Various - Ambient 4: Isolationism


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Label: Virgin, Virgin
Catalog#: AMBT 4, 7243 8 39810 2 1
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country:UK
Released:1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Noise, Experimental, Minimal, Ambient
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Rating: 4.12/5 (60 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1-01 KK Null* / Jim Plotkin* Lost (Held Under) (7:45)
    Remix - James Plotkin
  Written-By, Producer - Plotkin* , Null*
1-02 Jim O'Rourke Flat Without A Back (4:47)
    Written-By, Producer - O'Rourke*
1-03 Ice The Dredger (6:36)
    Written-By, Producer - Ice
1-04 Raoul Björkenheim Strangers (4:42)
    Producer - Veli-Pekka Heinonen
  Written-By - Björkenheim*
1-05 :Zoviet*France:* Daisy Gun (7:38)
    Written-By, Producer - :zoviet*france:*
1-06 Labradford Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer (3:22)
    Written-By, Producer - Labradford
1-07 Techno Animal Self Strangulation (6:04)
    Written-By, Producer - Techno Animal
1-08 Paul Schütze Hallucinations (In Memory Of Reinaldo Arenas) (8:17)
    Written-By, Producer - Paul Schütze
1-09 Scorn Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water Mix) (5:25)
    Performer - Mick Harris , Nik Bullen
  Producer - Scorn
  Written-By - MJ Harris* , NJ Bullen*
1-10 Disco Inferno Lost In Fog (5:02)
    Producer - John Coxon
  Written-By - Disco Inferno
1-11 Total (2) Six (5:34)
    Performer, Written-By, Producer - Matthew Bower
1-12 Nijiumu Once Again I Cast Myself Into The Flames Of Atonement (9:11)
    Performer, Written-By, Producer - Keiji Haino
2-01 Aphex Twin Aphex Airlines (6:17)
    Producer, Written-By - Richard D. James
2-02 AMM Vandoevre (7:28)
    Performer - Eddie Prévost , John Tilbury , Keith Rowe , Rohan de Saram
  Written-By - Prevost* , Tilbury* , Rowe* , De Saram*
2-03 Seefeel Lief (6:07)
    Written-By, Producer - Seefeel
2-04 'O'Rang* Little Sister (6:59)
    Written-By, Producer - Harris* , Webb*
2-05 E.A.R.* Hydroponic (6:18)
    Producer - Sonic Boom (2)
  Written-By - E.A.R.*
2-06 Sufi Desert Flower (6:23)
    Written-By, Producer - Rudy Tambala
2-07 David Toop / Max Eastley Burial Rites (Phosphorescent Mix) (5:59)
    Written-By, Producer - Toop* , Eastley*
2-08 Main Crater Scar (Adrenochrome) (6:09)
    Remix - Robert Hampson
  Written-By, Producer - Main
2-09 Final Hide (7:27)
    Performer - Justin Broadrick*
  Written-By, Producer - J.K. Broadrick*
2-10 Lull Thoughts (8:02)
    Performer - Mick Harris
  Written-By, Producer - MJ Harris*
2-11 Thomas Köner Kanon (Part One: Brohuk) (10:36)
    Written-By, Producer - Köner*
User Reviews:
Ashley_Pomeroy, Oct 23, 2005

This was the fourth and last in Virgin Records zeitgeist-capturing ambient compilation album series. Whereas the previous three double-CD sets were drawn exclusively from Virgins back catalogue - albeit that Virgin could draw on Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, the Future Sound of London etc - this album was drawn from all over the place and even contained a number of original tracks, some of which are still quite rare ("Aphex Airlines", for example). Its a commendably out-there compilation, with Disco Inferno, Zoviet*France, Total, ORang and a number of other acts who had been lumped in with the ambient boom (this was just before the terms "illbient" and "post-rock" had been invented). Its my favourite of the four compilations and makes for excellent Doom background music.

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