Shadow of the Wind’ is full of infectious, heart felt melodies and contemporary motifs. The music sweeps along majestically atop superb up-tempo and laid back sequencing. Here is music that is rich, melodious and soaringly soulful with a warmth and sensitivity that could only come from a woman.
Shadow of the Wind received much critical acclaim upon its release in 1997 for its epic, dune swept musical vistas. As well as bringing the music more vividly to life, this superbly remastered re-issue also includes new artwork and new music composed by Bekki Williams specially for this release.
“Here is music that is rich, melodious and soaringly soulful with a warmth and sensitivity that could only come from a woman”. (Ashley Franklin, BBC Radio Derby).

Cartagra (extract)

Featuring chill out and trance remixes of A.D. Music’s classic tracks. The new mixes retain the musical ideals of the originals adding a drive and edge.
“Trance AD shines as such a rare gem. It’s very exciting to listen to something so bold in its approach to redefining the boundaries! It has all the markings of a timeless classic.” – inthemix.

Odessa Ambience By The Kobolt Project extract

We Rest by Witchcraft (Remix by Diablo) extract

“Sacred Skies” continues our introduction to the artists on AD Music. and is primarily a compilation of previously released tracks, (although there are 2 unreleased pieces) with a coherence defined by the label’s vision and style.
“Sacred Skies” is an album of real power and emotion, a collection of rhythmic tracks highlighting the collective diversity to be found in the AD Music catalogue. There is a slightly darker edge than volume 1, with some ethnic influences. However, the infectious melodies, ambient textures, cinematic tones, dynamic soundscapes and powerful, strident themes associated with the label and its artists remain.
If you like music to be creative, with depth and purpose, to be different enough that it doesn’t fall easily into a category,  then you should find the music we have to offer just what you’re looking for.

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Code Indigo - Call Of The Earth (extract)

“Night Music” is the 5th volume in the essential “Best of Series” taken from the AD Music catalogue. The music has been carefully chosen to reflect mysterious journeys of discovery, so this compilation features emotionally inspired soundscapes of ambient space music that highlights the diversity the label has to offer.
“Night Music” continues the depth and beauty you’ve come to expect from this excellent compilation series and it is sure to become your own personal soundtrack of the mind.

Richard Bone - The Seduction Of Dr Pasteur (extract)

‘E-Scape 2015’ is a collection of exclusive tracks from artists who appeared at the 2015 UK E-Scape Festival on 30th May. Despite the varied line up and styles on offer, this CD hangs together very well and is a very emotive album. From the classic opening UK synth sound of John Dyson and Michael Shipway’s ‘Ride the Beach’, through the romanticism of Dreamerproject’s ‘Hymne’, and the Berlin school adventures of Ron Boots’s ‘Berlin Thunder’, the album never dips below ‘excellent’ and there are no throwaway tracks here. Eric van der Heijden’s ‘Strange Escapism’ is a surreal sound voyage, FD Project’s ‘Beautiful Day’ is a full on, guitar driven live recording. David Wright’s ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Ambient Remix by DJMass is an interesting take on an old favourite and ‘Song for a Friend’ is a delicate rhythmic, ballad dedicated to the late Steve Roberts. Glenn Main’s beautiful ‘Escape the TNBC’ also has a strong personal overtone. Nice to hear music from Paul Ward again too, the interesting and playful ‘The Last Toy Emily Broke’ while Ron Boots concludes the album with the drifting and spaced out ‘Slow Flow’.
The album is dedicated to the memory of Edgar Froese and Steve Roberts.

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Eric Van Der Heijden - Strange Escapism (extract)

“A Little More Night Music” is the 6th volume in the essential “Best of Series” taken from the AD Music catalogue, building on the success of not only the series to date, but in particular the hugely popular volume 5 “Night Music”. Therefore, “A Little More Night Music” follows in a similar ‘late night listening’ mood, with more beautifully evocative music carefully chosen to reflect mysterious journeys of discovery through emotionally inspired soundscapes, destined to become your own personal soundtrack of the mind.
This compilation perfectly illustrates the depth and variety found in the AD Music catalogue, presenting contemporary melodic music that crosses the new age, electronic and space music genres with consummate ease.

Claudio Merlini - Travellers In Time (extract)

After Midnight’ celebrates the 100th AD Music release and is a collection of previously unreleased instrumental, chill-out style tracks written especially to celebrate that landmark.
Contributing artists include Code Indigo, Robert Fox, Bekki Williams, David Wright and many more who have pulled out all the stops on this one. There are no fillers here, just 14 memorable and varied compositions that provide a timely reminder, if one was necessary, of the depth of creative talent on AD Music. There is something here for everyone and listeners will discover each track an instrumental winner on a CD that will be on repeat play.
‘After Midnight’ is the 7th volume in the essential ‘Best Of’ AD Music compilation series charting the diversity and creativity of the AD Music label. However, unlike the other CDs in the ‘Best Of’ series, this collection is all new music written especially to celebrate AD100CD, the official 100th AD Music CD release since the label’s founding in 1989.
“Join us in the celebrations, put on the music, make yourself comfortable, relax and chill out. Perhaps raise a glass, then listen to what we do best”. AD Music

Acheloo - Light Dream (extract)

Claudio Merlini’s music has similar emotional sensibilities to label stalwarts David Wright and Bekki Williams, so its easy to see why the Italians maestros music is proving so popular. “Enchantment” is a superb multi-layered, electronic instrumental music opus that at times reminds one of Tangerine Dream circa “Exit” with its haunting and occasionally dark themes. As with Claudio’s previous releases, there are occasional world music influences, but these are subtle and never overdone.
The music is melodic and atmospheric with gently drifting rhythms and a wonderful depth and feel that demands repeated listens. It will appeal to lovers of melodic EM (like Tangerine Dream, Vangelis and Jarre) and as well as being mastered and co-produced by David Wright, he also pitches in with a remix of the title track.

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Book Of Memories (extract)

Karma (extract)

Magic Sleigh Ride (extract)

Masquerade Girl (extract)

Frozen Light (extract)

Faventibus Ventis (extract)

A Quiet Place (extract)

Desire (extract)

A magical third release from Italian maestro Claudio Merlini and easily his best too date. ‘Forever Changes’ shows a growing development and maturity in terms of music and production. There is a strong sense of purpose here and the music has depth and power that previous albums hinted at, but never quite attained. On ‘Forever Changes’ though, each track develops and grows in a thoughtful and at times, quite wondrous way.
Whether through the dynamics found on ‘Fireworks’ and ‘The Spinning Wheel’, or the understated beauty in tracks like ‘Calling Nature’ and ‘Adam and Eve’, the music is instantly appealing. Claudio bares his soul in his music, and as such it is imbued with the most heartfelt and sincere emotions that instantly connect with the listener. It’s difficult to imagine anyone who likes melodic electronic music not being captivated by the spell Claudio weaves. ‘Forever Changes’ is quite simply a stunning and magical electronic music album!

Calling Nature Part 1(extract)

Chain Reaction(extract)

The Unknown Path(extract)

Forever Changes (extract)

eautiful, sweeping keyboards and orchestrated musical vistas laced with gently pulsating rhythms, exquisite guitar and etherial vocal textures provide a genuinely moving and magical journey that is unlike any chill out music you’ve ever heard before. Two years in the making, Timecode oozes warmth, emotion, class and a unique musical beauty that is hard to compare.
For newcomers, Code Indigo have been compared to Art of Noise, Enigma, Vangelis (circa Blade Runner), and instrumental Pink Floyd, but the band has developed its own unique style of warm, melodic chill out music that is so original as to make useful comparisons pointless. What is certain is that Code Indigo has found critical acclaim with fans and media alike worldwide, and across numerous genres, so TimeCode will certainly enhance the bands growing reputation
Voted ‘Best album of 2004′ at the German Schwingungen Radio awards.
2 Years in Echoes Radio Top 10 best Chill Ot albums!

Foundation (extract)

Sensational Code Indigo performance from the 1998 Derby Cathedral concert, showcasing a band on the very top of their form.
From the Limited Edition 4 CD box set 'Blue'

Intro (extract)

The ‘Trinity’ of Ian Boddy, Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and David Wright present melodic instrumental, electronic music in the classic space music style, with infectious rhythms, glorious themes and loads of atmosphere. The music and indeed the entire performance, is all imbued by a strong sense of the three individual musicians. However, the music is expertly disciplined to present a strong sense of the collective ‘Trinity’ and will not only appeal to fans of the three individual musicians, but should find favour with all fans of instrumental music with substance and style.
Featuring stunning new takes on classic tracks from the extensive back catalogue of all three musicians, plus the awesome collaborative title track, this is electronic music to savor and enjoy! The reworking of David’s classic Walking With Ghosts featuring Ian Boddy on Moog solos and Klaus on guitars and mellotron is especially inspired!
Including music recorded at the AD Music festival of September 2009 at the Derby Guildhall, and the later Electronic Circus event in Germany, the music has been eq’d and digitally mastered with only minor edits to the actual performance.

Halcyon (extract)

Richard Bone has established an excellent reputation for his varied ambient electronic music on his Quirkwork label and AD Music is delighted to be able to release this stunning ambient album.
“Serene Life of Microbes” is full of superb analogue electronic music that cleverly manages to be gentle, dark, beautiful and strange. It is a masterful ambient work that stirs up deep echoes of atmospheric space music from a bygone age. Yet “Serene Life” also manages to convey a strong contemporary mood that drifts in and out of a sublime beauty that is never less than utterly compelling.

The seduction of Dr Pasteur (extract)

‘Undersail’ is a daring and utterly captivating instrumental music voyage drawing its inspiration from the fateful voyage of the Titanic on the 15th April 1912. Indeed, the release date coincides with the 100th anniversary of the tragic event. Melodic, atmospheric and thoroughly enchanting, ‘Undersail’ perfectly captures the essence of its epic subject matter.
The music of Steve Orchard has always been very organic, with the emphasis primarily on acoustic guitar dominated compositions. But on ‘Undersail’, he dramatically expands his musical horizons with beautifully layered synths and varied rhythms giving the music a much broader, and at times epic scope befitting the concept. Steve’s excellent acoustic guitar work is still in evidence, but here it takes second stage to the exquisite compositions, production and the sheer scope of the music which drifts gently and elegantly between ethereal, gently rhythmic and the thematic.
This is multi-textured and symphonic instrumental music that is certain to have cross genre appeal – from acoustic rock to Mike Oldfield to Vangelis to New Age – ‘Undersail’ is a beautiful gem that ebbs and flows with tides of emotion and a depth of beauty and imagination that will amaze and delight and it is, without question, the best music of Steve’s illustrious musical career.

In Titanic's Wake (extract)

Stunning debut from French composer Sylvain Carel. This is contemporary electronic soundtrack style music of the highest quality. Varied in tempo and style, the 22 interlinked tracks present a glorious kaleidoscope of moods with occasional ethnic influences provided by subtle and at times stunningly beautiful vocal textures.
Sylvain plays synths and occasional electric guitar and presents some truly inspirational and wonderful cinematic themes and textures that lift this extraordinary musical journey far above the norm. This is evocative, landscape style film music to be savoured as it becomes your own personal soundtrack for the mind. Take the journey…. you wont be disappointed!

Shahrazad (extract)

Time and Tide is an extraordinary musical journey and an excellent ‘Soundtrack for the mind’ from French composer Sylvain Carel who plays keyboards and acoustic instruments. The music takes you to places real and imagined through a series of beautiful and haunting interlinked tracks.
The music is highly evocative and touches on various cultures, from the power of the American Plains Indians to the exotic and beautiful east, while skilfully never venturing into ‘world music’ territory. There is a genuinely beautiful, ‘soothing’ quality to the music, even in its more uptempo moments, and the album retains a coherent flow from beginning to end.
Indeed, ‘Time and Tide’ conveys a cosmic otherworldliness, incorporating drifting, melodic space music and atmospherics alongside some great rhythm and sequence sections that highlight the strong themes and clever arrangements.
‘Time and Tide’ is a very focused effort, and will clearly appeal to fans of melodic instrumental music, whether it be electronic, new age or space music.

Impact Of The Wind (extract)

Spacey atmospherics, driving rhythms and searing guitar are complemented by beautiful synth compositions, all held together by mysterious and innovative vocoder. Ambient electronica at its best.

Mindfire Wish (extract)

The 2nd studio album from Witchcraft. Classic ambient rock with a more rhythmic edge, and much more guitar! Full of wonderful melodic textures, this will appeal to EM, Ambient and rock fans alike.
“In a parallel universe somewhere, this gorgeous song, “Ultraviolet,” is a number 1 hit single. You might just have to hear it to believe it.” Backroadsmusic.com

Scattered Areas Of Invisibility (extract)

Ultraviolet (extract)

Flightwatch (extract)

Perihelion (extract)

Capture The Flag (extract)

First Point Of Aries (extract)

Angel Dust (extract)

The Certainty Principle (extract)

Originally released in 1998, this is the 2015 remastered version of the track 'Brother Earth' from the CD 'Into the Light'.

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Brother Earth(Remastered)

Established in 1989 AD Music has become synonymous with beautifully refined and quality instrumental music in various genres including electronic music, electronica, new age, chill out, world, ambient and space music. 
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