Not sure of artist, and have no way of finding out without all of your help. I believe the album (trance/electronica) may have been a compilation of various artists, but I may be incorrect. What I do remember is that the cover artwork contained an image of a nautilus shell, and one of the tracks had some samples that sounded like whale song. I'll know it when I hear it, but unfortunately I only have about 4 of the tracks on a cassette. Not much help when I'm trying to find it on CD. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
JMO

Could the track with the whale song be Green Court - Silent heart? Think that tune had whale sounds in it.

But I really appreciate you answering my query. I am going to dig up the old tape deck and rip the song to an MP3 and load it up to this thread. I've been through over 1000 compilation albums on Amazon to no avail. The song (around 1993-1994) has flavors of some of Orbital's work, but I haven't found it on any of those albums. The MP3 should be loaded by tonight (Chicago zone). Thanks for your help.