Ambient Recommendations

selected choice ambient cuts i have gathered over the years for those seeking sleeping/zoning music:

what happened - emeralds
eingya - helios
everyone goes home when the sun sets - andrew chalk
from gardens where we feel secure - virginia astley
explanation II - the olivia tremor control
let night come on bells end the day - sarah davachi
organ dirges - kali malone
eclipses - robert AA lowe/rose lazaar

I'd recommend H. Takahashi if you want something soothing like that

happy to see OTC in that list above

I see Chuck Johnson briefly mentioned above, his Balsams album has healing powers:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2rWkvguXepRyMmxIe8Brx3?si=9C9To1yqR06rqHa-Qx7WeQ

https://soundcloud.com/kukka-dj/wintermix-vol-ii

Since winter has properly come here this week, I decided to do a sequel to a wintery ambient mix I made a few years ago. The link is above, maybe you will enjoy it too. It's not all strictly ambient but I did try to make the mood transitions smooth, hope it works.

Tracklist
1. Lucette Bourdin - With Silver Claws
2. Alio Die & Amelia Cuni - Apsaras
3. Omni Vu Deity - Gobekii
4. Cosmic Baby - Stille
5. Zalys - Aftermath
6. Mariolina Zitta & Alio Die - Suono ipogeo (Part II)
7. Meg Bowles - Twilight Embrace
8. Alquimia - Processión
9. Ania Losinger - Ballet III
10. Jlin - Anamnesis (Part 1)
11. Mary Youngblood - Cold Wind

Nice. Any chance of turning on the download on soundcloud (or is that a premium feature now)?

Eh, I feel a bit dodgy doing that, since obviously I don't have the copyright for those tracks... But email me at tuomast dot alho at Google's mail, and I can help. :)

enjoying this, thanks T

Glad you like it!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NLOZNxzCHkLVn8DKC3WWx?si=lqv5b4qlQkWspdYhjvY3tA

playlist by tom lea of local action and others

150 ambient songs isn’t nearly enough but it’s a start

My latest album is here (and there's 50% off thru the 31st with the code "synth"):

https://templo.bandcamp.com/album/roman-birds

Got a very nice writeup in Pitchfork this week as well.

New Sangam
This guy keeps getting better and better
http://kudatah.bandcamp.com/album/you-make-me

Abandoned 実体 - Virtual Graduation
https://open.spotify.com/track/4pR6Mwf31ibgtMlICSJVyq?si=iA7p6z9ZTK-c0pbx3oRTtQ

Big Fauna vibes from leaf observer Takashi Kokubo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgmpe8nToU

lol that came up on my yt algorithm earlier. serene as hell but did feel like i needed to check on my stardew valley crops.

Weird! it has 78,000 views and it came up randomly for me as well. Wonder whats making it be recommended, is it an alt-right anthem?

can only hope yt finally fixed their shit so that it delivers people this rather than joe rogan clips

+Minus - A Rainy Koran Verse [UK Live]

effing gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiHHR9I3XAc

Following on from the Takashi Kokubo is this 2004 release from Hiroshi Yoshimura, not sure if he died immediately prior to release or whether its a collection of earlier works

Kelela's done an ambient mix for the Warp 20th anniversary NTS thing and sung over the top. It's very nice

https://soundcloud.com/kelelam/aquaphoria

小久保隆 - 01 [00:00 - 04:06]
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo [04:06 - 7:52]
Marc Cary - Rhodes Ahead Intro [07:52 - 10:07]
Autechre - Altibzz [10:07 - 13:41]
Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft- Beluga’s Song [13:41 - 18:04]
Aphex Twin - Untitled [18:04 - 21:12]
Oneohtrix Point Never - Physical Memory [21:12 - 23:22]
Kareem Lotfy - FR3SH [23:22 - 26:55]
Biosphere - Chukhung [26:55 - 28:34]
Leila - Underwaters [28:34 - 31:28]
OCA - Heaven Cent [31:28 - 34:49]
Visible Cloaks - Screen [34:49 - 38:03]
Jaco Pastorius solo (live w/ Joni Mitchell, 1977) [38:03 - 41:10]
Iury Lech - Barreras [41:10 - 46:45]
Cliffdiver - Digital Dreams [46:45 - 51:30]

really feeling right now:

Polypores, the Impossibility
Aiden Baker, Deer Park

Polypores has a newer one but I haven't heard it yet.

Nice piece by vapor dreampunk kingpin HKE

https://nirvanaport.bandcamp.com/album/--4

Loscil's latest, Equivalents, and Visions' cinematically spaced-out Temples are both quite good.

Looks like a new Steve Roach is imminent as well.

super into Equivalents

On the more 'tribal' end of things, Alio Die's latest, with a Persian duo from Paris named Indalaska, is worth investigating as well.

The collaboration with Indalaska is a really strong album, although it's difficult to get a sense of what elements Indalaska are bringing to it (which happens to me a lot with Alio Die collabs, honestly)

a warped anthem
https://bedlamtapes.bandcamp.com/track/anthem-2

https://aescapesounds.bandcamp.com/track/night-city-ii-w-finlii

ISO slow, heavy reverb bright/clean guitar over soft drum machine, like first 7 minutes of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9r0vIZYUw

^The first Durutti Column album comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pddox1SYHko

Also on an unrelated note, Tetsu Inoue's Inland is the best ambient album ever, godlike sound design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmND3Al4gI

that durutti column album is a good call. was just listening to that last night!

Tetsu Inoue's Inland is the best ambient album ever

Agreed!!!

listening now, good stuff, thanks

1st three DC albums so crucial

Thanks J.

/Tetsu Inoue's Inland is the best ambient album ever/

Agreed!!!

IslandMan - Rest In Space


https://open.spotify.com/track/3mb2fkaJUlrRnwxGRGQAGS?si=g3bwAgAcS0CvDHwi8miAew

Alexis Georgopolis - Fragments of a Season.


https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByGvgEkjwolQcJTGxMApn?si=fzP_FRjRT1aNWCM_3m1RZA

Wouldn’t call either of these Ambient but some songs fit the bill.

This is just what an isolated soul needs just now

https://open.spotify.com/album/59NTtP2nGwOTmfQJ0JjPET?si=VJxw_Fa-TpugK98e4aZpUQ

Selected Media 2016-18 by Bartosz Kruczynski

This mix of African & Indonesian traditional music (w/effects and some electronic pieces mixed in) might not be ambient in the classical sense, but it was doing the trick for me yesterday:

https://soundcloud.com/wonj/wgm7

And led me to this Motoko & Myers album, which gets better and less fourth world-y after the first track: https://open.spotify.com/album/7EwZMTQ17UxzQof2rXffL4?si=UL4s_oWcQkaSEFtPm8s7mw

https://open.spotify.com/album/3kJCW2dy9ADRQOIdnAjXQL?si=NYVxSommT1yClU0shQGPyw

Float away on the mist...

Love love love this one, the title is self-explanatory:
https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/algorithmic-music-for-synthesised-strings

I want more people to hear this music, and support these artists, so posting here...

‘Old Souls Part XII: Phosphenes‘ is mix of enveloping, mind-shifting, heart-filling, time-dissolving ambient, abstract, experimental and electro-acoustic music by brilliant Black artists creating work of incredible beauty and power.

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-xii-phosphenes_2016-2020_cover-a.jpg?w=1024

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls-part-xii-phosphenes_2016-2020_cover-b.jpg?w=1024

Various – ‘Old Souls – Part XII: Phosphenes’
2016-2020

(Phosphenes are the light you see when there is no light)

01 [00:00 – 04:35] Forest Management – “Your Privilege…” (‘Remain’ 2018)
02 [02:00 – 05:00] KMRU – “11” (‘Luft’ EP 2020)
03 [04:50 – 09:30] Imka – “Regret” (‘Who Taught You To Run’ EP 2020)
04 [05:00 – 07:30] Oui Ennui – “Fragile Yet Agile” (‘Wytai’ EP 2020)
05 [07:20 – 12:20] Lamin Fofana – “I Ran From It…” (‘Darkwater’ EP 2020)
06 [11:35 – 15:30] Lotic – “Love and Light” (‘Power’ 2018)
07 [15:30 – 19:10] Nazar – “Mother” (‘Guerrilla’ 2020)
08 [19:00 – 25:20] Laraaji – “Galexea” (‘The Onrush of Eternity’ 2019)
09 [25:20 – 30:00] Dedekind Cut – “Yin-Yang” (‘$uccessor’ 2016)
10 [29:25 – 32:20] Klein – “Silent” (‘Lifetime’ 2019)
11 [31:40 – 34:00] Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – “4 – 3” (‘Mind Kontrol’ 2020)
12 [34:00 – 36:40] Wayne Phoenix – “Burn False Messages” (‘Soaring…’ 2020)
13 [36:30 – 38:05] Chroma Field – “Triple Moon” (‘Void Out’ 2020)
14 [37:30 – 43:20] Space Afrika – “Bly” (‘Somewhere Decent To Live’ 2018)
15 [42:30 – 45:05] W.O.E. – “Enflux Dc 1” (‘Ultrawarm Indices’ 2020)
16 [44:00 – 47:25] Angel-Ho – “Parachute” (‘Death Becomes Her’ 2019)
17 [47:25 – 49:30] Infinity Knives – “Fur Arvo 2025” (‘Dear, Sudan’ 2019)
18 [49:30 – 51:55] Nailah Hunter – “White Flower, Dark Hill” (‘Spells’ EP 2020)
19 [51:30 – 56:25] Specimens – “Unfold In All DIrections” (‘In the Dust…’ 2018)
20 [56:10 – 60:00] Namir Blade – “False Heaven” (‘Worlds and Dreams’ 2018)

[Total Time: 1:00:00]

Fantastic mix, the Lotic track is esp. gorgeous.

yes, uhm. . .i'm dense. where can i hear it?

https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/old-souls-xii/

mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/musicophilia/musicohphilia-old-souls-part-xii-phosphenes-2016-2020/

brilliant. thank you.

That's ace!

I've really been enjoying the albums by Ulla and Folder on Experiences Ltd. Ulla is Ulla Strauss, who you may know from her excellent EP with Pontiac Streator on West Mineral

West Mineral have also put out a grindcore record, which sounds like something that might happen in a music nerd's dream

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