[QUOTE]sigur ros
explosions in the sky
the album leaf[/QUOTE]
these are post rock.

Ambient: Steve Roach (Structures from Silence), Brian Eno (Ambient 1), Eluvium (Copa), Stars of the Lid (Tired....), anything by Biosphere but especially Substrata or Cirque, Numena by Robert Rich

Loscil - Plume
Bass Communion - I or II
The Dead Texan -The Dead Texan

Bass Communion - Molotov & Haze
Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase

Cluster is a must.

raison d'etre is great, but most of his catalogue is extremely dark and depressing.

monster's ball is a good ambient sountrack.

vidna obmana, steve roach, & robert rich are all good artists.

and if you can find it, i recommend picking up jeff greinke's "cities in fog".

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I'd second anything by Tangerine Dream, so seconded ^.

and I'll add Benjamin Finger and August Hell. all of which can be downloaded for free from [url]http://thatspunk.linustorvaldsfacts.com/#category8[/url] :)


edit:
also I'm uploading 4volt's catalog, which will definitely impress you all. he's one of the very finest ambient/idm artists out there.

wolf eyes

[QUOTE=kitsch;17187374]wolf eyes[/QUOTE]

ha ... now that is an intense live band...

[quote=joshmay;17186457][IMG]http://991.com/newGallery/Tangerine-Dream-Alpha-Centauri---326424.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
Nice choice (but Phaedra is better >_>)

Dipset

MGR [IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_grywaGIgycc/R1fkJoA0PxI/AAAAAAAAApw/q1jMXr-VmT8/s320/mgr.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=hendrixonpunk;17034547]How do people around here feel about Aphex Twin? [/QUOTE]

I quite like his newer and ambient works, for this thread, I'd reccomend Selected Ambient Works (vol. 2)! It's quite minimal, with a very odd and ackward feeling. Can't help loving it :)

I used to fall asleep to his ambient works, but I actually began getting some pretty scary dreams, so I stopped listening to it while I sleep and the bad dreams went away!

EDIT: Here's a link so you guys can listen:
http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Ambient-Works-Vol-II/dp/B0017YPCPQ/ref=mb_oe_o

thanks dude nobody has heard that before

World's End Girlfriend?

[quote=easylee;17203626]thanks dude nobody has heard that before[/quote]
Speaking of Easy Lee, a good artist to check out is Ricardo Villalobos. [I]Enfants[/I] and [I]Vasco[/I] are both superb minimalist releases, technically not ambient. But if you can dig ambient you'll definitely dig him.

"A Silver Mount Zion". They are more post rock, but they have some really beautiful soundscapes and whatnot. Great stuff to fall asleep to.

duno if they've been mentioned but I really like Ahkmed

Popol Vuh, everything else walks.

[QUOTE=Jaundice;17205614]Popol Vuh, everything else walks.[/QUOTE]

true say. They r00l.:thumb:

Check out this site...

http://somafm.com/

Get the drone zone station. It's just a radio station with some really great ambient music.

[quote=gorgeousgabe;17203632]world's end girlfriend?[/quote]
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Howard Shore - Crash

my band is half heavy stoner, half ambient

we've got an ambient track up on our site if anybody fancies casting an opinion?

http://www.myspace.com/shamanritual

[QUOTE=jcober;17204367]"A Silver Mount Zion". They are more post rock, but they have some really beautiful soundscapes and whatnot. Great stuff to fall asleep to.[/QUOTE]

dude in no way are these guys ambient

[QUOTE=kitsch;17243669]dude in no way are these guys ambient[/QUOTE]

[I][B]They are more post rock...[/B][/I]

Sleep Research Facility - Deep Freize was good

Blackfilm - Blackfilm -Amazing
Shulman - Random Thoughts
Celtic Cross - Hicksville
Solar Fields - Leaving Home

people need to stop mistaking post-rock for ambient

oren ambarchi is great, and everyone that has recommended stars of the lid is bang on. labradford, tim hecker, i'd say fennesz too but he's terrible to revise to.

Quiet dynamics =/= ambient.

You all need more Brian Eno.