Ambient Music - Your Hidden Gems

Hello Guys,

For those of you enjoying ambient music (and more about the "old" school, i.e., Eno, Biosphere, field recordings, etc.), here is the place to share our "hidden gems"/albums we own and would like to share with us here.

Here is one for you. The textures on this one are quite mesmerizing

4. Film Ton by C-Schulz (1992)



link: 4. Film Ton - YouTube

First track

 

Ambient. Freaking. Tuba.

 

Don't know how much they're a hidden gem at this point, but I've been getting big into Northcape lately. Hearing them a lot more lately it seems.

 

Stars of the Lid.

John Sierre: planetary music.

 

Harold Budd's "Dark Star" and "Abandoned Cities".

 

That's a classic, I love that album!!!

 

Eno!!

 

One of my faves.

 

Best experience lying on the floor with a Klipsch RSW-15 subwoofer in bloom.

 

It's not quite "old school", but I love John Murphy's soundtrack to Sunshine, Adagio in D minor.

 

All the Eno and Fripp & Eno Lps
Eno and Mobius
Hassell/Eno "Possible Musics"
Guitar intro to Lou Reeds "Women" (I made an ambient music tape with the guitar intro to Reed's "Women" recorded over and over for about 5 minutes followed by Eno, etc.)

 

Been digging these recently:

Secret Pyramid - Movements Of Night


Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was The Golden Age


Eluvium - Nightmare Ending

 

Here are a few things I like in the realm of chillout/ambient



This other track is not the typical ambient sound having a beat and arpegiated synth line but it has some chillout vibes and some nice atmospheres.

Steve Dragon - Nag Champa.wmv

And this other album is a full on psychedelic ambient experience, for me at anyrate.

Shulman - In Search Of A Meaningful Moment [Full Album]

 

I've mentioned it before on another thread, but Jeremy Soule's "Skyrim Atmospheres" is a great example of old-school ambient music.

 

Kettenkarussell: "Insecurity Guard"

 

GAS: "Narkopop"

 

I compiled an instrumental/ambient album of Bowie and Eno, material sourced from both Low and "Heroes".
There's no cover artwork for this yet, I think about making a similar looking one like Eno's Ambient series or sth.

side 1
Speed Of Life
A New Career In A New Town
V-2 Schneider
Art Decade
Weeping Wall
Subterraneans

side 2
Warszawa
Sense Of Doubt
Moss Garden
Neuköln

It all flows very well together. I often listen to this when I design digital art stuff.

 

I apologize if this isn't exactly a "hidden" gem (it may have been very popular at the time for all I know) but this is my favorite ambient album:

 

Bill Laswell.... Bob Marley: Dreams of Freedom...Translations in Ambient Dub

 

Are there any CDs of ambient traffic noises (cars passing by on the street)?

 

I always liked the Dire, Dire Docks level theme in Super Mario 64.

 

For late night ultra relaxation