https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnrdZVCRRUY
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 3 June 2016 17:58 (eight years ago) link
http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0031237283_10.jpg
― am0n, Sunday, 3 July 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
Luv bvdub
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 3 July 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link
i've been listening obsessively to the bonus track to harold budd's avalon sutra, "as long as i can hold my breath - by night", which takes up the entirety of disc 2 at 1:09:28 and is adapted from the last song on the first disc.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa3qZdjZrNo
the whole 154 album is sublime.. needs to be repressed
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
i agree that "as long as i can hold my breath - by night" is totally gorgeous. i really like the rest of that album too, it sustains quite a mood.. nocturnal pastoral stateliness, would befit some david sylvian vocals but it's quite wonderful just on its own.
it's unfortunate that darla's reissue subbed a really stock-y orchid photo (plus typically naff darla typeface) for the super pretty roccoco-ish rose ensemble of the original issue.
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
"as long as i can hold my breath - by night" is amazing.. so sad, though
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 19 December 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
hi cutty
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Hey, the new Kara-Lis Coverdale record is really good. It's called 'Grafts'
― del esdichado (NickB), Thursday, 11 May 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
loren chasse "the air in sand" had a buncha this guy's stuff before & was always spirited away by it, but this one really is the cat's whiskers !― massaman gai, Sonntag, 8. März 2015 18:15 (two years ago)oh "the air in the sand"― massaman gai, Sonntag, 8. März 2015 20:31 (two years ago)
oh "the air in the sand"― massaman gai, Sonntag, 8. März 2015 20:31 (two years ago)
I heard a track from another Loren Chasse record on the Sleepbot radio today: http://www.sleepbot.com/ambience/album/rbowsing.htmlbut the album isn't on Discogs or anywhere else on the internet, so I'm listening to all of Chasse's other stuff on Bandcamp (&loving it)
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
via ned and whiney, red alert, red alert:
http://www.numerogroup.com/products/environmentshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/environments/id1294132065?mt=8
Environments is a historic catalog of long form field recordings created for the way you live. Whether you need to work, meditate, sleep, or any other use, Environments is the only ambient sound app based on extended recordings created in the 1960s and '70s on analog tape. Environments began as an unprecedented series of vinyl records, garnering widespread acclaim and selling millions of units. Now Environments steps into the mobile age as an invaluable and unique sonic tool for the way YOU live.• No internet connection required—all recordings are part of the app.• 22 fully remastered long form analog recordings, most 30 minutes or more. Not short loops, not white noise— Environments live and breathe like nature itself.• Simple, intuitive navigation. Unobtrusive, ad-free look and feel evokes a simpler, better time.• Put your favorite environment on infinite loop, or build your own playlist of favorites.• Blocks distractions, increases focus and mindfulness, reduces stress, helpful with tinnitus and fussy babies.• Sounds include ocean waves, birdsongs and dawn chorus, chimes, "be-in," thunderstorms, gentle rain, heartbeat, wind in trees, wordless choir, summer cornfield, creaky sailboat, country stream, country meadow, blizzard, and many more.• Features informative biography of Environments creator Irv Teibel, along with concise informational screens on individual recordings.• A co-creation of Syntonic Research, Inc.
• No internet connection required—all recordings are part of the app.
• 22 fully remastered long form analog recordings, most 30 minutes or more. Not short loops, not white noise— Environments live and breathe like nature itself.
• Simple, intuitive navigation. Unobtrusive, ad-free look and feel evokes a simpler, better time.
• Put your favorite environment on infinite loop, or build your own playlist of favorites.
• Blocks distractions, increases focus and mindfulness, reduces stress, helpful with tinnitus and fussy babies.
• Sounds include ocean waves, birdsongs and dawn chorus, chimes, "be-in," thunderstorms, gentle rain, heartbeat, wind in trees, wordless choir, summer cornfield, creaky sailboat, country stream, country meadow, blizzard, and many more.
• Features informative biography of Environments creator Irv Teibel, along with concise informational screens on individual recordings.
• A co-creation of Syntonic Research, Inc.
$2.99!!!!!!and around 500 MB
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
i've listened to quite a few of these in record shop listening stations, but i only own the second in the series (the first side on it, 'tintinnabulation', is one of my go-to recordings for just about any situation around the house).
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
loving the brief "liner notes" for each recording, which include little review snippets
on environments 1:
"It soaks the mind... cheaper than booze, safer than pot", Albert Goldman, LIFE, 5/5/1970
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
been wanting these since i read this piece
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-recorded-tamed-and-then-sold-nature-sounds-to-america
but iOS onlu is no good to me
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 February 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
Just emailed them and they said they're working on a version for android.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
I wonder who the fourth vote was from?
― beard papa, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
_I wonder who the fourth vote was from?_t’was I. I think..This is cool. I wonder if it would be worth using an old iPad just for this app.
― beard papa, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/--3215 hours of bliss
― calstars, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
― a but (brimstead)
https://www.discogs.com/154-Strike/release/10513742
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxJ7SRsSZf4
― the late great, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/--32
15 hours of bliss
― calstars
i jumped in halfway through and i have to say, it is veerrrry nice and i am going to be ambienenanaaanaway in it for a while
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
Enjoy bro
― calstars, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
/the whole 154 album is sublime.. needs to be repressed― a but (brimstead) /https://www.discogs.com/154-Strike/release/10513742🕸
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
>http://www.numerogroup.com/products/environments
god this is so perfect. I hope it doesn't preclude a higher quality reissue program at some point; Teibel had so many unreleased Environments projects in the can I've been hoping could see the light as bonus material, but this app is just the perfectly functional way to present this material. Tintinnabulation & Intonation forever.
a lot of my sleep listening is increasingly handled by the phone via a digital dock with optical out, in the past either extended playlists or 10 hour youtubes, but looking forward to more people experimenting with generative apps like Eno's Reflection or this - https://longplayer.org/listen/longplayer-ios-app/
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 11 February 2018 00:23 (six years ago) link
lovin these:
http://houseoftheleg.bandcamp.com/album/saved-datahttp://houseoftheleg.bandcamp.com/album/saved-data-pt-ii
― brimstead, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
good stuff
― calstars, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 12:10 (six years ago) link
i highly recommend peter davison's "Glide V", from his 191 album Glide. i first heard it last week, by way of ryuichi sakamoto's dinner BGM playlist (search "The Kajitsu Playlist" on spotify), which is also really good
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 July 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWAYIlPZ0u0
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
just a head's up that the new Light in the Attic comp is out:
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/4088-kankyo-ongaku-japanese-ambient-environmental-new-age-music-1980-1990Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990
it's kind of misleading because it's up on spotify and bandcamp, but only 10 songs. the physical release has 25 songs. i feel like the bandcamp page should mention this - it's a really good incentive to purchase the physical version!
i'm happy to see that it leads off with a track by Satoshi Ashikawa, whose Still Way I have been obsessively listening to for the last month or two (or longer? how long has it been?). Still Way was his only released album, but he has tracks on other comps of the era that i have never heard, including the song included on Kankyo Ongaku, "Still Space". similar to the first Light in the Attic ambient comp (I am the Center), it's a mix of well known names and obscure. in this case, you can find familiar names like Hiroshi Yoshimura, Takashi Toyoda, YMO, Haruomi Hosono and Sakamoto solo tracks, as well as a bunch of people i've never heard of.
light in the attic's shipping center is down until March 1, but i'm excited to get it in the mail soon! i also picked up the second ambient comp (The Microcosm: Visionary Music of Continental Europe, 1970-1986) while i was at it
― Karl Malone, Friday, 22 February 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
whoa I hadnt heard about microcosm, thanks
― brimstead, Friday, 22 February 2019 01:13 (five years ago) link
i feel like it wasn't quite as positively reviewed as the other two? but i dunno, looks right up my alley so i'm excited to hear it too.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 22 February 2019 01:16 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/user/lightintheatticrecords?si=EH_hjnpAQdOOGQNdyb1hHg
― calstars, Friday, 22 February 2019 02:01 (five years ago) link
Ex, by kj. released september 2018
uh, this is AMAZING
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/ex
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Sunday, 10 March 2019 08:17 (five years ago) link
Like that kj
― calstars, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990
my 2CD version should arrive today, I'm excited. The 3LP has two more tracks but I'm pretty much over any new vinyl pressing that doesn't have multiple positive comments re: pressing quality on Discogs or Hoffman.
Karl have you spent much time with yours? So far this is the only ILX mention I see.
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/63x6MwkzIVtoH6lbHIYEtr?si=cuwU2WvQTuKoZ9OTGTH_XQ
― calstars, Monday, 13 May 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
is that the same truncated 10-track version that Bandcamp has? can't open the link right now
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
Yes
― calstars, Monday, 13 May 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
i've listened a few times, but i wasn't following along in the booklet/tracklist so i can't remember the standout tracks offhand. i mentioned it upthread, but the lead track is by Satoshi Ashikawa, whose Still Ways album I'm completely obsessed with.
in general, though, i'm less taken by this new comp than the last two (I am the Center and Microcosm). i think it's because environmental music tracks on the latest one really reach their full potential when heard in the context of the full album by the respective artist, rather than on a comp with other artists. environmental music like this thrives when it's allowed to settle in a particular mood for long stretches of time, for hours, maybe even on repeat. just when i start to settle into the Ashikawa track that leads the comp off, it switches to the next thing, and the process repeats itself.
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Monday, 13 May 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
Head's up! Satoshi Ashikawa's 'Still Way' is being reissued!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
yessssssssssssss!
thank you! i was hoping that it would reissued sometime soon!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
Exciting! I'll have to see if my favorite shop for this type of stuff gets it in.
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
Thought you'd like that lill nugget ZS! :) You too, Evan.
Perhaps it's time for a Japanese ambient/environmental thread? There is just so much out there, and on here it's mostly scattered across a multitude of threads all over the board. #JapaneseAmbientAssemble!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
Speaking of, either this is ironic or there is a marketplace specifically for Japan that they should be using to order it?
*** TERRITORY RESTRICTION - NO SALES TO JAPAN ***
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Ha, I was going to ask the exact same thing! I have *no idea* why that is. I see it more often, especially w/ Japan(-related) stuff. I honestly don't know.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
Japan usually markets a domestic version with bonus material to make up for not allowing the import, basically protectionist policy applied to LP/CD releases
― sleeve, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
this explains why so many Japanese releases have bonus stuff
pretty sure I learned this from sic somewhere on ILM
― sleeve, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
Isn't that a bit old-fashioned in this day and age? I can see why majors did this back in the day. But it's not like this reissue will also be done by a Japanese label (to my knowledge). It's a reissue by an indie label, an indie label called We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want! :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
Thought you'd like that lill nugget ZS! :) You too, Evan. Perhaps it's time for a Japanese ambient/environmental thread? There is just so much out there, and on here it's mostly scattered across a multitude of threads all over the board. #JapaneseAmbientAssemble!
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
i would be totally into that thread but i would be 99% in learning mode, not contributing new stuff so much. i know very little of this stuff, but i'm super into the handful of things that i do have. :)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link