Record Label Homepages - A to L

AD MUSIC
Founded in 1991 by musician David Wright, AD Music now has Robert Fox and Peter Maydrew on their books as well as new signings Jan Hanford, Bekki Williams and Chris Harvey. A well designed site which can be found at:

	http://tile.net/admusic/

THE ARTIST SHOP
Not a record label but a distributor dedicated to independent artists putting out their own product (they deal directly with the artist and/or their company). You'll find it at

	http://www.artist-shop.com

Mike (Moody Blues) Pinder's One Step Records
Larry "Synergy" Fast's Third Contact
Adrian Belew Presents
Robert (King Crimson) Fripp's Discipline
Rhonda (Paul Winter Consort) Larson's Ventus Records
Suzanne Cianni's Seventh Wave

ANCIENT FUTURE
The well known world fusion music group has set up its own record label. Information about concerts as well as current and new releases can be found at

	http://www.ancient-future.com/

ARC MUSIC
Better known for their wide ranging selection of traditional music from around the world, including many celtic music albums. ARC music also have a number of new age artists on their books including Daley and Lorien and Simon Champion.

	http://www.arcmusic.co.uk/

ARTIST ACCESS
Not quite a record label this new website carries quite a few New Age Indies, complete with sample graphics, sound-clips and reviews, liner notes, etc.

	http://www.artistaccess.com/

ART FOR EARS
A Belgian non-profit organisation promoting electronic and ambient music. Find out more about them, their compilation albums and artists at

	http://users.glo.be/~lyon/afe/

AMANITA MUSIC
Amanita Music is a new record label dedicated to the pursuit of creative, psychedelic, music. Their definition of psychedelic is all encompassing since the term means "mind expanding". Real psychedelic musicians include Coltrane, Ayler, Miles, Sun Ra, Xenakis, Stockhausen, Gamelan, Jojouka, Eno, Zappa.....you get the picture!

The Amanita label is an artist run label with 'quality music made by any means' as their bottom line! Turn your browser to:

	http://kspace.com/amanita

AVIATOR RECORDS
If you're interested in some great new age music, visit this website and check the soundbites...

	http://www.AviatorRecords.com

BLUE CRYSTAL MUSIC
Blue Crystal produce and distribute inspirational music for relaxation, meditation and healing. In addition to their own album releases they also market over 250 titles from independent New Age artists and Labels.

	http://www.icn.co.uk/bcm.html

CELESTIAL HARMONIES
Home to many new age artists, including Jon Mark (The Land of Merlin and The Standing Stones of Callenesh), their web site can be found at:

	http://www.harmonies.com

CREATIVE MUSICIANS COALITION
CMC is not strictly a record label. It is a coalition of individuals and institutions dedicated to advancing new music and the success of independant musicians. It promotes a wide variety of music styles including new age and contemporary instrumental.

The "Aftertouch" catalog/magazine, available as a one off or by subscription, gives descriptions of CMC artists and their works (John Serrie, Kit Watkins and Christopher Franke amongst them) including a brief listing of musical category, recording quality, packaging, etc. More importantly the album prices are very, very reasonable.

The CMC Web Site is at

	http://www.aimcmc.com

	http://www.pan.com/aimcmc

CUE RECORDS NL
In September 1997, to avoid confusion with CUE Records Germany, CUE Records NL changed their name to GROOVE Unlimited. Many people thought they were the same company which often resulted in confusion.

ECM
The new age label for BMG has a web site where youCll find their catalog with sound files, artist biographies and tour dates.

	http://www.ecmrecords.com/

ELECTROFINE
Established to support electronic and new age musicians in their quest for creating original music on synthesizers and contemporary instruments. The aim is to provide music that harmonizes the mind and body in a way that positively stimulates both imagination and emotions.

	http://www.dimensional.com/~jpiet

EXTREME...
Sound samples of new releases, and on-line ordering are available (with media and DJ discounts). Come check it out at

	http://www.xtr.com/extreme/

FISH n' BROOK RECORDS
Stress management experts have found relaxing music very helpful in soothing away stress. With this in mind, our artists created the Fish N' Brook Records Relaxation Music Collection. This collection includes Celestial Journeys and Seasons of Serenity by recording artists Steve Fish and Bobby Brooks and the self-titled debut from the award-winning duo.

More information and real audio samples are available from

	http://www.win.net/records/

GROOVE UNLIMITED
Previously known as Cue Records NL, this is a dynamic label for electronic music, producing and distributing CD's of rhythmic, melodic, atmospheric, new age or synth music. Visit them at

	http://mcs.nl/groove/

GYROSCOPE
Gyroscope records is the U.S. home of Brian and Roger Eno, Kate St.John, Harold Budd, Laraaji, Bill Nelson, Channel Light Vessel and many more.

Recently they put out a commercial sampler CD called future perfect (retail price $9.99) featuring music by the artists previously mentioned, some of which is unreleased and exclusive to the sampler e.g. three Brian Eno tracks. Their mail order service is handled by Backroads Music.

Write for free catalog:

	Gyroscope c/o Caroline
	114 West 26th St, New York,
	NY 10001.
	USA

HEARTS OF SPACE
With a catalog of almost 70 titles, Hearts of Space, Fathom, WorldClass, and RGB releases consistently gather kudos in major music publications, receive airplay on more than 750 radio stations in North America, and maintain one or two albums in the top 20 on Billboard magazine's "Adult Alternative" chart.

	http://www.hos.com

HIGHER OCTAVE
Home to a vast array of artists from Cusco to Blonker and from Jon Anderson to Ottmar Liebert. Keep a look out for their toe wetter sampler cds - Higher Octave Collections 1 and 2. Their simple to navigate web pages are at:

	http://www.higheroctave.com/

IMAGINARY ROAD
Part of the Polygram family, Imaginary Road is headed by Will Ackerman (founding father of Windham Hill) and Dawn Atkinson (producer of many Windham Hill albums). It represents a vision quite like the "original" Windham Hill and can be found at

	http://www.imaginaryroad.com/

I VIRTUOSI RECORDS
A new record label which features the works of classically-trained composer-performers, primarily aimed at an adventurous classical audience. However two of their first six releases have been enjoying quite a bit of success with new age aficionados. Specifically, Stillwood by Canadian composer-pianist Chris Wind, and Child of the Moon by the American lyric baritone Alan Seale.

They don't have a web site available at the moment but you can contact their artistic director David Berends (dave@pgt.com) and he'll send you a short text description of their relevant offerings.

KONSTELLATION
Features slam-bang up-to-date news on the very latest Konstellation label releases by leading generative ambient music artists including Brian Eno, Loop Guru, Tim Didymus

Every single title can be ordered, and downloaded, on-line, as can half-a-ton of free (and not-free !) generative music software including the award-winning Koan Pro and the drag-n-mix Koan X dance / ambient software range!

	http://www.sseyo.com/indexnew.html

LEKTRONIC SOUNDSCAPES
Recent releases include Stormwarning by Steve Roach, Virtuality by Changing Images and Dreamscape by Astral Dance. If you like ambient electronic music or German-style electronics or Vangelis, check them out. Mail order customers are more than welcome.

	Lektronic Soundscapes
	P.O. Box 425
	Sea Cliff, NY 11579-0425
	USA

	Fax: (516) 674-0590
	e-mail: leksound@aol.com

LINDEN MUSIC
Set up by Kit Watkins, known in r.m.n for his work in Happy The Man, Camel, Kit & Coco, as well as several solo albums, this web site contains artist bios, photos, discographies, and audio samples from Linden's CD catalogue.

	http://www.lindenmusic.com

LOCH NESS PRODUCTIONS
The world's foremost producer of planetarium products. Home to both Geodesium and Mark Dwane they have a very good web page which also includes some great space images.

	http://www.lochness.com