Year End Summary: 1996 December 1995 through November 1996

Top 200 in order of decreasing play (based on edits played/year)

Group - CD Title - Label - Number of edits played during year

1. Various - Swarm of Drones - Asphodel - 30
2. Various - Industrium Post Mortem: China - Tone Casualties - 19
3. Richard Bone - Vox Orbita - Quirkworks - 18
4. Controlled Bleeding - Inanition - Hypnotic - 16
5. Robert Rich/B. Lustmord - Stalker - Fathom - 15
6. Jeff Pearce - The Hidden Rift - Ancient Sun Music - 15
7. Richard Bone - Metaphysic Mambo - Quirkworks - 15
8. Various - The Lighter Side of Dark - Tone Casualties - 15
9. Vangelis - Voices - Atlantic - 15
10. Loop Guru - Duniya - Waveform - 14
11. Candice Pacheco - If Then...Else - RGB - 13
12. Lightwave - Mundus Subterraneus - Fathom - 13
13. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Projekt - 12
14. A Produce - Inscape and Landscape - Trance Port - 12
15. Roger Eno - Swimming - Gyroscope - 12
16. Grayhawk - Blissful Magic - Subspace Music - 12
17. Robert Rich - A Troubled Resting Place - Fathom - 11
18. Richard Bone - The Eternal Now - Quirkworks 11
19. Torch Song - Toward the Unknown Region - Discovery 11
20. Satori - Invisible Rhythm - Ancient Sun Music - 10
21. Strange Cargo - Hinterland - Discovery 10
22. Mike Oldfield - The Songs of Distant Earth - Reprise - 10
23. Patrick Mimran - Roma - Atmospheric - 10
24. Patrick O'Hearn - Trust - Deep Cave Records - 10
25. Various - Emit Explorer - Instinct Ambient - 10
26. m-Ziq - In Pine Effect - Astralwerks - 10
27. Scorn - Logghi Barogghi - Earache - 10
28. Various - Quango World Voices - Quango - 10
29. De La Guarda - De La Guarda - 10
30. Steve Roach - The Magnificent Void - Fathom - 9
31. Dadawa - Sister Drum - Reprise - 9
32. William Orbit - The Best of Strange Cargos - 9
33. Cygnus - Hypermetrical - Eye-Q Music - 9
34. Roach/Stearns/Sunsinger - Kiva - Fathom - 8
35. Controlled Bleeding - Dub Songs from a Shallow Grave - Dossier - 8
36. Various - Wipeout XL - Astralwerks - 8
37. Test Dept - Brith Gof Gododdin - Rough Trade - 8
38. Endangered Species - Dancing in the Trance - Global Pacific - 8
39. Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 1 Sound Magic - Realworld - 8
40. Patrick O'Hearn - Metaphor - Deep Cave Records - 8
41. Ten Seconds - Ten Seconds - Discipline Global Mobile - 8
42. Orbital - In Sides - Internal Records - 8
43. Pangea - Pangea - Eastwest - 8
44. Various - Mind/Body Compilation 3 - DIY Productions - 8
45. Various - Excursions in Ambience #4 - Astralwerks - 8
46. Various - Abstract Vibes - Quango - 8
47. Various - Dimensions in Ambience - Quango - 8
48. Various - Christmas Blessings - Narada 8
49. Mark Tindle - Ritual Structures - Ancient Sun Music - 7
50. Robert Fripp - 1995 Soundscapes Vol. 1 - Discipline Global Mobile - 7
51. Hemisphere - Beyond the Darkness - Cue Records - 7
52. Various - Axiom Dub: Mysteries of Creation - Island - 7
53. Stone Edge - Stone Edge - Columbia - 7
54. Rachid Taha - Ole, Ole - Mango - 7
55. Various - A Storm of Drones - Asphodel - 6
56. Al Gromer Khan/Kai Taschner - Black Marble & Sweet Fire - Hearts of Space
57. Future Sound of London - Dead Cities - Astralwerks - 6
58. Quinn - Ecstasy in Avila - Shiro - 6
59. Michael Stirling - Flying Snake Brain - Tim Kerr Records - 6
60. Michael Stearns - Collected Ambient & Textural Works - Hearts of Space -
61. Robert Rich & Lisa Moskow - Yearning - Fathom - 6
62. Harold Budd - Luxa - Gyroscope - 6
63. Various - The Future Sound of Jazz - Instinct - 6
64. Lama Gyurme & Jean Phillipe Rykiel - The Lama's Chant - Sony - 6
65. Alquima & Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma - Dead Tongues - Cuneiform - 6
66. Philharmonie - Rage - Cuneiform - 6
67. Sacred System - Book of Entrance - Reach Out International Records - 6
68. Tetsu Inoue - World Receiver - Instinct - 6
69. Various - Out There Lies the Truth - Cue Records - 6
70. Various - Three A.D. - Waveform 6
71. Xiame - Canto d'Alma - Traumton - 6
72. Oystein Sevag and Lakki Patey - Visual - Windham Hill - 6
73. Steve Roach/Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls - Projekt - 5
74. Higher Intelligence Agency - Freefloater - Waveform - 5
75. Michael Stearns - Collected Thematic Works - Hearts of Space - 5
76. Various - Divination Distill - Sub Meta - 5
77. Michael David Matuch - Masquerade - Infinite Monkey Productions - 5
78. Roach/Kent/Newby - Halcyon Days - Fathom - 5
79. Various - Emit 2000 - Instinct - 5
80. Gabor Csupo - Zombient Music - Tone Casualties - 5
81. C.W. Vrtacek - Silent Heaven - Cuneiform - 5
82. Gastr del Sol - Upgrade & Afterlife - Drag City - 5
83. Test Dept - A Good Night Out - Relativity - 5
84. Simko - Earth Project Music - Music Medicine Records - 5
85. Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1 - Island - 5
86. Control X - ...To Abort Transmission - Instinct Ambient - 5
87. Dogon - Notdunjusta - New Dog Records - 5
88. Brainscapes - Brainscapes - CyberOctave - 5
89. Olga Kharitidi & Jim Wilson - Entering the Circle - Triloka - 5
90. Miguel Espinoza & Ty Burhoe - Curandero - Silver Wave - 5
91. Various - Various Native American Artists, V.1, Sound of America Recordings
92. Shawn Donahoo - Water Circle - Ancient Fountain Music - 5
93. Poison Gas Research - A Hole of Unknown Depth - Silent 4
94. Coyote Oldman - The Shape of Time - Coyote Oldman Music - 4
95. Temps Perdu? - Terra Incognita - Timebase - 4
96. Trance Mission - Headlight - City of Tribes - 4
97. Noirin Ni Riain - Celtic Soul - Living Music Records - 4
98. Robert Rich - Propagation - HOS - 4
99. Ron Boots - Screaming Whispers - Cue Records - 4
100. Seti - Ciphers - Instinct Ambient - 4
101. Throbbing Gristle - Heathen Earth - Mute Records - 4
102. Various - In Dust We Trust - Invisible - 4
103. Emil Richards - The Wonderful World of Percussion - Interworld - 4
104. Steve Tibbetts - Steve Tibbetts - Cuneiform - 4
105. Various - Unsettled Scores - Cuneiform - 4
106. Sounds from the Ground - Kim - Waveform - 4
107. Air Liquide - the Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Sm:)e - 4
108. DJ Spooky - Songs of a Dead Dreamer - Asphodel - 4
109. Futique - Luv Luv - Instinct Ambient - 4
110. Moussa Kanoute - Dance of the Kora - Earthbeat Traveler - 4
111. Stephanie Gelfan - Je Me Souviens - Interworld - 3
112. Adham Shaikh and Tim Floyd - Drift - Instinct - 3
113. Rhythm & Noise - Chasms Accord - Asphodel - 3
114. Richard Bone - Ambiento - Quirkworks - 3
115. Kevin Keller - Intermezzo - Zebra Music - 3
116. Mychael and Jeff Danna - A Celtic Tale - Hearts of Space - 3
117. Clannad - Lore - Atlantic - 3
118. A Produce - White Sands - Trance Port Records - 3
119. Spacetime Continuum - Emit Ecaps - Astralwerks - 3
120. Tim Walters - The Dry Well - Core Dump Data - 3
121. Sacred Spirits - Sacred Spirits - Virgin - 3
122. Krishna Das - One Track Heart - Triloka Records - 3
123. Cielo y Tierra - Heaven & Earth - Eastwest - 3
124. Liv & Let Liv - Surfin' Pachelbel - 3
125. Various - From Here to Tranquility Vol. 5 - Silent 3
126. Trance Lucid - Arise - Altra Mix Records - 3
127. Low - The Curtain Hits the Cast - Vernon Yard - 3
128. Liquid Mind - Slow World - CW Records - 3
129. Watts Gnu - Kindred Spirit - Watts Gnu Music - 3
130. 777 - System 7.3 Fire + Water - Astralwerks - 3
131. Various - The Theory of Evolution - Warp - 3
132. Primeaux & Mike - Walk in Beauty - Canyon 3
133. Psychic TV - Trip Reset - Cleopatra - 3
134. Mark Dwane - Paradigm Shift - Orbian Music - 3
135. Various - Dark Hearts 2 - Harthouse - 3
136. Cranes - La Tregedie d'Oreste et Electre - Dedicated - 3
137. Various - Trance Planet - Triloka - 3
138. Various - Dargason Music - Dargason Music - 3
139. David Helping - Between Green and Blue - Spotted Peccary - 3
140. Eno/Wobble - Spinner - Gyroscope - 3
141. Europa String Choir - The Starving Moon - Discipline - 3
142. Various - Path - Windham Hill - 3
143. Various - Plug in and turn on x.3 - Instinct - 3
144. Heavy Water Factory - Fluid & Meat - Graymalkin - 3
145. Mantrawave - The Traveler - Aviator Records - 3
146. Celestial Winds - Christmas Morning - Universal Music - 3
147. Magical Strings - Islands Calling - Earthbeat Traveler - 3
148. Oystein Sevag - Global House - Windham Hill - 3
149. Various - New Age Voice Sampler 3
150. Brainiac - Internationale - Touch and Go - 3
151. Robert Rich - Geometry - Linden Music - 2
152. Robert Rich - Numena - Linden Music - 2
153. Brian Eno - Before and After Science - EG - 2
154. Coil - Love's Secret Domain - Wax Trax - 2
155. Deep Listening Band - Sanctuary - 2
156. 2002 - Savitri - Dreamtime Records - 2
157. Terre Thaemlitz - Soil - Instinct Ambient - 2
158. Various - Throne of Drones - Asphodel - 2
159. Coil - IS SUICIDE A SOLUTION? - Clawfist 22 - 2
160. Jhno - Understand - Delicate Ear Records 2
161. James Plotkin/Mick Harris - Collapse - Asphodel - 2
162. Various - Ambient Systems - Instinct Ambient - 2
163. Bill Laswell/Terre Thaemlitz - Web - Subharmonic - 2
164. Various - Dry Lungs IV - Subterranean Records - 2
165. Tim Story - In Another Country - Eurock - 2
166. Adham Shaikh - Journey to the Sun - Instinct Ambient - 2
167. Tangerine Dream - The Dream Mixes - Miramar - 2
168. Escape Tank - Escape Tank - Instinct Ambient - 2
169. Divination - Akasha - Subharmonic - 2
170. Deep Forest - Boheme - Epic - 2
171. Meg Bowles - Blue Cosmos - Kumatone Records 2
172. Sub Dub - Subdub - Instinct Ambient 2
173. Yulara - All is One 2
174. Brad Dutz - Krin - Interworld - 2
175. Caroline Lavelle - Spirit - Discovery - 2
176. Various - The Deseo Remixes - High Street Records - 2
177. Seti - Pharos - Instinct Ambient - 2
178. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do... - Sire - 2
179. Richard Burmer - Treasures of the Saints - Miramar - 2
180. Orb - Orbus Terrarum - Island - 2
181. Omicron - The Generation and Motion of a Pulse - Instinct Ambient - 2
182. Experimental Audio Research - Beyond the Pale - Big Cat Records - 2
183. Negativeland - Sex Dirt - Seeland - 2
184. Stereolab - Noises - Elektra - 2
185. Global Communication - Remotion - Hit It - 2
186. Negativland - Escape from Noise - Seeland - 2
187. Various - Whore - WMO - 2
188. Joaquin Lievano - Ecologie - Miramar - 2
189. Patrick O'Hearn - Indigo - Private Music - 2
190. Jon Anderson - Floresta - Deseo - BMG - 2
191. Füxa - 3 Field Rotation - Che - 2
192. Enya - Watermark - Reprise - 2
193. Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time - 4AD - 2
194. Asiabeat - Monsoon - Domo - 2
195. Various - Celtic Tapestry - Shanachie - 2
196. Various - A Journey Into Ambient Groove 3 - Quango - 2
197. Tulku - Journey of the Warrior - Triloka Records - 2
198. Eric Snelders - Searching for the Arms of Venus - Quantum Records - 2
199. Various - Plug in and turn on x.2 - Instinct - 2
200. Download - Eyes of Stanley Pain - Nettwerk - 2

Year End Summary: 1995
December 1994 through November 1995

Top 100 in order of decreasing play (number of edits played per year)

Group - CD Title - Label

1. Various - Throne of Drones - Asphodel
2. Various - Emit 2000 - Instinct Ambient
3. Various - The Theory of Evolution - Wax Trax
4. Various - Fax Compilation II - Fax Records
5. Air Liquide - The Increased Difficulty of Concentration - sm:)e
6. Richard Bone - Vox Orbita - Quirkworks
7. Various - Fax Compilation - Fax Records
8. Various - A Brief History of Ambient 3 - Virgin
9. Michael Stearns - The Lost World - Hearts of Space
10. m-Ziq vs. the Auteurs - m-Ziq vs. the Auteurs - Astralwerks
11. The Black Dog - Spanners - Eastwest
12. Orb - Orbus Terrarum - Island
13. Laurie Anderson - The Ugly One with the Jewels - Warner Brothers
14. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do - Warp
15. Lycia - The Burning Circle Then Dust - Projekt
16. Aphex Twin - Ventolin - Warp
17. Seti - Pharos - Instinct Ambient
18. Various - Mind & Body II - Mind & Body Project
19. Various - Ambient Systems - Instinct Ambient
20. Autechre - Amber - TVT Records
21. Praxis - Metatron - Subharmonic
22. 777 - System 7.3 - Astralwerks
23. Various - The Deseo Remixes - High Street Records
24. Sad World - Sad World I & II - Fax
25. Julian Schnabel - Every Silver Lining has Its Cloud
26. Lightwave - Mundus Subterraneus - Fathom
27. Steve Roach, Michael Stearns & Ronald Sunsinger - Kiva - Fathom
28. Caroline Lavelle - Spirit - Discovery
29. Van Zyl and Gulch - Regeneration Mode - Synkronos
30. Brad Dutz - Krin - Interworld
31. Pentatonik Anthology - Pentatonik Anthology - Deviant
32. An April March - Instruments of Lust and Fury - Bedazzled
33. A Produce - White Sands - Trance Port
34. Steve Tibbetts - Steve Tibbetts - Cuneiform
35. Loop Guru - Duniya - Waveform
36. Watts Gnu - Kindred Spirit - Watts Gnu
37. Severed Heads - Since the Accident - Ink
38. Sven Vath - The Harlequin, the Robot and the Ballet Dancer - Warner Brothers
39. Paul Mounsey - Nahoo - Mesa
40. Automation Jihad - Points of Order - Strata
41. Patrick O'Hearn - Trust - Deep Cave
42. Deep Forest - Boheme - Epic
43. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - R&S Records
44. Randy Roos - Primalvision - Narada
45. Divination - Akasha - Subharmonic
46. Painkiller - Execution Ground - Subharmonic
47. Various - Ambient Intermix - Instinct Ambient
48. Adham Shaikh - Journey to the Sun - Instinct Ambient
49. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Vol. 2 - Sire
50. Simko - Earth Project Music - Music Medicine Records
51. Richard Bone - Ambiento - Quirkworks
52. Tangerine Dream - Tyranny of Beauty - Miramar
53. James Reynolds - Power Moves - Miramar
54. Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Mute
55. Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1 - Island
56. Future Sound of London - ISDN - Astralwerks
57. Kevin Braheny and Tim Clark - Rain - Hearts of Space
58. B-tribe - Suave Suave - Lava
59. Dao Dezi - World Mix Album - Metro Blue
60. Kevin Keller - The Mask of Memory - Zebra Music
61. Robert Rich and B. Lustmord - Stalker - Fathom
62. Raphael - Angels of the Deep - Hearts of Space
63. Various - Sacred Spirits - Virgin
64. Tangerine Dream - The Dream Mixes - Miramar
65. David Michael Matuch - Masuerade - Infinite Monkey Productions
66. Hisham - World of Absense - TFM
67. Michael Gira - Drainland - Alternative Tentacles
68. M.J. Harris and Bill Laswell - Somnific Flux - Subharmonic
69. Brain Laughter II - Not Far from a Distant Sun - Spotted Peccary Records
70. Escape Tank - Escape Tank - Instinct Ambient
71. Axiom Ambient - Lost in the Translation - Axiom
72. Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld - Big Life
73. Bill Laswell and Tetsu Inoue - Cymatic Scan - Subharmonic
74. Illusion of Safety - Fifteen/Finite - Functional Organisation
75. Candice Pacheco - If Then...Else - RGB Records
76. Spicelab - A Day on Our Planet - Hearthouse
77. Steve Roach - The Dream Circle - Projekt
78. Fumio - Nature - Soundings of the Planet
79. Al Gromer Khan and Amelia Cuni - Monsoon Point - New Earth Records
80. Volapük - Le Feu du Tigre - Cuneiform
81. Emil Richards - Wonderful World of Percussion - Interworld
82. 2002 - Savitri - Dreamtime Records
83. Robert Rich & Lisa Moskow - Yearning - Fathom
84. Rodach - Music for Fish - Traumton Records
85. Laurie Anderson - United States Live - Warner Brothers
86. Love is Colder than Death - Teignmouth - Metropolis
87. Murat Ses - Binfen - Clou 4
88. Various - A Journey into Ambient Groove - Island
89. Dave Hoffman - From Energy to Stillness - Lakefront
90. Mark Rownd - Desert Waves - EMI
91. Lightwave - Tycho Brahe - Fathom
92. Orb - Radio Orb - Island
93. Xiame - Canto d'Alma - Traumton Records
94. Various - Imaginary Landscapes - Elektra
95. Paul Adams - Wonder Dancing on Global Pop - Lakefront
96. William Bowden - The Dream of the Currawong - Rising Star Records
97. Deep Forest - Deep Forest - Epic
98. Web - Web - Subharmonic
99. Dave Evenson - Ascension - Soundings of the Planet
100. Control X - ...To Abort Transmission - Instinct Ambient