When I was a teenager (this was 1990 or thereabouts) one of the roads I went down in expanding my musical horizons was new age and electronic music. There was a nearby PBS radio station that in addition to the network shows (Hearts of Space, Echoes), they did their own two-hour show once a week. I used to tape a lot of stuff and keep what I liked on mixtapes.

This is how I found Jean Michel Jarre, Steve Roach, Kit Watkins, etc.

Anyway, there was one piano piece that sort of stuck with me, that I got onto a mixtape but never made a note of who it was. The tape has since broken and been thrown out. Since I play a little piano, I would noodle around with it and so I know bits of it by heart. But I sure would love to know who did and and where I can get it. I'd also like to check out other stuff from the same guy.

So I finally got around to whipping up the first few minutes of it in a sequencer so I can ask people what the heck it is. The MP3 below is the first ~2min or so, which is pretty much as you hear - just piano and oboe. After the end of this section it becomes more agressive, there's a section in A-minor with some subtle electronic percussion and a rolling feel like a thunderstorm.

Some of my MIDI gear is elsewhere at the moment so I didn't play this, it's just a quick & dirty thing in a sequencer. But this is pretty much how it sounded. I'd credit the songwriter, but if I knew that I wouldn't be posting this :-). Thanks.

http://www.markscudder.com/unknown_newage.mp3