Album: Electronic Music
Artist: various artists
1981 Atmosphere
LP: ATMOS 001

Tracks:
Side A
Bright Electronic Themes
1. Arik Rodich: "Whirlwind" (3:14), Lively, repeated theme. [These are the notes on the album.]
2. Geoff Downes: "Urban Clearway" (4:21), Strong beat, continuous movement.
3. Jamie Kaleth, Martin Lawrence, Richard Thomas: "Electronique" (2:11), Build-up into strong beat, simple melody.
4. Steve Everitt: "Denburn" (2:15), Light, intriguing, abstract building into melody (60" edit to end).
5. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Diamond" (1:58), BT (Backing track) - Light, sparkling, pretty, melodic.
6. Geoff Leach: "Proton" (1:29), Strong melody, space/computer feel, mystery
7. Tony Sadler: "Solo Flight" (0:53), Exciting pace, strong theme.
8. Geoff Downes, Linda Jardim, Luis Jardim, Tom Blades: "High Energy" (1:00), Fast, action, exciting.
9. Kornelije Kovač: "Meteorite" (0:32), Abstract electronic underscore.
10. Kornelije Kovač: "Switch On" (0:30), Bright, lively, strong ending.
11. Kornelije Kovač: "Night Owl" (0:30), Mysterious, melodic.
12. Robin Lumley: "Starburst" (0:30), Abstract, mysterious, space, drama.
13. Ken Elliot: "Airstream" (0:30), Rhythmic open melody.
14. Ken Elliot: "Open Beat" (0:30  Rhythmic open melody.
15. Adrian Lee: "Teleprint" (0:16), Short, busy news ident.
16. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Hi-Tech" (0:30), Dramatic, exciting, electronic effects.

Side B
Abstract Atmosphere
17. Anthony Phillips: "Abstract Atmospheric" (1:39), Strange, mysterious background.
18. Geoff Leach: "Air" (2:03), Shimmering, fantastic, haunting melody.
19. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Alpha Waves" (2:32), Light, ripping, echoes, a sense of distance.
20. Anthony Phillips: "Ice" (1:52), Dramatic, piercing, bleak, very strange, horror.
21. Geoff Leach: "Deep Water" (2:09), Shimmering, bubbling, feeling of mystery and the unexpected.
22. Joji Hirota: "Fire" (3:04), Percussion and effects, excitement, drama, flickering intro.
23. Steve Everitt: "Ebb Tide" (1:34), Slow, dark, mysterious waves, tense.
24. Anthony Phillips: "Arctic Waste" (0:34), Tense, mystery, cold.
25. Anthony Phillips: "Arctic Waste (B)" (0:34)
26. Adrian Lee: "Orbit" (0:45), Mysterious, electronic.
27. Geoff Downes: "Spider's Web" (0:45), Light, glistening but on edge, pretty with mystery.
28. Anthony Phillips: "Gliding" (1:07), Light, haunting, drifting.


Notes: This is an album of library music from Atmosphere. You can find it on YouTube. Downes contributed work to a number of their releases. "High Energy" is also on the second Atmosphere release in a 30 second version.

While released in 1981, Downes, I believe, recorded these pieces in the late 1970s. (HP, 6 Dec 24)

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