It must have hit me back in the fall of 1983.

It was the start of my freshman year of college.  I was living away from home (by maybe 2 miles) and exploring independence and freedom.  There were late nights.  Mine didn’t include drinking or drugs or partying.  A lot of time was spent talking.  Meeting new friends, learning about life.  And there was a soundtrack.  Especially late Saturday nights.

The soundtrack was Stars End on WXPN in Philadelphia.  It opened up my mind to new worlds of sound, new ideas of music.  The sense of serenity and mystery has always stuck with me.

The first LP I remember purchasing (from Garland of Letters on South Street in Philly) was Structures From Silence by the master of ambient, Steve Roach.  To this day it is still my favorite piece of ambient music.

Thus began my love of ambient music.  I spent years collecting LPs, then CDs.  (Why did it take so long for Structures From Silence to make it to CD?)  And then the MP3 revolution.

Continued at: http://freefloatingmusic.com/about-3/

Various Artists - all | is | calm 2011 (releasing Dec 15)

Track List

1. Burning Artist : Music Box Musings (7:01)
2. Crystal Dreams : We Three Kings (8:06)
3. Bing Satellites : Through The Snow (10:49)
4. C.paradisi : Treetops Glisten (9:04)
5. Gregg Plummer : Seed Beneath The Snow (8:40)
6. Magnetic Wind : Stardust Amidst A Silent Night (8:15)
7. Eyes Cast Down : Crystalline (11:37)
8. The Ambient Visitor : Midwinter (9:18)
9. Shane Morris : Underneath The Mistletoe (6:24)
10. Tange : Winter Psylence (10:01)
11. Benjamin Dauer : Alluvial (10:14)
12. Andrew Lahiff : Winter Sky Memories (9:40)
13. Phillip Wilkerson : The Star (6:39)
14. Altus : Pinegrove (9:53)

Total running time: 2:05:45