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Woony
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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Berlin
The official TA ambient thread

I've noticed that many people here seem to listen to a lot or even almost exclusively ambient stuff these days, so how about a general purpose thread for all things ambient? Much more productive and in touch with most active TA's taste than another thread about Tiesto or JOOF.

Personally, I've been listening to more ambient on the go these days since I have a pretty long train ride every morning and ambient is much easier on the ears than dancefloor stuff and background noises just become part of the track which I find really cool. Also I'm always looking for tracks that fit a certain specific weather or mood and ambient is great as a sonic wallpaper.

Starting this off with one of my alltime favorites, been absolutely in love with this track ever since I've heard it on Ben Klock's seminal Berghain04 mix. I really like this sort of absolute tranquility in ambient, my knowledge of the genre isn't exactly huge outside of the big names so I'd appreciate some similiar recommendations. If you want to talk about dark drone stuff though, you're of course welcome to do so as well

I also think this thread has more potential than to just be another youtube dump thread - feel free to ask for recommendations, tell us what stuff you're feeling right now, why you're feeling it etc. It could become a pretty good place for discussion since ambient seems to be one of the topics that many TA's still are passionate about.


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Halcyon+On+On
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AlphaStarred
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Haven't listened to much ambient lately, but I can recommend some stuff I like:

Roca ‎– Solitude Phenomenale
Ambre ‎– Enclave
Airlock ‎– ∞ - 0
Phlegm ‎– Ashes
Psychonauts - Forbidden Planet
Seekness ‎– Devious Destiny
Alcove ‎– Universal Implication
Robert Rich / Steve Roach ‎– Strata
Robert Rich & Steve Roach ‎– Soma
Entropica ‎– Sea Of Tranquility
Robbert Latumahina ‎– Number Eight - A2



and of course, you can always check out my Post-apocalyptic Wasteland set.

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Juan Paulino
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Registered: Mar 2012
Location: Rouge City

How about some new shit for like promo purposes.


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Echo of Silence
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Location: corner of the garden

Oh, wow, "Birth" by Henrik B is really one of my favourites.

My favourite artists these days are Thomas Köner, Biosphere (Geir Jenssen) and Tetsu Inoue. If I look at the tracks I choose to listen to, I'd have to say that "Ambient Otaku" by Inoue is my favourite album.

Biosphere worked with Namlook on Fires of Ork.

Inoue did a lot of collabs with Namlook (62 Eulengasse, Shades Of Orion, Time², 2350 Broadway) and Uwe Schmidt (datacide), Uwe and Bill Laswell (Second Nature), Jonah Sharp (Electro Harmonix), etc.

Ross154 also has "Mayflower."

I've also been listening to Boards of Canada (older stuff), Autechre (more techno-y), Harold Budd and Brian Eno...

I'm going to listen to that Ross154 track that you link to...thanks. What is it? "Apricot."

Often, I go digging through labels like FAX and Erased Tapes.

Carbon Based Lifeforms
Drexciya (or is this considered techno)
Robert Rich
Library Tapes
Solar Fields
Sync 24

Hmm, I have these playlists on my Spotify, "best of" artists, and most of the artists in there do ambient stuff. I'll look in there for some gems to recommend when I have a chance.



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Redd
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Tønsberg

I like it dark


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pozz
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Location: 1000mile island

These tracks pull the heartstrings out of my chest. Try the first one on that morning train ride. Almost 50minutes long, a harsh beginning -- and very much worth anyone's time to zone out until its end.

beatless:
Maeror Tri - Myein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppMEQRfP6yE
Mountains - Hive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZMWjS7rEs
Gas - Zauberberg 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxnbBkCIJA
Bonobo - Black Sands (Duke Dumont's "Grains of Sand" Reconstruction Edit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jznUrVUzCIA

beaty:
Borealis - Minerva (Hecq Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhCJLKxmo
Shigeto - Evergreen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q_IBVVFs90
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - InnerZone http://www.discogs.com/Steve-Roach-...e/release/90826 (not on youtube unfortunately)

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Spacey Orange
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: California

This is a thread i can support. I got two ambient mixes in my sig if anyone's interested. Mid 90s sounds, they are.

I really haven't listened to new releases but am gad no one has posted chillout (i think).


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idoru
You Can Call Me Al



Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia

Global Communication
Steve Roach
Harold Budd
Brian Eno
Robin Guthrie
Clive Wright
Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Dead Texan
Stars of the Lid
The Sight Below
Bohren & der Club of Gore (not necessarily Ambient, but definitely worth mentioning)

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pozz
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quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Bohren & der Club of Gore (not necessarily Ambient, but definitely worth mentioning)


Absolutely. This album in particular: http://www.discogs.com/Bohren-Der-C...t/master/313410

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djnitride
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Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Texas

Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Stalker

One of my favorites, the movie is great as well.

Also, haven't seen anyone mention Biosphere yet. Shenzhou and Substrata are ear porn.

As for Steve Roach, I am unable to just pick a few albums. Here we go...

Structures from Silence (1984)
Dreamtime Return (1988)
The Magnificent Void (1996)
Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces Part 1 (2003)
Immersion One (2006)
Dynamic Stillness (2009)
Back To Life (2011)

Robert Rich....

Trances / Drones (1982-1983)
Somnium (2004)
Nest (2012)

IMO their best collaboration together was Strata, a simply fantastic varied album.

Would also highly recommend the collaborations between Steve Roach & Erik Wollo (Stream of Thought, The Road Eternal).

Another newer producer I really like from the mid 2000's onwards is Between Interval. Secret Observatory, Autumn Continent, and Radio Silence are particularly strong albums.

Im leaving psybient out of here because its already discussed enough in other threads.

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Echo of Silence
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Recently, I bookmarked this list on Discogs:

http://www.discogs.com/lists/Best-A...All-Time/120454

I ordered and received Harold Budd / Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois - The Pearl CD (#1 on the list) which came with an mp3 pack.

I forgot to pack the CD for the trip that I'm on but I do have the mp3 pack so maybe I'll listen to it soon. It's on Spotify if anyone else is interested.

I have most of the top 20 listed, but not "Suso Sáiz - Hypnotics" which I'm totally interested in exploring. He says, "Some of the finest ambient guitar work recorded."


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