Toby Marks (of Banco de Gaia) & Andrew Heath - Motion

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Toby and Andrew started making extensive field recordings on trips to the four corners of Britain during 2018. They went deep into Llechwedd Slate Caverns in Wales, explored Suttle Stone Quarries in Bournemouth, hopped on the Swanage Ferry to Poole Harbour, took to the air with the Yorkshire Gliding Club, floated down the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and rode the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk. By the end they had a staggering hundred hours of audio in total, which they processed and transformed, blending piano, guitars and electronics, to produce a deeply meditative, endlessly unfolding collection. (https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/album/motion)

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He is a very talented musician and an enthusiastic entertainer but he can't mix two beers together with a bucket and a funnel.

I used to run down that canal when I lived in Leeds. Maybe I ended up in the field recordings.

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I feel like I burned myself out on Andrew Heath. Bought his (proper) first four albums, got quite sated on his 'lowercase' brand of field recordings and piano doodling, but the guy just kept on releasing more and more. Even the allure of a Toby Marks collab' wasn't enough to draw me back in.

That said, his remix of BdG's China is lush:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I used to run down that canal when I lived in Leeds. Maybe I ended up in the field recordings.

There was what sounded like an annoying little glitch precisely in that part.

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He is a very talented musician and an enthusiastic entertainer but he can't mix two beers together with a bucket and a funnel.

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Originally posted by Sykonee Even the allure of a Toby Marks collab' wasn't enough to draw me back in.

Frankly, I can't say there was a very good, specific reason to post precisely this one. Name-dropping Marks might make just a little more sense than dropping any other random ambientist on here.
There is so, so, so much (good) ambient available, in all possible shapes, from the field recording-based soundscapey to the whatever shape it might take. And there is so much of it I enjoy. But ask me for a release that really, *really* stands out and might excite even the Js and the Sykonese... tough.

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He is a very talented musician and an enthusiastic entertainer but he can't mix two beers together with a bucket and a funnel.

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Originally posted by Midlothian Frankly, I can't say there was a very good, specific reason to post precisely this one. Name-dropping Marks might make just a little more sense than dropping any other random ambientist on here. There is so, so, so much (good) ambient available, in all possible shapes, from the field recording-based soundscapey to the whatever shape it might take. And there is so much of it I enjoy. But ask me for a release that really, *really* stands out and might excite even the Js and the Sykonese... tough.

It's kinda' why I never ask for recommendations. My own explorations have yielded so many wonderful releases that I'm never left floundering trying to find something new. Even when I think I've finally tapped every well, oh look, here's a label called ARCHIVES for you do dive into (as one example).

The ol' Discogs/Bandcamp combo has proved far more effective than whatever Pitchfork might say I should listen to.

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Very true. Although some decent music has come to my attention through certain blogs and even discogs comments recently. In fact, just the other day while googling something I chanced upon some old blog by someone who shall remain nameless and isn't a music journalist - even there I found one or two interesting things. Immediately recognised the writing, too (like your review brother).

Small world, I guess.

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He is a very talented musician and an enthusiastic entertainer but he can't mix two beers together with a bucket and a funnel.

The search for originality is pleasant and rewarding and the amount of great and/or spine-tingling music is huge but ambient in 2022

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... a little struggle in coming up with fresh things to say about ...'s style of ambient music. For sure it's quite lovely, soothing, haunting ... and each ... their own distinct themes, but much ... has remained rather similar in execution

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He is a very talented musician and an enthusiastic entertainer but he can't mix two beers together with a bucket and a funnel.

My friend Lisaya just released his 3 hour 30 minutes ambient album under his Roan Portman alias, took him six months to finish:

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For now, The Divine Cosmos is my favorite.

Release of some older ambient, which is something re:discovery records specializes in. This one specifically sounds like one of the best record pressings I own, amazing sound quality and no surface noise.