Jordan DeLaSierra - Valentine Eleven (1988/2020)

Jordan De La Sierra didn’t come to New Age, New Age came to him. “It was coming from the school of minimalism,” Jordan said. “Pure sound, with shape. I didn’t think of it as New Age. New Age was added onto it as a thought form after the fact, and that’s okay.” His 1988 sophomore album Valentine Eleven explored notions of new biology, quantum alchemy, modern chemistry, and relativity, all with a message to unite the world with love. Coming later in his career, the record is a departure from the solo piano works of Gymnosphere, trading his touchstone minimalism for lavish synthscapes.