A Brief History of Ambient

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A Brief History of Ambient
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	1993
Genre	Ambient
Label	Virgin Records

A Brief History of Ambient is a 1993 compilation album released on the Virgin Records label, as part of their Ambient series. The album was issued as a double CD, and was compiled by Simon Hopkins.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD 1

1. Harold Budd: "Flowered Knife Shadows"
2. Tangerine Dream: "Thru Metamorphic Rock (Edit)"
3. Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: "Evening Star"
4. Amorphous Androgynous: "Mountain Goat"
5. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: "Sea Of Vapours"
6. Hawkwind: "The Forge Of Vulcan"
7. Killing Joke: "Requiem (A Floating Leaf Always Reaches The Sea Dub Mix)"
8. Brian Eno: "An Ending (Ascent)" (co-produced by Daniel Lanois)
9. Richard Horowitz: "Marnia's Tent"
10. Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri: "Rapido De Noir"
11. Ashra: "Kazoo"
12. Harold Budd & Brian Eno: "Their Memories"
13. The Grid: "Leave Your Body"
14. Christopher Franke: "Electric Becomes Eclectic"

[edit] CD 2

1. Tangerine Dream: "Phaedra (Edit)"
2. Jon Hassell & Brian Eno: "Delta Rain Dream"
3. William Orbit: "The Monkey King"
4. Gong: "Castle In The Clouds"
5. Hawkwind: "Lifeform"
6. Laraaji: "The Dance #2"
7. Sheila Chandra: "Sacred Stones"
8. Michael Brook: "Earth Floor"
9. Faust: "Läuft...Heisst Das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Läuft"
10. Jon Hassell: "Gift Of Fire"
11. Material: "The End Of Words"
12. Edgar Froese: "Panorphelia"
13. Roger Eno: "Voices"
14. Holger Czukay: "Träum Mal Weider"
15. David Sylvian: "Home"