馃殌 MIKE OLDFIELD [New Age]

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  1. OLDFIELD VERSUS THE ORB➤Sentinel [Orbular Bells]➤Sentinel [Total Overhaul]➤00:00:25
  2. MIKE OLDFIELD➤Return To Ommadawn Pt. I➤Return To Ommadawn➤00:12:54
  3. MIKE OLDFIELD➤Crises➤Crises➤00:34:03
  4. TERRY OLDFIELD FEATURING MIKE OLDFIELD➤Origin➤Journey Into Space➤00:55:01
  5. THE SALLYANGIE➤Children Of The Sun➤Children Of The Sun➤00:59:51
  6. PINK FLOYD➤Atom Heart Mother➤Atom Heart Mother➤01:04:58
  7. MIKE OLDFIELD➤Taurus II➤Five Miles Out➤01:28:35
  8. 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 茅lectronique est paradoxale et profonde, se manifestant non pas par l'adh茅sion 脿 un genre d茅fini, mais par une approche technologique et architecturale de la composition qui a repouss茅 les limites du studio d'enregistrement comme instrument. Son 艙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 superpos茅 des dizaines d'instruments acoustiques et 茅lectriques—dont un Farfisa organ et d'autres claviers primitifs—pour cr茅er une 茅pop茅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 domin茅 par des instruments "organiques", la m茅thode de construction, faite de couches, de boucles et d'orchestration artificielle, a directement inspir茅 des compositeurs 茅lectroniques et ambient. Dans les ann茅es suivantes, Oldfield a pleinement adopt茅 la synth猫se, int茅grant des instruments embl茅matiques de l'茅lectronique comme le Solina String Ensemble et l'ARP 2600 sur des 艙uvres comme Ommadawn et Incantations, utilisant des techniques d'enregistrement 脿 demi-vitesse pour manipuler les timbres et cr茅er des sonorit茅s uniques, souvent per莽ues comme mystiques ou 茅th茅r茅es. Sa capacit茅 脿 fusionner l'authenticit茅 de la guitare acoustique et 茅lectrique virtuose avec les textures naissantes des synth茅tiseurs a jet茅 un pont entre le monde du rock instrumental et celui des paysages sonores 茅lectroniques. En continuant 脿 exp茅rimenter avec les technologies de studio au fil des d茅cennies, de la musique pour jeux vid茅o au new age (pensez 脿 l'ambiance m茅ditative de Hergest Ridge), Oldfield est devenu, malgr茅 lui et souvent sans le revendiquer, une figure clef de la musique ambient, posant les bases des formats instrumentaux longs, atmosph茅riques et cin茅matographiques que l'茅lectronique a ensuite d茅velopp茅s. C'est l'homme qui a fait du studio sa cath茅drale, et en multipliant les pistes et les instruments (souvent lui-m锚me), il a popularis茅 une approche de la composition qui est devenue le c艙ur m锚me de la production musicale assist茅e par ordinateur moderne.



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