Stadium Ambient / Live in Japan, by The NRG

Stadium Ambient / Live in Japan

by The NRG

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Tango Mango I really wanted a voice to shout "King of snake, king of snake" in De-NRGizer, but our universe would have been shredded by antimatter leaks from the crossed multiverses.

Karl Grundmann Great addition to Muzan. Perhaps a larger soundscape (it's in the name of the album, obviously) than some of the other artists. More melody, less drone, a captivating ride from start to finish. The reissue as a 'live' album is also a nice touch.

MankyBen could be genuine of the time, love it!

akirafilmscript How do you begin to describe a spot-on recreation of early-to-mid 90s ambient rooted in the approaches of Global Communications, The KLF, The Orb, etc.? This album is a beast, and all hyperbole aside, worthy of being considered what it pitches itself as (had been): Stadium Ambient. Beautifully executed, and an incredible version via Muzan Editions. Favorite track: De-NRGizer.

mandarín What a journey. Wow❤️ Favorite track: Surface Reality.

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"STADIUM AMBIENT" Limited Japan Edition Cassette
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Professionally dubbed, normal bias cassette tape.

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2xCS Limited Japan Edition
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"LIVE IN JAPAN" Limited Japan Edition Cassette
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1.	The KLF 05:56	buy track
2.	Unconscious Motivation 08:53	buy track
3.	De-NRGizer 12:32	buy track
4.	Earth Mother 06:02	buy track
5.	Megadog 07:34	buy track
6.	Cherry Dome / Candy-Flipping 09:12	buy track
7.	Surface Reality 07:36	buy track
8.	LA Inhabitants 08:48	buy track
9.	Ghost Dog (Live in Japan) 14:13	buy track
10.	Astral Projector (Live in Japan) 12:09	buy track

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Muzan is incredibly proud to offer a special Japan edition of The NRG’s Stadium Ambient, a studio album so legendary by a band so mythological in stature that they may not even have existed.
This double cassette reissue not only features re-edits of the original release, but also two never before heard recordings from The NRG’s completely fictional 1993 Japan tour.
So sit back, turn up the volume, and travel back to a parallel 1990’s with the world’s foremost pioneers of “big room ambient”.

This is what The NRG has to say about "Stadium Ambient":

ENGLISH:
It's not the summer of 1993 and the boys were back in the UK after another successful but gruelling world tour that never happened. In the space of a few short years they'd gone from chill-out room nerds to globe trotting electronic wizards but the relentless live shows and studio sessions were taking there toll... their penchant for hard partying also didn't help.

The pressure was on from the label, "we need a hit LP! NOW!!".

The previous studio album, 'The Magic of Ancients", was universally panned, it's progressive vibes and dalliances with magic and Neolithic spiritualism was not exactly a chart winning formula, so armed with a sampler, a few synths and enough LSD to sink a battleship they headed to North Wales to work on what would become, unbeknownst to them, their fourth...well, out of the albums we know about... and final album.

In their new, temporary base, surrounded by the spectacular Snowdonia peaks, wild weather and mountain sheep, they set about not making an album that was absolutely devoid of anything even remotely radio friendly, in fact there aren't even any electronic beats on the album. It's just a 60 minute + Ambient journey that some would view as commercial suicide but would ultimately result in the biggest world tour they'd never done in 1994, which in turn would lead to the now infamous 'Live '94' album.

"Strap yourselves in and get ready to enjoy the slow motion thrills of the World's most laidback audio rollercoaster ride."

JP:
1993年虚構の夏、The NRGは大成功に終わったワールド・ツアーから英国へと戻っていた。わずか数年の間に、二人は小さなチルアウト・ルームでの演奏から世界中のメガ・フェスティバルで演奏するまでになった。しかし、この成功（と、それに伴ったパーティーライフ）は二人を体力的にも精神的にも疲弊させるものだった。
レーベルからのプレッシャーは高まる一方だった。「今すぐヒットLPを作れ！」と。
前作は、彼らが期待していたような成功ではなかった。プログレッシブなヴァイブスを持ち、魔法と新石器時代のスピリチュアリズムに重きを置いた「The Magic of Ancients」は、かろうじてチャートにランクインした。そこで、サンプラーと数台のシンセサイザー、そして大量のLSDを駆使して、彼らは4作目にして最後のアルバム制作のために北ウェールズに向かった。
雄大なスノードニアの峰々、荒々しい天候、山羊たちに囲まれながら、彼らはレコーディングを開始した。この空想世界の中で出来上がったアルバムは、レーベルはラジオ向けのビートで満たされたものになると予想していたが、1時間に及ぶアンビエントの長い旅になった。キャリアの自殺行為に見えた人もいただろうが、結果的にそのアルバムが彼らの史上最大のワールド・ツアーへと繋がった。そして最終的に2021年にリリースされたアルバム『Live '94』が生まれた。
ライヴ・アルバム『Live '94』、『Glastonbury 1991』に続く『Stadium Ambient』は、存在しないディスコグラフィから "再発 "される最初のスタジオ・アルバムである。

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released January 5, 2024

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