Ambient Meditations was a series of CDs released by the trance party Return to the Source

Return To The Source

Return to the Source was a London-based Goa Trance club and off-shoot record label run by partners Chris Decker, Mark Allen, Janice Duncan and Phil Ross....

.

While the club was know primarily for its Goa Trance

Goa trance

Goa trance is a form of electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India.-History:The music has its roots in the popularity of Goa in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a hippie capital, and although musical developments were incorporating elements of industrial music and EBM...

 music and latterly Psychedelic Trance

Psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...

 or Psy Trance, the parties always had a chill-out room. From 1993 to 2002, the job of host or resident DJ in the chill-out room fell to Chris 'Chrisbo' Smith, Mixmaster Morris or DJ Pathaan, while different special guest DJs and artists were booked each month. Guest artists included Youth (Martin Glover

Martin Glover

Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...

), Dr Alex Paterson

Alex Paterson

Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception....

 (The Orb), Solar Quest

Solar Quest

Solar Quest may refer to the following:* Solar Quest - an ambient/acid trance project* Solar Quest - a video game* Solar Quest - a solar energy solution* Solarquest - a space-age real estate trading game...

, Another Green World

Another Green World

Another Green World is the third studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Island Records in September 1975. As he had done with previous solo albums, Eno worked with several guest musicians including Phil Collins, John Cale and...

 among many others.

However, the first in the Ambient Meditations series was compiled and mixed by one of the Source's partner / founders and main resident Mark Allen

Mark Allen

Mark Allen may refer to:*Mark Allen , former British spy turned businessman and lecturer*Mark Allen , American world champion triathlete*Mark "Bull" Allen , New Zealand international rugby football player...

. Released in 1998, Ambient Meditations 1 was dedicated to Sophie, Phil Ross

Phil Ross

Phil Ross had one of the greatest single seasons in college baseball history. For the 1985 season he set, tied, or entered the NCAA record books 8 times while playing first base for Saint Leo University...

's daughter who was born that year, with the sleeve featuring a sleeping baby buddha.

Albums in the series:

• Ambient Meditations 1 mixed by Mark Allen
  Mark Allen
  Mark Allen may refer to:*Mark Allen , former British spy turned businessman and lecturer*Mark Allen , American world champion triathlete*Mark "Bull" Allen , New Zealand international rugby football player...
  
   (1998)
• Ambient Meditations 2 mixed by Dr Alex Paterson
  Alex Paterson
  Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception....
  
   (The Orb) (1999)
• Ambient Meditations 3 mixed by Youth (2000)
• Ambient Mediations 4 'God Bless the Chilled' mixed by Mixmaster Morris
  Mixmaster Morris
  Mixmaster Morris is an English ambient DJ and underground musician. Relating specifically to ambient music, Morris stated "It's exactly what you need if you have a busy and stressful life".-Life and career:...
  
  (2002)