Ambient Recommendations

Cool, surm! I didn't even know they released that on cassette!

A thanks and minor quibble:

the Santilli record is indeed beautiful, but is really not an ambient record— it sounds like the son of Tibbetts Northern Song, or even a more expansive William Ackerman. Has more in common with the Schlarb/Taylor record from this past year and other ECM stylings.

the Softer Drive record is beautiful, KM!

this seems good:

https://alisterfawnwoda.bandcamp.com/album/milan
Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, Greg Leisz

i like it a lot so far - i guess that's Leisz doing the pedal steel?

xp thank you table, glad you like it!!

Chinaski and all, Tim wrote me to let me know the undercurrents sessions are now on Bandcamp.

https://timclement1.bandcamp.com/album/undercurrents-1-2

The notes on the page there are pretty interesting.

Thanks for the Bandcamp heads up Table. I've listened to it and every night this week. It's beautiful.

(I've been listening on Spotify but will definitely buy it)

album cover of the year
https://bvftg.bandcamp.com/album/2003-toyota-corolla

this is very good.

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/ill-look-for-you-in-others

Sounds great, got a notification about it today.

I'm thinking of splurging and just buying the whole PITP discography— 113 back catalog releases for $85 USD, more or less. seems like a good deal.

Hi all, I've been blogging for the art/poetry publisher Futurepoem...this week I made a 2+ hour long ambient mix that includes a lot of stuff from the past few years, as well as some ILM favorites. You can listen here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/deepbreakfast/trache-the-horizon/

Tracklist:

Ichiko Aoba- Kirinaki Shima
Anne Bourne- the commons
Steve Roach/Michael Stearns- Embracing the Infinite
Wind❏ws- Glacial Bay
Keith Fullerton Whitman- ACGTR SVP
A Winged Victory for the Sullen- Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
Sacred Harp- Brother Green
Matt Lajoie- Showers Over Birch Point
---__--___- Julius Eastman/NY Metro Xylophone Player (feat.metoronori)
Matt Evans- Arcto I
Bellows- 8
xLWBxDRx- untitled, at sinjin
Bára Gísladóttir & Skúli Sverrisson- stretching skies
Rachika Nayar- A Burning Plain
Grand River- Canopies
BISHOP/REZAEI- Bulgar Rose
Emanuel Butera- Beginner's Mind I
Iu Takahashi- Forest and Thought
Richard Skelton- Æsc (First Branch)

i've been enjoying it all morning, thank you!

Thanks Karl! I almost put "Excessive Use of _____" on there, but panicked because while it fit with the track before it, I wasn't sure of the ending because it's so new to me. Next mix, after a few more listens. :-)

enjoying the new soshi takeda ("same place, another time")

yeah it's great

this is very good.

https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/ill-look-for-you-in-others

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this label is from my city, but i always miss their stuff. good tip.

forthcoming intl. anthem release sounding v good to my ears: https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/recordings-from-the-land-islands

...In 2019 they were awarded a grant from the Department of Culture to return and perform a concert at the Kumlinge Kyrka, a 14th century medieval church adorned with incredible frescos. The concert was recorded and became source material – along with improvisations on viola and electronics, pipe organ, pump organ, piano, synthesizers, field recordings and voice memos, all captured across both their trips at various locations on the archipelago – from which they meticulously crafted a post-script in the form of 'Recordings from the Åland Islands'.

agreed

was kinda wary about Technical Itch's experiments in ambient given he usually does dark, choppy drum and bass (yes, still!) but i was pleasantly surprised when i eventually picked up the first one, nice dusky, droney ambient noise. i'm not so sure about the hour-long pieces, just because they don't fit my listning habits (shuffle everything!), but i'll certainly get the earlier releases.

https://technicalitch.techitch.com/album/ambient-001

great mix Table, really enjoying it.

Thanks for the Soshi rec as well Qamon. Inspired me to dote around on Logic Pro again.

Good call on the Technical Itch - he seems to have made 6 full albums of mildly threatening drone, which is providing a good work from home soundtrack today. There are several other dnb producers who have made decent ambient music, the most notable examples being the mighty ASC and also his chum Sam KDC.

the last section of table's mix, especially -- ambient music does not equal sleepy time music, of course, but the day i listened to the mix, i was unprepared and it knocked me the fuck out for a few hours, it was wonderful

Oh, thanks for listening all. I think I'll provide a download link to the mix at the end of the month, and also get prepared for a second ambient mix soon :-)

If anyone wants a download code for I Am The Center, just lemme know where to send it.

Another ambient mix for a poetry blog, a bit shorter than the last one, featuring some ILX favorites.

https://www.mixcloud.com/deepbreakfast/the-floor-of-that-sizeless-room/

love that one too table!

i'm listening to Meitei's Komachi for the millionth time. i must have mentioned it somewhere, in fact, i'm pretty sure i heard about it on ilm, probably from table. anyway, what an all-timer ambient recommendation. i moved recently and decided to (say that i will) sell all my records rather than getting a real job. i still mostly believe that, but i only took half of one ikea record shelf space with me on the move, and Komachi was a no-brainer

thanks for that rec

(gorgeous)

oh yeah, of course! a good friend prefers Meitei's Kwaidan, so make sure you check that out too if you like Komachi. Meitei's newer stuff (last year or two) is a bit different and i'm still kind of figuring it out, but i think i like it quite a bit as well. but Komachi, though -- that is my kind of ambient :)

wow so exciting this is making my life rn

Thanks for the recommendation.

Meitei considers himself an old soul, often preoccupied with the customs and rituals of the past. Recently Meitei lost his beloved 99-year-old grandmother ... he chose to dedicate Komachi to his late Grandmother.

This is, er, kinda crazy since my 99-year-old grandmother passed away a few weeks ago. I guess if he can dedicate his record to his grandmother I can dedicate my listening to mine!

Sorry for your loss, Lukas — 99 is so impressive, amazing

Really loving Andrew Tuttle. Local to my QLD. Ambient with a banjo, his 2021 "A Cassowary Apart" has really done the trick.

Analogue Attic has become a great resource for me too. Bought Campfire Stories by Alex Albrecht last year on a whim. Aussie's know how to channel the barrenness

Good stuff from Daryl Groetsch:

https://darylgroetsch.bandcamp.com/album/home-again

This record is ridiculously good, straddles the line between more vaporwave and melodic ambient, but it's really making my day. Do not click if you can't deal with Celine Dion samples.

https://youmustrememberthis.bandcamp.com/album/once-upon-a-time

you just used so many clickbaits for me in that post haha
excited to check this out tomorrow

I hope it's okay if I can shill for myself for one moment.

Early last year I made this hour-long piece to listen to at night, I got a bit obsessed with Tetsuo Inoue's 'World Reciever' record and I wanted to make something in response, but just for me really.

I sent it to my friend Adam and he liked it enough to want to put it out on his little digital/Bandcamp label, and so it is that today is the day.

https://playneutral.bandcamp.com/album/vol-01-parts-i-xii

congrabbitulations! will give it a listen later

ty!

listening now, woosh magical and just what i needed today 🙏 good for you
(also tabes that was dope)

That Romance - Once Upon a Time (the Celine Dion one) is absolutely amazing. Great recommendation!

Glad you liked, the article don

https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/places-for-peace

self-promo: i put together an album recently; it's ambient leaning, but some parts a bit noisy. was quite influenced by dntel, microstoria, mego

http://elin.bandcamp.com/album/secret-work

one of my favorite albums from the last few years is h hunt's Playing Piano for Dad. anyone else a fan. i ran across it on ryuichi sakamoto's Kajitsu playlist, which got a write-up in the NYT (i think) and features a bunch of quiet songs he chose for a friend's restaurant. in listening to that, i ran across h hunt and have been listening to the album ever since.

it's on a label called tasty morsels, and i was reading about them last night. this is everything i think a label should be:

https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/tasty-morsels/

I always want to hear music that isn't necessarily ambient but is so spare as to verge on "ambient". "Still" music with lots of space between notes. So I made some of my own...

https://www.twitter.com/musicophiliamix/status/1497749153639714819

https://archive.org/details/stgigaarchive/St.GIGA+001/

Someone has uploaded a huge treasure trove of recordings of the 90's Japanese satellite radio station St.Giga, which specialized in ambient music, field recordings, smooth jazz, and chillout deep house. The station based their broadcasting schedule on the day's tide charts, with the music's intensity rising and falling with the tide. They often layered original field recordings under the music they were playing, and they frequently interspersed original poetry readings from minor Japanese celebrities. These recordings are extremely varied in tone and genre. They're such a joy to listen to, this stuff has been soundtracking my work days for the past two months.

amazing find

wow

holy moly

Oh wowzer THANK YOU. I have literally been on a mission to find as many St Giga recordings as I can. This is incredible.