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Artists discovered in April 2008 (in alphabetical order):

* Aereda
Tags: new age

* Amethystium
Tags: ambient, electronica, new age

* B-Tribe
Tags: new age, chillout

* Balligomingo
Tags: ambient, electronica

* Bola
Tags: idm, electronica, ambient

* Celtic Cross
Tags: ambient, psychedelic

* Darshan Ambient
Tags: ambient

* David Arkenstone
Tags: instrumental, ambient, new age

* Elend
Tags: dark ambient, neoclassical, darkwave

* Entheogenic
Tags: ambient, psychill

* Global Communication
Tags: ambient, electronica

* Jello
Tags: idm, electronica

* Jens Gad
Tags: ambient, downtempo

* Karunesh
Tags: ambient, new age

* Luminary
Tags: trance, vocal trance

* Magna Carta
Tags: folk, folk rock

* Mysteria
Tags: new age, ambient

* OceanLab
Tags: trance, vocal trance

* Olive
Tags: electronica, trip-hop

* Science For Girls
Tags: electronica, chillout

* Sleepthief
Tags: ambient, ethereal, electronica

* Sleepy Town Manufacture
Tags: idm, ambient, electronica

* Solar Fields
Tags: ambient, electronica


Out of these Amethystium, Balligomingo, Entheogenic, and Sleepthief have become a permanent part of my collection; the rest I've yet to fully check out.

1 Air 372
2 Evanescence 252
3 Sarah Blasko 233
4 Jakalope 223
5 Delerium 221
6 Kristin Mainhart 218
7 Imogen Heap 188
8 Death in Vegas 185
9 Garbage 174
10 Portishead 171
11 Airlock 162
12 Goldfrapp 156
13 Flyleaf 147
14 Sarah McLachlan 140
15 Sleepthief 138
16 Veruca Salt 136
17 Halou 128
18 Tegan and Sara 125
19 Bitter:Sweet 115
19 Hooverphonic 115
21 The Unknownn 110
22 Au4 108
23 Atomica 97
24 Nine Inch Nails 96
25 Zero 7 94
26 Abraham 91
27 Mythos 89
28 Rockabye Baby! 84
29 Bonobo 83
30 Sia 79
31 Tool 77
31 Kosheen 77
33 Kate Havnevik 70
33 Chantal Kreviazuk 70
33 TeddyBears 70
36 Balligomingo 67
37 Dido 66
38 Liv Kristine 65
39 Esthero 64
40 Feist 63
40 Morcheeba 63
42 Tryad 58
43 Wild Strawberries 57
44 Skin 56
45 VAST 55
46 Darkel 54
47 Charlotte Gainsbourg 52
48 Jens Gad 51
49 Natalie Walker 46
49 Priscilla Hernandez 46

Alright, here in this journal I'm going to advertise my own music. I produce mostly trance, but I occasionally venture into ambient/downtempo.

Click here to go to my music page

I'd have to say that my best trance tracks are Sentinel and I Can See the Light. My best downtempo tracks are Deep Ocean and Calm.

My trance influences:
DJ Dean
DJ Tatana
Armin van Buuren
ATB
Tiësto/DJ Tiësto
Fragma
Toby Emerson
Paul van Dyk
Chicane
Wavetraxx
DJ Sammy
Vincent Vega
DJ Shog
trance[]control
BT
4 Strings
Mirco de Govia

My downtempo/ambient influences:
Jens Gad
Enigma

Enjoy! :)