My love for New Age music pointed me towards Pure Moods. Although I wouldn’t really consider this stuff New Age, it shares a lot of the qualities that I find attractive. I think Pure Moods might even be the album that opened me up to more Easy Listening music.
This album has a good dose of electronic elements combined with native American and other world music aspects. The disco version of The X-Files Theme is also a winner. Now that I mention it, I’m not so sure that The X-Files Theme wasn’t the root of this purchase. Of course now that I’ve listened to this album so many times and discovered the other gems here, The X-Files Theme seems almost insignificant. In fact, I forgot that it was included here until I started playing the album.
Like other soundtracks and compilation albums, Pure Moods provided a good opportunity to explore other music by the artists included here. My Deep Forest Cd is a direct result of Pure Moods as is some of the other Jean Michel Jarre stuff I own.
I’m sure that I’ve mentioned it numerous times before but I’m really curious about attraction. What makes us like the stuff we like? Why do I love up tempo electronic instrumental music so much? What areas of my brain are activated by it. So many people tell me that New Age music puts them to sleep. It is just the opposite for me. I feel awake, focused and energized. Great stuff for work or long road trips.
Enigma – Return To Innocence
Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 4
DJ Dado & R. Gallo Salsotto – The X-Files Theme
Enigma – Sadeness Part 1
Adiemus – Adiemus
Jan Hammer -Crockett’s Theme
Sacred Spirits – Yeha-Noha
Mark Isham – My Wife With Champagne Shoulders
Candy Dulfer & Dave Stewart – Lily Was Here