| In our harried and hectic 21st century
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| | Western music to sounds that complimented
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| lives, New Age music just might be the
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| | the musical environment rather than
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| right antidote for all the craziness that
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| | intruding upon it.
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| seems to surround us every day. New age
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| | In the mid 20th Century, historians say,
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| music offers a magical blend of sounds
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| | the New Age genre was blown wide open by
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| that reach deep into the psyche and
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| | a composer named John Cage who
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| transport listeners to a blissful state
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| | experimented with a wide range of sounds
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| of harmony and contentment. New Age music
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| | from countries around the world. Cage
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| is also known by many other names
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| | even challenged the notion that music
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| including ambient, contemporary
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| | could not be a recording of silence. In
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| instrumental, experimental, spacerock,
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| | the 1960s, the New Age floodgates opened
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| mood music and chillout. Not everyone
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| | when American composers with classical
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| agrees on exactly what New Age music
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| | backgrounds started to explore the idea
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| encompasses. One group of fans claims
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| | of repetition whether with orchestras,
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| that New Age is an offshoot of electronic
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| | electric instruments or non-Western
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| music that includes melodic non-dance
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| | instrumental arrangements. The invention
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| pieces. Artists in this tradition include
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| | of the analog synthesizer led to the
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| Enya, Yanni and Vangelis, who are all
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| | development of many other types of
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| hugely popular. Others consider New Age
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| | compositions by this school of composers
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| as an outgrowth of electronic music used
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| | who came to be known as minimalists. In
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| primarily for relaxation in Eastern
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| | the 1990s, some historians note that the
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| practices like yoga and meditation. There
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| | term "New Age music," for better or
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| is an entire industry of recording
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| | worse, was co-opted by self-help gurus
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| companies that produce cassettes and CDs
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| | who thought that it could lead to
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| to teach and compliment these practices.
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| | self-realization and new levels of
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| Another point of view is that New Age is
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| | consciousness. In the new millennium,
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| purely melodic with long, soothing
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| | historians say that New Age music belongs
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| tracks.
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| | to a whole new group of listeners known
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| The history of New Age music is also open
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| | as the 'rave' generation.
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| to interpretation. Some music historians
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| | Whatever your perception of the origins
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| say it can be traced back to a British
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| | or purposes of New Age music, it's clear
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| musician named Brian Eno who coined the
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| | that there is a prominent place for it in
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| term "ambient music." regarding his 1978
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| | today's culture. Yes, we're caught up in
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| album, "Ambient 1: Music for Airports,".
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| | a harried existence, but we always find
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| In the sleeve notes, Eno explained that
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| | time to take a chill pill with this
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| it was music "designed to induce calm and
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| | soothing genre of music.
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| a place to think." He explained that
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