{"id":2640,"date":"2012-11-12T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T23:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2012-11-12T18:18:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T23:18:16","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-323-new-age-musik-zur-ruhe-vol-6-licht-flying-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/11\/12\/my-musical-evolution-part-323-new-age-musik-zur-ruhe-vol-6-licht-flying-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 323 New Age Musik Zur Ruhe Vol 6. Licht Flying Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Musik<\/a>My quest for more New Age <\/em>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.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0is one of 10 volumes in a series called Musik Zur Ruhe<\/em> or Music For Meditation.<\/p>\n

I know now that this is basically a repackaging of\u00a0 excerpts from Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene & Equinoxe<\/em> compositions.\u00a0 <\/em>Back then, it was just this really cool blend of electronic music, space age sounds and a celestial backdrop of ambience.<\/p>\n

Was my obsession with Ilhan Mimaroglu’s Agony<\/em> what laid the groundwork for my love of New Age? Licht<\/em> was kind of like a mix of Deep Breakfast, Agony <\/em>and Switched-On Bach<\/em>. I was heavily into painting at the time and I would cycle this album over and over again as I painted.<\/p>\n

Licht <\/em>was also the entry point of a Quest<\/em> 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.\u00a0 The art work on the covers is a 10 piece puzzle.<\/p>\n

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Oxygene – <\/em>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!
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