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Every week or so I go through the new artists page on bandcamp and pick through the stuff that looks interesting and if I find anything good, I download it. I recently just came across Aerial Jungle in my iTunes and while I only knew them for their free bandcamp release Mosaic, apparently they released a full album on No Kings Records (owned by previously mentioned Lee Noble). It's good stuff. http://aerialjungle.bandcamp.com/album/mosaic
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# ? Jul 27, 2012 04:04 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:54 |
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Gonna bump this thread with tracks I've been enjoying lately. Stars of the Lid - Meaningful Moment (reminds me a lot of Helios's quieter things) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PE50PZG5aw Acid Burp - 39 Hour Man (Probably closer to IDM than anything very ambient; Like a mix of Flim by Aphex Twin and Lemon Jelly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUhzVWMM7M ATB - Talismanic (Perfect chillout tune to play when driving home from work/school on a rainy day) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6B8u7obekM
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# ? Aug 10, 2012 10:37 |
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Yeah! ATB's last few albums have been 2-disc with the first being trance and the second being ambient/chillout type stuff. I dig the trance stuff on the first discs, but the second discs are usually even better. Whenever I tell people about this and recommend that they listen to it, I usually get a response of either "Who's ATB?" or "ATB's just lovely trance" and I don't think anyone I know has actually gotten into it Glad to know someone else appreciates that stuff though!
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# ? Aug 10, 2012 14:47 |
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http://boomkat.com/vinyl/561223-william-basinski-the-disintegration-loops-deluxe-box-set Huge Disintegration Loops box set incoming. Prepare to drop 300 quid for it though.
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# ? Aug 10, 2012 16:58 |
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Been listening to CFCF's stuff recently. The album Exercises... very simple and chill. He has other slightly more upbeat, but the piano on this album is very elegantly placed over top droning synth lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISM8INqYieQ
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# ? Aug 16, 2012 22:24 |
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Here is a nice Soundcloud find: http://soundcloud.com/vvv/we-used-to-hide-feat-bijou
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# ? Aug 17, 2012 20:36 |
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slowdave posted:http://boomkat.com/vinyl/561223-william-basinski-the-disintegration-loops-deluxe-box-set As a casual lurker in this thread and in ambient music in general, I have noticed Basinski before, but have been a bit intimidated by the length of some of his works. I've been trying to give him a real listen, but am afraid that if I listen to one 60 minute piece and decide that I do not like it that I would be unwilling to listen to another piece of similar length to discover that I could possibly dislike that too. Can you recommend any particular pieces of his to me? For example, would Disintegration Loops be a good place for me to start, or is there a better place?
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# ? Aug 18, 2012 18:59 |
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Another Person posted:For example, would Disintegration Loops be a good place for me to start, or is there a better place? I personally would argue that if you don't enjoy that, you won't enjoy anything else, because it's easily the best thing he's done. But that's just one subjective opinion. I don't feel like you should be obligated to listen to the whole thing straight through though. Skip around a bit if you want. Art doesn't have rules.
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# ? Aug 18, 2012 19:01 |
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precision posted:I personally would argue that if you don't enjoy that, you won't enjoy anything else, because it's easily the best thing he's done. But that's just one subjective opinion. I haven't actually listened to any of his work yet, just did some reading on him before I did, so I'm not sure what I will think yet. Well, I say I haven't, but I am right this moment, as in just started. I like it so far in that it feels like I am stood in a particularly old, empty hall, waiting in anxiety for some sort of judgement. Is his work all on this same scale of terrifying? Also, I have noticed that quality listening devices have a serious impact on how he sounds. The cheap rear end cans I usually use for comfort were really dirtying his sound, I had to make sure it wasn't actually that muddy sounding with my better earphones. Massive difference, much... not cleaner, maybe more intentional.
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# ? Aug 18, 2012 19:06 |
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Another Person posted:Is his work all on this same scale of terrifying? Nah, not at all. Some of his stuff is quite pretty, or just soothing. I'm really fond of 92982 for that (though it also has some unsettling sections, they're not on the level of DL).
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# ? Aug 18, 2012 19:39 |
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I think my favorite William Basinski piece aside from The Disintegration Loops is A Red Score in Tile : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A7AZeTjVrg. I personally find it to be really depressing and melancholic.
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# ? Aug 18, 2012 20:27 |
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precision posted:I personally would argue that if you don't enjoy that, you won't enjoy anything else, because it's easily the best thing he's done. But that's just one subjective opinion. Word, although I find Melancholia, 92982 and El Camino Real just as enjoyable as DL. They're certainly not as immense, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSfNyaXvNwI
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# ? Aug 19, 2012 15:14 |
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Bumping this thread because I just got into ambient, and I wanted to show you guys what got me into it. Tetsu Inoue- Karmic Light
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# ? Nov 3, 2012 18:03 |
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Smoking Crow posted:Bumping this thread because I just got into ambient, and I wanted to show you guys what got me into it. Like every other tune posted here, gave it a listen. I haven't listened to Ambient in a while, but nevertheless this sounds great. Great find. CBL has this song which I cannot get over. It's in the album Twentythree which I think is in OP already, but can't stop listening to it for months now. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Somewhere in Russia Though I might be just bias to spaceambient.
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# ? Nov 3, 2012 18:56 |
I don't really know where in NMD to put this, so apologies if this is the complete wrong thread, but I made this droney ambient thing some of you might dig. I'd love feedback. http://soundcloud.com/objurium/oakpuppet-tepid-harvest
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# ? Nov 4, 2012 02:37 |
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Objurium posted:I don't really know where in NMD to put this, so apologies if this is the complete wrong thread, but I made this droney ambient thing some of you might dig. I'd love feedback. Sounds like it belongs here to me. I like how it occasionally gets creepy with the whisper-esque sounds, and doesn't just drone on.
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# ? Nov 4, 2012 19:35 |
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I'll drop my favorite ambient track here: Oval - "Do While" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvW6qiTkZdw It reminds me of a save-zone track from a survival-horror videogame; sounds of safety and serenity in the eye of a storm. I also second all the Basinski and Hecker fans.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 01:47 |
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whooping crane posted:I'll drop my favorite ambient track here: Oval - "Do While" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvW6qiTkZdw That's a really gorgeous track, thanks for the share. I haven't heard much of Oval's music. Brian Eno's new album Lux came out today and I've been listening to it this morning. It's quite enjoyable, reminds me of Ambient 2 with Harold Budd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZKVAaPQXuA
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# ? Nov 12, 2012 17:57 |
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SineRider posted:That's a really gorgeous track, thanks for the share. I haven't heard much of Oval's music. Yeah, it's great. He sounds like he's gone back to his old style of truly ambient music, rather than his more recent, merely instrumental-but-not-quiet stuff (which is still pretty awesome). I'd also compare Lux to Thursday Afternoon.
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# ? Nov 13, 2012 04:21 |
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I'm not sure what differentiates ambient from minimal techno or where exactly these lie but here are some obscure Japanese artists I like: gray - Charon kanabun - Starry sky Please correct me if there is a more specific genre for things like these (or if I've completely miscategorized them).
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 03:42 |
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Objurium posted:I don't really know where in NMD to put this, so apologies if this is the complete wrong thread, but I made this droney ambient thing some of you might dig. I'd love feedback. This is a good effort but I think it would probably be a great one if you remixed it and completely remove the repeated guitar chord. It gets irritating really fast to me, and it's hard to say why but definitely I don't like the tone of it and it just gives the track that kind of intentionally unpleasant quality that is sometimes pretty awesome but here just distracting.
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 15:11 |
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Peter Kuhlmann, aka Pete Namlook, has passed away. He left a large discography behind him that is well worth checking out if you are an ambient aficionado. http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=18224
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 19:23 |
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Emetic Hustler posted:Peter Kuhlmann, aka Pete Namlook, has passed away. He left a large discography behind him that is well worth checking out if you are an ambient aficionado. Wow, that's awful news. Keeping up with his releases was always a challenge, but usually rewarding. Amazingly prolific!
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# ? Nov 15, 2012 20:49 |
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Sad day today. He was a major gateway into ambient music for me. The Air series, his collaborations with Tetsu Inoue (hence my screen name), Richie Hawtin (Fires of Ork), Bill Laswell (Psychonavigation) and my recent favorite Lorenzo Montana (Labyrinth)...So much great music to remember him by. His label (Fax +49/69 450464) is unique and legendary and I hope, somehow, continues in his absence.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 00:33 |
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The Hawtin collab was called From Within and Fires of Ork was with Geir Jensen.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 08:24 |
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Emetic Hustler posted:The Hawtin collab was called From Within and Fires of Ork was with Geir Jensen. Thanks for the correction.
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 16:21 |
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That is really sad news. I've only heard a small portion of his huge discography but I loved his work with Higher Intelligence Agency and Bill Laswell
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# ? Nov 16, 2012 16:59 |
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Maybe a little too active to be considered ambient, but I just discovered Telefon Tel Aviv through Spotify and I'm loving their last album, Immolate Yourself. Fans of Tycho/Helios/etc. kind of stuff would probably appreciate.
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# ? Nov 17, 2012 19:27 |
Shades of Orion posted:Sad day today. He was a major gateway into ambient music for me. The Air series, his collaborations with Tetsu Inoue (hence my screen name), Richie Hawtin (Fires of Ork), Bill Laswell (Psychonavigation) and my recent favorite Lorenzo Montana (Labyrinth)...So much great music to remember him by. His label (Fax +49/69 450464) is unique and legendary and I hope, somehow, continues in his absence. It won't and it shouldn't. Namlook was FAX; there is no FAX without Namlook.
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# ? Nov 17, 2012 19:54 |
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z0r rowe posted:It won't and it shouldn't. Namlook was FAX; there is no FAX without Namlook. quote:FAX is me personally (it is no company... just a label name)... so FAX will go "bankrupt" when I die if my daughter and son mess things up. Otherwise there will be reissues and releases that have not been released before (I like the Hitchcock legacy style.. this was a smart move of him to hold back great films to be released after his death ;-)) I only just found out because I had sent him an email a few weeks ago and hadn't heard anything back, so I casually checked Discogs to see if he was moving or busy with a late harvest in his garden or some poo poo like that. Goddamn man. It was the only music I still bought on CD because I could buy it directly from the man himself. Owning all the released CDs, his music has been a huge part of my life for the last 20 years and I'm extremely sad about this news
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# ? Nov 21, 2012 03:48 |
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Emetic Hustler posted:Peter Kuhlmann, aka Pete Namlook, has passed away. He left a large discography behind him that is well worth checking out if you are an ambient aficionado. Nooooooooo! I just discovered his music last year and now he's gone. Namlook made some of my favorite relaxation music. Gonna go listen to Silence V in his honor.
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# ? Nov 21, 2012 09:47 |
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I think this counts as Lo Fi? I've been on an XX bender of late. Top tracks for The XX. The XX - Night Time (Synchro Remix) Gorillaz - Crystalized (The XX Cover) The XX vs Kanye West
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# ? Nov 22, 2012 11:18 |
BCR posted:I think this counts as Lo Fi? I would love to know what makes you think is lo-fi, or like, anything?
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# ? Nov 23, 2012 03:30 |
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oiseaux morts 1994 posted:I would love to know what makes you think is lo-fi, or like, anything? I don't think The XX really fit in this thread but they are minimalist so I can sort of see the confusion. They also happen to be really good, but you wouldn't really know it from those 3 tracks.
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# ? Nov 23, 2012 16:11 |
precision posted:This is a good effort but I think it would probably be a great one if you remixed it and completely remove the repeated guitar chord. It gets irritating really fast to me, and it's hard to say why but definitely I don't like the tone of it and it just gives the track that kind of intentionally unpleasant quality that is sometimes pretty awesome but here just distracting. Thanks for the feedback! I think I'm definitely going to revisit it and rework/expand some stuff over winter break. Again in the vein of dissonant, drone-y wall of sound kind of stuff, a friend and I had a neat jam session thing that I recorded for reference later. Some of you might dig it, though the audio is a little bit blown out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSFlMh_adWI
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# ? Dec 10, 2012 23:33 |
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I came to post Carbon Based Lifeforms only to find out that it's literally the first band you listed. Good work. I will post one of my favorite songs by them however, from the album Hydroponic Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kL91mMgGpM
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# ? Dec 11, 2012 01:55 |
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d0grent posted:I came to post Carbon Based Lifeforms only to find out that it's literally the first band you listed. Good work. I just cannot get enough of CBL. Just cannot. And speaking of them, they posted on their bookface timeline that they released a new remix a couple of days ago. Not Lars - Worry (Carbonator Remix) http://youtu.be/NEse1QhZodw It's little different than their 1st party releases, but that's what you come to expect from remixes anyway. I like it nevertheless. Other than that, this thread has proven to be especially useful during finals. There's nothing else I can listen to other than ambient while writing course-works and exams while not getting distracted by music/lyrics. I have not kept on my promise to update OP with every single link that has been posted in this thread (it has had way more response than I originally anticipated) and I'm sorry for that. Though I do enjoy just pressing on a random link in the thread and listening to it. Makes me feel as if it was Christmas every time.
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# ? Dec 14, 2012 11:34 |
So I finally got around to setting up a bandcamp for my weird droney soundscape stuff. I'd love to hear what you've got to say, music goons. http://oakpuppet.bandcamp.com/
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whooping crane posted:I'll drop my favorite ambient track here: Oval - "Do While" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvW6qiTkZdw that is a phenomenal track, 94 diskont is a totally essential ambient/glitch album. for all ambient/drone lovers out there, I thought I'd share my favorite ambient release of 2012, 36 - Lithea: http://3six.bandcamp.com/album/lithea if you like what you hear, definitely consider supporting him, because he's self promoted and plans on releasing this fantastic album on vinyl with enough sales of his other work.
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:54 |
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It makes me happy to see so many of my favorite ambient artists already listed in this thread. I'm a huge fan of Eno, Aphex, Tycho, Helios/Goldmund, Seefeel, etc. Such great music I was hoping that you all might be able to give me suggestions on where to find music like what I've made. Please forgive me for posting something of my own and don't think I'm trying to pimp my work, I honestly just have a hard time finding stuff like it. They're very long which is part of the issue, but I like having a slow background noise most of the day. Great for walking, taking the bus/subway, doing your daily chores, that sort of thing. I am probably in the minority of liking songs as slow as these, but I find them to be profoundly relaxing, and they help me when I feel blue. Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PiAeF7ByOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSM-uyHul4 Those two are, to me, probably the most beautiful and some of my most favored. I'm not sure they really fit but I can't see any other genre. MadBimber fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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