Jonn Serrie

[ThomasKDye]

I'm almost afraid of posting this here, but I'm really digging "And the Stars Go With You," as well as many of his other works right now. They put me into a deeper frame of mind. How do people here feel about him? I'm curious.

[gpeccary]

I Have some of his earlier work, which I liked a lot. Then he seemed to get a little too happy new-agey commercial if that makes any sense? Like Chuck Wild/Liquid Mind. I like my ambient dark and moody not like a Disney soundtrack. And please, this isn't a rip on you enjoying him, by all means dig in! Just my take on your question.

[ThomasKDye]

Well, I'm still safe, because "And the Stars" seems to have been his first album. I definitely see what you mean about it threatening to become "Disney New Age," for sure.

[rcarlberg]

Like many artists his early stuff was quite good and innovative. Later he went over to the Dark Side (aka Disney.)

[Azol]

And the Stars Go with You... is a classic Serrie! Very spacey and far away... I can also recommend both Planetary Chronicles Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (especially vol. 2). They contain pieces Serrie composed for several planetariums.
On later albums he began experimenting with more pop-oriented sound, adding more rhythmic elements, saxophones etc - not my cup of tea to be honest, so I lost interest, but I still own these three CDs and they are just brilliant!

And if you are interested in similar cosmic-style ambient works, listen to such albums as Michael Stearns Encounter, Chuck van Zyl Regeneration Mode (very hard to find though), Arecibo Trans Plutonian Transmissions (for darker mood), Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue Shades of Orion 3 etc. There are many more, but these are standouts for me.

[Progtopia]

I'm not super familiar with his stuff (mostly earlier), but what I've heard, I like for when I need that kind of mood.