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Dayvenkirq 
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Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
 Topic: Ambient Music...Posted: July 24 2013 at 01:31 |
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How could I forget New Age/Krautrock? Some New Age/Krautrock qualifies in my book as ambient.
- Popol Vuh. (Aguirre and Hosianna Mantra. Haven't checked out In den Garten Pharaos yet. Shame on me.) - lucas mentioned Vangelis, and I recommend him too (don't know if you've heard his Blade Runner soundtrack yet, the 1992 version). - Guldbamsen mentioned Cluster. I'd recommend some stuff from Cluster, like "Rosa" and "Fotschi Tong" off of Zuckerzeit.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 24 2013 at 01:35 |
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Roj
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Posted: July 23 2013 at 07:56 |
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Some great recommendations on here (too many to name) but 2 that haven't been mentioned are
Biosphere - Substrata Robert Rich/Ian Boddy - React The former is wholly ambient and a stellar slice of relaxing enveloping soundscapes. A landmark album to go right up there with the likes of 76:14. The latter is partly ambient and partly futuristic beat driven, but it's an amazingly atmospheric album and the best new (new to me that is, it's 4 years old) album I've heard this year. |
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Ady Cardiac
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Posted: July 20 2013 at 02:29 |
ya sorry about the vagueness....its really hard to pin point a specific vibe......i guess its less of the dancey side at least....there's a few styles of ambient i really enjoy more than others.....like stars of the lid i really love.....got a nice slight classical vibe to it with lots of effects added.......love harold budd stuff as used to have some of his albums years ago.....also loving Eno stuff......sometimes you never know what to check out as there is so much out there these days ( and that applies to music in general) its so easy to pass something by which might have turned out to be the best thing you'll hear in a while.....so i just thought i would throw this question out there.....very nice for people to share what they like.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 20 2013 at 00:15 |
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^ What he said.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: July 20 2013 at 00:13 |
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Not sure if these are on target for the OP but they meet my ambient listening needs...
Fripp & Eno : Evening Star, No Pussyfooting Tangerine Dream : Phaedra Robert Fripp : A Blessing of Tears Shadowfax : Too Far to Whisper |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 19 2013 at 16:19 |
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^ Now that you've mentioned Eluvium, here's a little taste.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 19 2013 at 16:20 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 19 2013 at 12:00 |
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I got into ambient thanks to Eno, Plateaux Of Mirror in particular, which led me to Harold Budd. I really like Budd's stuff. I've put together a playlist from my ambient albums called Ambient Waves Of Grain. I might throw in some more suggestions this weekend. One recent one that I haven't seen mentioned is an artist who goes by Elluvium. Smilar to Harold Budd. Happy mellowing out.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 19 2013 at 00:16 |
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Steve Roach's Structures from Silence and Dreamtime Return are the two best ambient albums IMO. There is no other album in existence that totally encloses you in warm, velvety, comfort than Structures from Silence. Not even kidding, the album feels like a warm cashmere blanket and a tea in a darkened room.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 19 2013 at 00:10 |
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As lucas pointed out, you might want to check out some stuff by Harold Budd (solo and his collaborations with Eno).
I guess catching on some ambient works casually could do the trick (you know, through things like Last.fm and such), though I found myself recently using RYM.com to check out the top albums from any particular genre or artist. However, ratings can fail us at pretty much any point, so there can be some underrated surprises that may never come your way. Example: Harold Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams. Also, I'm not quite sure what by your standards is cheesy, though I think checking out some classic Tangerine Dream (Phaedra and Rubycon) wouldn't hurt. Since you have no preferred direction thus far, I really can't comment more.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 19 2013 at 00:14 |
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 18 2013 at 23:07 |
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Don't know if Sylvian qualifies as 'ambient' though it is very very mellow at times , but I do like his music....Gone To Earth is my personal favorite.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Barbu
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Posted: July 18 2013 at 22:02 |
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Every home should have one
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Apsalar
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Posted: July 18 2013 at 21:16 |
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good to see another Stars of the Lid fan.
first thing coming to mind is Andrew Chalk. i find Eliane Radigue good for meditation, but her sound is probably different from what you are looking for. |
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lucas
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Posted: July 18 2013 at 15:26 |
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You should have listened to my show of July 1st on iskc internet radio station :
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: July 18 2013 at 09:12 |
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Allright, I think I have a fairly good idea of what you want then
 For meditation purposes, I'd strongly recommend Manuel Göttsching: With Michael Hoenig off of Agitation Free here on the Early Water sessions: Bohren & der Club of Gore: Then there's Global Communication, although I probably wouldn't use this as meditation music. It is however impossibly pretty. Ambient meets IDM: GAS is equally brilliant. I suggest Königsforst for starters: Oh and not to forget the master of space ambient, Klaus Schulze. I'm not sure whether you know of his work, but his latter day material has a gentle smoothness to it that completely escapes his earlier more dark material. For what you're looking for, his latest effort Shadowlands should suit perfectly methinks: Edited by Guldbamsen - July 18 2013 at 09:13 |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:15 |
Then you'll like this stuff, from the album Rainbow Dome Musick (1979) by Steve Hillage: Edited by Svetonio - July 17 2013 at 15:31 |
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:07 |
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Ady Cardiac
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Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:02 |
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yeah thanks all for the recommendations.......slowly working through them but if anything i don't want to get into anything to "feedback" sounding or sounding "dark".......i do like eno stuff like "thursday afternoon"....which is just the right side of "new age" music for me.......well new age for me is all that whale song/waterfall type stuff......i do do meditation you see and have been making myself do it everyday of late......so its just something nice to have on afterwards....or late at night to have on in this hot and sticky weather.
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 16 2013 at 10:48 |
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Eno and TD about all I have in my collection that are specifically ambient but there are many lists online....
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 15 2013 at 13:24 |
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 15 2013 at 09:34 |
Absolutely right again. I just thought that 'new age' ambience is more what he is looking for due to his appreciation for ENO and Roach. They're far more mellow, but I did chuck in' that REZNOR GHOSTS album for some edge!! I'm one of these  More often than not, so I just had to. 
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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