, try Uttara-Kuru's East Wind.
11-1-2007 Please welcome the Bombay Dub Orchestra . Sorry it took to weeks to get the review up, but it's a double album!
10-18-2007 As promised, weekly updates are back. Allow me to introduce Romanian duo DaKsha.
9-20-2007 Updates are on hiatus until October 18. I'll post more info on MySpace if you're curious, but my reasons are really quite mundane.
9-13-2007 A review of Mythos' most recent release is up, and its quite a treat, whether you're already familiar with the group or not.
9-6-2007 Dark beats and hard synths mix with traditional Eastern music on Azam Ali's most recent release.
8-30-2007 This week's update is another Mythos review. If you find it disappointing, watch for the review of their most recent album, which I find a considerable improvement.
8-23-2007 Loved Mythos' debut album? Want more just like it? If so, their second is sure to please.
8-16-2007 Hooray for more Independent artists! Welcome Catherine Duc to the site.
8-9-2007 The Loreena McKennitt coverage has been expanded with a review of Parallel Dreams.
8-2-2007 This week, it's yet another review of a Leeb/Fulber project, Synaesthesia. If they weren't so prolific, this wouldn't be a problem...
7-26-2007 Ivan Kopas is an established producer, but a new artist. Read about his recent debut.
7-19-2007 Continuing the theme of debut albums, here's the review of Black Ether's first album.
7-12-2007 Having covered her most recent albums, I've gone back to the origins of Loreena McKennitt, and reviewed her debut.
6-28-2007 A review of Era's third release, The Mass, is up. But, it's not pretty.
6-21-2007 Diva Sarah Brightman has entered the guide, with a review of her 1993 solo debut, Dive.
6-14-2007 It has come to my attention that thi Guide is heavy on vocal-based artists. To help balance things out, here's a review of the most recent Jeff Woodall album.
6-7-2007 Welcome producer Phobos, and his new project Mysteria to the site.
5-31-2007 If you love Delerium, you may be interested in the final Intermix album; they have a lot in common.
5-24-2007 A review of the second Era album is up.
5-17-2007 Read about the debut Le Spa Sonique from former Engima co-producer Jens Gad's other project.
5-10-2007 Blue Stone has changed their style quite a bit (toward Ambient Pop), given that Worlds Apart follows only a year after their debut.
5-3-2007 A decade ago, Waterbone released their debut album Tibet. It has held up well.
4-26-2007 Jens Gad collaborates with a new diva on Achillea's sophomore release, Amadas Estrellas.
4-19-2007 Discover how independent artist Neodrone combines Nu Ambient with Dance and Opera.
4-12-2007 Welcome Ambient Pop master Sleepthief to the site.
4-5-2007 The review is up for the newest installement in the State of Grace series.
4-3-2007 New site policy: There will be a new review posted every Thursday. When I've got extra time and content, I may post one on Tuesday as well. Huzzah for regular schedules!
3-28-2007 World Fusion fans, revel in Ikarus' debut, Touch the Sun.
3-25-2007 Electronic pioneer Vangelis gets due credit in the Fringe.
3-21-2007 I'm again current with Delerium - the Nuages du Monde review is up.
3-19-2007 The Nu Ambient powerhouse Mythos finally finds a home on the site.
3-12-2007 There are some artists who aren't Nu Ambient, but whom I really think some of you might like. For these, there is now The Fringe.
3-5-2007 Discover enigmatic (and occasionally Enigmatic) Italian composer Riccardo Eberspacher.
2-15-2007 The unintended update hiatus ends with a bang! Check out reviews of the Afro Celt Sound System's entire catalogue.
12-22-2006 After Enigma has a mysterious benfactor. Many Thanks to whomever purchased Sacred Spirit and a batch of other music-related things through the Amazon links; I'll be ordering the second Ceredwen album with this revenue, and hopefully quite a few other albums for review here. Happy hollidays to everyone!
12-21-2006 Is State of Grace too grandiose for your tastes? The Paul Schwartz Project is a low-key equivalent.
12-15-2006 Read about the album that end's Loreena McKennitt's 9-year studio recording hiatus, An Ancient Muse.
12-14-2006 Watch as I come up with over-elaborate sub-genre names like "Dark Nu Ambient" for Black Ether.
12-11-2006 After Enigma finally reviews an Experimental artist: Megatone.
12-07-2006 I don't always disagree with the real critics. Take Banco de Gaia, for example.
12-01-2006 With Music Detected reviewed, Deep Forest's page is now complete, at least as far as U.S. releases are concerned.
11-30-2006 What I said about Delerium on the 27th goes for Deep Forest, too. Read the Comparsa review.
11-28-2006 Indigo Spirit inexplicably finds itself the subject of my longest review yet.
11-27-2006 I'm slowly filling out Delerium's discography. Now that Chimera's reviewed, I'm almost current!
11-22-2006 Amethyste is now the first Independent Artist on the site.
11-20-2006 Read about Blue Stone's debut, with a color scheme that begs to be reviewed on this site.
11-17-2006 Think Sacred Spirit's too slow? Try Spirit Nation.
11-15-2006 I've added one of enigmatic producer Claus Zudel's projects, Sacret Spirit.
11-14-2006 Welcome to the site, Era.
11-13-2006 If you like the guitars on Enigma albums, check out guitarist Jens Gad's project, Achillea.
11-10-2006 Lesiëm's bio and reviews have been updated with current information, and a review of Auracle rounds out the page.
11-09-2006 The site's visual design has been reworked. After much confusion with padding values, IE and Firefox both seem content to load the site correctly. Also, there's a new Links page.
11-07-2006 Waterbone's sophomore release has a review up. I've also posted a review of the second State of Grace, coincidentally on the release date of the project's third installment.
11-03-2006 If things look a bit funny, it's because I'm working on the site's layout; I uncovered some problems while adding the new menu.
11-02-2006 Loreena McKennitt is now listed among her Mainstream peers.
11-01-2006 Deep Forest now has a home, with reviews of their first two albums (Deep Forest and Boheme). I've also voiced my opinions about Delerium's Semantic Spaces.
10-31-2006 Amethystium now has a full page, and Magna Canta's Sanctuary has been reviewed.
10-30-2006 With the addition of an Extraordinary Ways review, the Conjure One page is now complete and up-to-date.
10-27-2006 You can now leave comments! There's a form at the bottom of each artist's page. Policy is here.
10-26-2006 A long overdue review has been posted for Conjure One's self-titled debut.
10-25-2006 After a complete retrofit from Perl into PHP and XML/XSLT, this site is live.
10-24-2006 I've reviewed the new Engima release, A Posteriori. If you're here, you need this album.
10-19-2006 Added Euphoria to Tier 2, with a review of Precious Time
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