Jon Savage Jon Savage's Ambient 90s

• Sandoz – Limbo
• Lobe – Placebo
• 2 Cabbages on a Drip – Calm
• React 2 Rhythm – Intoxication (Clubfield Mix)
• William Orbit – Montok Point
• Rapoon – Bol Baya
• Aphex Twin – Utopia 3
• G.O.L. (2) – No Bounds
• In-Existence – Space Indian
• Underworld – Blueski
• µ-Ziq – Phiesope
• Biosphere – En-Trance

• 1. Sandoz – Limbo
• 2. Lobe – Placebo
• 3. 2 Cabbages on a Drip – Calm
• 4. React 2 Rhythm – Intoxication (Clubfield Mix)
• 5. William Orbit – Montok Point
• 6. Rapoon – Bol Baya
• 7. Aphex Twin – Utopia 3
• 8. G.O.L. (2) – No Bounds
• 9. In-Existence – Space Indian
• 10. Underworld – Blueski
• 11. µ-Ziq – Phiesope
• 12. Biosphere – En-Trance

The 1990s was arguably the first 'golden age' of ambient - a time when the inherently atmospheric and laidback style not only exploded in popularity, but also became the post-club soundtrack of choice for a whole generation. This personal survey of the 90s ambient scene from journalist and author Jon Savage does a good job in gathering together a representative selection of genuine gems and overlooked classics, drifting between the bubbly, deep space brilliance of Richard H Kirk's Sandoz project ('Limbo'), bleeping ambient house ('Calm' by 2 Cabbages on a Drip), early progressive house (React 2 Rhythm), electronic psychedelia (the tabla rhythms and swirly noises of Rapoon), ambient blues (Underworld), IDM (U-ziq), and glacial, slow-motion bliss (Biosphere).