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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (24 Jan 2009)
Globus - Take Me Away
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Immediate Music - Global Crisis #1
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Immediate Music - Holy (Choir)
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Two Steps from Hell - Gothic Cowboy
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Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
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O.S.T.R. - Biznes
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Röyksopp - Someone Like Me
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Röyksopp - So Easy
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Röyksopp - Triumphant
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This last wave of new editions to my library was a big one. I'm always (always!) on the look-out for new music, and the way that works is that, as futile as it may seem sometimes, when I'm away from home I spend a lot of time listening to new stuff on Spotify. It's the only way I know of to investigate new artists, because even thought Last.fm has a good online radio, Spotify does have a few advantages, the main one being that you can play straight through a whole album, or straight through a whole artist, without shuffling to other things. When I look for new music, I need to focus; just listening to one song usually isn't enough to get a feel for an artist.

Only one discovery comes to mind that I didn't really like, and that's Antaeus. I previously owned just one song by them: "Kyrie," which I do like. To get a hint of what I dislike, you just have to read the first line of the Antaeus Wikipedia page: "Antaeus is a French black metal band formed in 1993 offering eerie ambient and chaotic black metal. …

Настоящие ценители Enigma прекрасно знают все творения проекта созданного Michael Cretu в своей магической лаборатории звука. Каждый альбом: MCMXC a.D., The Cross of Changes, Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!, The Screen Behind the Mirror , Voyageur, A Posteriori, Voyageur, Seven Lives Many Faces содержит свою неповторимую звуковую тайну, загадку. И все же, с каждым годом я замечаю, что в альбомах все больше треков, которые хочется пролистнуть.

Совсем недавно, я решил пройтись по работающим в стиле Enigma артистам с целью найти то, что могло бы погрузить меня в космическую, магическую и духовную атмосферу также как треки альбомов A Posteriori - 20.000 Miles Over the Sea, Goodbye Milky Way, или The Screen Behind the Mirror - Between Mind and Heart, The Cross of Changes - Return to Innocence, MCMXC a.D. - Mea Culpa, Voyageur - The Piano, Seven Lives Many Faces - La Puerta Del Cielo.

Конечно начал свои поиски с «похожих» исполнителей, которые предложил мне LAST. …

1 Falling You – ethereal ambient, female vocals
2 Within Temptation – symphonic metal, female vocals
3 Shiva in Exile – ethnic electronic, female vocals
4 Burial – ambient dubstep electronic
5 Irfan – ethereal ethnic, female vocals
6 Conjure One – chillout electronic, female vocals
7 Solace – ethnic/world rhythms
8 Amethystium – ambient ethereal electronic
9 Ladytron – synthpop electronic
10 Lycia – ethereal darkwave, female vocals
11 Shiny Toy Guns – alternative electronic

(source: My Last.fm charts) (compare with last year: My Top 10 Musical Artists 2010)

1. Falling You– always a favorite, been in my overall top 10 for years. This music is great for relaxing, and I use it often for that purpose. Most of 2011’s plays came from the new album, Adore (review). (Falling You's Magnatune page) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61fFp6vFBdw

2. Within Temptation– While I’ve been a mostly casual fan of Within Temptation for a few years, the release of their album The Unforgiving in March 2011 excited me about this band…

1 Falling You – ethereal ambient, female vocals
2 Within Temptation – symphonic metal, female vocals
3 Shiva in Exile – ethnic electronic, female vocals
4 Burial – ambient dubstep electronic
5 Irfan – ethereal ethnic, female vocals
6 Conjure One – chillout electronic, female vocals
7 Solace – ethnic/world rhythms
8 Amethystium – ambient ethereal electronic
9 Ladytron – synthpop electronic
10 Lycia – ethereal darkwave, female vocals
11 Shiny Toy Guns – alternative electronic

(source: My Last.fm charts) (compare with last year: My Top 10 Musical Artists 2010)

1. Falling You– always a favorite, been in my overall top 10 for years. This music is great for relaxing, and I use it often for that purpose. Most of 2011’s plays came from the new album, Adore. (Falling You’s Magnatune page) http://youtu.be/61fFp6vFBdw

2. Within Temptation– While I’ve been a mostly casual fan of Within Temptation for a few years, the release of their album The Unforgiving in March 2011 excited me about this band…

1. Amethystium 810
2. Daft Punk 659
3. 2Pac 377
4. Angelo Badalamenti 327
5. Rom di Prisco 209
6. Инфинити 208
7. Motörhead 187
8. Kraftwerk 181
9. Vangelis 124
10. John Williams 102

1. The Wonders – That Thing You Do! 79. Дата первого скробблинга 27 Апр 2011.
2. 2Pac – Sleep (feat. Young Buck, Chamillionaire) 71. 9 Сен 2008
3. Инфинити – Ну и пусть (Original) 70. 26 Фев 2011
4. Rom di Prisco – Quantum Singularity 65. 24 Мар 2011
5. Michael Flatleys Lord of the Dance – Lord of the Dance 59. 27 Дек 2009
6. Angelo Badalamenti – Shelly 57. 1 Авг 2008
7. Daft Punk – The Grid 56. 25 Дек 2010
8. Daft Punk – The Son of Flynn 55. 25 Дек 2010
9. Willie Nelson – On The Road Again 53. 8 Сен 2008
10. Motörhead – (I Won't) Pay Your Price 51. 12 Мар 2008

1. Daft Punk – TRON: Legacy 658
2. Amethystium – Odonata 299
3. Amethystium – Isabliss 265
4. Romolo di Prisco –Need For Speed - High Stakes 209
5. Amethystium – Evermind 148
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Last.FM Milestoneshttp://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/Kastuvas/1-1.pngst track: (21 Dec 2009)
Paul Oakenfold - Zoo York
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Hybrid - Formula of Fear
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Departure - She Turns
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