ambient thread wake up (or, rather, go back to bed!), Phantom Brickworks vol.2 just dropped also now on streaming!!! Roedelius (of Cluster, Harmonia, several Brian Eno collabs, and ambient legend in himself) 3 hour compilation of unreleased jams from 1968-1980 to celebrate his 90th birthday. got the boxset of this and it's wonderful. highly rec.
Waiting in the lobby of the Oslo Opera House, about to see Max Richter on ground floor, 10 rows back of stage - very, very excited
i gotta see what all i've even listened to this year but yeah probably, if nothing else I'd love to see other people's so I can catch up!
My top 20 ambient aoty’s in no order. I had to cut it down a lot which was tough as there were a ton more from this year that I loved, and certainly more to check out. Memotone - Fever of the World Prairiewolf - Deep Time Kyle Bobby Dunn - Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes merope - Vėjula Ulla and Ultrafrog - It Means A Lot d’Eon - Leviathan Von Spar, Eiko Ishibashi, Joe Talia, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto - Album I/II Nala Sinephro - Endlessness Woo - Xylophonics Jónsi - First Light Loidis - One Day Greg Foat and Gigi Masin - The Fish Factory Sessions Felbm - cycli infini Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal zakè - Lapis Steve Roach and Robert Rich - Waves of Now Geotic - The Anchorite Gerycz Powers Rolin - Activator Ghost Dubs - Damaged Joshua Chuquimia Crampton - Estrella por Estrella
Also as I’m playing catch up I’m sure I’ll have to make another list, if only just for myself to refer to later lol I missed listening to this one and it’s fun so far. A dubby ambient-post-punk sort of thing.
Here's a handful I've really enjoyed this year in alphabetical order (some overlap with @OotyPa as is expected lol) Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal Arushi Jain - Delight (borderline but I'm counting it) claire rousay - The Bloody Lady (sentiment is also very good, one might say top 10 worthy, but I'd say that's left the ambient realm maybe? if not it's on this list too) kayaks collective - Dawn Choruses Lia Kohl - Normal Sounds (borderline but again I'm counting it) Mark Templeton - Inner Light Sachi Kobayashi - Clouds in the Sky Sacred Canopy - We Do In All Honesty Hate This World Sarah Davachi - The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir Whitney Johnson/Matchess - Hav & Stena
BT's landmark ambient album This Binary Universe is finally on streaming! I remember buying the CD back in the day, which came with a separate DVD containing music videos for all the songs. 1.618 is by far my fav. Listen on studio headphones if you can
A lot to check out here. BEST AMBIENT OF 2024 And here (not all ambient) 80 Best Albums of 2024 really fucking loving this YAI record
I really love the Rich Ruth album, Water Still Flows, so it’s cool to see it make David James’s list.
Bandcamp's list. The only one I've heard is the Nala album. Excited to check the rest The Best Ambient Music of 2024