On the more 'tribal' end of things, Alio Die's latest, with a Persian duo from Paris named Indalaska, is worth investigating as well.
― pomenitul, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
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)
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 19 August 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
a warped anthemhttps://bedlamtapes.bandcamp.com/track/anthem-2
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
https://aescapesounds.bandcamp.com/track/night-city-ii-w-finlii
― calstars, Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
ISO slow, heavy reverb bright/clean guitar over soft drum machine, like first 7 minutes of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9r0vIZYUw
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
^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
― J. Sam, Friday, 17 April 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
that durutti column album is a good call. was just listening to that last night!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
Tetsu Inoue's Inland is the best ambient album ever
Agreed!!!
― Evan, Friday, 17 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
listening now, good stuff, thanks
― zoomer death circus (sleeve), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
1st three DC albums so crucial
― brimstead, Friday, 17 April 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
Thanks J.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
/Tetsu Inoue's Inland is the best ambient album ever/Agreed!!!
― dsb, Friday, 17 April 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
IslandMan - Rest In Spacehttps://open.spotify.com/track/3mb2fkaJUlrRnwxGRGQAGS?si=g3bwAgAcS0CvDHwi8miAewAlexis Georgopolis - Fragments of a Season. https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByGvgEkjwolQcJTGxMApn?si=fzP_FRjRT1aNWCM_3m1RZAWouldn’t call either of these Ambient but some songs fit the bill.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 18 April 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
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
― the article don, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
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
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 14:40 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/3kJCW2dy9ADRQOIdnAjXQL?si=NYVxSommT1yClU0shQGPyw
Float away on the mist...
― ncxkd, Friday, 24 April 2020 12:19 (four years ago) link
Love love love this one, the title is self-explanatory:https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/algorithmic-music-for-synthesised-strings
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 April 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
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” (‘$uccessor’ 2016)10 [29:25 – 32:20] Klein – “Silent” (‘Lifetime’ 2019)11 [31:40 – 34:00] Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – “4 – 3” (‘Mind Kontrol’ 2020)12 [34:00 – 36:40] Wayne Phoenix – “Burn False Messages” (‘Soaring…’ 2020)13 [36:30 – 38:05] Chroma Field – “Triple Moon” (‘Void Out’ 2020)14 [37:30 – 43:20] Space Afrika – “Bly” (‘Somewhere Decent To Live’ 2018)15 [42:30 – 45:05] W.O.E. – “Enflux Dc 1” (‘Ultrawarm Indices’ 2020)16 [44:00 – 47:25] Angel-Ho – “Parachute” (‘Death Becomes Her’ 2019)17 [47:25 – 49:30] Infinity Knives – “Fur Arvo 2025” (‘Dear, Sudan’ 2019)18 [49:30 – 51:55] Nailah Hunter – “White Flower, Dark Hill” (‘Spells’ EP 2020)19 [51:30 – 56:25] Specimens – “Unfold In All DIrections” (‘In the Dust…’ 2018)20 [56:10 – 60:00] Namir Blade – “False Heaven” (‘Worlds and Dreams’ 2018) [Total Time: 1:00:00]
(Phosphenes are the light you see when there is no light)
01 [00:00 – 04:35] Forest Management – “Your Privilege…” (‘Remain’ 2018)02 [02:00 – 05:00] KMRU – “11” (‘Luft’ EP 2020)03 [04:50 – 09:30] Imka – “Regret” (‘Who Taught You To Run’ EP 2020)04 [05:00 – 07:30] Oui Ennui – “Fragile Yet Agile” (‘Wytai’ EP 2020)05 [07:20 – 12:20] Lamin Fofana – “I Ran From It…” (‘Darkwater’ EP 2020)06 [11:35 – 15:30] Lotic – “Love and Light” (‘Power’ 2018)07 [15:30 – 19:10] Nazar – “Mother” (‘Guerrilla’ 2020)08 [19:00 – 25:20] Laraaji – “Galexea” (‘The Onrush of Eternity’ 2019)09 [25:20 – 30:00] Dedekind Cut – “Yin-Yang” (‘$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]
― Soundslike, Friday, 3 July 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
Fantastic mix, the Lotic track is esp. gorgeous.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 3 July 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
yes, uhm. . .i'm dense. where can i hear it?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 3 July 2020 05:46 (three years ago) link
https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/old-souls-xii/
mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/musicophilia/musicohphilia-old-souls-part-xii-phosphenes-2016-2020/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 3 July 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
brilliant. thank you.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 3 July 2020 06:00 (three years ago) link
That's ace!
― paolo, Friday, 3 July 2020 10:26 (three years ago) link
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
― paolo, Friday, 3 July 2020 10:27 (three years ago) link
West Mineral have also put out a grindcore record, which sounds like something that might happen in a music nerd's dream
https://boomkat.com/products/virtualdemonlaxative
― paolo, Friday, 3 July 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
Ha, shit, forgot to post an actual link! Thanks much, Jersey Al!
― Soundslike, Friday, 3 July 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
The Ulla album is right up there with my faves this year. Seems it just got a limited repress, if you're that way inclined.
― cooldix, Friday, 3 July 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
has anyone listened to Yu Su's Roll with the Punches (a 12" that's 32 minutes long)? who knows how to classify stuff like this, but it's also sort of balearic, dance, dub, other things. i really like this release a lot
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
sorry, full title is 泉出通川为谷 / Roll With The Punchescame out on second circle, which is maybe distributed by music from memory?
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
Second Circle is an MFM sublabel. Dunno what you'd really classify Yu Su's music as, all of the above I guess. Her Preparations For Departure EP is very good.
― paolo, Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
I love the You’re Me album, it’s a collab between her and somebody else:https://1080pcollection.bandcamp.com/album/plant-cell-division
― brimstead, Sunday, 5 July 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
Forest Management puts out some great records
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Sunday, 5 July 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Ooh nice, I’ll check that out!
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
KM at home listening to ambient and tending to his herb, is there a better life?
― calstars, Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
i have to admit, it's been a great weekend
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
Cheerz
― calstars, Sunday, 5 July 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
i've put lightning in a twilight hour's cassette-only release from a couple years ago on youtube. it was ripped straight from the cassette, so the fidelity isn't amazing. music's wonderful though.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 6 July 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
New Loscil. Loads of stuff like this about but he just seems to do it better/ deeper
https://open.spotify.com/track/0piAVJZfRRqqdC9W6jMKae?si=mk9uWBenQ8qJ13fPesfHRw
― the article don, Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
Yeah, enjoying this one. It is more "ambient" than a lot of his other records, which often have some underlying beats/oscilations/pulses.
btw there is a loscil thread, which I only point out because I think it's literally the only thread I've ever started in my 10 (?) years on this message board.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 24 July 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
thanks for that recommendation, beautiful stuff
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
2814 - Lost in a Dream
https://soundcloud.com/dreamcatalogue/2814-lost-in-a-dream-1
― calstars, Saturday, 1 August 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
this worked well last night- https://marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/long-time
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 1 August 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
good call pickles, this might well achieve what zolpidem can't
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 1 August 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
New Loscil! Have to get on it. Love his work.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 1 August 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
ive been binging on non "distintegration loops" basinski. so much material, so much of it great. he really has a touch for selecting the most elegiac fragments of sound and presenting them beautifully
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
dang. joanna brouk. i regret not having explored her music more after hearing her highlight track "lifting off" on the I Am the Center comp. but Lifting Off is just the first part of a 5-song "Maggi's Flute" sequence which is just the best. it's flute. with delay and reverb. it sounds really good and i wish i had a house in the country just so i could quietly play it through speakers outside. but the rest of the brouk comp it's on (NUMERO 069, Hearing Music) is also very good. it runs around $40-50 on discogs these days, but i need it
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 August 2020 05:19 (three years ago) link
what's amazing about her music is that it has a sense of continuity and cohesion that sticks even with different instrumentations and themes. for example, check out "majesty suites - entrance of the queen of winter dawn", which seems to use french horn or something similar - it's a cousin to the Maggi's Flute sequence i mentioned earlier, not only with the reverb and delay setup, but also with the hard tape edits and the occasional glimpses of her throat (gasping for quick breaths when playing flute, snippets of some sort of guttural breath or half-syllable, delayed, on the majesty suites song)
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 August 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
btw, she's no one comp wonder - listen to "the space between". it's 21 minutes long, and even better than dave's version
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 August 2020 06:22 (three years ago) link
i really like the album ‘peel’ by kmru on editions mego.
― flopson, Saturday, 22 August 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
thanks for the Brouk tip Karl, listening now
― sleeve, Saturday, 22 August 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link