1992  |
After
having left Anita, Mike relocates to Los Angeles, signs to WEA with a
new manager, Clive Banks. His first work for the new label is, of
course, Tubular Bells II, released August 31, being a reworking of the
themes from his first album. |
|
The
piece is premiered at Edinburgh Castle at the end of Edinburgh
Festival in September 4. The album reaches #1 worlwide being a great
success. The video recording is released in October. |
|
Mike
contributes to Kevin Ayers' new album Still Life With Guitar. |
| 1993
|
Mike
takes Tubular Bells II on tour around the world, his first tour since
1984. |
|
Virgin
releases a retrospective compilation called Elements in September.
Many rare and unreleased tracks are promised but Mike vetoes most of
these. There is also a Video Elements in October. |
| 1994
|
In
April, asteroid 5656 Oldfield is named in Mike's honour. |
|
A
new album, The Songs Of Distant Earth, is released in November 21. The
album is based on a sci-fi novel of the same name by Arthur C. Clarke.
This is the first album to contain a CD-ROM section. |
| 1995
|
The
Songs Of Distant Earth is re-released with new CD-ROM content and
award-winning video. |
| 1996
|
Mike
moves to Ibiza, Spain and returns to celtic music. An assortment of
new compositions and traditional songs, Voyager, is released in August
21. |
| 1997
|
Another
compilation is released, this time called The Essential XXV, in
October 1, inlcuding a teaser form his forthcoming album Tubular Bells
III. |
| 1998
|
Mike
moves back to London and poures his feelings into Tubular Bells III.
Released in August 31 and premiered at the Horse Guard Parade in
September 4. The video recording is released in October. Tubular Bells
III is influenced by the sound of disco music he used to listen while
he was in Ibiza. |
| 1999
|
After
extensive use of computers on Tubular Bells III he goes back to
guitars conceiving and recording an album entirely made of guitars,
even the drums are made with midi guitars. Guitars is released in May
24. |
|
Mike
goes again on Tour all across Europe with his Then & Now Tour. |
|
By
the end of the year, now prolific Mike, has another album ready to be
released, The Millennium Bell. It is premiered in a concert in Berlin
in December 31 concluding with a spectacular lightshow conceived by
Art In Heaven to commemorate the so wrong-called 'new millennium'. |
| 2000
|
Mike
commences to work on his Virtual Reality Project. An idea first
mentioned back in 1995. |
|
The
Millennium Bell concert is released on video in February 2000. The
performance is called The Art In Heaven Concert - Live In Berlin. |
| 2001
|
Virgin
strikes back with another useless compilation, The Best Of Tubular
Bells, released in June 4. Some tracks from TB2, TB3 and Millennimun
Bells are included due to an agreement with WEA. |
| 2002
|
Another
compilation sees the light, Collection, released in February 26 by
Virgin trying. This compilation, like the previous one, is practically
not promoted anywhere. Another useless effort from Virgin who seems to
have very little respect to Mike's back catalogue. |
|
Mikes
signs a three record contract with Warner Spain. Under his new label
he releases Tres Lunas, clasified as a chill-out album. Released in
June 3 it includes the first episode of virtual reality game MusicVR
for PC also called Tres Lunas. |
| 2003
|
30
years later Mike re-records Tubular Bells as 'he always wanted to be'.
Mike always felt that Tubular Bells was recorded in a hurry, bad
produced and mixed and with guitars out of tune, finally he gets his
latest attempt to make his Opus 1 a perfect recording. The album,
called Tubular Bells 2003, is released in May 26, exactly 30 years
after the release of original recording. Mike takes advantage of new
recording techniques and avoid mistakes and imperfections of the
original album. The result is full of controversy between fans. |
|
At
the same time a compilation box is also released, The Complete Tubular
Bells, including full Tubular Bells 2003, Tubular Bells 2 and Tubular
Bells 3 albums. |
