Ambient Recommendations

Wholeheartedly recommend the new Grand River album on Editions Mego, 'Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes'. Really engaging multi-layered stuff. Didn't know her work before this but her previous record was on Donato Dozzys label and is similarly great

lf58 - alterazione

this is really quite incredible

Alterazione presents a critical statement – distinguished by its technical execution and breathtaking artistry. The album itself is a cathedral of sound, each cavernous chamber an exploration of space and consciousness. Presented in four movements (one track per side), altogether they extend as a transportive experience of evolution for the listener.

Iniziazione – a steady departure that unfurls like the opening of a portal; a process of molecular transfiguration commences. Panoramic landscapes begin to stretch wide, glistening with an exotic beauty, before the shamanic incantations of Rituale draws things deeper. Pulsating rotations push through the next phase of transformation, now drenched in hyperspace white-noise. The procedure continues through the quiet ethereal orbit of Metamorfosi, before finishing with the three-part Evocazione/Contatto/Risveglio; uplifting synth motifs drive forward with optimism, before fading back into the great expanse.

Alterazione is both cerebral and meditative, and one cannot help but be pulled at the core by its potency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpA2sDI7cM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9wwyZ3qOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUW2KY7EN94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g3KuJjuDiY

good find there, sounds nice!

Ambient / electroacoustic / electronic / experimental music is Black music:https://t.co/mTY1cb5BTS

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— Musicophilia (@musicophiliamix) October 27, 2020

Late great, I'm going to hazard a guess that album's on Astral Industries judging by the artwork? Will hit that up later cos they normally put out amazing stuff

haha yeah astral industries ftw

and yes they generally put out amazing stuff with amazing artwork but that one is a real standout for me, both in terms of music and artwork

excellent new work from Grand River who made one of my favourite albums from 2020. i love the way her pieces evolve, the mood is always shifting from light to darkness and back, but there's always a sense of beauty. awesome home set-up too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZPnuhx201M

I posted it on another thread but I really like the Ana Roxanne album from last year, and her NTS radio shows as well.

yeah, that's a good one too!

Jordan what's funny is my partner serendipitously recommendded that same ana roxanne album the other day, when you mentioned you heard it on spotify. so did she, that day, in a coffee shop! the spotify gods must have been shining on her that day.

I posted it on another thread but I really like the Ana Roxanne album from last year, and her NTS radio shows as well.

have had this in the pile to listen to for a while, and it turns out her album is a perfect sunday morning listen.
the only way to test such albums.

Y'all, it isn't even on the Astral Spirits "ambient" sub-label, but this record is simply extraordinary. Warmest ambient vibes, highly highly (wink) recommended.

https://aslittleflower.bandcamp.com/album/little-flower

I've quite liked what I've heard from Kelly Moran in general but this is <3

https://mmmmalibu.bandcamp.com/track/lost-at-sea-kelly-moran-remix

Loved Florian T M Zeisig's Coatcheck and the new one is just as good:

https://metronrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-parents

On a rare trip back to his rural Bavarian hometown, producer and sound-artist Florian T M Zeisig was intrigued by a new addition to his parent's house, a vibroacoustic mattress purchased in the hopes of aiding their chronic sleep issues. Driven by a desire to reconnect in adulthood and help them finally find some rest, Zeisig spent the next two years researching vibroacoustic sound therapy, resulting in his third full-length LP 'Music for Parents'.

Building conceptual frameworks around intimate and personal encounters has always been the bedrock of Zeisig's work. His 2020 LP 'Coatcheck' explored emotional, physical and functional experiences of working in nightlife from the perspective of a garderobe attendant, a position he's held at various venues in Berlin over several years. With 'Music for Parents' he turns his attention to themes of sleep and healing, using elements of low-frequency sound therapy to create soothing soundscapes imbued with childhood memories and aspirations for creating better, more accepting familial relationships today. While rooted in the personal, the album was made with all those struggling with anxiety, stress and insomnia in mind.

Practically speaking, 'Music for Parents' can be paired with a vibroacoustic mattress or wearable bass device to enhance a listener's experience of the low frequencies. Zeisig will be teaming up with SubPac for a live rendition when gatherings can safely return, and frequently made use of their 'Wearable sub' while composing the record.

'Music for Parents' features cover artwork by his father and will come out on February 2nd, in celebration of the artist's mother's birthday.

Happy 60th Birthday Mom.

p4k review reminded me to check his out. It sounds great so far!

this*

know he's been talked about here, but KMRU released a new track this morning, and it's quite lovely, would fit in nicely with something from Skelton's record from last year.

https://kmru.bandcamp.com/track/falling-dreams

my friend tanner menard had this record released by Full Spectrum last year. it's quite lovely.

https://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/san-francisco-an-audiophony-in-four-movements

Presented as a suite in four movements, san francisco was recorded between 2006 and 2009 as an extension of the conceptual “envelope” music – inspired by Ray Johnson’s work – that they were doing around the Bay Area during that time. The artist provided their friends Ping Chu and Chris Horgan with envelopes containing conceptual scores that indicated trajectories for recording locations around the San Francisco metro. These recorded found sounds and environmental performances were then mixed with sounds generated from a physically modeled 30-foot long piano, utilizing various experimental tunings by Nick Gish.

Ever the poet, tanner structured the album to roughly mirror Sonata Allegro form; hence the title, ‘an audiophony.’ Taking inspiration from Bernadette Mayer’s approach to the traditional sonnet, they sought to create a vast, experimental, recursive and barely recognizable sonic experience, achieving striking divergence from the source material through subtle changes in tuning and gradual movements from melodic signal to noise

love the cover, very nostalgic photo for me <3

same tbh! i have a feeling that my next visit to the Bay is going to be filled with a lot of moments where i'm going to become irrationally emotional when i see, like, a seagull eating a dead pigeon at the Civic Center BART.

haven't seen many mentions of Sea Oleena on here, but jesus, this record is phenomenal

https://seaoleena.bandcamp.com/album/weaving-a-basket

like less creepy but similarly somnambulant Grouper

As genre tags go, that's got me interested.

Surprised 'slowcore' isn't listed as well.

That Caldwell/Tester 'Little Flower' record is great

Right? So beautiful!

i'm listening to the tape right now

😎

one of my favorite things about it is this, in the liner notes:

Sunday, April 16, 2017
Landon Caldwell: piano, synthesizers
Mark Tester: Arp Odyssey, field recordings

Sunday April 1, 2018
Landon Caldwell: electric piano, marimba, vibraphone, effects, percussion
Mark Tester: vibraphone, bass guitar, Casio SK1, percussion

Sunday April 21, 2019
Caldwell/Tester: Mixing

i don't know how intentional that was, but i think that's a really cool process - record, wait a year, record, wait a year, mix, wait a year, release

I noted that too! Love it

https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-yellow-haze-2

Nigerian sound and installation artist Emeka Ogboh has put a perfect debut album out, it's very evocative and pretty and moving stuff.

Nice, thanks

https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-yellow-haze-2

Nigerian sound and installation artist Emeka Ogboh has put a perfect debut album out, it's very evocative and pretty and moving stuff.

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this is incredible, thank you for posting

anyone else getting a slight Rapoon or Muslimgauze vibe from parts of this?

Gosh, I think I just feel like this is like Deepchord or other similar sounds that really pushes on whether I'd consider it ambient— tbh, I like it, but I don't think it's ambient music.

And when I say I like it, I like it quite a lot.

no you're right, this is not what I'd classify as ambient at all.

lo-fi chill Rhodes piano to study to:
https://lionmilk.bandcamp.com/album/i-hope-you-are-well

xps yeah definite Muslimgauze vibes there, too rhythmic to work as ambient imo but quite good

I keep meaning to check out Muslimgauze!

they have so much stuff...are there a few that stand out in particular?

This is a good primer covering the different stages of his output imo (though with an output like that you'll get a diff primer depending on who you ask).

Karl iirc I put a link to a personal best-of in the ILM thread, just search my username

I also have a Spotify playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/sb0ut0n/playlist/5gm4mhkHE1DpPDjqomZdMj

thanks to you both! yes, just cursorily looking through his stuff, i quickly realized that i was asking a very complicated question! :)

Good list Sleeve! It's here btw, Karl.

Was gonna say there aren't complicated questions, just complicated/complicating answers ZS, but in this case... :)

siiiiick playlist, sleeve, thank you! LBI i have that primer bookmarked for this evening, but right now i'm enjoying the feeling of listening to this playlist and having zero clue about the origins or context of any of the songs. i allowed myself to read that he had died more than 20 years ago and that the music was still coming out, and that's enough for me for now. :)

Oh but that's totally the best way to dip your toes into this, enjoy!

that Rhodes album is sounding really nice, thanks for posting Jordan :-)

early muslimgauze is probably my favorite but I really haven’t heard anything I haven’t enjoyed

i thought about calling you out on the cocteau duo thread, given that i saw it on the poll regarding the two and only two cocteau musicians, who were also identical twins, but then thought i'd call you out here instead. sleeve, in your quick list of harold budd recommendations:

Ambient #2, Plateaux Of Mirror
The Pearl (w/Eno)
some people rep for the Obscure record, Pavilion Of Dreams, but I don't get that one at all.

― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:00 PM (seven years ago)

and i'm feeling a little hurt, and i can only hope that you've had a "moment" with pavilion of dreams in the last 7 years. and if you haven't, was it that same night when that moment was knocking at your door but you didn't open or say anything back? you know what i'm talking about. i'll take my answer online, later