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