I think you mean 50000th, mon ami?

Album Rating: 1.5

Oh man Jethro, I wish I could switch into French as easily as you switch into English.



*wistful look*

Practicing, Sputniking, practicing...
annnnd with a huge help of Google Translater despite its poor semantics.
8-)

Album Rating: 3.5

I actually liked this, this is ambient music, it doesnt need a hook, it doesnt need to call your attention, it actually shouldnt, that makes it a good album. and im a pink floyd fan, i liked gilmours contribution here

Album Rating: 1.5

That's fair. But it DOES make me curious: what makes "good" ambient music then?

Album Rating: 1.5

Bump + wondering out loud (again): what makes "good" ambient music?

Great review, pos.

Album Rating: 1.5

Thanks Sowing! As always, much appreciated.



Might I ask you for your opinion of the rambly/"out-there" intro that this review has attached to its head? Good? Bad? Too conversational?



Looking forward to your next review.

For a minute I had trouble figuring out when you stopped with the intro and started talking about the music, but maybe that is just because I got, no exaggeration, 1 hour of sleep last night. But it works well with what you were saying about the album, plus I'm a fan of the attention-getting intro over your typical "The Orbs new album is blah blah blah"

Album Rating: 1.5

That makes sense - I went back and looked at it, and yeah it's a bit hard to detect when I make the thematic switch. I've fixed it a little, but more importantly, thanks for the input - it was amazingly helpful.



And yeah, I find that the better reviews (or at least the ones which leave a longer-lasting impression) are the ones which start from some random abstract angle and cross into the music proper from there - see Knott's review of TDAG or thebhoy's Age of Adz; even your most recent take on Rihanna ahahaha.



Again, thanks a bunch Sowing. I would press you into service to produce a 75th review tonight, but I don't want to be responsible for sleep-depriving you to the point of damage LOL.

yeah when me and deviant become contribs you know this site is in shambles

Album Rating: 1.5

Lol, that sentiment is quite surprising Xeno - cause I actually think there are a lot of phenomenal writers out here on Sputnik. But you guys have been around much longer than I have - were there many more reviews per day previously? And better writers than the current crop (which I still think is amazing)?



And lol Sowing - you and Deviant deserved that promotion. It was overdue, if anything!

good ambient music is suppose to make you feel absorbed in either a realm of beauty or a realm of darkness that's so vivid that you believe it is your reality, as though you're going into a dream and whether it be the most beautiful daydream you've ever known or if it is the most ghastly of nightmares, this surrounding is completely thought out, intriguing, vivid and real. it commands your attention and this doesn't.

Album Rating: 1.5

Amazing answer Bitchfork.



I'm just getting into this whole ambient/house music thing actually; care to recommend me a couple of albums or so, Bitchfork? This was only my first experience with the genre, and I honestly only picked it up because I'm a massive Gilmour fan.

haven't heard this album but all i'm saying is that the Orb's first few albums are some of the greatest ambient works of all time

well there's illbient, ambient house/techno/dub, psybient, drone, space rock, dark ambient, and just regular old ambient so what do you want?

Bitchfork knows his ambient music.
He knows where it's at (Is that make sense, s'il vous plaît?)

Album Rating: 1.5

HAHAHA that response (from Xeno) just made me sound like a berk that's a bit too full of himself and his writing (which I hope I'm not LOL) XD



But yeah, the discussion on staff censorship has really gotten out of hand. I myself had the pleasure of viewing a set of cancerous testicles when I scrolled along the comments thread on that United States of Amnesia review (published yesterday).



There's a reason why we call those people trolls. They leave a trail of slime wherever they go.

Album Rating: 1.5

@ Bitchfork: Oh wow. Erm, what would be the best path for a first-timer? Is there a time-honoured tradition for approaching ambient music in general? If there is I wanna use it LOL.



@ Jethro: He DEFINITELY does. Oh boy, I feel out of my depth already. And yes it does make sense - tu as raison =) Bitchfork definitely knows where it's at =)

Well since you said Raison, there's an amazing dark ambient project out there called Raison D'etre. Check it.

This "time-hono(u)red" tradition you speak of is basically to listen to stars of the lid and gas and tim hecker and loscil and then work your way into dark ambient like deathprod and lustmord and enemite or ambient dub like Hallucinogen.