Around 2008, soon after discovering SomaFM internet radio station, I also found Magnatune. It is a pretty neat concept of giving a "lifetime" access to a wide range of music not available anywhere else.

I was pleased to find out Magnatune still exists. What makes it special is their detailed bios on artists and their works. Around 2008 I often went there just to listen a specific ambient music gem, Stargarden, aka Bobby/Robert DeVito. His amazing albums are made with care and thought.

Unfortunately, but for a good reason, Magnatune started to play call signs over the music samples, which then made me to abandon and forget their web site. But it is a great place to find something different thanks to their way to order and describe artists and their works.

Nowadays one can of course find number of such artists also elsewhere, like on YouTube:



Stargarden - Astral Dub on YouTube

This particular piece of music also shows that there can be "vocals" on an ambient music. But very often it is spoken words, and maybe even public domain recordings of speeches and presentations made by some more or less famous speakers.

I think I once spotted the speech used on this Stargarden's Astral Dub, but I no longer can't remember who and what it was. But there's a fun information seeking challenge for you, to try find it out!