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Spring rain on a moonlit pond; haunting forest flutes and lush synthesizers; a breeze rustling across a sunny wheat field. New Wave music evokes the soothing sounds of nature and structures them into deep soundscapes that listeners can easily close their eyes and get lost in. Often produced with the aid of computers, New Age music’s defining characteristics include simple melodies, long songs, sampling acoustic instruments and nature sounds like whale song or Amazon birds and avoiding outright dance music rhythms. The gentle quality of New Age work lends itself perfectly to meditation, yoga or other situations that benefit from a soothing ambience. New Age is also heavily influenced by ethnic and world music, often employing tribal rhythms and sounds rarely found in Western music like the Australian Aborigine didgeridoo, Gregorian Chanting or the Chinese Koto. New Age music often deals with spiritual themes like the cosmos, dreams and spiritual quests. Since the definition of the genre is part thematic and part technical, labeling New Age music can be difficult—even more so since a few prominent artists like the enigmatic Irish chanteuse Enya and 70’s icons Tangerine Dream, who are popularly considered New Age, have gone on record stating that they are not. New Age also owes a debt to electronic music pioneers like Raymond Scott and production guru Brian Eno. Popular New Age artists today include Jean-Michel Jarre, Popol Vuh, Kitaro, Vangelis and Klaus Shculze. We all know that it’s a busy, stressful world out there—sometimes you just need to check out and take a sonic trip to somewhere soothing. Your sanity will thank you.
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