My quest for more New Age music had me scouring the racks at Musicland week after week. I simply could not get enough of it. I feel very fortunate to have been able to random chance my way into some really good CD’s.
Without the benefit of the internet or any friends that were on a similar journey, it really was just luck of the draw. Luckily for me, as the 1980’s gave way to the 1990’s I picked up this album. Licht – Flying Clouds is one of 10 volumes in a series called Musik Zur Ruhe or Music For Meditation.
I know now that this is basically a repackaging of excerpts from Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene & Equinoxe compositions. Back then, it was just this really cool blend of electronic music, space age sounds and a celestial backdrop of ambience.
Was my obsession with Ilhan Mimaroglu’s Agony what laid the groundwork for my love of New Age? Licht was kind of like a mix of Deep Breakfast, Agony and Switched-On Bach. I was heavily into painting at the time and I would cycle this album over and over again as I painted.
Licht was also the entry point of a Quest that I’ve been on for nearly 25 years. The Quest to acquire all 10 volumes of the series. It is a lot harder that you would expect even with the benefit of the internet. Up until just last year, I only owned two of the 10. It is an out of print and hard to find collection. I’ve been able to get my hands on 6 so far. The art work on the covers is a 10 piece puzzle.
Oxygene – The version depicted is not the exact same as presented on Licht but I couldn’t find all the parts together in any other way. Get your 3-D glasses!
EquinoxeThe version depicted is not the exact same as presented on Licht but I couldn’t find all the parts together in any other way