hi.. anyone listen to ambient

[Spiritofmosa]

wow this is the first time i've visited this forum. y is it that there are threads like stoner rock which could go to the rock and metal forums, and aint ska part of the alternative forums? oh and i'm surprised there aint no pop threads around, i guess times have changed.
ok anyway there are so many genres out there and i'm not going to stick to rock and metal all my life. i've recently been interested in rock/ambient sound eg. palm muted delay and reverb effect, i dont know whether i'm correct in classifying bands like dredg under that genre.if i'm right, can you guys recommend me some bands..

[EightMilesHigh]

If you like ambient, check out some of Brian Eno's stuff. Really good ambient stuff.

[The_Passenger]

I don't think that you'd class Dredg as ambient.

But you should listen to EightMilesHigh and get Brian Eno anyway, his music is great.

[Mazeppa]

What exactly is ambient?

[Killtacular]

The term was first coined by Brian Eno in the late 1970s to refer to music that would envelop the listener without drawing attention to itself, that can be either "actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending on the choice of the listener".

S'kood.
Get Music for Airports.
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works are also good, with 85-92 being more electronica and Vol. II being more minimalistic.

[antiant]

i love ambient music, here's some help, ambient music links/artists:

1. Bill Laswell
2. Kaya Project
3. Gaudi
4. http://www.ultimae.com/
5. http://www.ambient.us/
6. Brian Eno (as mentioned)
7. Androcell http://www.androcell.com/
8. http://www.interchill.com/ (label where you'll find Kaya Project and Gaudi along with other groups/artists)
9. http://www.nativestaterecords.com
10. http://www.omnimotion.com/
11. http://www.solarfields.com/
12. Aes Dana
13. Steve Roach http://www.steveroach.com/
14. http://www.spiralight.com/

there's a lot out there to explore

[antiant]

wow this is the first time i've visited this forum. y is it that there are threads like stoner rock which could go to the rock and metal forums, and aint ska part of the alternative forums? oh and i'm surprised there aint no pop threads around, i guess times have changed.

and yes, as "big" as the forum seems it's actually quite limited with regards to musical "genres" imo as well as other things, but anyways i digress

[Waldemar]

Oh if you want to know ambient...and the pioneers behind it, then this is for you:

This is my 4-hour ambient mix with over 75 tracks in it! It took a while to make...carefully edited. you can download the entire mix (220mb) called 'The Love' and/or it's 3 component parts ('The Roam', 'The Fall', 'The Rise') below it. The tracklistings are all there. Please take a listen and tell me what you think! The tracklisting is a virtual who's-who of the ambient/ambient dub/experimental sound world.

I've been wanting to do this for a long, long time...My way of paying homage to the great texture-paving pioneers and purveyors of these amazing soundscapes. I really hope you enjoy this...whether for spacing out or as a background wallpaper for your day/night...Peace!!

[Artwork for 'The Love' by DE ES. All others by Beksinski. Google them...They're utterly astounding!]

THE LOVE

MIX DOWNLOAD:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/LHUyCA2m4oB5TA%3D%3D

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/collageking/Mixes/THELOVE.jpg

1.) SETI - 'Signal 001'
2.) Tetsu Inoue - 'Mood Swing'
3.) Vangelis - 'Blade Runner Blues' [from the motion picture Blade Runner]
4.) The Drum Club - 'Furry Meadows'
5.) Future Sound Of London - 'Cerebral'
6.) Dallas Simpson - 'Abha'
Dallas Simpson - 'Adoration, 1st Movement'
7.) Natural Language - 'Sylvanshine'
8.) Woob - 'Giant Stroke'
9.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Fina_Departure'
10.) A Small, Good Thing - 'Ostrichism'
11.) Dallas Simpson - 'Waterpump'
12.) Deep Space Network - 'Zenn La'
13.) The KLF - 'Last Train To Trancentral' (Mu D. Vari-Speed Version)
14.) A Small, Good Thing - 'Gulch'
15.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Fat Chair'
16.) Material (Bill Laswell with William S. Burroughs) - 'The End of Words'
17.) Friends, Lovers & Family - 'The Seaside'
Sad World (Dr. Atmo) - 'Harsin'
18.) Mike Kandel - 'Slow Boat To China'
19.) Mia - 'Savannah'
20.) Fognode - 'Thin Faces'
21.) Art of Noise - 'Momento'
22.) Mark Fauver - 'Return To Innsmouth'
23.) Miasma - 'Miasma'
24.) Future Sound of London - 'Among Myselves'
25.) Beatsystem - 'Endlessly Downward'
26.) Woob - 'Gate'/'Pondlife'
27.) O Yuki Conjugate - 'Still Breath'
28.) Phauss - 'Radiator (for Amanita Muscaria & Mark McCloud)'
29.) Woob - 'Strange Air'
30.) Belt - 'Under The Sunset'
31.) Elliot Sharp - 'InSERGEncy' [electronic altering of Timothy Leary saying 'LSD has been discovered.']
32.) Beatsystem - 'Invade Areas Where Nothing's Definite'
33.) The Orb - 'We're Pastie To Be Grill You'
34.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Still Life With Numerical Analysis'
35.) Sub Dub - 'Babylon Part 2'
36.) The Orb - 'Log Of Deadwood'
37.) Bedouin Ascent - 'Mammon'
38.) Michael Kamen & Orbital - 'Event Horizon' [from the motion picture Event Horizon]
39.) Air (Pete Namlook) - Trip 4
40.) Air (Pete Namlook) - Trip 6
41.) Lucid Dreams 0096 - 'Nightmares'
42.) Pink Floyd - 'A Saucerful Of Secrets'
43.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'A Means From An End [Reduction of Contents]'
44.) Aphex Twin - 'Analogue Bubblebath 3'
45.) Electric Skychurch - 'Outside'
46.) Love Spirals Downward - 'Kykean'
47.) The Pelican Daughters - 'The Bicycle Ride'
[aural rendition of Albert Hoffman's infamous accidental excursion
& therefore the first L.S.D. trip ever, 1943, Switzerland]
48.) Brian Eno & Jon Hassell - 'Delta Rain Dream'
49.) Spooky vs. Scanner - 'Kybernetes'
50.) Sequential - 'The Mission' (live from the Outer Zone)
51.) Adam Shaikh - 'Vapor'
52.) Young American Primitive - 'Expanding'
53.) Dubtribe - 'Memory' (edit)
54.) Aphex Twin - 'Parallel Stripes'
55.) Evolve Now - 'Impetus'
56.) Silence [Pete Namlook & Dr. Atmo] - 'Heaven' (aw-Cut)
57.) Tangerine Dream - 'Phaedra' (edit)
58.) Killing Joke - 'Requiem' (A Floating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea dub mix)
59.) Spacetime Continuum - 'Ping Pong'
60.) Orgship - 'Liquid Sky'
61.) Prototype 909 - 'Understand' (live)
62.) 4 Voice - '4VI Outro'
63.) Harold Budd - 'Flowered Knife Shadows'
64.) Mysteries of Science - 'The Technological Womb'
65.) L.S.G. - 'Jillianity'
66.) Hawkwind - 'Space Dust'
67.) Cabaret Voltaire - 'Exterminating Angel'
68.) Roger Eno - 'Voices'
69.) Sheila Chandra - 'True'
70.) Kitaro - 'The Field'
71.) Sigur Ros - '( ).4'
72.) 777 [System 7] - 'Sirenes' (Tranquility mix)
73.) Brian Eno - 'An Ending (Ascent)'
74.) Silence [Pete Namlook & Dr. Atmo] - 'Sweet Angels'
75.) Vaughan Williams - 'The Lark Ascending'

THE ROAM

MIX DOWNLOAD:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/LHUOCc42BId5TA%3D%3D

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/collageking/Mixes/THEROAMBeksinski2.jpg

1.) SETI - 'Signal 001'
2.) Tetsu Inoue - 'Mood Swing'
3.) Vangelis - 'Blade Runner Blues' [from the motion picture Blade Runner]
4.) The Drum Club - 'Furry Meadows'
5.) Future Sound Of London - 'Cerebral'
6.) Dallas Simpson - 'Abha'
Dallas Simpson - 'Adoration, 1st Movement'
7.) Natural Language - 'Sylvanshine'
8.) Woob - 'Giant Stroke'
9.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Fina_Departure'
10.) A Small, Good Thing - 'Ostrichism'
11.) Dallas Simpson - 'Waterpump'
12.) Deep Space Network - 'Zenn La'
13.) The KLF - 'Last Train To Trancentral' (Mu D. Vari-Speed Version)
14.) A Small, Good Thing - 'Gulch'
15.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Fat Chair'
16.) Material (Bill Laswell with William S. Burroughs) - 'The End of Words'
17.) Friends, Lovers & Family - 'The Seaside'
Sad World (Dr. Atmo) - 'Harsin'
18.) Mike Kandel - 'Slow Boat To China'
19.) Mia - 'Savannah'
20.) Fognode - 'Thin Faces'

THE FALL

MIX DOWNLOAD:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/LHUlkJ0wz4N5TA%3D%3D

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/collageking/Mixes/THEFALLBeksinski.jpg

1.) Art of Noise - 'Momento'
2.) Mark Fauver - 'Return To Innsmouth'
3.) Miasma - 'Miasma'
4.) Future Sound of London - 'Among Myselves'
5.) Beatsystem - 'Endlessly Downward'
6.) Woob - 'Gate'/'Pondlife'
7.) O Yuki Conjugate - 'Still Breath'
8.) Phauss - 'Radiator (for Amanita Muscaria & Mark McCloud)'
9.) Woob - 'Strange Air'
10.) Belt - 'Under The Sunset'
11.) Elliot Sharp - 'InSERGEncy' [electronic altering of Timothy Leary saying 'LSD has been discovered.']
12.) Beatsystem - 'Invade Areas Where Nothing's Definite'
13.) The Orb - 'We're Pastie To Be Grill You'
14.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'Still Life With Numerical Analysis'
15.) Sub Dub - 'Babylon Part 2'
16.) The Orb - 'Log Of Deadwood'
17.) Bedouin Ascent - 'Mammon'
18.) Michael Kamen & Orbital - 'Event Horizon' [from the motion picture Event Horizon]
19.) Air (Pete Namlook) - Trip 4
20.) Air (Pete Namlook) - Trip 6
21.) Lucid Dreams 0096 - 'Nightmares'
22.) Pink Floyd - 'A Saucerful Of Secrets'
23.) Terre Thaemlitz - 'A Means From An End [Reduction of Contents]'
24.) Aphex Twin - 'Analogue Bubblebath 3'
25.) Electric Skychurch - 'Outside'

THE RISE

MIX DOWNLOAD:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/BUhjvqkDkY95TA%3D%3D

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/collageking/Mixes/THERISEBeksinski.jpg

1.) The Pelican Daughters - 'The Bicycle Ride'
[aural rendition of Albert Hoffman's infamous accidental excursion
& therefore the first L.S.D. trip ever, 1943, Switzerland]
2.) Brian Eno & Jon Hassell - 'Delta Rain Dream'
3.) Spooky vs. Scanner - 'Kybernetes'
4.) Sequential - 'The Mission' (live from the Outer Zone)
5.) Adam Shaikh - 'Vapor'
6.) Young American Primitive - 'Expanding'
7.) Dubtribe - 'Memory' (edit)
8.) Aphex Twin - 'Parallel Stripes'
9.) Evolve Now - 'Impetus'
10.) Silence [Pete Namlook & Dr. Atmo] - 'Heaven' (aw-Cut)
11.) Tangerine Dream - 'Phaedra' (edit)
12.) Killing Joke - 'Requiem' (A Floating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea dub mix)
13.) Spacetime Continuum - 'Ping Pong'
14.) Orgship - 'Liquid Sky'
15.) Prototype 909 - 'Understand' (live)
16.) 4 Voice - '4VI Outro'
17.) Harold Budd - 'Flowered Knife Shadows'
18.) Mysteries of Science - 'The Technological Womb'
19.) L.S.G. - 'Jillianity'
20.) Hawkwind - 'Space Dust'
21.) Cabaret Voltaire - 'Exterminating Angel'
22.) Roger Eno - 'Voices'
23.) Sheila Chandra - 'True'
24.) Kitaro - 'The Field'
25.) Sigur Ros - '( ).4'
26.) 777 [System 7] - 'Sirenes' (Tranquility mix)
27.) Brian Eno - 'An Ending (Ascent)'
28.) Silence [Pete Namlook & Dr. Atmo] - 'Sweet Angels'
29.) Vaughan Williams - 'The Lark Ascending'

[Africa]

Uhm... wow, thanks lolz... I guess I'll download those eh... srsly cool mix...

[madeyadams]

yeah try Thievery Corporation and Zero 7 for some chill stuff. They're probably like.. the leading ambient artists out there.

[The Masked Marvel]

60's-70's Kroutrock (exp. ambience) is worth looking into, specifically Popol Vuh.

[guitar forum likes chobey]

Oh god why has no one mentioned this

Biosphere

for the love of god he is amazing

ps- zero 7 pwns im listening to in the waiting line right now

[Africa]

Waldemar you molded all these tracks together in a collage lolz cool I guess but Idk which is which, still cool I think.

[bleep_bloop]

Tim Hecker and Biosphere are pretty cool, and i guess you could call
Sunn O))) ambient too.

[Kayetan]

Tim Hecker I don't get. I couldn't get much from his music.

This band called Belong makes good ambient though.

[bleep_bloop]

Harmony In Ultraviolet is what got me into his music. I downloaded Radio Amor but I can never sit through the whole thing.

[sgrevs]

[Artwork for 'The Love' by DE ES. All others by Beksinski. Google them...They're utterly astounding!]



Dude those artworks are freakin' intense. Awesome stuff. Not sure if I can be bothered about the music...so mammoth...can you recommend one of the three parts?

[Zebra]

Tangerine Dream. I can't believe no one has mentioned the founders of the genre.

[The Masked Marvel]

...because they didn't found it

[AlienEater]

I listen to ambient on occasion but I'm not really a huge fan.

[antiant]

yeah try Thievery Corporation and Zero 7 for some chill stuff. They're probably like.. the leading ambient artists out there.
they're not ambient.

[La Revolucion]

...because they didn't found it
Who did, if not Tangerine Dream?

[Dropsonde]

they're not ambient.

Zero 7 is leaning towards more of downtempo style

[Waldemar]

Dude those artworks are freakin' intense. Awesome stuff. Not sure if I can be bothered about the music...so mammoth...can you recommend one of the three parts?

Well the first one (The Roam) is mostly terrestrial/organically based and layered with nature sounds...it gets darker in the end. The Fall is all dark ambient...some gothic, some a bit spooky, and some downright disturbingly twisting sound but gets a bit positive in the end. The Rise is almost all ethereal/spacey ambient...very positive. I hope this helps. The second one is a bit dark for most ambient lovers taste, but of course the dark ambient lovers...well...they love it. lol.

I hope this helps!

As for the cue list...I should have made one after deleting the project in my Adobe Audition where I created it...oops. However, I do have cue/track uncompressed wav versions of all 3 mixes if you'd like; They sound a helluva lot better of course, and there are track marks at the appropriate tracks.

:)

[MetalMan882]

Who did, if not Tangerine Dream?

Brian Eno founded and coined "ambient music," as someone else pointed out before.

Kudos to the man who mentioned Biosphere, he is awesome. 'Silene' is a gorgeous, moody track that has many wintry connotations to it.

[La Revolucion]

Brian Eno founded and coined "ambient music," as someone else pointed out before.

Oh, I didn't know Eno did that.

Anyone like Trentemoller?

[slack]

robert rich - humidity

[Beer30]

Your links have expired for your 4 hour mix, can you upload them again and post the links? I'd appreciate it a lot.:thumb:

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Shpongle, Boards of Canada, and The Dust Brothers need mention here.

[AlienEater]

Boards of Canada are awesome

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Damn straight they are. What've you heard?

[AlienEater]

Only Music has the Right to the Children and Hi Scores EP, but I plan on getting more.

[Beer30]

Do you consider Jet black crayon as ambient?

[DFelon204409]

www.purevolume.com/primemeridian

hahah ya i know

[bleep_bloop]

oh man i love sunn o))). would you consider them ambient? i do because the songs are pretty ambient.

[Beer30]

You laughin at me now?

[Beer30]

And your purevolume link doesnt work.

[Beer30]

Um I am a newb and I started posting cause I want to hear how to get into making ambient. I played drums and a little geetar before but this electronic stuff is new for me. I spent like 8 hours searching google how to get started and it doesnt seem like anyone will give advice like its a go do it and leave us the frack alone attitude. I came up with some software like reason, reaktor, pro tools and that seemed like the top contenders. This hobby seems like at least a 1500 dollar setup or so if you have a newer computer and only need the software, midi keyboard, and the device to record external sounds. If you can give any advice I would really dig it. :chug:

[CRONITOR]

Ambient can be pretty cool to listen to sometimes, it's not my favorite genre though.

[Hebrew Hammer]

Boards of Canada and Brian Eno for me.

[Kayetan]

Ambient music that isn't all or mostly electronic is awesome.

[bleep_bloop]

boards of canada arent really ambient though, i think they run along the lines of idm more.

[Beer30]

I was thinking of getting the blade runner soundtrack.

[Ephemerall]

Ambient is one of my favorite genres. I hate to whore my **** out, but what the hell. I'm in an ambient band called SPORTS...you can check it out www.myspace.com/sports if you're interested.

As for some good ambient artists/albums:

Growing - His Return
Belong - October Language
Robert Rich and Lustmord - Stalker
Brian Eno - anything and everything, honestly, but Apollo is my personal favorite
Fennesz - Hotel Paral.lel
SUNN O))) & Boris - Altar
Ulver - Lykantropen Themes

and some more artist w/o particular albums:

Lotus Eaters
Tribes of Neurot
Daniel Lanois
Harold Budd
Black Boned Angel
Destructo Swarmbots

[AlienEater]

boards of canada arent really ambient though, i think they run along the lines of idm more.

yeah probably, they're cool though.

[Dropsonde]

dude man get some ishq i've only listened to one song and it rocks

[thunderzstruck]

i think carbon based lifeforms needs a mention

[halfdeadhippo]

Two things:
1. Aphex Twin, Ulver, and Shpongle are top notch when it comes to "ambient" stylings. Also, the two collaborations between Biosphere and Higher Intelligence Agency are worth hearing before death.
2. Those three pieces of artwork on the first page are wicked sick.

[LF96]

Anyone ever checked out Deaf Center? They're on the Type label which is always a good thing imo and make really good ambient/minimal music. Check: http://www.typerecords.com/releases/full.php?id=14

Y'all should check out some of the mixes (in the radio section) on that site as well, there's some really good ambient in those as well.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Two things:
1. Aphex Twin, Ulver, and Shpongle are top notch when it comes to "ambient" stylings. Also, the two collaborations between Biosphere and Higher Intelligence Agency are worth hearing before death.
2. Those three pieces of artwork on the first page are wicked sick.

You should hear Carbon Based Lifeforms if you haven't already. I have a couple links to their albums(courtesy of thunderzstruck), would you wanna give them a spin? Drop your email.

[slack]

the ... current listening party features some very groovy dark ambient.

also check out vidna obmana, steve roach, & jeff grienke.

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

i love Eluvium, Deaf Center and The Dead Texan.

[halfdeadhippo]

You should hear Carbon Based Lifeforms if you haven't already. I have a couple links to their albums(courtesy of thunderzstruck), would you wanna give them a spin? Drop your email.
Thanks for reminding me. I'd downloaded one of their cd's yesterday after reading that thread about them, but never got a chance to listen to it. :thumb:

[BlicQ]

Shpongle, Boards of Canada, and The Dust Brothers need mention here.

Shpongle are great. The little elements of Psy thrown into the world music and ambient mix... it WORKS.

[CabbageStabbage]

Lotus Eaters


Yes, Lotus Eaters! They are a project of Stephen O'Malley, from Sunn O))). I heard an mp3 from some record label's page a while ago and have been trying to find their album ever since. I dl'ed their first LP they released, "Alienist on a Pale Horse".

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

What style of ambient is it? If it's simply a Sunn O))) mutation, then screw that.

Is it electronica-based or more just sonic experimentation or what?

[CabbageStabbage]

I found a site where you can get an mp3:
http://www.neurotrecordings.com/media.aspx

It's not a drone doom type band - it's more relaxing with a mix of instruments and wierd electronic stuff

[Ephemerall]

It's definitely not ambient of the SUNN O))) variety; it's much more minimal, having some sparse guitar here and there and strange sounds deep in the mix. Aaron Turner of Isis is also involved.