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^ Cool track. The start with the formant sound reminds me of the soundtrack to Antichrist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePx1bn6MJfA

been mixing the stuff for a long time now.

when done right it brings me a proper (comatose) mindstate. closest thing to trance outside of trance.

something i've been into recently (from '96):


something i've always been into (from '93):

Well only because you asked but it puts me to sleep. Not quite like an ambien would do but more 500 gallons of GHB.

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Originally posted by pozz been mixing the stuff for a long time now. something i've always been into (from '93):

is this track really that long? seems more of an atmospheric breaks track than an ambient one. i really like it.

yea, some of the best 90 seconds out there. it's made as a soundtrack to a Norweigan movie of the same name. the movie is unknown and non-existant on English-language sites. i was hoping to rip it out of there, but no luck finding it. i'm hoping to run into it by chance one day.

I'd def make a long edit of this track if i had it... well if i wanted to use it in a set mainly.

http://www.biosphere.no/mp3.html

plunder legitly with ease

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Originally posted by pozz http://www.biosphere.no/mp3.html plunder legitly with ease

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if i were you i would download the collection of his commissioned works elsewhere. his site doesn't get updated very often.

in exchange i offer this recommendation:


you will like if you like the Brian Eno track posted above

Computer Music 153 featured an ambient masterclass

Thanks

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Originally posted by tehlord I think there's a lot of 'chillout' music out there that's little more than relaxation noise and therefore not worth listening to,

I agree and I find all too often people fall into the trap of 'noodling with Omnisphere' so to speak.

Good chillout has a strong motif of sorts, a structure, a journey and more. Bad chillout is lazy in the extreme - just a few washy ambient sounds and some noodling about.

I also make a distinction between what I'd call a filmscore, and true ambient chillout work.They serve two very different pruposes and need a different approach but on forums I find the 2 seem to get mixed up.

I think people confuse ambient and film scores because they both lack heavy beats. If your musical world consists of nothing but pounding 4x4, maybe things without a kick drum all sound the same to you?

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Originally posted by pozz if i were you i would download the collection of his commissioned works elsewhere. his site doesn't get updated very often.

pozz can you send me the mp3 if you have it?

i wouldn't make too many distinctions cuz ambient music is too damn big.

i remember a popular motif a few years ago was to make "ambient" music on the theme of "a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist". (or something like that, can't remember the exact phrase.)

ever listen to Stars of the Lid? mostly orchestral stuff (although crafted out of only processed guitars). would fall right in with film scores. also the crossover to IDM/industrial creates alot of cinematic moments:



original was dark ambient, this remix by Flint Glass, a producer really limited only to industrial, makes it sound like it's the soundtrack to some action film. quality on youtube is garbage tho.

Stars of the Lid:

So, here's a downtempo/chillout track that I just finished, if anybody cares.

Beyond Horizons by cryophonik

nice work cryo

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Originally posted by meriter nice work cryo

Thanks meriter!

this might be up your alley OP

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Originally posted by pozz Stars of the Lid?

+1000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSOFCQMNkRg

So beautiful.

most of you are just posting over the top synth pads mimicking a string orchestra. The term ambient doesn't really describe what is being posted nor would most people that make it consider it ambient. Just a dumb term created by EDM artists. The fact that most of the harmonies are puke worthy should pretty much bar them from being considered ambient. It punches you in the face with gay.

most of the links posted i find incredibly lame, boring and just overall lazy but I can see how the musical degenerate would find it satisfying.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney most of you are just posting over the top synth pads mimicking a string orchestra. The term ambient doesn't really describe what is being posted nor would most people that make it consider it ambient. Just a dumb term created by EDM artists. The fact that most of the harmonies are puke worthy should pretty much bar them from being considered ambient. It punches you in the face with gay. most of the links posted i find incredibly lame, boring and just overall lazy but I can see how the musical degenerate would find it satisfying.

post something. i'm curious.

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Originally posted by cryophonik So, here's a downtempo/chillout track that I just finished, if anybody cares. Beyond Horizons by cryophonik

Ah, that just chilled us mout in the office here. Many thanks - conjours up walking through grass wind blown fields for me.

The brilliant part of this track is that the pacing is so slow, your awareness falls to and from your environment's background as the song progresses so the song sounds different every time.

There's something to be said about expressing yourself in the fewest brushstrokes as possible.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler Ah, that just chilled us mout in the office here. Many thanks - conjours up walking through grass wind blown fields for me.

Thanks Richard!

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