Mike Oldfield

 

Artist:  Mike Oldfield
Birth Name:  Michael Gordon Oldfield
Born:  May 15, 1953.  Reading, Berkshire, England
Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Piano, Percussion, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Mandolin, Vocals, Harp, Vibraphone, Drums, Bells, Tubular

Mike Oldfield is an English Musician, and Composer from Reading, Berkshire, England.  His music style bends Progressive Rock with Classical, Electronic, Ambient, Folk, World and New Age.  His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells.  He also recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow".

Title:  Tubular Bells 2003 (2025) 

Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk

Label:  Warner Music

Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Part One:

 1.  Introduction (5:51)

 2.  Fast Guitars (1:04)

 3.  Basses (0:45)

 4.  Latin (2:18)

 5.  A Minor Tune (1:21)

 6.  Blues (2:40)

 7.  Thrash (0:44)

 8.  Jazz (0:48)

 9.  Ghost Bells (0:30)

10 Russian (0:44)

11. Finale (8:35)

Part Two:

 1.  Harmonics (5:21)

 2.  Peace (3:22)

 3.  Bagpipe Guitars (3:07)

 4.  Caveman (4:33)

 5.  Ambient Guitars (5:09)

 6.  The Sailor's Hornpipe (1:39)

Personnel:

Mike Oldfield:  Steinway Grand Piano, Glockenspiel, Farfisa Organ, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Lowrey Organ, Mandolin, Percusssion, Flageolet, Honky Tonk Piano, Tubular Bells, Concert Tympani, Hammond Organ, Spanish Guitar, Vocals

John Cleese: Master Of Ceremonies

Bally Oldfield:  Background Vocals

Tubular Bells 2003 is athe 22th studio album by Mike Oldfield, originally released in 2003 by Warner Music, remastered and reissued on May 23, 2025 by Warner Music.  For Music Collectors.

Mike Oldfield

 

Artist:  Mike Oldfield
Birth Name:  Michael Gordon Oldfield
Born:  May 15, 1953.  Reading, Berkshire, England
Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Piano, Percussion, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Mandolin, Vocals, Harp, Vibraphone, Drums, Bells, Tubular

Mike Oldfield is an English Musician, and Composer from Reading, Berkshire, England.  His music style bends Progressive Rock with Classical, Electronic, Ambient, Folk, World and New Age.  His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells.  He also recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow".

Title:  Tubular Bells (50th Anniversary Celebration) (2023)

Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk

Label:  Universal Music Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Tubular Bells Part One (25:29)

 2.  Tubular Bells Part Two (23:21)

 3.  Tubular Bells 4 Intro 2017 Demo (8:33)

 4.  Tubular Bells/In Dulci Jubilo - Music For The Opening (11:24)

 5.  Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield & York Remix) (9:49)

Personnel:

Mike Oldfield:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Lowrey Organ, Mandolin, Grand Piano, Glockenspiel

Mundy Ellis, Sally Oldfield:  Chorus

Vivian Stanshall:  Voice (Master Of Ceremonies) on Track 1

Lindsay Copper:  Double Bass (String Bass) on Track 1

John Field:  Flute on Track 1

Nasal Choir:  Chorus on Track 1

Manor Choir:  Chorus (Bootleg) on Track 2

Steve Broughton:  Drums on Track 2

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side 1:

 1.  Tubular Bells Part One 

Side 2:

 2.  Tubular Bells Part Two 

LP 2:

Side 1:

 1.  Tubular Bells 4 Intro 2017 Demo 

 2.  Tubular Bells/In Dulci Jubilo - Music For The Opening 

Side 2:

 1.  Tubular X

 2.  Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield & York Remix)

  3.  Mike Oldfield's Single - Theme From Tubular Bells

Personnel:

Mike Oldfield:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Lowrey Organ, Mandolin

Vivian Stanshall:  Voice (Master Of Ceremonies) on Track 1

Lindsay Copper:  Double Bass (String Bass) on Track 1

Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by Mike Oldfield, originally released on May 25, 1973 by Virgin Records, remastered and reissued on May 26, 2023 by Universal Music Recordings for 50th Anniversary Celebration, including the never before released "Tubular Bells 4 Intro".

Jean-Michel Jarre

 

Artist:  Jean-Michel Jarre 

Birth Name:  Jean-Michel Andre Jarre

Born:  August 24, 1948.  Lyon, France

Genre:  Ambient, New Age, Electronic Trance,  Progressive Rock, Techno, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, Adult Alternative, Mixed Media, Club, Dance

Occupation:  Composer, Record Producer

Instruments:  Synthesizer, Piano, Organ, Laser Harp, Accordion, Guitar, Bass, Theremin, Keytar

Jean-Michel Jarre is a French Composer, and Record Producer.  He is a pioneer in the Electronic, Ambient, and New Age Genres.  His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygene,  the album sold an estimated 18 million copies.  As of 2004, he had sold an estimated 60 million albums and singles.  He was the first Western musician officially invited to perform in the People's Republic Of China and hold the. world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event for his Moscow concert on September 6, 1997, wich was attended by 3.5 million people.

Title:  The Concert In China (40th Anniversary Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Ambient, New Age, Electronic Trance,  Progressive Rock, Techno, Avant-Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, Adult Alternative, Mixed Media, Club, Dance

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  The Overture (4:47)

 2.  Arpegiator (6:51)

 3.  Equinoxe 4 (7:39)

 4.  Fishing Junks At Sunset (9:35)

 5.  Band In The Rain (1:23)

 6.  Equinoxe 7 (9:52)

Disc 2:

 1.  Orient Express (4:21)

 2.  Magnetic Fields 1 (0:28)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 3 (3:48)

 4.  Magnetic Fields 4 (6:43)

 5.  Laser Harp (3:26)

 6.  Night In Shanghai (7:02)

 7.  The Last Rhumba (2:03)

 8.  Magnetic Fields 2 (6:19)

 9.  Souvenir Of China (4:00)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  The Overture (4:47)

 2.  Arpegiator (6:51)

 3.  Equinoxe 4 (7:39)

Side B:

 1.  Fishing Junks At Sunset (9:35)

 2.  Band In The Rain (1:23)

 3.  Equinoxe 7 (9:52)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Orient Express (4:21)

 2.  Magnetic Fields 1 (0:28)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 3 (3:48)

 4.  Magnetic Fields 4 (6:43)

 5.  Laser Harp (3:26)

Side D:

 1.  Night In Shanghai (7:02)

 2.  The Last Rhumba (2:03)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 2 (6:19)

 4.  Souvenir Of China (4:00)

Personnel:

Jean-Michel Jarre:  Fairlight CMI, Eminent, Oberheim )B-Xa,Moog Taurus, EMS Synthi AKS, EMS VCS 3, Linn LM-1, Eletro-Harmonix Micro, Synthesizer, Laser Harp, Elka X-705

Frederick Roussea:  MCB Polysequencer, RSF Kobol, Yamaha CS-60, Korg Rhythm, ARP 2600

Dominique Perrier:  Moog Liberation, Sequential Circuits Propphet-5, Eminent, Korg Polyphonique, RSF Kobol

Roger Rizzitelli:  Eletronic, Percussion, Simmons Electronic Drum

Additional Musicians:

Pierre Mourey:  Musican Instrument Coordinator

Peking Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra:  Chinese Orchestra on "Fishing Junks At Sunset"

Huang Feili:  Orchestra Conductor on "Fishing Junks At Sunset"

The Concert In China is a live album by Jean-Michel Jarre, originally released on May 1982 by Disques Dreyfus, remastered and reissued on November 29, 2022 by Sony Music.  40th Anniversary in 2 CD and 2 LP, including Unpublished Collector's Booklet.

Machine Mass

Artist:  Machine Mass
Origin:  UK/Belgium
Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Rock, Electric Jazz, Jazz Fusion, World Fusion, Experimental

Original line-up:

Michel Delville:  Guitar
Antoine Guenet:  Keyboards
Anthony Bianco:  Drums

Machine Mass is a British-Belgian Improvising Electric  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz Rock Trio Band, formed in 2010 by Antoine Guenet (Keyboards Ex The Wrong Object, Sh.TG.N.. Univers Zero), Michel Delville (Guitar Ex The Wrong Object, douBt, Alex Maguire Sextet), and Anthony Bianco (Drums Ex douBt, Elton Dean, Dave Liebman).

Title:  Plays Hendrix  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Rock, Electric Jazz, Jazz Fusion, World Fusion, Experimental
Label:  MoonJune Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Third Stone From The Sun  (7:54)
 2.  Purple Haze  (5:48)
 3.  Little Wing  (8:32)
 4.  Spanish Castle Magic  (6:45)
 5.  Fire  (6:21)
 6.  Voodoo Chile  (6:57)
 7.  Burning Of The Midnight Lamp  (3:24)
 8.  You Got Me Floatin'  (10:58)
 9.  The Wind Cries Mary  (2:51)

Personnel:

Michel Delville:  Guitar, Roland GR09, Loops, Stylophone, Electronic, Samples
Antoine Guenet:  Keyboards, Synthesizer, Acoustic Piano
Anthony Bianco:  Drums, Percussion

Plays Hendrix is the third studio album by Machine Mass, was released on September 15, 2017 by Moonjune Records.  For Fans of Psychedelic Rock and Progressive Jazz!.

Mike Oldfield

Artist:  Mike Oldfield
Birth Name:  Michael Gordon Oldfield
Born:  May 15, 1953.  Reading, Berkshire, England
Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments:  Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Piano, Percussion, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Mandolin, Vocals, Harp, Vibraphone, Drums, Bells, Tubular

Mike Oldfield is an English Musician, and Composer from Reading, Berkshire, England.  His music style bends Progressive Rock with Classical, Electronic, Ambient, Folk, World and New Age.  His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells.  He also recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow".

Title:  Return To Ommadawn  (2017)
Genre:  New Age, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Art Rock, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, World, Pop, Folk
Label:  Virgin EMI
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Return To Ommadawn (Part One)  (21:10)
 2.  Return To Ommadawn (Part Two)  (20:57)

Personnel:

All Instruments played by Mike Oldfield

Return To Ommadawn is the twenty-sixth studio album by Mike Oldfield, was released on January 20, 2017 by Virgin EMI.  All Instruments played by Mike Oldfield.

Enigma

Artist:  Enigma
Origin:  Germany
Genre:  New Age, Ambient, Electronica, Experimental, Worldbeat, Downtempo, Neo-Classical, Ethnic Fusion, Club Dance, Synthpop, Pop

Original line-up:

Michael Cretu:  Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Production, Arrangements, Programming, Engineering

Sandra Cretu:  Vocals
David Fairstein:  Lyrics
Louisa Stanley:  Vocals
Frank Peterson:  Samples

Enigma is a German Music Project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German Musician and Producer Michael Cretu, of the idea of a New Age and Worldbeat Project.  He recorded the first Enigma studio album, MCMXC a.D. (1990), with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson.  The remains Enigma's biggest, helped by the international hit single "Sadeness (Part I), which sold 12 million units alone.  Enigma has sold over 70 million records worldwide, reached 60 No. 1 songs at the charts around the world and achieved over 100 Gold and Platinum Certificates.  The Project has also received 3 Grammy nominations and is one of the best-selling musical act of all time.

Title:  The Fall Of A Rebel Angel (2016)
Genre:  New Age, Ambient, Electronica, Experimental, Worldbeat, Downtempo, Neo-Classical, Ethnic Fusion, Club Dance, Synthpop, Pop
Label:  Island Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Circle Eight (feat. Nanuk) (2:18)
 2.  The Omega Point  (5:39)
 3.  Diving  (2:52)
 4.  The Die Is Cast (feat. Mark Josher)  (4:17)
 5.  Mother (feat. Anggun)  (3:38)
 6.  Agnus Dei  (3:58)
 7.  Sadeness (Part II) (feat. Anggun)  (4:09)
 8.  Lost In Nothingness  (3:21)
 9.  Oxygen Red (feat. Anggun)  (4:02)
10. Confession Of The Mind  (3:48)
11. Absolvo  (2:02)
12. Amen (feat. Aquilo)  (4:53)

Personnel:

Michael Cretu:  Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Production, Arrangements, Programming, Engineering

Additional Musicians:

Anggun:  Vocals on Tracks:  5, 7, 9
Aquilo:  Vocals on Track 12
Nanuk:  Vocals on Track 1
Mark Josher:  Vocals on Track 4

The Fall Of A Rebel Angel is the eighth studio album by Enigma, was released on November 11, 2016 by Island Records, featuring Anggun, Aquilo, Nanuk and Mark Josher.  The album reached No. 1 on Billboard US Dance/Electronic Albums Chart.