Ambience
A bunch of ambience |
| 1 | | Troum and All Sides
Shut?/td>
Dark ambient from two german masterminds. For fans of synth buildups and climaxes and brooding basslines. |
| 2 | | Stars of the Lid
...And Their Refinement of the Decline
Several hours of reverb-laden drone music with simple climaxes and pretty melodies that are sure to satisfy. Since I'm not mentioning any band twice on this list I'm just going to rec you their other albums here, because they're all superb. Especially their last two besides this one. |
| 3 |  | Aghast (Norway)
Hexerei im Zwielicht der Finsternis
Ritual Ambient from some crazy chicks in Norway. Impressive shit. Imagine walking through a forest and having the soundtrack from some messed up norwegian girls coming at you like WOAH |
| 4 | | Ain Soph
Kshatriya
Largely industrialized dark ambient/neofolk from Italy. |
| 5 |  | Wraiths
Plaguebearer
Evil. Dissonant. But beautfiful and unobtrusive in a twisted way. The industrialism will put you into a stupor and a sleep and the rest will haunt your dreams. Forever. Noisy ambient-ish. Not for the faint of heart. |
| 6 | | Nurse With Wound
Soliloquy for Lilith
Dark ambient from some firecrotch Brit/Irishman with piss teeth. Experimental in the way that it crosses over a bunch of genres but still feels very ambient. |
| 7 |  | Lustmord
The Place Where the Black Stars Hang
Dark ambient superheroes with a knack for chilling atmospheres and drones and electronics and a weird foresty feel. |
| 8 |  | Darkspace
Dark Space I
Dark ambient |
| 9 | | Windy and Carl
Drawing of Sound
Guitars and space and vocals and more. Space rocky. Like. Floating on mars. |
| 10 |  | Natural Snow Buildings
The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
Drone. Takes cues from psybient. |
| 11 | | Taj Mahal Travellers
July 15, 1972
Drone-y experimental noise-ish. Along that early seventies, late-sixties line of art kids making organic noise. |
| 12 |  | Birchville Cat Motel
Beautiful Speck Triumph
More drone and experimental too! RIYL: Couldwinarabbit experimentation but it's one of the few instances where he's right. |
| 13 | | Emeralds
Allegory of Allergies
Drone-electronic. P4k approved. Feels like a jungle out here because of the odd bass and electronic effects. |
| 14 | | Double Leopards
Halve Maen
Drone/soft noise |
| 15 |  | Death Ambient
Death Ambient
Dark ambient from Tzadik. Priti experimental. Fred Firth and Ikue Mori are here so that should reveal how experimental it is. Almost jazzy but vary grim darkk |
| 16 |  | Klaus Schulze
Mirage
Progressive Electronic, I guess. A lot of German subgenres I don't care about went into this but it's amazing nevertheless. Something about "Berlin School" apparently. I don't know. Ask Dev. he might. Do you like the beats? |
| 17 | | Gas
K?sforst
Electronic Ambient, Minimal Electro |
| 18 | | The Third Eye Foundation
Semtex
Illbient (imagine a really dubby, urban style of ambient. Like walking through the hood and oh its ambient) |
| 19 |  | Scorn
Zander
Illbient music at a whole new level. Imagine that. |
| 20 | | The Orb
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Ambient Dubstep |
| 21 |  | Aube
Pages From the Book
Technically this is musique concrete but it doubles as ambient or even noise depending on what you classify as which as its more of a harsh/dark ambient sort of thing. Some guy ripping pages from a bible and constructing it so there's climaxes and it actually resembles a song. |
| 22 | | Kreng
L?autopsie ph?m?le de Dieu
Dark jazz/Noirish ambience. Imagine the artist below this as a jazzy artist. But slowed down and prettier. |
| 23 |  | Set Fire to Flames
Sings Reign Rebuilder
Ambient Post-rock |
| 24 |  | Rachel Grimes
Book of Leaves
Neoclassically-ambient. Some chick on a piano going away for minutes at a time. Occasionally frogs will croak beside her. Beauteous as Fuck. |
| 25 | | Gnaw Their Tongues
L'arriv?de la terne mort triomphante
Dark/Harsh Ambient. Ballstothewall music. |
| 26 |  | Menace Ruine
The Die Is Cast
Wondering if I should put this here because although it's got that very darkwavey/drone feel (the last, seventeen minute long track is all drone) it's reliant on drone metal techniques so it might be in vain but still for those of you who think that sounds cool it's pretty fucking awesome. |
| 27 |  | Loscil
First Narrows
Straight-up ambient guys. Some beats. Some drones. Not odd but very well executed. |
| 28 |  | The Dead Texan
The Dead Texan
He drones on and on with tremendous beauty. Electronics help him out. Call him their friend. For fans of Stars of the Lid. |
| 29 |  | Aix Em Klemm
Aix Em Klemm
Ambient and dronetastic |
| 30 |  | Labradford
Mi Media Naranja
Ambient-ish post-rock |
| 31 |  | Pan American
Quiet City
Ambient, dubbish |
| 32 | | Peter Gabriel
Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Ambient for Christ. |
| 33 | | Bohren and der Club of Gore
Black Earth
Ambient/Jazz. Sad jazz music slowed down. So beautiful. |
| 34 | | Mark Morgan
Fallout
Dark Ambient-ish |
| 35 |  | SPK
Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers
Ritual Ambient |
| 36 | | Zo?Aon
The Triple Bestial
Ritual Ambient |
| 37 | | I.corax
The Cadaver Pulse II: Mothelix Liquescent
One of my favorite ritual ambient releases of all time. |
| 38 | | Hexentanz
Nekrocrafte
Ultra-dark ritual ambient |
| 39 | | Psychonaut 75
Pylon of Daath
more dark ambient |
| 40 | | Atrax Morgue
195 Melrose Avenue NW2
not for the faint of heart
as loose as ambient can be.
noisy. |
| 41 |  | Tim Hecker
An Imaginary Country
Ambient |
| 42 |  | Aidan Baker
The Sea Swells a Bit...
Drone |
| 43 | | ARC
Arkhangelsk
Dark ambient-ish drone |
| 44 |  | Maeror Tri
The Beauty of Sadness
Drone (associated with troum so i might be a little biased but this shit is SICK) |
| 45 |  | TwinSisterMoon
The Hollow Mountain
Psychedelic folksy drone |
| 46 |  | Robert Rich
Somnium
Ambient-ish |
| 47 |  | Shpongle
Are You Shpongled?
Psybient/Psychedelic Electronics |
| 48 |  | Carbon Based Lifeforms
Hydroponic Garden
One of my favorite psybient artists. |
| 49 |  | Ott
Blumenkraft
Psybient (sorry I neglected it and am putting as much as I can in right now) |
| 50 |  | Backyard Gypsy
Nightmare Audiotape
Plunderphonics, Drone (iscarabaid's project. pretty cool actually, just thought I'd include some sputnikers like... |
| 51 |  | Blasphymartyr
Nostalgie
witchxrapist's psybient wonderland |
| 52 | | Entheogenic
Entheogenic
Psybient |
| 53 | | Aes Dana
Memory Shell
Psybient |
| 54 |  | Hallucinogen
In Dub
Psybient |
| 55 | | Future Sounds of London
Lifeforms
Ambient with electro |
| 56 |  | Orbital
In Sides
Ambient with electronics |
| 57 |  | Murcof
Martes
beat driven and layered level 20 |
| 58 | | Autechre
Ambre
autebient |
| 59 |  | Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Beat driven soundscapes to listen to once you've dropped so much acid that you think you want to go to crystal castles because harold and kumar did too or something idk |
| 60 | | Monolake
Hongkong
Ugh so good ambient beat driven with layah |
| 61 |  | Biosphere
Microgravity
layahhh like gas |
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more ambient drum loops |
| 63 |  | The KLF
Chill Out
house-y ambient |
| 64 |  | Everything but the Girl
Temperamental
House-ybienamt |
| 65 | | Ultramarine
United Kingdoms
more housey ambient |
| 66 | | Svasti-ayanam
Sanklesa
Dark ambient |
| 67 | | Aeoga
Zenith Beyond the Helix-Locus
Dark ambient |
| 68 | | Herbst9
From A Dark Chasm Below
Dark and What? What? Yup Ritual Ambient |
| 69 | | Tzolk'in
Tzolk'in
Dark and What? What? Yup Ritual Ambient |
| 70 | | Sleep Chamber
Sexmagick Ritual
Sleepchamber? More like Sexchamber? No? No? Oh well, some odd industrialized ritual ambient |
| 71 | | Treha Sektori
Sorieh
I think I just really love dark ambient. But by no means should you start here. Stars of the Lid, Eluvium and this next artist are better. |
| 72 |  | Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Pioneer of ambient. Simple piano loops. Fall asleep. |
| 73 | | Za Fr?
More darkly darkly ambient ritual |
| 74 | | Robert Fripp
A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes Volume Two - Live in California
Ambient and Experimental |
| 75 | | Akira Yamaoka
Silent Hill 2: Original Soundtrack
Dark ambient/videogame music |
| 76 |  | Global Communication
76:14
Ambient |
| 77 |  | Grouper
Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
Psychfolk/Ambient |
| 78 | | Marble Sky
The Sad Return
Ambient and Drone |
| 79 | | Secret Abuse
Simple Test Volume 1
Ambient/Noise |
| 80 |  | Infinite Body
Carve Out the Face of My God
I like this a lot more than I should. It feels like you're being lifted from the ground as though you just died.
Ambient/Drone |
| 81 |  | Earth
Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
I'd consider this ambient/country/jazz |
| 82 |  | Pyramids with Nadja
Pyramids with Nadja
Drone/Ambient with Aidan Baker |
| 83 |  | Oren Ambarchi
Grapes from the Estate
Why do I like this? Ambient/Experimental |
| 84 | | Deathprod
Morals and Dogma |
| 85 | | Mo?t
Abgzvoryathre
Dark Ambient and Neofolk |
| 86 |  | Unfathoms and Blasphymartyr
Votre Cote Mon Cote
My split with witchy
will post a link later although i've done it in another list.
my side is ambient and post-rock and his is psybient and noise. |
| 87 | | Saito Koji
Beuatiful
Calssic Ambient Loops |
| 88 | | William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops
So long. Get lost in the ambient loops. Tranform with them. |
| 89 | | Raison D'etre
The Empty Hollow Unfolds
Better than Basinski. Dark ambient. All I have to say |
| 90 | | Can't Go On
Too Long A Process
Name off ambient shit and if I like it I'll put it on here. The rest are placeholders. Name off ambient shit and if I like it I'll put it on here. The rest are placeholders. |
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