Skysurfer is amazing

But also are Airstream, Reno, Cell and others like that.

Ambient Trance - is this chilled out mixes of trance tracks? I'd say Chicane was Ambient Trance?? What are the exact definitions?

I often plug it, but Ministry of Sound's Chillout seession 2003 is spectacular, as is Ibiza Chill Session 2006

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ Ambient Trance - is this chilled out mixes of trance tracks? I'd say Chicane was Ambient Trance?? What are the exact definitions?

Chicane's music is a mixture of ambient breaks (like Leaving Town, From Blue To Green, Lost You Somewhere, Sunstroke), more pure ambient (like Early, Overture), melodic progressive trance (Halcyon, Saltwater, The Drive Home, Sunstroke (Disco Citizens Remix), Red Skies), dance-pop/house/vocal trance (Don't Give,Up, Strong In Love, Offshore 97, Stoned In Love, Love On The Run), and what I would just say is early morning chill out ala Cafe Del Mar (No Ordinary Morning, Autumn Tactics, Low Sun, Overlap, Already There) and chilled trance/downtempo trance (Offshore, Andromeda, Saltwater (Thrillseekers Remix)).

Carbon Based Lifeforms ... ultima(t)e ( ) number 1 ambient artist for me. Both albums (and their first promo) brilliant! I could say "/thread" now, but there are more.
Solar Fields ... brilliant stuff.
Aes Dana ... brilliant stuff aswell!
Somebody mentioned Healer - Higher Grounds! That one is a gem aswell.

apart from that I also like old Jean Michel Jarre (Oxygene, Equinoxe), Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze

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My favourite ambient / chilled tracks are:

Accadia - "Into The Dawn" (Ambient Mix)
Chicane - "Already There"
Chicane - "Autumn Tactics" (Original Mix)
Chicane - "Offshore" (Ambient Mix)
Chicane - "Overture"
Dusted - "Always Remember to Respect & Honour Your Mother" (Ambient Mix)
Energy 52 - "Cafe Del Mar" (Michael Woods remix)
Jakatta - "American Dream"
Mauro Picotto - "Proximus (with Adiemus)" (Ambient Mix)
Noa Assembly - "Into The Fire"
Push - "Strange World" (Tranquillo's Chillout Mix)
Solar Stone - "The Calling" (Chilled Mix)

So quite a few: hard to pick between them as to my overall favourite though even if I listen to them all regularly.

The Push track sounds quite nice when chilled and the version of "The Calling" is quite different from the Inner Peace remix.

Also, wasn't the Ambient mix of Mauro Picotto's "Proximus" track used in a TV advert once here in the UK? I am certain it was but I can't remember what for.

Dave

Anyone making it to DEMF this year will be treated with ambient from 12:00-2:00 on two different stages. Listed below are the artist that will be performing and are worth the look up if you are interested in ambient.

Jeff Greinke
Stefan Betke, a.k.a. Pole
Higher Intelligence Agency. H.I.A.
Robert Rich

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Originally posted by Quadlow Anyone making it to DEMF this year will be treated with ambient from 12:00-2:00 on two different stages. Listed below are the artist that will be performing and are worth the look up if you are interested in ambient. Jeff Greinke Stefan Betke, a.k.a. Pole Higher Intelligence Agency. H.I.A. Robert Rich

12:00 to 2:00 am? I'de love to see those guys, esp Robert Rich, but not alone (I don't know many, if any, people into this music (outside of TA). Maybe some into techno, but not ambient.

Nice to see H.I.A. is still out there. If you can, tell Bird to release another bloody album already!

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Originally posted by Spirit5 12:00 to 2:00 am? I'de love to see those guys, esp Robert Rich, but not alone (I don't know many, if any, people into this music (outside of TA). Maybe some into techno, but not ambient.

Don't let going alone stop you from going. I would've missed out on so many incredible shows had I opted to stay at home instead of going alone.

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Originally posted by idoru Don't let going alone stop you from going. I would've missed out on so many incredible shows had I opted to stay at home instead of going alone.

I have missed out on a lot. I refuse to go alone, for one I have parents who are a bit protective (until I move out), and two, just don't feel safe. I don't know how many people will be there that late. During the day, perhaps, but not at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. Downtown Detroit is not the place to be that late by yourself, unless your surrounded with a group of people, which isn't likely, unless they are playing indoors at a bar or lounge (it isn't exactly club music).

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Originally posted by Spirit5 Downtown Detroit is not the place to be that late by yourself, unless your surrounded with a group of people

Hehe, I'm so glad that I don't live in USA when I see this..

Solar Fields is my favorite producer. Beatiful tracks like:
Velvet Reptile, Majestic Feeling, Spiritual Ocean, The Sight is White, Compressed Universe, Elevator Sunshine Girl, Electric Fluid and so on

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Originally posted by sljiva Hehe, I'm so glad that I don't live in USA when I see this..

Yeah Detroit has been one of the 3rd most dangerous cities in America, up there with Los Angeles and Chicago I believe.