This is THE all-time great chillout tune. There are several chillout mixes of this Ibiza classic. I think this is the best one. Perfect for grabbing a cold one and watching the sun go down.
From the 1979 album 'Force Majeure'. This track defines the meeting between TD's amorphous 70s sound and their more structured 80s sound. Probably their best-known track and arguably the best-loved by their fans. It has also been very influential on up-and-coming musicians in the electronic music genre.
From the 1975 album 'Heaven And Hell'. On the original pressings of the LP, this track was titled 'Symphony To The Powers B, Movement 3'. On later issues of the LP, and on the CD releases, the entire album was retitled, to just Heaven & Hell Parts One and Two. Many people know it simply as 'The Theme from Cosmos', after Carl Sagan selected it as the main theme for his groundbreaking TV series.
From the soundtrack of the 1982 hit movie Blade Runner. Although Vangelis won an Academy Award for his score for the movie 'Chariots of Fire', many of his fans think the score for Blade Runner was better. The images are some of my favourite actresses, past and present.
A track from the 1981 soundtrack album to the movie 'Thief', directed by Michael Mann. Most TD fans consider this album, along with 'Scorcerer' and 'Miracle Mile', to be the band's finest soundtrack music.
Taken from the 1974 breakthrough album Phaedra. Releasing this album on Richard Branson's fledgling Virgin label enabled TD to reach a far wider audience than previously, giving them their first major hit album. The images are paintings by Salvador Dali, who Edgar Froese studied under during the sixties. The video transitions are not quite as smooth as I'd hoped.
From the score of the seminal 1982 movie 'Koyaanisqatsi', directed by Godfrey Reggio. This piece was not included on the original movie-soundtrack album (1983), but was included when Glass released an extended album of the movie's score in 1998. The image montage is my own, but I've tried to keep it faithful to the segment of the movie the track was used for.
This is a tribute to Joe Zawinul, one of the giants of modern jazz keyboards, who sadly died on 11th September 2007, aged 75. This is probably his most famous composition, which was featured on Weather Report's seminal 1977 album 'Heavy Weather'. Goodbye Joe, your music lives on......
Orbit is best known to most people as a producer and remixer who has worked with such artists as U2, Madonna, Blur, Sugababes, etc. However, he is also a recording artist/multi-instrum entalist himself, having released several albums of electronic/ambient music. This is one of his more upbeat numbers, from the 1993 album 'Strange Cargo 3'
Chillout with an Eastern vibe. This is a remix of a track that originally appeared on his debut album 'OK'. The full subtitle of this track is "Kid Loco's Once Upon A Time In The East Mix". Images are of India, celebrating 60 years of independence in 2007.
This was the encore track from the live album Logos, recorded at the Dominion theatre, London on 6th November 1982. The images are a tribute to the band and it's various members over the years.
Short track from the group's 1977 album 'Heavy Weather', featuring the sublime talents of Jaco Pastorius, probably the greatest-ever bass player. Images are of the J-man himself. My vid for the track Harlequin, from the same album, refuses to appear in general searches no matter what I try. To find it, use the search string Weather Report Harlequin.
This track, from the 1978 album 'Pyramid', is another of the great instrumental tracks that Parsons always included on the Project albums. The title of this track always made me think that they were putting forward the idea of pyramids being the portals to other dimensions, years before the movie and TV series Stargate took up the idea and expanded it.
Another track, like 'An Ending' that was recorded by Eno in 1983 for the NASA movie 'For All Mankind'. Released by Eno on the album 'Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks'. Images are of forests.
