Good "ambient" music?

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ruin wrote:
glottis5 wrote:He hasn't really done anything of note in the past few years, though.
open your eyes and probably ears too. his new album tummaa is a masterpiece.
I'll listen to it again, but it only seemed ok to me
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ruin wrote:
glottis5 wrote:He hasn't really done anything of note in the past few years, though.
open your eyes and probably ears too. his new album tummaa is a masterpiece.
I've just ordered it. The preview clips sound quite different to his other releases. He's pretty good at reinventing his sound though, what with his myriad of projects he releses through Huume.
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dont know if this has been said, but EchoDub do nice ambient dubstep...

http://site.echodub.co.uk/

d.load their free compliations :)
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some sound recommendations, and yet..
And still loads get missed out.

here's a few

10-20
Alpine
Pausal
The Village Orchestra
July Skies
My Autumn Empire
Harold Budd
Manuel Gottsching
Higher Intelligence Agency
The Black Dog
Plaid
Sun Electric
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36 - Hypersona

Best ambient release i've heard in years.
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Dr H wrote:36 - Hypersona

Best ambient release i've heard in years.
thank you for this. there is a few really beautiful songs on that album!
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Let me point you in this direction......

http://highpointlowlife.com/

Check this label, plenty of freebie downloads here.

And some awesome music.
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Give Zero 7 a try.. More triphop - lite than anything but theyre well nice
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just got done listening to robert rich / steve roach - strata...incredible!
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Anyone heard Future Sound Of Ambient Volume 2? Some brilliant stuff on there.
http://soundcloud.com/fixxa
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Is that the Virgin comp with the Laaraji stuff on and Hawkwind?

If so, then yeah. It's a fair few years old that one.
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great thread!

and bump :D
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All the artists I was going to mention have already been referred to in this thread...


I have a few ambient tunes forthcoming on gradient audio - 1 of them is on their myspace (1st in the player)
http://www.myspace.com/gradientaudio

You can also check out my other stuff - Not ambient, but certainly ambient electronica :D
http://soundcloud.com/king-slaff


Enjoy!
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dat REAL ambient can be found on these glorious labels:

TESCO USA
Essentia Mundi
Drone Records
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lustmord
jon hopkins
brian eno
tycho
ulrich schnauss
sleepresearch_facility
pete namlook
bill laswell (the combo of namlook/laswell in the psychonavigation series is great)
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taking a broad meaning to the term ambient for this heh
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Carbon Based Lifeforms

...will knock you right the f*ck out asleep its so ambient :wink:
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