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| SYSTEM-J |
| Does anyone know of any established communities or radio stations dedicated to ambient/electronica/etc? I have slowly started to get live gigs playing this kind of stuff and I'd like to build up a bit of a profile, if possible. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Syntonic
Somafm |
One of the few consistently outstanding stations, imo. |
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| Syntonic |
| No doubt, and it's really the fans keeping them alive. It's great they been able to go on this long. |
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| AlphaStarred |
Completely forgot about Tomita.
- a mix of modern classical and ambient.
Tangerine Dream probably has some good stuff, too, but I haven't listened to them much, so I wouldn't know what to recommend.
Love this guy's stuff:
An obscure piece I ripped from an acid/techno vinyl:
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| Echo of Silence |
In response to sonix, I probably don't consider m83, Hammock, and Chicane as "ambient" though I do enjoy their music a lot.
I remember listening to BOC's Tomorrow's Harvest and I must have liked it because I purchased it (or maybe I purchased it before I had listened) but really, I don't remember now... I'll listen again when I have a chance and report back.
I think I prefer Tangerine Dream's older music.
There's an album by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd from the 80s or 90s that I've tried to get in mp3 format for a couple of years. I listen to it at Grooveshark. One of my friends has sent me 1/2 of it.
I also like many of the artists recommended above and:
Alva Noto and Noto and Sakamoto
Air (Namlook) mentioned above
Oöphoi (darker, droney)
Svartsinn (darker) |
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| Sand Leaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Does anyone know of any established communities or radio stations dedicated to ambient/electronica/etc? I have slowly started to get live gigs playing this kind of stuff and I'd like to build up a bit of a profile, if possible. |
As noted, Soma FM has several excellent channels for this, such as Groove Salad, Drone Zone and Space Station Soma. The always brilliant Intergalactic.fm has a channel dedicated to downtempo/ambient stuff as well, called The Garden. There's also StillStream, which I haven't listened to for yonks, but I seem to recall that it brings the goods.
Anyway, I'll have to once again urge people to track down any recording they can find of BR-Alpha's old chillout series Space Night. The music, often from the back catalogue of the superb downtempo/electro label Elektrolux, is absolute bliss, and goes perfectly with the space-themed visual backdrop. Apparently, the show is being brought back to the channel, only this time it will have nothing but Creative Commons music: http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisc...enight-106.html |
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| AlphaStarred |
| That Space Night is sounding very nice, right now. Thanks for sharing. That ambient track you posted in rubez's thread should also be in this thread. Very nice one, indeed. |
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
Anyway, I'll have to once again urge people to track down any recording they can find of BR-Alpha's old chillout series Space Night. The music, often from the back catalogue of the superb downtempo/electro label Elektrolux, is absolute bliss, and goes perfectly with the space-themed visual backdrop. Apparently, the show is being brought back to the channel, only this time it will have nothing but Creative Commons music: http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisc...enight-106.html |
Best ambient/downtempo series ever, got about 11 of them. Earthviews is some of the best audio/visual stuff I've seen. Are they just re-airing them or will they be completely new? |
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| Sand Leaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Syntonic
Are they just re-airing them or will they be completely new? |
Try reading the article, it is in English. |
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| Syntonic |
| This should be pretty good, I was hearing talks about bringing it back. |
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