Ambient Recommendations

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.

― calzino, Sunday, February 7, 2021 4:06 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

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

i want to explore this new territory of "very aggressive" and "confrontational" ambient music

very passive-aggressive, though

oh, i guess my peace of mind playlist wasn't enough to make you forget your troubles for 3 minutes? *extremely focused and grooving kalimbas enter the mix*

for real though, i want to say that i rep hard for Pavilion of Dreams, which is not exactly ambient, but is still one of my all-time favorite recordings. i would love to hear it performed again, adapted, whatever

lol this Untold album has some kind of passive aggressive ambient vibes I might say:

https://www.discogs.com/Untold-Echo-In-The-Valley/master/746509

coming out only as a memory stick and a promo CD in Japan is pretty PA

Karl you'll be happy to hear that I did indeed click with Pavilion Of Dreams, and now have the proper appreciation of its beauty.

*drops the knife*

i am sorry for what i did last night. i know that i only did it to protect the honor of the pavilion, but that doesn't make it right

<3

This is getting off-track but I think people who are into that Emeka Ogboh or Muslimgauze would like this mix:
https://crackmagazine.net/article/mixprofile/azu-tiwaline/

(at least the first half)

hi folx, try this

https://freelovenrg.bandcamp.com/album/full-ashram-devotional-ceremony-volume-one

cool to see hometown folks (caldwell/tester) get some love here :)

i think i posted another one of her releases upthread, but digging this album-length sofie birch piece for Longform Editions:
https://longformeditions.bandcamp.com/track/behind-her-name-chestnuts-fall-forever

for real though, i want to say that i rep hard for Pavilion of Dreams, which is not exactly ambient, but is still one of my all-time favorite recordings. i would love to hear it performed again, adapted, whatever

Guessing you have heard this, but just in case.

i received two CDs from Andrew Chalk in the mail today, exceptionally beautiful ambient works. his mail order shop is unfortunately closed for the foreseeable, but the almost complete catalogue is available on bandcamp.

i recommend starting here: https://andrewchalk.bandcamp.com/album/violin-by-night

thanks, I have followed him in the past but lost track somewhere in the Mirror era

Apparently this is solo material from a member of Hundred Waters, really good. Love the lo-fi choir & strings/synth going on in 'konstantine'
https://trayer.bandcamp.com/album/new-forever-2

this is nice, getting some Grouper vibes from it?