Eric Mystic's All-time Favorite New Age/ambient pieces (see below) and CD Picks of the Year |
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Picks of the Year 2007
I played these from #30 to #1 on Sunday Dec.30, 2007 on KKUP. One track is played from each CD. Note this correction: #s 11 through 28 listed here are one number higher than broadcast, due to an omission. Rankings are fluid and approximate, but the number might help you remember a CD you heard that you like. Eric Mystic recommends all of these as the best visionary music I know of in 2007. Most are available at KKUP. Those in bold are premiums available for a pledge of $40 or more; call during our regular visionary programs and pledge if you want one. Thanks very much for listening and supporting KKUP Peoples Radio.
1. Robert Carty/Sylken - The Endless Vista
2. Klaus Schulze - Kontinuum
3. Evan Bartholomew - Borderlands
4. Deborah Martin & J. Arif Verner - Anno Domini
5. Markus Reuter & Robert Rich - Eleven Questions
6. Benjy Wertheimer & Michael Mandrell - Notes from Celtistan
7. Tim Story - Buzzle
8. Abandoned Toys - The Witch's Garden
9. Bruno Sanfilippo - Piano Textures
10. Asura - Life Squared
11. Numina - Symbiotic Spaces
12. Randall Moore - Confessions
13. Gregg Plummer - Vast
14. Steve Roach - Immersion 3
15. Dwight Ashley - Watermelon Sugar
16. Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers
17. Sync 24 - Source
18. David Helpling & Jon Jenkins - Treasure
19. Mixed by Nova - Albedo (Ultimae)
20. Kirk J. Krauss - Diving In
21. Between Interval - Radio Silence
22. Markus Reuter - Trepanation
23. Robert Rich - Music from Atlas Dei
24. Pan Electric - Conscious Pilot (Absolute Ambient)
25. Sensitive Chaos - Leak
26. Willian Edge - Sound Chamber
27. William Edge - Kaleidoscope
28. Solar Fields - Leaving Home
29. Michael Stribling - Another Day in Paradise
30. Visionsound (Ben Dowling) - The Path of Peace
runners up
Alpha Wave Movement - The Regions Between
David Bouliane - Tagayet
Patrick O'Hearn - Glaciation
Ann Licater - Following the Call
Cyberchump - Sankhara
various - max.chillroom (New Land Music)
Byron Metcalf - A Warning From the Elders
Unius - Ominations
Paul Adams - Flute Meditations for Dreaming Clouds
Lawrence Blatt - Out of the Woodwork
Fulton & Reeves - The Range
Rudy Adrian - par avion (Groove Unlimited)
Radio Massacre International - Rain Falls in Grey
Feldbauer, Wackernagel, New, Mueller - Recordings
Played often on Mystic Music in 2007 (roughly in order), but released in previous years (may be rising on my all-time or millennial rankings):
Kevin Kendle - Tarot
Kevin Kendle - Winter
Steve Roach - Kairos
Aetherium - Chakra Gold
Dwight Ashley - Ataxia
Richard Shulman - Light Music
Craig Padilla - The Light in the Shadow
Randy Moore - Possessions (originally broadcast as #28 on my picks of the year, but this CD was released in 2000)
Kevin Kendle & Llewellyn - Journey to Atlantis
Thom Brennan - Vibrant Water
Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse
Constance Demby - Sanctum Sanctuorum
Michael Hammer - Music for Ascension
Michael Hammer - Aligning with Your Higher Self
Surface 10 - Surface Tensions
Rudy Adrian - Moonwater
Biosphere - substrata
various - Oxycanta (Ultimae)
Alio Die - Suspended Feathers
Hemisphere - Attachment X
Kevin Keller - Gathering Leaves
Tom Lyell - Dimensions
These are my picks of the year 2006, played Sunday evening Dec.31, 2006 on KKUP 91.5 FM from 3 pm to sometime before Midnight. One selection is played from the Top 30-plus CDs. If you heard something you liked, you'll find the CD listed here. Eric Mystic recommends all of these, regardless of rank, as the best of Visionary Music for 2006, as far as I know now. The order is changed since the marathon, but everything on the Top 30 was played.
The rankings are very fluid and approximate. Note that a few of these CDs may have actually been released in 2005. A few of these CDs are still available as thank you gifts ("premiums") for subscribing to KKUP for $40 or more. See the premiums list. Call and subscribe at (408)260-2999 or (831)255-2999. Those in bold were still available as premiums to subscribers as of Dec.30, 2007.
1. Kevin Kendle - Winter
2. Max Corbacho - The Talisman
3. Aetherium (Kevin Kendle) - Chakra Gold
4. Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse
5. various artists - Fahrenheit Project Part 6 (Ultimae Records)
6. various artists - Oxycanta (Ultimae Records)
7. Craig Padilla - The Light in the Shadow
8. Robert Carty & Brannan Lane - Dreamswirl
9. Dwight Ashley - Ataxia
10. Bruno Sanfilippo - InTRO
11. various artists - Chasing the Dawn - Ultima Thule Ambient
12. Robert Carty - Sun Tales
13. Robert Rich - Electric Ladder
14. Forrest Fang & Carl Weingarten - Invisibility
15. Kevin Kendle & Llewellyn - Journey to Atlantis
16. Between Interval - Autumn Continent
17. Chad Hoeffler - Quiet Glow
18. Soundician - Memorophilia
19. Michael Waters - Famous in Mongolia
20. Bob Holroyd - Hollow Man
21. Surface 10 (Dean DeBenedictis) - Surface Tensions
22. Rudy Adrian - Moonwater
23. Steve Roach - Proof Positive
24. Yofiyah - Kabbalah Kirtan
25. Alio Die - Suspended Feathers
26. Richard Garrett - Weathersongs
27. Todd Fletcher - The Wasteland
28. William Edge - Smokin'
29. Richard Bone - Vesperia
30. Kevin Keller - Santiago's Dream
Sara Ayers & Jeff Sampson - thrice they heart shall broken be - Atmoworks (this has only 3 tracks)
Antony De Gennaro - Date with Another World
various artists - Beneath the Surface - Native State Records
Cosmik Chill - Red
Fontain's M.U.S.E. - Mystic Kiss
Ariel Kalma - Osmose
various artists - Buddha Lounge 5 - Sequoia Groove
Peter Kater - 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Steve Roach - Immersion 2
Streamline - The Earth Ambient
various artists - Hotel Tara 2 - Sequoia
John Lyell - Dimensions
Hammock - raising your voice to stop an echo
Igneous Flame (Pete Kelly) - Astra
Aurah - Kismet
Al Gromer (Khan) - Turya
Brian Eno et al - Compounds + Elements
Libera - Visions
Also See Above for my Picks of the Year 2007.
rank, title, artist, (album) (rank 2003)(rank 2002) (rank 2000) (rank 1999)
1. Totem - Klaus Schulze (Picture Music) (1)(1)(1)(1)
2. Within the Dream - George Wallace (Communion) (2)(2)(2)(2)
3. Rishikesh - David Parsons (Himalaya) (3)(3)(4)(4)
4. Vibrant Water - Thom Brennan (Vibrant Water) (12)(---)(---)(---)
5. Within Love - Robert Carty (Horizons Call, The Mystic Choice) (4)(4)(3)(3)
6. Love Life - Robert Carty (Natural Wonder, The Mystic Choice) (5)(5)(5)(5)
7. Dorje Ling - David Parsons (Dorje Ling) (7)(7)(6)(7)
8. Returning - Robert Carty (Silent Dreams, The Mystic Choice) (8)(8)(9)(8)
9. Moogtique - Klaus Schulze (Body Love 2) (6)(6)(7)(6)
10. Timeless - Robert Carty (Timeless) (9)(9)(8)(13)
11. The Return (to Uzbek) - David Parsons (Shaman) (10)(10)(10)(11)
12. Lost Temple - Robert Carty (Plateaus of Ether) (11)(11)(13)(16)
13. Space Sequences - Robert Rich (Live at Prometheus, unreleased KKUP benefit concert) (13)(12)(11)(9)
14. Spheres - David Parsons (Sounds of the Mothership) (14)(13)(12)(10)
15. Returning Conscious - Robert Carty (Natural Wonder, The Mystic Choice) (16)(15)(14)(12)
16. Kulu Days - David Parsons (Dhauladhar Dreaming, unreleased) (39)(---)(---)(---)
17. Awakening the Light Body - Michael Hammer (Music for Awakening the Light Body) (15)(14)(----)(---)
18. Maha Puja - David Parsons (Yatra) (18)(17)(15)(14)
19. Dawa Gompa - David Parsons (Parikrama) (17)(16)(19)(----)
20. On the Other Side of Twilight - Robert Rich (Numena) (19)(18)(16)(15)
21. The Gateway - Robert Carty (Gateway) (22)(19)(21)(----)
22. Gangotri - David Parsons (Tibetan Plateau) (21)(20)(18)(19)
23. Merging with Bliss - Michael Hammer (Merging with Bliss) (29)(---)(---)(---)
24. Lighting the Sacred Tree - Michael Hammer (Music for Ascension) (20)(22)(---)(----)
25. A Point of No Return - Robert Rich/B. Lustmord (Stalker) (23)(21)(20)(20)
26. Sea of Bliss - Don Slepian (Sea of Bliss) (24)(25)(26)(30)
27. Monsoon - Thom Brennan (Mountains) (25)(27)(28)(26)
28. The Triumph - Stephen Van Handel (Pearls of the Soul) (28)(---)(---)(---)
29. Sarangi Saron - David Parsons (Ngaio Gamelan) (34)(23)(23)(23)
30. Angel Play - Iasos (Angelic Music/Interdimensional Music) (26)(24)(25)(21)
31. Crystal Lake - Klaus Schulze (Mirage) (27)(26)(27)(25)
32. Mrs. Soffel - Mark Isham (Film Music) (30)(29)(30)(27)
33. Heart of the Flower - John Robert Krause (Heart of the Flower) (31)(30)(29)(29)
34. Tantra - David Parsons (Dorje Ling) (35)(32)(32)(32)
35. Altus - Steve Roach (The Magnificent Void) (32)(28)(22)(24)
36. Darkness to Light - Robert Carty (Darklight) (33)(33)(17)(18)
37. Reaching Deep - Robert Carty (Horizons Call, The Mystic Choice) (41)(38)(35)(33)
38. The Lady of Shalott - Loreena McKennitt (The Visit) (36)(35)(34)(31)
39. Piercing the Blue - Robert Carty (Ethereal Deserts) (37)(---)(---)(---)
40. Life Presence - Robert Carty (Ethereal Deserts) (38)(---)(---)(---)
41. Drilbu Ling - David Parsons (Musique Mechanique) (40)(37)(38)(36)
42. The Magnificent Void - Steve Roach (The Magnificent Void) (42)(36)(----)(45)
43. The Velocity of Love - Suzanne Ciani (The Velocity of Love) (43)(44)(46)(43)
44. Devourer of Worlds - David Parsons (Parikrama) (44)(31)(31)(22)
45. Within the Mystic - Steve Roach (Mystic Chords and Sacred Spaces) (53)(---)(---)(---)
46. An Ending Ascent - Brian Eno (Apollo) (47)(41)(39)(38)
47. Jewel - Michael Stearns (Jewel) (45)(34)(33)(28)
48. After I Said Goodnight - Kevin Braheny (Lullaby for the Hearts of Space) (48)(42)(40)(39)
49. Bhagwan - Paul Greaver (Joy) (49)(43)(43)(40)
50. Himalaya - David Parsons (Himalaya) (50)(---)(---)(---)
51. From Inside the Cyclone - Hemisphere (From Inside the Cyclone) (52)(46)(48)(48)
52. Looking for Safety - Steve Roach (Dreamtime Return) (57)(48)(45)(42)
53. Electric Night - George Wallace (Communion) (54)(45)(47)(47)
54. Sunrise at 20 Miles High - Ojas/Steve McLinn (Lotussongs 2) (55)(40)(37)(35)
55. Truth in Passing - Steve Roach (Dreamtime Return) (56)(47)(44)(41)
56. Soundscape - Ojas/Steve McLinn (Lotussongs 2) (59)(49)(50)(50)
57. Ibn Sina - Robert Rich (Seven Veils) (60)(50)(49)(49)
58. Thom - David Parsons (Atma Yatra, unreleased) (51)(---)(---)(---)
59. Emanations - Robert Carty (Nagual Heart, The Mystic Choice) (---)(---)(42)(34)
60. Goin' Bye Bye - Robert Carty (Mount Meru) (---)(---)(---)(---)
A few also-rans and climbers; not ranked
*top contenders
David Battenfield - Sonic Ghazal (Miditation 2)
*Richard Bone - Astrea (The Spectral Ships)
*Thom Brennan - Pond Life (Mist)
*Thom Brennan - Satori (Satori)
Brian Caldwell - Energy Ecstacy (Harmonic Planet)
*Robert Carty - Bouncing, Blinking Lightballs (Mount Meru)
Robert Carty - Electric Skies (Ethereal Deserts)
Robert Carty - Stories of Ancient Winds (Ethereal Deserts)
Robert Carty - Enhancing An Interval (Tonalities)
*Robert Carty - Lightpulse (Life Rhythms, The Mystic Choice) (46)(39)(24)(17)
Robert Carty - Sensory Link (Darklight) (---)(---)(---)(44)
Robert Carty - Ascending Love (High Meditations, The Mystic Choice)
Robert Carty - Awakening with You (The Living)
*Robert Carty - The Living Universe (The Living)
Robert Carty - Heart Waves (Spectrums, The Mystic Choice)
*Robert Carty - Spirit Stalker (Nagual Heart)
Robert Carty - Water Memories (Dreaming Earth, Water Memories)
*Suzanne Ciani - I Believe in Love (Pianissimo III)
*Danna and Clement - Lydian Lights (A Gradual Awakening)
Glenn Deardorff - Primordial Mariner (Primordial Mariner)
Constance Demby - Sunborne (Sunborne, Light of This World)
Foreign Spaces - Spheric Architecture (Phaeton)
*Michael Genest - Contact From the Pleiades (Harmonic 33)
Jeff Greinke - One September (Wide View)
*Michael Hammer - Merging with Infinity (Music for Awakening the Light Body)
Michael Hammer - Waves of Light (Music for Awakening the Light Body)
*Michael Hammer - Receiving the Dispensation - (Gifts of the Archangels) (---)(---)(36)(37)
Michael Hammer - Gifts of the Archangels (Gifts of the Archangels)
Michael Hammer - Music for Ascension volume 1-- all 6 tracks
*Michael Hammer - Balancing the Planetary Merkabah (Music for Ascension vol.2)
Michael Hammer - Formation of the Merkobah (Music for Ascension vol.2, tape version)
*Michael Hammer - Spinning the DNA (Music for Ascension vol.3)
*Michael Hammer - Heaven of Joy (Merging with Bliss)
Michael Hammer - Precious Moment (Music Sampler, Precious Moment Precious Truth)
*Heavenly Music Corporation - In a Garden of Eden (In a Garden of Eden) (---)(---)(---)(46)
Hemisphere - Aliens (Early Reflection)
Hemisphere - Points 3,5,7,9 (Attachment X)
*Steve Hillage - Forever Rainbow (Rainbow Dome Music)
*James Johnson - Samadhi (Echoes)
James Johnson - She Will Shift You (Surrender)
*Loreena McKennitt - All Souls Night (The Visit)
*Numina - An Imposing Presence (Evolving Visions)
Numina - Elsewhere and Here (The Haunting Silence)
*Vidna Obmana - Torch of Remembrance (Twilight of Perception)
Oophoi - Aluk (The Sacred Chant) (The Spirals of Time)
David Parsons - Beyond the Gopuram (Atma Yatra)
David Parsons - In Praise of the Forest Deva (Atma Yatra)
David Parsons - Purana Qila (Dhauladhar Dreaming)
David Parsons - 1st Island (Inner Places)
*David Parsons - 3rd Island (Inner Places) (58)(---)(---)(---)
*David Parsons - Varuna Deva (Himalaya)
David Parsons - They Come (Shaman)
David Parsons - Lahaul Valley (Dorje Ling)
David Parsons - Under the Bodhi Tree (Maitreya the Future Buddha)
*David Parsons - Shambhala (Maitreya the Future Buddha)
David Parsons - Ago (Tracks Across the Universe)
Giles Reaves - Sea of Glass (Sea of Glass)
Markus Reuter - Hold (The Longest in Terms of Being)
Markus Reuter - Last Things (Older Than God)
Robert Rich - Antalieh (Temple of the Invisible)
Robert Rich - Inner Landscapes, Parts 1 and 8 (Inner Landscapes)
Steve Roach - Soul Light (Texture Maps)
*Steve Roach - Where Souls Roam (Worlds Edge)
*Steve Roach - The Eternal Expanse (The Ambient Expanse)
Steve Roach - The Dreamer Descends (Day Out of Time)
Stephanie Sante - Gentle Speaks the Heart (Inner Beauty)
Klaus Schulze - Hitchcock Suite - (Jubilee Edition)
Klaus Schulze - Nuff Said (Jubilee Edition)
Jonn Serrie - The Auran Vector - (Planetary Chronicles I)
Michael Stearns - Ancient Leaves (Ancient Leaves)
Michael Stearns - Tropical Rain Forest (Sacred Site)
Suspended Memories - Saguaro (Forgotten Gods)
Tangerine Dream - Zeit (Zeit)
Jeffrey S. Thompson - Insight (pt.2) (Theta Meditation System)
Jeffrey S. Thompson - Renewal (pt.2) (Theta Meditation System) (---)(---)(41)(---)
Stephen Van Handel - Adagio (Chiaroscuro)
Stephen Van Handel - Chiaroscuro (Chiaroscuro)
Stephen Van Handel - Appassionata (Pieces pour le Nouveau Monde)
Stephen Van Handel - Dream Sequence (Pieces pour le Nouveau Monde)
Vir Unis - Currents Beneath the Silence (The Drift Inside)
Vir Unis - Flying Dream (Aeonian Glow)
Other favorite tracks are listed among my
favorite albums listings
and check back as I add -- or delete -- climbers and runners up to this list!
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