IMPORTANT MUSIC

This is a small selection of some of the great musicians of Society plus music that isn't so good yet is Socially significant and worth listening to at least once for the experience.  There's barely anything C21 because the author had stopped listening to the new music of Society by then.  It includes Christian, Muslim, Tibetan Buddhist and Rastafarian music which has an immense energy within Society for they are immense Societal sub-groups of great belief.  It also includes Classical music which is very old and upper class and as such has an immense energy within Western Society.  These energies impart great emotion.

In alphabetical order.  The best are underlined.

• Acen (Acen Razvi)

British Hardcore

For example their song Trip II The Moon (1992).

• The Age of Love

Italiano (Italian) Trance

Their song The Age of Love (1990).

• Aimee Mann (1960-)

American Virginian Folk

For example her song Save Me (1999).

• Air (French Band) (1995-)

Français (French) Electronica

Their album Moon Safari (1998).

• Alison Goldfrapp (1966-)

British Electronic Dance

For example their album Felt Mountain (2000).

• Les Amazones De Guinée

West African Folk

For example their song Sona (circa 1990).

• Anna Fox Rochinski

American Psychedelic Indie Rock

For example their song Burning Snowflakes (c. 2015).

• Aphex Twin (1971-)

British Ambient Dance + Electronic Dance

For example their album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992).

• Augustus Pablo (Horace Swaby) (1954-1999)

Jamaican Roots Reggae

For example his song Cassava Piece (1972-5).

• Autechre (1987-)

British Ambient

For example their remix of Saint Etienne's song Like A Motorway entitled Skin Up You're Already Dead (1994).

• Bedouin Ascent

British Ambient

For example their song Composition C for Neutral Space (c. 1994).

• Beth Gibbons (1965-)

British Folk

For example their album Out of Season (2002).

• Biosphere (Geir Jenssen) (1962-)

Norsk (Norwegian) Ambient

Their song The Third Planet (c. 1994).

• Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates) (1928-2008)

American Mississippian Rhythm & Blues

Their song Bo Diddley (1955).

• Bob Dylan (1941-)

American Minnesotan Folk

For example their album The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964).  Nobel laureate.

• Bob Marley (and The Wailers) (1945-1981)

Jamaican Reggae + Rock Steady

For example their album Exodus (1977).

• Bomb The Bass (Tim Simenon)

British Electronic Dance

For example their song Bug Powder Dust (1994).

• The Brothers Grimm

British Hardcore

Their song The Lion Awakes (c. 1992).

• Can (1968-1999)

Deutsch (German) Acid Electronica

For example their song Future Days (1973).

• Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Français (French) Classical Romantic

For example their song Clare de Lune (c. 1905).

• Claudine Longet (1942-)

Français (French)-American Lounge

For example their cover of the song Nothing to Lose (c. 1967).

• De La Soul (1987-)

American East Coast Hip-Hop

For example their album 3 Feet High & Rising (1989).

• Deep Forest

Français (French) World Dance

Their song Sweet Lullaby (1992).

• Dillinja (Karl Francis) (1974-)

British Drum'n'Bass

For example their song The Angels Fell (1995).

• DJ Shadow (Joshua Paul Davis) (1972-)

American Californian Trip-Hop

For example their album Endtroducing... (1994-6).

• Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) (1910-1953)

Romani Gypsy Jazz

For example their song Djangology (c. 1960).

• Don McLean (1945-)

American New York Folk

For example their song American Pie (1971).

• The Doors (1965-73)

American LA Acid Rock

For example their song The End (1967).

• Enigma (1990-)

Deutsch (German) Electronic Dance

For example their album MCMXC A.D. (1990).

• Eric Satie (1866-1925)

Français (French) Piano

For example their album Gymnopédies (c. 1888).

• Everything But The Girl (1982-2000)

British Folk

Their song I Don't Want To Talk About It (1989).

• The Future Sound of London (1988-)

British Ambient

For example their album Lifeforms (1994).

• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1976-1988)

American NYC Rap

Their song The Message (1982).

• Gregorio Allegri (c. 1582-1652)

Italiano (Italian) Christian Choral

Their song Miserere mei, Deus (c. 1630s).

• Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

British Classical

Their suite The Planets (1914-6).

• Hardfloor (1991-)

Deutsch (German) Hard Trance

For example their remix of Robert Armani's song Circus Bells (1993).

• J Majik (Jamie Spratling)

British Drum'n'Bass

For example their song Your Sound (1995).

• Jacob Miller (1952-1980)

Jamaican Reggae + Dub

For example their album Who Say Jah No Dread – The Classic Augustus Pablo Sessions (including dubs) (1975).

• Jam And Spoon (1991-2005)

Deutsch (German) Trance

For example their album Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1994).

• Jefferson Airplane (1965-1996)

American San Franciscan Acid Folk

For instance their song White Rabbit (1967).

• Jewel Kilcher (1974-)

American Folk

For example their album Pieces of You (1995).

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Deutsch (German) Classical

For example their concerti grossi the Brandenburg Concertos (c. 1720).

• John Lennon (1940-1980)

British Liverpudlian / US Folk / Pop

For example their song Imagine (1971).

• Joni Mitchell (1943-)

Canadian / American Folk

For example their album Blue (1971).

• Junior Byles (Kerrie Byles) (1948-)

Jamaican Reggae

Their song Fade Away (1976).

• King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) (1941-1989)

Jamaican Dub

For example their song Real Gone Crazy Dub (c. 1977).

• Kool and The Gang (1964-)

American New Jerseyan Funk + Disco

For example their song Summer Madness (1974).

• Lee 'Scratch' Perry (Rainford Hugh Perry) (1936-)

Jamaican Reggae + Dub

For example their album Battle of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator) (1986).

• Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

Canadian Pop

Their song Everybody Knows (1988).

• Lucinda Williams (1953-)

American Louisianan Folk / Blues

Their song Sharp Cutting Wings (Song To A Poet) (1980).

• Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Deutsch (German) Classical

For example their song Für Elise (1810).

• Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) (1958-)

American NYC Pop

For example their song Material Girl (1985).

• Marvin Gaye (1939-1984)

American Motown (Detroit)

Their album What's Going On (1971).

• Massive Attack (1988-)

British Trip-Hop

For example their album Blue Lines (1991).

• Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

American Pop

Their album Thriller (1982) (the best selling album of all time).

• Morcheeba (1995-)

British London Jazz

For example their album Charango (2002).

• N.W.A. (1986-2002)

American LA Rap

For example their album Straight Outta Compton (1988).

• Nina Nastasia

American NYC Folk

For example their song Counting Up Your Bones (c. 2006).

• Nirvana (1987-1994)

American Seattle Grunge

For example their album Nevermind (1991).

• Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (ناخ یلع حتف ترصن)

(1948-1997)

ناتسکاپ (Pakistani) Qawwali

For example their album Live in Paris, Vol. 2 (c. 1988).

• Omni Trio (Robert Haigh)

British Drum'n'Bass + Ambient

For example their song Haunted Science (1996).

• The Orb (1988-)

British Ambient Dance

For example their album The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991).

• Orbital (1989-2014)

British Techno

For example their album Snivilisation (1994).

• Otis Redding (1941-1967)

American Georgian Blues

For example their song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (1968).

• Patty Griffin (1964-)

American Maine Folk

Their song Not Alone (c. 1996).

• Paul Simon (1941-)

American New Jerseyan & World Folk

For example their album The Rhythm of the Saints (1990).

• PFM

Drum'n'Bass

For example their song The One & Only (c. 1995).

• The Pharcyde (1989-)

American LA Hip-Hop

Their album Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992).

• Portishead (1991-)

British Trip-Hop

For example their album Dummy (1994).

• The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) (1958-2016)

American Minnesotan Rock

For example their album Sign 'O' The Times (1987).

• The Prodigy (1990-)

British Electronic Dance

For example their album Music For the Jilted Generation (1994).

• Public Enemy (1982-)

American NYC Rap

Their song Fight The Power (1990).

• Sade (1982-)

British London Lovers Rock

For example their album and live DVD Lovers Rock (c. 2000).

• Santana (1967-)

American San Franciscan Acid Rock

For example their album Abraxas (1970).

• The Scientist Meets The Space Invaders Album (1981)

Jamaican Dub

For example their song Materialize (1981).

• Shut Up And Dance

British London Hackney Electronic Dance

For example their song Raving I'm Raving (the original 1992 mix without copyright obtained).

• Shy FX featuring UK Apache

British Jungle

Their song Original Nuttah (1994).

• Sia Furler (1975-)

Australian Folk

For example their album Healing Is Difficult (2001).

• Silver Bullet

British Hardcore

Their song 20 Seconds To Comply (c. 1989).

• Sizzla Kalonji (Miguel Orlando Collins) (1976-)

Jamaican Reggae

For example their song Praise Ye Jah (1997).

• Sly & The Family Stone (1967-1983)

American San Franciscan Funk

For example their song Family Affair (1971).

• Speedy J (Jochem George Paap) (1992-)

Nederlands (Dutch) Trance

For example their song Red Shift (2008).

• Stanley Jordan (1959-)

American Chicagoan Jazz

For example their c. 1985 cover of the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby.

• System 7 (1991-)

British Ambient + Electronic Dance

For example their album Point 3 – Water Album (1994).

• Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)

American North Carolinian Jazz

For example their song Blue Monk (1958).

• Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751)

Italiano (Italian) Classical

Their album Complete Oboe Concertos (c. 1720s).

• Tool (1990-)

American Californian Neo-Acid Rock

Their album Lateralus (2001).

• Tracy Chapman (1964-)

American Ohio Folk

Their album Tracy Chapman (1988).

• Union Jack

British Techno + Trance

For example their album There Is No Armageddon (1995).

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Österreichisch (Austrian) Classical

For example their song Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1787).

• The Wu-Tang Clan (1992-)

American NYC Hip-Hop

For example their album Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers (1993).

• Yabby You (Yabby U) (Vivian Jackson) (1946-2010)

Jamaican Reggae + Dub

For example their album Yabby U vs. King Tubby – Prophesy of Dub (1976).

• Yungchen Lhamo (1960s-)

Tibetan Folk

Their album Tibet, Tibet (1996).