Yeah, I may not post much in here, but that’s because you all are one of my main sources for this stuff, and I don’t feel like I have much to contribute. I check out a majority of what’s posted in here though and love a lot of it! I’ve been listening to that Eli Keszler and H. Takahasi album a lot, for instance. I have been working through some of the artists I don’t know from the Big Ears Festival line-up and have been really enjoying this Clarice Jensen album, which probably fits in here. Really awesome cello drones. Johann Johansson worked on the first track.
Pumped to check that out! I’d also just love to know what are some of everyone’s recent favorites vs. all-time favorite ambient albums. Doesnt matter if they aren’t rare- just want to get a sense of peoples’ tastes.
probably missing a bunch of stuff but based off of my most played albums... all time: Windy & Carl - Depths Grouper - A I A Alien Observer Stars of the Lid- And Their Refinement... Steve Roach - Structures From Silence Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was the Golden Age Huerco S. - For Those Of You... Brian Eno - Apollo recent: Eli Keszler - Stadium Aqueduct Ensemble - Improvisations on an Apricot Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines Kali Malone - Cast of Mind Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest
for some reason I stopped getting alerts for this thread hmm I’ll post my list tomorrow and will work through recent recs too content: been listening to Varg’s Crush and Skee Mask’s Compro a lot - ambient techno but I’m sure you will enjoy
ok bear with me, this is going to be kinda long. Favorite of all-time in no order. Probably gonna be missing a bunch but whatever: Helios - Eingya Helios - Unomia Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds... Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green Boards of Canada - Geodaddi Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps Susumu Yokota - Love or Die Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS The Ghostwriters - Remote Dreaming Heathered Pearls - Loyal Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill GAS - Pop Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow Roedelius - Wenn der Sudwind weht Kyle Bobby Dunn - ...and the Infinite Sadness Gabor Szabo - Dreams 2018 favs in no order so far. Been very into ambient techno this year: Geotic - Traversa Klara Lewis & Simon Fisher Turner - Care Jon Hassell - Listening to Pictures Bvdub - Drowning in Daylight The Caretaker - Everywhere at the end of time Yagya - Rigning Warmth - Parallel Masayoshi Fujita - Book of Life Dino Sabatini - Omonimo GAS - Rausch Araceae - Lunae Semita Anenon - Tongue Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days DJ Healer - Nothing 2 Lose
I only reallllly got into ambient techno stuff this year. I've always enjoyed it to a certain extent, but I finally devoted some time to the genre and now I'm very interested in how percussive elements can deliver layers of atmosphere and texture, while still maintaining ambient's soft-spoken quality- if that makes sense. I feel like the new Leon Vynehall is very rhythm-centric, though not nearly as much as his older shit which is literally titled Designed to Dance lol (that album is truly incredible too). I think my very first ambient techno album was Helios' earliest record, Unomia. There is a lot of organic instrumentation as well, and that combination is what initially intrigued me. It's probably their darkest album, but I love it.
Happy I'm the guy who posts extremely random and unknown old Japanese ambient albums here. I can only find these hidden gems on Youtube. Listen to these beauties before they're ever removed, god-forbidding.
haha there you go! I did feel a jazzy undercurrent (in all fairness I love LH - Quarantine is immense!)
here we go... and apologies in advance for the long ass fucking list all time Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds Stars of the Lid - Refinement of the Decline Sean McCann - The Capital Sean McCann - Music for Private Ensamble Sean McCann - Music for Public Ensamble Sean McCann - Ten Impressions for Piano and Strings Max Richter - Sleep Susumu Yokota - Sakura Susumu Yokota - Grinning Cat Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of Faith A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atmos Migrations in Rust - Two Shadows Brian McBride - When Detail... Brian McBride - Effective Disconnect Ian William Craig - A Turn of Breath Ian William Craig - Centres Kevin Drumm - Imperial Distortion Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops Le Berger - Music for Guitar and Patience Disasterpeace - Fez OST Drombeg - Earthworks Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness Eno - Ambient 1 Eno - Discreet Music Eno + Lanois + Eno - Apollo Ben Frost - By the Throat Ben Frost - Aurora Fennesz - Endless Summer Fennesz - Venice Oren Ambarchi - Grapes from the Estate Andre + Mason - Call, Response Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet Tim Hecker - Haunt Me Tim Hecker - Ravedeath Tim Hecker - Love Streams Tim Hecker - Virgins Gas - Pop Gas - Konigsfort Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees Eluvium - Copia Eluvium - Similes Eluvium - Nightmare Ending The Fun Years - Baby It's Cold Inside Nils Frahm- Spaces Jefre Cantu Ledesma - Stream of Love Jefre Cantu Ledesma - A Year With 13 Moons Budd + Eno - Ambient 2 Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right... Boards of Canada - Geoggadi Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest Nicholas Szczepanik - Please Stop Loving Me Juliana Barwick - Nepenthe Grouper - Dragging... Grouper - AIA Benoit Pioulard -Plays Thelma Jason Lescalleet - Pilgrim Inventions - Maze of Woods Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II Goon Night & Good Morning - Narrowing Type Hammock - Raising... Sparkling Wide Pressure - Clouds & Stairs Lussuria - American Babylon Polymer Slug - Cloud Types Keith Fulerton - Lisbon recent Huerco S. - For Those... Dedekind Cut - Tahoe Dedekind Cut - $uccessor Bibio - Phantom Brickworks Joseph Shabason - Aytche Alessandro Cortini - Avanti Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days Ryuichi Sakamoto - async Secret Boyfriend - Memory Care Unit EDIT: and I did leave a lot out that should be there!!!
Got a lot to check out on this rainy friday it seems! The Brian Mcbride records are too good, was considering them for my list as well. Also wasn’t sure which Jefre Cantu Ledesma was my favorite bc theyre all pretty incredible but if i were to add one to my list itd probably be On the Echoing Green. I love optimistic ambient. Not strictly ambient but with ambient tendencies, here is a great neo-jazz album that came out today
Huerco S. label West Mineral released this one today as well. FFO: Basic Channel, GAS, breathing air, and super burritos.
I think that will be excellent. I want to go to an ambient show--they just never happen where I live, or maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. Also for fans of The Caretaker, this album came out today too and it's really great so far:
Not strictly ambient but this album is out today. Dreamy ambient-pop reminiscent of a sparse Julia Holter. Full thing on streaming.