Speaking of old ambient being collated and re-released, MLO - Oumuamua is a retrospective of the mostly forgotten early '90s ambient dons which came out late last year on Dutch label Music From Memory, who seem to have a new line in packaging up classic flotation tank era ambient and introducing it to a new generation. Some really beautiful stuff on here.

Also, and this is just plain old, but digitised and available on Spotify, I recently discovered Journeyman - Mama 6 from that golden year of ambient, 1994. Released on Ninja Tunes sub-label Ntone and almost totally forgotten today, this stands up to any of the classic ambient albums of the early '90s in my opinion.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Released on Ninja Tunes sub-label Ntone and almost totally forgotten today, this stands up to any of the classic ambient albums of the early '90s in my opinion.

Ntone, y'say?

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Originally posted by Silky Johnson Does it have to be electronic music? Because I really love Erik Satie. I bought Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes, et Sarabandes played and recorded by Hakon Austbo. Just gorgeous (piano) music which I guess could qualify as ambient?

It should qualify I guess as the music comes from the ambient precusor himself. As an early 20th-century French composer, Erik Satie used such Dadaist-inspired explorations to create an early form of ambient/background music that he labeled "furniture music" (Musique d'ameublement). Brian Eno's "Ambient 1: Music For Airports" is undoubtedly inspired by such pieces as splendid "Gymnopédies"

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Originally posted by Sykonee Ntone, y'say?

It was actually from listening to the first Tone Tales Of Tomorrow comp on Spotify that I discovered Journeyman. Looks like the whole label is digitised and there are a few forgotten ambient gems on there, although Journeyman definitely stands out as the best I've heard so far. Paul Frankland, who was one half of the duo, was also the man behind Woob, which should convince any seasoned ambient veteran of their credentials.

As a side-note, the Tone Tales... compilations come out all fucked up on Spotify. Some of the tracks are the mixed versions from the original CD and segue continuously, but others are the full length versions from the original albums and break up the continuous mix. This seems to be a long-standing issue with Spotify and mix albums: sometimes it seems to pull the same tracks from different sources so they're not mixed in with the rest.

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> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

Picked this release up last year, finally gave it a listen. A mixture of ambient and downtempo plus nice artwork. Digital is available as well

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