I actually can’t remember what that album sounds like… but re:wind instruments les halles is all about mellow echoing pan pipes and stuffhttps://halles.bandcamp.com/
― brimstead, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 21:41 (eleven months ago) link
damn Eight Fantasies by Les Halles is surprisingly close!
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 22:14 (eleven months ago) link
whoa les halles is just an instant YES
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 01:14 (eleven months ago) link
The trombone is one of the great ambient instruments, maybe the greatest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tvMp4XDICU
― droid, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 12:44 (eleven months ago) link
And there's some great Ambient Tuba in Tom Heasly's work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMHDFOw1yU
― droid, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 12:45 (eleven months ago) link
oh check this out: https://craigkupka.bandcamp.com/track/trombones-of-lithia
― brimstead, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 14:56 (eleven months ago) link
On the Sensations of Tone is phenomenal.
Also highly recommended: Vikings of the Sunrise, by Stephen Scott (bowed piano ensemble).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:30 (eleven months ago) link
i have been listening to stephen scott quite a bit recently, too. New Music for Bowed Piano is the one i have, so i listen to it the most
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:34 (eleven months ago) link
I've recommended this in so many threads by now but hell, this Ron Miles album is magnificent. It's just Miles' trumpet recorded in the massive water tank at Rangeley in Colorado.
https://tanksounds.bandcamp.com/album/bardo-tank
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:36 (eleven months ago) link
i can also vouch for Les Halles, they've been on my EOY lists a few times
― c u (crüt), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:39 (eleven months ago) link
I saw Ron live years ago, when I was still living in Denver. Witness was in my rotation for years. Thanks for the heads up on this one.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:40 (eleven months ago) link
The new recordings of a string quartet playing Beethoven in the tank sound pretty incredible.
https://roundsound.tanksounds.org/album/slow-beethoven
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 15:41 (eleven months ago) link
There was a cluster of albums in the early 2010s that were all broadly ambient and all seemed to explore a similar aesthetic: rough, metallic drones and squalls, full of dread and buried spite. Some were on the Subtext label but also thinking of things like Ben Frost. Listening to Roly Porter's *Aftertime* just now and damn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcqE9QdUHlc
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 11:47 (ten months ago) link
I'm way behind on listening to newer things on Subtext but I'll co-sign their early/mid 2010s output
Seeing Emptyset live was excellent, and there's an album by Paul Jebanasam -- Continuum -- that I got really into before also seeing him live
The last time I saw Roly Porter was at a festival opening for Sunn O)))!
― mh, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 14:49 (ten months ago) link
I'm way behind on Subtext too tbf. Love Paul Jebanasam! Rites, the one before Continuum (I think) is magnificent.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:32 (ten months ago) link
there was a band called Cloaks that sounded a lot like emptyset but kinda disappeared after 3 releases. i wonder about them from time to time.
Deathprod gives me the same feels too. and the old Main and Disjecta stuff somewhat. is funny to me that a lot of people from disparate musical backgrounds (dubstep, shoegaze, drone...) end up in this space
― koogs, Thursday, 15 June 2023 06:07 (ten months ago) link
total departure from this recent discussion, but i am in love with this record.
https://goldenbrown.bandcamp.com/album/luminous
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:49 (ten months ago) link
音は光る (The Sound Is Shining) by Michiru Aoyama
Aptly titled, this one. From 2013. Gorgeous. https://organic-industries.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-is-shining-oi008
'Slow Moment' could easily be 3 times as long: https://organic-industries.bandcamp.com/track/slow-moment
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 19:04 (ten months ago) link
Been following this dude for a bit now, really loved The Infinity Room and Weaponized Serenity and now he's dropped Cold Ecstasy. There's a wonderful anthemic quality to a lot of these tracks, featuring sampled female voices and chords progressions that evoke melancholy and wonder simultaneously (though by the end of the record can get a touch predictable). If I was younger this record would be an ideal "post-rave" soundtrack.
https://3six.bandcamp.com/album/cold-ecstasy
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 23:16 (nine months ago) link
this Golden Hallways album is very soothinghttps://goldenhallwaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/rules-chance-vol-3this Tim Jackiw thing is great, lofi fragmentshttps://timjackiw.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-music-98
― brimstead, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 23:51 (nine months ago) link
intrigued by the golden hallways, caretaker vibe
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 10 July 2023 08:53 (nine months ago) link
The 3six Cold Ecstasy record is indeed fabulous. Not sure if you've heard 3six and Black Swan (Drones for Bleeding Hearts) - In Four Parts from 2019 but it rules
― the article don, Monday, 17 July 2023 16:53 (nine months ago) link
Big fan of this 2009 LP from Nami Hotatsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtn12oxjik
― droid, Thursday, 20 July 2023 09:53 (nine months ago) link
Gutted to share that Steve Roden has passed away after battling Alzheimer’s for the last 6 years. He was not even 60 years old.
News was shared on his Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw35RGExQ9D/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 7 September 2023 02:36 (seven months ago) link
This was posted on the Balearic thread but thought it needed to be here too: the new Johnny Nash is lovely https://jonnynash.bandcamp.com/album/point-of-entry
― Slays two. Found gassed. Thinks of cat. (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 September 2023 09:59 (seven months ago) link
I'm not a regular itt, but I just listened to the new Andra Ljos album and loved it: https://andraljos.bandcamp.com/album/megalithic-statues-of-vishapakar
― rob, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 21:14 (seven months ago) link
I got into this recently. Dickie Landry was in the Phillip Glass Ensemble and some of his solo stuff has been reissued. Kind of on the minimalism side of ambient.
https://dickielandry.bandcamp.com/album/fifteen-saxophones
― bbq, Thursday, 14 September 2023 05:44 (seven months ago) link
New Lemon Quartet is lovely (could almost be on the ECM thread tbh): https://lemonquartet.bandcamp.com/album/artsfest
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 23 September 2023 07:13 (seven months ago) link
been listening to the Hands That Bind (ost) by jim o'rourke since it was released in July. really pleasant mix of electro-acoustic drones with what sounds like prepared piano, vibraphone, strings (possibly some electric guitar--could be the piano though) ...
https://jimorourke.bandcamp.com/album/hands-that-bind-original-motion-picture-soundtrack
relaxed instrumental bits alternating with more dissonant & alien-sounding electronics. it's a nice contrast to the more harsh Steamroom material (hard to compare) ... it's nicely varied, more straightforward than much of what i've heard from mr. o'rourke lately. not sure if it's been discussed on ILX yet? apologies if so..
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 23 September 2023 08:36 (seven months ago) link
The Lemon Quartet one is lovely, thanks for the rec.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:02 (seven months ago) link
I can never decide which thread to bump but I posted some recent discoveries/faves on Rolling ambient/chill out/drone/moodz thread: from 2010s 'til infinity!
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 20:13 (seven months ago) link
Cheers for the Lemon Quartet recommendation!
I've been gobsmacked by Laurel Halo's new album 'Atlas'. My favorite kind of "ambient"--dense, detailed, active, both beautiful and unsettling. I've liked her previous records, but this one is on another level:
https://laurelhalo.bandcamp.com/album/atlas
It may be gauche to say so, but I also am really happy with how my own most recent "thick" ambient record came out. Consists of a thirty-minute, six part suite of organ, double bass, guitar, Rhodes, piano, and field recordings, plus a cover of Low's "Laser Beam". All sales benefit the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, in Mimi Parker's memory.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6-3RTRWcAAauI0?format=jpg&name=large
https://ianmanire.bandcamp.com/album/evensong
― Soundslike, Thursday, 28 September 2023 16:15 (seven months ago) link
I still need to make some time for the Laurel Halo, I haven't been in a power ambient mood but I do love low-passed piano.
Humbly submitting bc I think some people here would enjoy it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXH995qc-k0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIuBnqZ3kZI
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 2 October 2023 14:47 (six months ago) link
loving the Lemon Quartet
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:56 (six months ago) link
Also really feeling the new Airhead album of weightless micro drum & bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePcha74xFM
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 2 October 2023 16:08 (six months ago) link
(maybe it's an EP, or albumlet)
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 2 October 2023 16:09 (six months ago) link
been spinning ellicist's "point defects" alot for marking essays etc - it's in a sweet spot between tetsuo inoue's "world receiver" and some of jim o'rourke's more sprawling efforts https://i.discogs.com/ZYKRywReEmcAq4koH7d6l9uB3s7pGP-Vetfl61FjEH4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzNTc5/ODExLTE1NTY4ODQz/OTItNTMxMC5qcGVn.jpeg
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 10:30 (six months ago) link
sorry, "tetsu", wherever he may be, bless that man.
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 10:31 (six months ago) link
Ok the Laurel Halo record is really something, it actually feels like floating underwater (she also played 'Lumeri' from upthread on her NTS show, what a world!).
I've been making an 'ambient' 'jazz' playlist that's mostly Jakob Bro and Jim Hall, suggestions welcome for that...
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:47 (six months ago) link
I've been making a similar nu/post/ambient jazz thing: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SKAtGSn6CBN2hNPyT0Kgd?si=fb088929dfa1447c
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:16 (six months ago) link
Ooh thank you, will definitely listen
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:20 (six months ago) link
Would welcome any recommendations!
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:25 (six months ago) link
Here's the jazzy one I just started - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AYLYgDPQ0S6nsiBBm1Rjb?si=3c724c2a710c49da
And here's my giant all-purpose 'ambient' playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4aZn29MzNXEARJrCfEA4Lx?si=0d3c8db49a1a4437
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:31 (six months ago) link
The motherlode!
(Here's my ambient/drone/new age one: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Gq0B1R9cUK2g1pkEX04Fn?si=70c58bd2eb0f4767)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:37 (six months ago) link
Nice mix. Any track off Matthew Sage and Raymond Zander's Parayellowgram would fit in nicely imo. Also Hat Dog from the new Honestly Same record.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:37 (six months ago) link
Nice, yours is much deeper since I generally have full albums on mine.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 12 October 2023 20:41 (six months ago) link
Thanks for the M. Sage album recommendation. Gorgeous stuff.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Monday, 16 October 2023 15:22 (six months ago) link
We're still doing the radio show, but I haven't been posting them here (or anywhere, lol).
Latest episode: https://www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigitalRadio/no-place-like-drone-041023-lowercase-laments/
1. Zvuku - Part 2 Bridge - The Slow Loss - Frontend Synthetics (08/23)2. Autechre - notwotwo - Quaristice - WARP (2008)3. Kuma - The Holy Ocean Of Eternity - We Have Dark Friends - Frosti (09/23)4. Infinite Limb - Electric Reeds - Of Ambience and Americana - Centripetal Force (09/23)5. Savvas Metaxas - pt.4 - Magnetic Loops III - LINE (04/23)6. Akhira Sano - Look Back To Differentation - Phase Contrast From Recollection - 12k (06/23)7. Stephen Vitiello & Steve Roden - The Spaces Contained In Each - The Spaces Contained In Each8. Elijah Knutsen - Vending Machine Sound - Music For Vending Machines 1 (2023 Remaster) - Memory Color (2020/2023)9. Hatsü- Meraki - Meraki - Not On Label (08/23)10. Natalia Beylis - Mermaids - Mermaids - Touch Sensitive (09/23)11. Stephen Roddy - Leviathan - Leviathan- Fiadh Productions (06/10/22)12. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Refuges From Black Magic - Black Magic Cannot Cross Water - Hospital Productions (2012)13. Conducive - Vendedor Ambulante - Modern Prophecy - V33 Records (01/23)14. Worriedaboutsatan - Keygen Variations 2 - - These Clouds… sound in silence (05/23)15. Grischa Lichtenberger - 0611_26_lv_1_c - Works for Last Work - raster - artistic platform (04/23) 16. Arian Shafiee - Sillage - Engines In Unity - VDSQ Records (09/23)17. Maria W Horn - Towards the Diamond Abyss / The Navigators - Celestial Shores (w/ Mats Erlandsson) - B.A.A.D.M. (09/23)18. Andrea Marutti - The Pulsating Silence - The Subliminal Relation Between Planets (Live In Archiaro) - Nextera (2008)19. Yann Novak - Traversing the Substrate - The Voice of Theseus - Touch Music (07/23)20. 400 Lonely Things - Parlor Tricks - Mother Moon - Cold Spring (04/23)21. Kate Carr - Shy, typically alone or in pairs - A Field Guide To Phantasmic Birds - Room40 (17/11/23)
― droid, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 15:00 (six months ago) link
Surprised to be putting this here but this is a nice collection of very moody modular drone
https://vinceclarke.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-silence
― Iain Macdonald, Monday, 11 December 2023 10:45 (four months ago) link
Keep coming back to the new Mister Water Wet:
https://sodagong.bandcamp.com/album/cold-clay-from-the-middle-west
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 16:07 (four months ago) link