Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Rieg ‎– Music For Wind (cassette, Mirage, 1980)


Here's the only other cassette published by Rieg. See here also

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

David Parsons ‎– Tibetan Plateau (cassette, Fortuna Records, 1983)


David Parsons is a New Zealand new age/ambient composer who began composing music in the 1960s; often with a darker edge than that of his contemporaries. In 1989, Parsons began recording an extensive series of indigenous music sound documents in Egypt, Cambodia, Armenia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Himalayas and other exotic locales. He continues to record and compose music in New Zealand (or Middle Earth, as he calls it).


Sunday, April 2, 2017

Banco De Gaia ‎– Medium (cassette, World bank, 1992)


Banco De Gaia began as a solo project of Toby Marks producing a variety of dance and chill-out music often featuring tribal samples. After several tape-only albums, Banco was signed to Planet Dog where he received much wider recognition. Banco expanded into a band in 1997 and later set up the Disco Gecko label.