Author Topic: Ambient Thread (Read 3561 times)

sonatafanica · « **on:** July 07, 2010, 09:51:14 PM »

Does anyone know any good ambient artists? I mean tasteful ambient, not that shit you get at bookstores that just sound like the craziest fucking jungle in the whole world where there is a waterfall and a thousand crickets trying to chirp over the hooting of owls and rain hitting a tin roof while some cockmoose plays an annoyingly bright piano louder than the incessant thunder cracks.

Here's one artist I like

Altus

All the albums are free as well. My personal favorite albums are "The Grand Expanse" and "Excursion Two."

Sigz · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:53:54 PM »

Check out Brian Eno's Music for Airports. The first volume is pretty much the 'classic' ambient album.

glaurung · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:01:02 PM »

Does Chroma Key count?

sonatafanica · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:03:15 PM »

In a way...sort of. But even though it's not very busy music, there's still enough going on to really focus on. Chroma Key music really has a lot of room to breathe, but it's not the same as what I would normally define ambient music as.

glaurung · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:11:16 PM »

I guess it's only really ambient compared to most of the other things I listen to.

Volk9 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:16:26 PM »

Also Bass Communion.

Drugged is the best song.

LTE · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:20:15 PM »

to Brian Eno.
His Ambient series is great, so is Apollo, and Neroli and Thursday Morning
ambientish stuff I like:

Carbon Based Lifeforms
Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb)
Alot of Aphex Twin has a lot of ambient influence.
Biosphere
Helios
Sleep Research Facility
The Orb (Ambient House)

Zantera · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2010, 04:27:53 AM »

Quote from: Volk9 on July 07, 2010, 10:16:26 PM

Also Bass Communion.

Drugged is the best song.

I'd also like to add that Ghosts on Magnetic Tape is one of SW's best albums.

SPNKr · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2010, 04:38:46 AM »

*enters*
*doesn't hear any ambience*
*leaves*

AwakeFromOctavarium · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2010, 05:32:38 AM »

Ambient? Sigur Ros.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2010, 05:50:11 AM »

Not really.

Sigur Ros is one of my favorite bands, don't get me wrong. But even in their quieter songs there is a lot of emotional tension.

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2010, 06:11:10 AM »

Here is my favorite guy, though acquiring his music seems to be a bitch I think I was lucky and happened to be at the right place at the right time. He's worked with a more "electric" guy who goes by the name axxess..and they made a disc called axxess/maxxess....which was cool.

https://www.maxxess.de/cm/index.php?en

I would also consider most of Ozric Tentacles to be Ambient
Synaethisia would be another.

Marvellous G · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2010, 03:20:32 AM »

Thumbs up to the Brian Eno recommendations, especially Music For Airports, which got me into ambient. I'd recommend his song 'Always Returning', both I and II, as they're easily the best ambient tracks I've ever heard.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2010, 12:41:32 PM »

I approve of this thread, I'm checking out Altus right now and I really like what I'm hearing.

Nihil-Morari · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:19:55 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on July 08, 2010, 04:27:53 AM

Quote from: Volk9 on July 07, 2010, 10:16:26 PM
Also Bass Communion.

Drugged is the best song.

I'd also like to add that Ghosts on Magnetic Tape is one of SW's best albums.

Brian Eno's Neroli and Thursday Afternoon are really great too.
In some weird way I've always considered Sunn O))) to be ambient too. Very dark, but ambient.

Sigz · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2010, 02:48:29 PM »

Listening to The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski right now, we'll see how it goes.

Valdor · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2010, 04:04:06 PM »

Quote from: LTE on July 07, 2010, 11:20:15 PM

to Brian Eno.
...
Carbon Based Lifeforms
...
Alot of Aphex Twin has a lot of ambient influence.

These are the ones I've heard and liked. Also, https://www.archive.org/details/rain018 (lol 4 hour song).

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2010, 04:57:02 PM »

Shpongle!!!
Listen to "Nothing is Something Worth Doing"

Aes Dana
Listen to "Undertow"

Younger Brother... just listen to album "A Flock of Bleeps"

Nihil-Morari · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2010, 06:54:42 AM »

Quote from: Valdor on July 12, 2010, 04:04:06 PM

Quote from: LTE on July 07, 2010, 11:20:15 PM
to Brian Eno.
...
Carbon Based Lifeforms
...
Alot of Aphex Twin has a lot of ambient influence.

These are the ones I've heard and liked. Also, https://www.archive.org/details/rain018 (lol 4 hour song).

lol I know that song, but I always lose my focus after an hour or so.

Rick · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2010, 08:38:28 AM »

This ambient thread has little discussion of ambient music

jezstyle · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2010, 06:13:29 PM »

We need some Lustmord (Dark Ambient) love going around in this thread. Check out Heresy, The Place Where the Black Stars Hang and Stalker. Rising is a great introduction too as it serves as a live set using sonic elements from all his releases, so it comes off as a bit of a "greatest hits" if you're not familiar with his work.

AndyDT · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2012, 09:11:47 AM »

I've listened to qu ite a lot of samples on Amazon but a lot seems to be too dance&electronic for personal taste. I've been looking for something more nature inspired but not just sound effects as somebody mentioned earlier in this thread. Any recommendations?

Zantera · « **Reply #22 on:** April 15, 2012, 09:54:49 AM »

Really wanna check out more Ambient music. Tim Hecker and Bass Communion are my favorites in the genre so far, but gonna look into the genre more when I have time.

adace · « **Reply #23 on:** April 15, 2012, 12:31:31 PM »

Steve Roach (overall favorite ambient artist)
Robert Rich
Lustmord
Stars of the Lid

Nihil-Morari · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2012, 03:43:14 PM »

Quote from: adace on April 15, 2012, 12:31:31 PM

Steve Roach (overall favorite ambient artist)
Robert Rich

AndyDT · « **Reply #25 on:** April 16, 2012, 03:49:42 PM »

I bought one Steve Roach album.

I think this is more amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iVS2YIit-Yg#!

Re-released as Strange Paradise. It gets really haunting around 1:05:50

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #26 on:** April 16, 2012, 06:06:53 PM »

i back the Bass Communion and Shpongle recommendations 100%

also, several Ulver albums are completely ambient: Lyckantropen Themes colours it with some classical textures, while Teachings in Silence use some glitch aspects and dronework. both are impeccable pieces of work top to bottom.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #27 on:** February 11, 2013, 07:42:48 PM »

Resurrecting this thread because I've been getting more and more into Ambient myself. I've found myself listening to more and more Bon Iver and Sigur Ros and that type of stuff lately, and I've been realizing that it's the quieter, more spaced-out sections of that music I enjoy most. Listened to some Brian Eno recently and loved it.

My problem is, I'm not into dance or house or techno AT ALL, and don't want it ruining my ambience most of the time.

Can anyone recommend some good ambient stuff that's really soundscapey and meditative? Like Space Music, almost? I don't really want anything droning or depressive either.

Even stuff like this is good cheesy as it seems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo3VAltxlr8

gazinwales · « **Reply #28 on:** February 11, 2013, 09:21:50 PM »

AtomA - debut album is killer, Enigma meets Opeth in a dark alley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPUrdirnwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3FMWiTtMgo

crazyaga · « **Reply #29 on:** February 11, 2013, 11:59:04 PM »

Stars Of The Lid.

Quote from: crazyaga on February 11, 2013, 06:00:52 AM

And Their Refinement Of The Decline:
https://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Stars+Of+The+Lid+And+Their+Refinement+Of+The+Decline/82717297

The Tired Sounds Of:
https://grooveshark.com/#!/album/The+Tired+Sounds+Of+Stars+Of+The+Lid/1724686

PixelDream · « **Reply #30 on:** February 13, 2013, 06:19:30 AM »

I love me some Shpongle but I wouldn't say it's ambient. It has that quality though, so whatever.

My favorites:

Hammock
Steve Roach
Global Communication
Biosphere
Deepchord presents: Echospace

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #31 on:** February 13, 2013, 09:21:55 AM »

Quote from: gazinwales on February 11, 2013, 09:21:50 PM

AtomA - debut album is killer, Enigma meets Opeth in a dark alley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPUrdirnwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3FMWiTtMgo

Oh man, this stuff is great.

wasteland · « **Reply #32 on:** February 13, 2013, 09:46:47 AM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on February 13, 2013, 09:21:55 AM

Quote from: gazinwales on February 11, 2013, 09:21:50 PM
AtomA - debut album is killer, Enigma meets Opeth in a dark alley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPUrdirnwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3FMWiTtMgo
Oh man, this stuff is great.

This two songs are great. I need to listen to the full album!

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