Good "ambient" music?

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Good "ambient" music?

Post by MidnightMassDubstep » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:27 pm

Can anyone recoment any decent ambient music?
I'm talking Headhunter - Lifeform, Milanese - Double face etc.
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Post by Genevieve » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:48 pm

Fennesz, Belong, Tim Hecker....?
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Post by tomm » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:23 am

I agree with the above to an extent but all three artists mentioned have nothing in common with the songs you mentioned.

You might want to check into some dub techno. At least check out Basic Channel, Maurizio and Porter Ricks.

Porter Ricks - Biokinetics might be right up yer street (and if you want some proper Ambient then you can check out Thomas Köner on his own as the man is a genius).

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Post by dvnt » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:38 am

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Post by Genevieve » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:15 am

Tomm wrote:I agree with the above to an extent but all three artists mentioned have nothing in common with the songs you mentioned.
Yeah, but they would appeal to fans of the ambient and dubby techno, I'd say. And I'm quite literal with my interpretation of the word 'ambient'. 'Ambient techno' is an apt enough name for a genre, but I don't think that ambient techno is 'ambient music'. Too rhythmic and percussive. Lovely music nonetheless.
Tomm wrote:You might want to check into some dub techno. At least check out Basic Channel, Maurizio and Porter Ricks.

Porter Ricks - Biokinetics might be right up yer street (and if you want some proper Ambient then you can check out Thomas Köner on his own as the man is a genius).
That's the best Porter Ricks record.... heh, then I'll add Echospace, who are amazing. Edit: Meh.. and Dublicator and any DeepChord release, really. All really really good stuff.
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Post by trap » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:20 pm

I'll second Air (was only just thinking how good Moon Safari is last night), Aphex Twin, Cliff Martinez, Arovane, and Biosphere.

Royksopp's Melody AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIyMPZ_s-7M

Global Communication's 76:14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMjHbcWAyM

Helios's Eingya (my favourite album, ever): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj55nG2tkKw (check this guys profile, he's uploaded some amazing stuff... :wink: )

Brian Eno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGdUMynSOU

Stars Of The Lid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLW8R4m8iU

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Post by tomm » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:31 pm

Genevieve wrote:
Tomm wrote:I agree with the above to an extent but all three artists mentioned have nothing in common with the songs you mentioned.
Yeah, but they would appeal to fans of the ambient and dubby techno, I'd say. And I'm quite literal with my interpretation of the word 'ambient'. 'Ambient techno' is an apt enough name for a genre, but I don't think that ambient techno is 'ambient music'. Too rhythmic and percussive. Lovely music nonetheless.
You're quite right, and I was half way through a big dirty list of great ambient when I thought it might be overwhelming compared to what the dude was listening to. But I see where you're coming from. October Language and Harmony In Ultraviolet are two records EVERYONE should own (or at least hear once).

If the OP is in the market for more good ambient music then William Basinski's Disintegration Loops series comes highly recommended. There's a lot of "music" to digest between I, II, III and IV but it's majestic in every way. Beautiful really.

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Post by bandshell » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:45 pm

yeah, sounds more like your after dub techno.

Try Basic Channel, Rhythm and Sound, Deep Chord, Quantec.

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Post by ben freeman » Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:46 pm

Sometimes when I'm in an ambient mood, I have a Steve Roach station on Pandora..... and loads of really good ambient come on for hours at a time, I can't remember all the artists I've heard, but try it out.

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Post by hurlingdervish » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:52 pm

theres only one ambient musician that matters

Brian Eno

everything else is either a copy of him, or ambient techno, which imo if it has a beat, its not ambient

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Post by tomm » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:10 pm

Aye, but then you could say that all Ambient is a shite rehashing of Erik Satie's idea.

Eno is good and he's considered the best but I personally think there are other folk that have made better material.

By the way, the latest Alva Noto Xerrox Vol.2 is a peach of a record.

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Post by dronehymns » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:23 pm

My list encompasses pretty much the whole spectrum of ambient music.

Aphex Twin
Archon Satani
Birchville Cat Motel
Boards of Canada
Brian Eno
Bruno Sanfilippo
Burning Star Core
Charlemagne Palestine
Coil
Deathprod
Deutsch Nepal
Erik Wøllo
Fear Falls Burning
Final
Halo Manash
Hammock
Harold Budd
Karl Sanders
Lustmord
Maeror Tri
Michael Nyman
Philip Glass
Popul Vuh
Robert Rich
Scorn
Stars of the Lid
Steve Roach
Thomas Köner
Tim Hecker
Troum
Ulrich Schnauss
Zoviet France
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Post by tomm » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:30 pm

^Aye, that's pretty much the shit that I zone out to as well.

You heard that Troum & Yen Pox collaboration mate?

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Post by craig » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:38 pm

SleepResearch_Facility gotta be the most underated ambient artist ever, maybe because he's quite recent and hasn't released that much (one album in 2001, one in 2004 + a 50minute track, one album in 2007) but he's damn impressive. he's got props from steve roach on his site too, so if you're a fan of roach's sound i'd definitely suggest SRF.

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Post by tomm » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:45 pm

Again, I have to post.

Deep_Frieze is fucking great. It's of the Thomas Koner school of glacier Ambient (making up genres here, woop). Plus all the tracks are latitudes and longitudes which adds an air of mystery to the whole thing. Big rec's from me on that one.

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Post by dronehymns » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:08 am

Nah, I don't think I've heard the Troum & Yen Pox collaboration. Is it good?

Also, Sutcliffe Jugend did a nice ambient album... don't recall the name though. I got it expecting power electronics too. Haha.
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Post by tomm » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:10 am

Aye, I noticed yer a man of the noise and PE persuasion so you should be right into the Troum & Yen Pox record.

It's dark Ambient with a lot of rumble. It's noisy without being static or harsh too. I think you'd dig it going by what you've rec'd, mate.

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Post by dronehymns » Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:02 am

I do like rumbling. I'll have to check it out. I actually found a Sutcliffe Jugend track the other day that I couldn't physically listen to the entirety of. It was a first... felt like my skull was cracking.
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