Ambient Music...
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Topic: Ambient Music...
Posted By: Ady Cardiac
Subject: Ambient Music...
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 02:56
| Hi....i've been getting into ambient music recently.....i have dabbled before but got into it again.....really like stuff by Brian Eno and have just been discovering bits and bobs on me own.....so have no idea where to go really.....kind of prefer stuff i've heard so far like Steve Roach, Blanck mass , Stars of the lid and prob some others......so if anyone can recommend some ambient stuff that would be great.....nothing cheesy.... |
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 03:37
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Ah cool. Venturing into the real of chill huh? Nice.
Look no further than... Robert Henke--The Sound of noise Klause Shultze--Moondawn and Kontinuom are great places to start with him. :) Seefeel---Polyfusia Carbon Based Life forms--all of their stuff! Artificial intelligence---Ambient compilations VOL 1&2 Autechre-- some of their stuff. It's mostly IDM though, but tracks like VLETERMX you can't pass up hearing. :) ApHex Twin--Selected ambient works vol 1&2. (this stuff is brilliant.) Zone--all their stuff. Anyway. Hope this helps. Have a great time. Serenity now!!! Lol ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 03:39
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Sorry. That's. signal to Noise by Robert Henke.
And it's a must. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 03:47
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Oh almost forgot.
NINE INCH NAILS--GHOSTS pt1-36 That is crazy good. :) Ok. I think that's enough for now. Lol ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 03:57
Actually, Nick, I was surprised to find you not pimping some of those later period Tangerine Dream albums you love so much! 
and I'd say `Go right ahead, good sir', because I think they're great as well! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 04:06
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Prog Archives' very own http://vompatti.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Vompatti . He's also a member of the band http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu (though that's a bit more experimental) and has a new project, http://succubusstation.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Succubus Station (but that's a bit more on the noise side). ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 04:36
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For a while, my favorite Ambient album (sorry Brian) have been : Paul Horn – Inside sometimes refered to as Inside the Taj Mahal.
Review here :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/jul/03/101-strangest-spotify-paul-horn" rel="nofollow - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/jul/03/101-strangest-spotify-paul-horn
More resent the latest fripp and travis :
Both albums are very flute based, flute is a wonderfull instrument for chill music.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 08:01
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Some of my favorites: Paul Schutze - "Site Anubis" or "Abyssmal Feelings" Brian Eno - "Ambient 1: On Land" Djam Karet - "Suspension and Displacement" (their only album in this vein that I'm aware of) Steve Roach - "The Magnificent Void" ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 08:34
^The new Pam Soiré album The Trip does actually interveawe some rather beautiful ambient sections with a slow Krauty rock feel. The ambient part of the equation though is more reminiscent of early TD and Klaus Schulze though For recs, I'd say these are a fair start, which covers good ground without getting cheesy(I think I know what you mean btw )For old school start with something like Cluster. There's a reason why Eno hooked up with these guys prior to his ambient period. A lot of folks seem to forget that Cluster among with a handful of other artists pioneered what Eno made the public aware of. I love Eno, especially on his collaborations with Bowie, but sometimes he gets credited for something that he was never guilty of. Godfather of ambient music and all that. Rubbish.: For "new school" - probably try out something like mid period Lustmord. His live album for instance is breathtaking. Feels something like like looking into a black hole: Or perhaps you'd want to go in the complete opposite direction and get some danceable ambient music? Sounds like some squidgy music sticker I know, but F*ck Buttons Tarot Sports actually managed to remould the old ambient Krautrock drones into a highly modern and dare I say original sound. It's ambient, but also huge in scope.....and you can dance to it.: The one group that took this thing the furthest is probably Taj Mahal Travellers. As with F*ck Buttons, people don't normally associate the music with ambient, but on here it's perhaps too obvious and in your face. There's a lot of free form music going down too with trumpets, crazy percussion features and the works, but the moods are often kept in the same sort of hovering Zeit state. Never quite the same, but still that intergalactic zoom flowing out of the music: I'm not quite sure as to what you're really into though, but I could suggest a lot of different takes on the style depending on what you're looking for. ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 08:55
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date 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.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 15 2013 at 13:24
Posted By: dr wu23
Date 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....
http://www.last.fm/tag/ambient/artists" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/tag/ambient/artists
http://psy-amb.blogspot.com/2011/02/best-ambient-music-of-all-time-top-25.html" rel="nofollow - http://psy-amb.blogspot.com/2011/02/best-ambient-music-of-all-time-top-25.html ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Ady Cardiac
Date Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:02
| 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. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:07
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 17 2013 at 15:15
Then you'll like this stuff, from the album Rainbow Dome Musick (1979) by Steve Hillage: |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 18 2013 at 09:12
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: ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: July 18 2013 at 15:26
You should have listened to my show of July 1st on iskc internet radio station :
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Posted By: Apsalar
Date 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. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: July 18 2013 at 22:02
Every home should have one
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date 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. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date 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.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date 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. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date 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. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 19 2013 at 16:19
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^ Now that you've mentioned Eluvium, here's a little taste.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOEm27of0Q" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOEm27of0Q |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date 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 ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 00:15
| ^ What he said. |
Posted By: Ady Cardiac
Date 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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Posted By: Roj
Date 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. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date 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.
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