also try: the cocteau twins & harold budd's the moon and the melodies
― summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those tumblr whites (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 January 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
basinski's disintegration loops, the first disc in particular
― summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those tumblr whites (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 January 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
tim hecker, later period stars of the lid, aloof proof's piano text, rubycon-era tangerine dream, klf's chill out, tujiko noriko, oren ambarchi (but maybe not emo enough here), throbbing gristle's part two: the endless not
― summer sun, something's begun, but uh-oh those tumblr whites (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 January 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe Dominic Woosey's Straylight? It has a few "cosmic" moments typical of early 90s ambient, but mostly it's a low-key and melancholic album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubU_0UhYyoY
Then there's of course Biosphere's classic Substrata, you can't get much more somber than that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSMleoDGpzw
― Tuomas, Saturday, 21 January 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
I've checked some of the recommendation but I don't know, they're good but don't really evoke the sentimental side of me. Not "emo" enough, if you like. Except stars of the lid, but I've already known them. Anyway, I was searching someplace else and found these bands that are closer to what I'm looking for: Hammock, Eluvium and A Winged Victory For The Sullen
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 22 January 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
Listen to these tracks:
Mogwai: "Tracy"Mogwai: "Helicon 2"Labradford: "Everlast"Aphex Twin: "Rhubarb"Kangding Ray: "La Belle"
― Clarke B., Sunday, 22 January 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
Isn't there a thread about indie classical like Max Richter? I'd say that's pretty emo ambient, maybe even sounds like M83?
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 22 January 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
The "classical" music you buy from Boomkat (2010): a thread to discuss Sylvain Chauveau, Johann Johannsson, Peter Broderick, Olafur Arnalds and othersThe "classical" music you buy from Boomkat (2010): a thread to discuss Sylvain Chauveau, Johann Johannsson, Peter Broderick, Olafur Arnalds and others
Max RichterMax Richter C/D/S/D
and I know there's another thread on this kind of music....
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 22 January 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
eluvium!
― scott seward, Sunday, 22 January 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
no one can resist the beautiful sadness of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rluU6BGpKw
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 22 January 2012 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
A Winged Victory for the Sullen (adam wiltzie from Stars of the Lid plus piano composer dude Dustin O'Halloran) has a really emo name but the S/T from last year will make you stare out the window and agonize about your past in a good way
― do it, Rockapella! (Z S), Sunday, 22 January 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
second bvdub, in particular seek 'the art of dying alone' every song title reads like a depressed madlib
― oneohtrix and park (m bison), Sunday, 22 January 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
Why didn't anyone tell me that A Winged Victory for the Sullen was Adam Wiltzie?? That sounds liek my kind of afternoon.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 22 January 2012 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
I was gonna say, the correct answer here is Eluvium, but you figured it out on your own. Well done.
If I were you, I'd get everything he has ever done. One of the finest, most beautiful catalogs of music ever.
― alpine static, Sunday, 22 January 2012 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
have you ever heard "return to innocence" by Enigma
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Sunday, 22 January 2012 07:58 (twelve years ago) link
Most classic ambient (pre-Aphex, and non-New Age) can qualify. Since you like Hammock (who I think are sublime), can I suggest you look into the back catalogue of Jeff Pearce:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGTC_LbsqiM
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Sunday, 22 January 2012 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
jasper, tx - a darknesssteve roach & vidna obmana - cavern of sirenscoil - love's secret domain
― i was a preteen blogger (Lamp), Sunday, 22 January 2012 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
Celer qualifies here as well, especially the albums with just one or two pieces
― Another Wein bites the dust (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 22 January 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGSEJEYoGQ
― Siegbran, Sunday, 22 January 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
haha, I love Sasha's Airdrawndagger but I don't think any song from it fits as a soundtrack to my breakup.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 22 January 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
My recommendations for bummed-out ambience:
Blithe Sons - We Walk The Young EarthRameses III - I Could Not Love You MoreRichard Skelton - LandingsGrouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A HillRichard Youngs - SapphieLoscil - Endless FallsScott Tuma - Not For NobodyMountains - SewnNils Frahm - Felt Bummed out-ness guaranteed on almost all those (at least one of them is dedicated to a dead wife and another is about a dead dog). The last two are somewhat less down in the dumps, but they are both v v pretty.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Sunday, 22 January 2012 13:38 (twelve years ago) link