🚀 MIKE OLDFIELD [New Age]
- OLDFIELD VERSUS THE ORB➤Sentinel [Orbular Bells]➤Sentinel [Total Overhaul]➤00:00:25
- MIKE OLDFIELD➤Return To Ommadawn Pt. I➤Return To Ommadawn➤00:12:54
- MIKE OLDFIELD➤Crises➤Crises➤00:34:03
- TERRY OLDFIELD FEATURING MIKE OLDFIELD➤Origin➤Journey Into Space➤00:55:01
- THE SALLYANGIE➤Children Of The Sun➤Children Of The Sun➤00:59:51
- PINK FLOYD➤Atom Heart Mother➤Atom Heart Mother➤01:04:58
- MIKE OLDFIELD➤Taurus II➤Five Miles Out➤01:28:35
- MIKE OLDFIELD➤The Wind Chimes [Part 1 And Part 2]➤Islands➤01:53:20
✚ The influence of Mike Oldfield on electronic music is paradoxical and profound, manifesting not through adherence to a defined genre, but through a technological and architectural approach to composition that pushed the boundaries of the recording studio as an instrument. His foundational 1973 work, Tubular Bells, which became the birth certificate of Virgin Records, is a manifesto of multi-track recording: a solitary teenager layered dozens of acoustic and electric instruments—including a Farfisa organ and other primitive keyboards—to create an instrumental epic of progressive rock, proto-ambient, and folk, thus proving the power of the home studio and sound editing. Although the album is dominated by "organic" instruments, the construction method, built on layers, loops, and artificial orchestration, directly inspired electronic and ambient composers. In subsequent years, Oldfield fully embraced synthesis, integrating iconic electronic instruments such as the Solina String Ensemble and the ARP 2600 on works like Ommadawn and Incantations, using half-speed recording techniques to manipulate timbres and create unique sounds, often perceived as mystical or ethereal. His ability to fuse the authenticity of virtuoso acoustic and electric guitar with the nascent textures of synthesizers built a bridge between the world of instrumental rock and that of electronic soundscapes. By continuing to experiment with studio technologies over the decades, from video game music to new age (think of the meditative ambiance of Hergest Ridge), Oldfield became, in spite of himself and often without claiming it, a key figure in ambient music, laying the groundwork for the long, atmospheric, and cinematic instrumental formats that electronic music later developed. He is the man who made the studio his cathedral, and by multiplying tracks and instruments (often himself), he popularized an approach to composition that became the very heart of modern computer-assisted music production.
✚ L'influence de Mike Oldfield sur la musique Ă©lectronique est paradoxale et profonde, se manifestant non pas par l'adhĂ©sion Ă un genre dĂ©fini, mais par une approche technologique et architecturale de la composition qui a repoussĂ© les limites du studio d'enregistrement comme instrument. Son Ĺ“uvre fondatrice de 1973, Tubular Bells, devenue l'acte de naissance de Virgin Records, est un manifeste de l'enregistrement multipiste : un adolescent solitaire y a superposĂ© des dizaines d'instruments acoustiques et Ă©lectriques—dont un Farfisa organ et d'autres claviers primitifs—pour crĂ©er une Ă©popĂ©e instrumentale de rock progressif, proto-ambient et folk, prouvant ainsi la puissance du home studio et du montage sonore. Bien que l'album soit dominĂ© par des instruments "organiques", la mĂ©thode de construction, faite de couches, de boucles et d'orchestration artificielle, a directement inspirĂ© des compositeurs Ă©lectroniques et ambient. Dans les annĂ©es suivantes, Oldfield a pleinement adoptĂ© la synthèse, intĂ©grant des instruments emblĂ©matiques de l'Ă©lectronique comme le Solina String Ensemble et l'ARP 2600 sur des Ĺ“uvres comme Ommadawn et Incantations, utilisant des techniques d'enregistrement Ă demi-vitesse pour manipuler les timbres et crĂ©er des sonoritĂ©s uniques, souvent perçues comme mystiques ou Ă©thĂ©rĂ©es. Sa capacitĂ© Ă fusionner l'authenticitĂ© de la guitare acoustique et Ă©lectrique virtuose avec les textures naissantes des synthĂ©tiseurs a jetĂ© un pont entre le monde du rock instrumental et celui des paysages sonores Ă©lectroniques. En continuant Ă expĂ©rimenter avec les technologies de studio au fil des dĂ©cennies, de la musique pour jeux vidĂ©o au new age (pensez Ă l'ambiance mĂ©ditative de Hergest Ridge), Oldfield est devenu, malgrĂ© lui et souvent sans le revendiquer, une figure clef de la musique ambient, posant les bases des formats instrumentaux longs, atmosphĂ©riques et cinĂ©matographiques que l'Ă©lectronique a ensuite dĂ©veloppĂ©s. C'est l'homme qui a fait du studio sa cathĂ©drale, et en multipliant les pistes et les instruments (souvent lui-mĂŞme), il a popularisĂ© une approche de la composition qui est devenue le cĹ“ur mĂŞme de la production musicale assistĂ©e par ordinateur moderne.
