Clannad S&D

If you had asked me yesterday if I would have ever have asked this question I would have called you a lunatic but through Johny Trunk's amazing show on resonance fm i came across Atlantic Realm and its amazing. Ive had a big soft spot for synthy new age stuf but id never thought about my countrymen's output. Have they any other albums this good or is the only one which keeps the celtic influences at bay (apart from the admitably fantastic title track)?

pissed syntax central

http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/Mad%20Max.jpg

Come on some of you. Admit you have this in your closet somewhere.

The early trad stuff was too fiddly for me, and the later soundtracky stuff too smoothed-over and Enyal (but in both cases fine background music), but for me Macalla and Sirius are two different inspired sweet spots on the curve leading from folk twinkle towards new-age murmur. Thanks for reminding me to get them out again!

CLANNAD FUCKING RULE

TOWER HILL!

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I HAVE MYSTICAL VISIONS AND COSMIC VIBRATIONS

THEME

FROM

HARRY'S FUCKING GAME!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo

(i'm gonna buy a harp sing into the core of the earth)

(or something)

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broing down w/ bono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_klil_eOEY

^favourite bono cameo

bonio

Forgot how much I like the Harry's Game theme.

The good stuff is the early acoustic stuff. Back when they sounded like a bunch of Pentangle fans who thought they'd revisit an Irish heritage they were semi aware of so they wound up sounding like acoustic pop versions of traditional stuff in a delightful inauthentic way.
First lp is lovelty and I just discovered there's a 2cd pack of the next couple of lps put out in 2010 that sounds like the sound should be good if the snippets on Amazon are anything to go by.