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cylinder's top 100 DRONEBIENT

ambient and drone. with the ambient, i tried to keep it pure for the most part - so no ambient variations on other genres (ambient techno, ambient hip-hop, etc.) besides a few that toe the line but seem more so ambient to my ears, and another few just for fun (slushwave, ambient noise, ambient americana, etc.) Stuff like noise, pure field recordings, EAI, etc. could have their own list(s). with the drone, however, i allowed variations, since a "drone" is more of a musical technique than a genre in itself (even though it did kind of "become" its own genre over time). Top 25 is loosely ranked, the rest is not. the "***" indicates a reminder to myself to check more from that artist. heeeeeere we go!
1Black Thread
Meadowlark (Premonition)


dronebient
2David Thomas Broughton
Crippling Lack


folkdrone
3Various Artists (Ambient)
Mono No Aware


ambient/drone/experimental electronic
4Brutal Shift
Most of Humanity Might as Well Bathe...


Most of Humanity Might as Well Bathe in Bleeding Rust and Fly Shit - ambient. in my top 5 of the year so far, can't stop listening
5Kevin Drumm
Imperial Distortion


drone
6Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Bloodstream Sermon


drone
7Vitaly Maklakov
For a Distant Lands


ambient
8Oval
94 Diskont


ambient glitch/experimental electronic - most of this album isn't really ambient, but 'Do While' definitely is. And since it takes up like half the album and is also one of the greatest songs ever made, here it is.
9Tim Hecker
Harmony in Ultraviolet


ambient/static/soft noise/Heckercore
10Yellow Swans
Going Places


ambient noise - not quite harsh enough to be called just "noise," not quite soft enough to be called pure ambient. a very unique album in that way. classic
11The Humble Bee
Lichen Cloak on a White Stone


ambient
127038634357
Neo Seven


ambient/ambient pop/noise
13Huerco S
QTT4


dronebient
14Mark Templeton
Gentle Heart


ambient glitch/electroacoustic/tape music
15The Necks
Drive By


drone-jazz
16Vladislav Delay
Anima


ambient glitch, but very ambient
17Eliane Radigue
Jetsun Mila


drone***
18The Dead C
Trouble


noise rock/drone
19Mary Lattimore
At the Dam


ambient/electroacoustic/new age
20X or Size
Aether Ore


ambient dub - but the dub is faint. it makes an appearance before blurring into the many other layers
21Double Leopards
Halve Maen


drone/dark ambient/neo-psych/noise
22Boris
Boris At Last -Feedbacker-


drone metal
23Boris
Flood


drone metal/post-rock
24Earth
Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version


drone metal
25Natural Snow Buildings
The Dance of the Moon and the Sun


dronefolk
26Stars of the Lid
The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid


drone
27Stars of the Lid
And Their Refinement Of The Decline


drone
28Earth
Hex: Or Printing In the Infernal Method


drone rock/Earthcore/ambient americana
29Fripp and Eno
No Pussyfooting


dronebient
30Fripp and Eno
Evening Star


dronebient
31Skullflower
Form Destroyer


drone/noise rock
32Aidan Baker
The Sea Swells A Bit...


ambient
33Belong
October Language


dronebient
34Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music For Airports


ambient
35Earth
Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I


drone rock/Earthcore - i absolutely love this sound, as well as the sound of Hex. the light, shimmery guitar tones here are just heavenly. and i love how it's both rock and drone music at the same time. there aren't even any 'climaxes' really (which describes most of Earth's post-debut output) - it's just pure chill, through and through. if anyone has any recs for this type of sound, PLEASE send em my way because i've had next to no luck finding other bands that really sound like this, and this type of sound just puts me so at peace.
36Lee Noble
No Becoming


drone/psych-folk/hypnagogic pop
37Tim Hecker
Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again


Heckercore
38Tim Hecker
Radio Amor


Heckercore
39Earth
The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull


drone rock/Earthcore
40Matt Christensen
Bukowski


drone
41The Caretaker
Patience (After Sebald)


ambient/turntable music/romanticism***
42Patricia Taxxon
TECHDOG 7


drone
43David Thomas Broughton
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency


dronefolk
44Grouper
A I A


dronefolk
45Peter Wright
Surface


dronebient
46The Fun Years
Baby, It's Cold Inside


dronebient/post-rock
47Birchville Cat Motel
Our Love Will Destroy The World


drone/noise rock
48Hypnagogue
Vacuum Wool


ambient noise, but the noise is very soft
49Jodis
Secret House


drone metal/post-metal
50Pauline Oliveros
Electronic Works 1965-1966


drone/electroacoustic/tape music
51Pendant
Make Me Know You Sweet


dronebient
52Séraphitüs-Séraphîta
Glacier


ambient
53Tanner Garza
Lucid


drone
54Tanner Garza
Regret


drone
55Taylor Deupree
Faint


drone
56Taylor Deupree
Somi


ambient
57The Fun Years
God Was Like, No


ambient/soft noise
58The Fun Years
A Heart to Heart About Our Values


drone
59Time Machines
Time Machines


drone
60Vikki Jackman, Andrew Chalk and Jean-Noel Rebilly
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring


ambient
61Windy and Carl
Drawing of Sound


ambient
62Windy and Carl
Consciousness


drone
63X or Size
Covert ID


ambient dub
64Zelienople
His/Hers


dronebient/slowcore***
65Emily A. Sprague
Water Memory


drone/minimalism
66Felicia Atkinson
Visions / Voices


dronefolk
67Aine O'Dwyer
Music for Church Cleaners Vol. I and II


drone/holy minimalism/field recordings
68Fennesz
Endless Summer


ambient glitch
69Former Selves
Three Wells


ambient
70Gi Gi
Lumino Pleco


ambient
71Gia Margaret
Mia Gargaret


ambient
72Heaven's Emperor
Teenage Poetry


ambient/soft noise/sadcore
73if i promise
On Departure


ambient
74Mirt
Mud, Dirt and Hiss


ambient
75Om
Conference of the Birds


drone metal/heavy psych
76Pelt
Ayahuasca


drone/free folk
77Saline
never structures


gazebient
78Nadja
The Bungled and the Botched


drone metal
79The Dead C
Tusk


drone/noise rock
80The Fun Years
Typos In Your Obituary


drone
81Small Cruel Party
Do You Believe in a Pencil?


drone - Well, do you?
82Tim Hecker
Mirages


Heckercore
83Tusen ar under jord
Sorgsendomet Fobos


dark ambient/tape music
84Venn Rain
Cymatic Cymbols


dronebient
85Work/Death
Phone About To Ring


dronebient/soft noise
86Yara Asmar
synth waltzes and accordion laments


ambient/modern classical
87Yellow Swans
At All Ends


ambient noise
88Golden Living Room
Post-Internet


vaporwave/"utopian virtual"/ambient
89The Necks
Aether


drone-jazz
90Fuck Buttons
Tarot Sport


electrodrone
91Boxhead Ensemble
Two Brothers


ambient americana/chamber music
92Corrupted
Paso Inferior


drone metal
93desert sand feels warm at night & MindSpring Memories
Desert Memories


vaporwave/slushwave/ambient
94Henry Flynt
You Are My Everlovin' / Celestial Power


drone/minimalism
95William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops I


drone
96Laurel Halo
Atlas


ambient/modern classical/third stream?
97Xiphiidae
Pass Hidingly Seek


dronefolk/tape music
98M. Sage
Paradise Crick


ambient/experimental electronic
99The Body
All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To...


drone metal/sludge metal
100Tuluum Shimmering
In the Grove the Moon is Drowned with Stars


dronefolk
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