Apparently this album went double-platinum and sold over 2 million copies in the US. I thought it was a silly meme, but it was genuinely popular in the mid-90's. What caused this phenomenon? When did it vanish?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjrox_2sHEEEYAAYEAAAAAA OOOWAAAAAAAA
it was aimed at so called new agers and sold at new age shops were they buy crystals and tarot cards and books about astrology, type of nigga who posts on /x/new age was a sub culture that existed starting in the 80s and was big in the 90s toofor me its deep forest
>>130058515It was aimed at normies.
>>130058539nod really, it was aimed at people who shopped at farmers markets and whole foods and ate healthy before that was coolpeople who belive in ghosts, aliens, and all manner of wooo
>>130058466>Enigma>Jean-Michel Jarre>Mike Oldfield>Vangelis>Morricone>The Orb>Ryuichi Sakamoto>Angelo Badalamenti>Brian EnoHonestly, a solid compilation album
>>130058515>>130058553new age is an intrinsically comfy and relaxing music, you don't have to be a mystical hippy who believes in bullshit and pseudosciences in order to appreciate it.
>>130059168https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New-age_music>The concept arose with the involvement of professional musicians in the New-Age movement. Initially, it was of no interest to the musical industry, so the musicians and related staff founded their own small independent recording businesses. Sales reached significant numbers in unusual outlets such as bookstores, gift stores, health-food stores and boutiques, as well as by direct mail.[27][11] With the demand of a large market, the major recording companies began promoting new-age music in the 1980s
>>130058994there were actually two versions of this compilation, the 1994 original release and the 1997 reissue with an altered tracklist.only about 10 tracks are included in both, the rest is different.the 1994 CD is superior, but 2 or 3 songs only included in the re-release deserved to be there too.
>>130059168Pseudosciences are where reality is found. Be grateful the field exists. Some bum fuck alchemist in the Middle Ages practicing "pseudoscience" is the reason you have a phone that can access this shit hole site. Most everything classified as pseudoscience is real shit They don't want you to look at, lest you refrain from consuming your poison pills and big sports. Dumbass nigga. At least you understand the utility of New Age sound. Do you appreciate the sinister aspect of the movement itself, though? Are you interested in occulted information or do you tend to swim near the surface?
>>130059200like many other music genres, at some point it became mainstream, and people started listening to it just because they liked how it sounded.
>>13005855340% of Americans believe in ghosts and even more in aliens. Enya crossed over to mainstream charts. "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield was #3 US Billboard, "Chariots of Fire" was #1 and "Return to Innocence" by Enigma went to #4. Pure Moods collected songs like this who normies had heard all over for years but many didn't know who they were by. Pure Moods was advertised extremely heavily on television. Look at youtube comments pointing out how the commercial couldn't be escaped.
>>130058466because it's good
