Scene and heard: The new wave of new age

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guardian.co.uk - 24 days ago

Scene and heard: The new wave of new age

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Forget music so diluted it could double up as a homeopathic remedy, the current wave of new age artists are exploring strange new sonic landscapes The term "new age music" originally referred to the meditative, spiritually minded wing of mid-1970s ambient, progressive rock and classical ...

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Savage band alert - Emeralds.Perfect for 'chillaxing' (bleeurgh) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/oct/26/new-wave-new-age 3 days ago

@codigoverde la nueva onda de la nueva onda http://bit.ly/1Sf9Vl 27 days ago

We are living a kind of new wave of the new age: http://bit.ly/1Sf9Vl 27 days ago

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undomondo — ... worst qualities became more apparent. Padded out with blandly exotic world-music influences and Gregorian chants, compilations with titles like The Most Relaxing New Age Music In The Universe were stocked alongside the energy crystals and Wiccan paraphernalia in your local health food shop. Indeed, most new age music seems to follow the formula of homeopathic medicine; it’s so diluted to the extent it’s virtually impossible to find the good bits. @louispattison for Guardian Here’s what Boomkat writes about Emeralds’ self-titled ...