Recommendations for expanding my ambient collection

also, thanks for all the recommendations. lots of stuff here i've never heard and will definitely be googling.

 

I had tought of mentioning them aswell, mainly because of the last track (Alice) on "Monoliths and Dimensions", and bonus disc on the Japanese version of Void, containing Nurse with Wound remixes of Sunn O))) material that could certainly fall in the Ambient genre.

There's some great Drone oriented ambient out there:
Dirk Serries (vidna obmana) has also releases albums under the name "Fear Falls Burning", some of these are very ambient (others can be harsh and noisy), currently he is releasing music under his own name: "Dirk Serries" His "Microphonic" releases are amongst the finest minimal/ambient/drone releases I know, and he's one of my favorite live artists.
His collaborations "Three seconds of air" and "The eightfold model" are also worth checking out.

 

I've got the bug now

This is from the Feed Your head album I mentioned in my firstpost, one of my fave tracks, Knights of the Occasional Table - Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCOictY0Ii0&feature=related

 

Here are some links to tracks from my list. Hope you enjoy.

Steve Roach - The Magnificent Void <---"Cloud Of Unknowing"

Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musick <---"Four Ever Rainbow"

Global Communication - 76:14 <---Full version of 14:31

The Orb - U.F.Orb <---Full 40 minute long version of "Blue Room"

The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms <---"Cascade"

Pete Namlook - Air I & II <---"Arc" from Air I

Cabaret Voltaire - The Conversation <---"Exterminating Angel (Intro)"

The Irresistible Force - Flying High <---"Sky High"

Biosphere - Substrata <---"Chukhung"

Michael Stearns - The Lost World <---"Lost World Theme"

 

your posted youtube clips are most certainly appreciated here!

 

Hadn't thought of posting youtube links,
Here are some of my favorites:

Andrew Liles - The Dying submariner

Thomas Koner - Teimo

Nurse with wound -Salt marie celeste

Black Swan - In 8 movements

The Caretaker -A stairway to the stars

Tholen - Sternklang

Bass Communion - Drugged

 

Asura.
His music is a blend of Ambient, Ethnic, Trance, Trip Hop and Classical genres.

Find and listen to Asura here:

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/asuramusic
LAST FM: http://www.lastfm.fr/music/asura
WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura_(trance_ambient_artists)
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/asuracfarewell

 

These are all incredible! I already own the Bass Communion, Koner & NWW albums so I kinda knew what I was in for.

 

I agree with others about the awesomeness of Boards of Canada. I indeed have Music Has the Rights to Children (one of the best albums I own, period), Geogaddi, and Campfire Headphase. I didn't include them on my initial list because I guess I consider them more electronic than ambient, but had I known that this thread would cover so many sub-genres (which is great), I probably should have included them. Especially if I had Aphex Twin on there.

Thanks to everyone for all the YouTube links, as well, they truly are a great resource for discovering the various groups and albums everyone has mentioned.

Speaking of The Caretaker, is anyone familiar with Persistent Repetition of Phrases? After reading the review and listening to samples from the Aquarius Records website I'm very intrigued. Can anyone else vouch for this album or would one of his others be a better place to start?

 

Persistant repetition of Phrases is one of my favorite Caretaker albums, along with "stairway to the stars", they are a little less noisy and have more of the ghost-like ballroom elements than some of the other Caretaker albums.

Another thing to check out would be "Library tapes" Their Feelings for something lost and Hostluft Albums are OOP, but can probably still be found second hand for normal prices.

And finally (no youtube link sadly) Gavin Bryar's "Sinking of the Titanic, performed live by Gavin Bryars, Philip Jeck and Alter Ego , Recorded in 2005 during the 49th International Festival of Contemporary music in Venice. It's not even close to the older recordings, Philip Jeck and Alter Ego really make this an ambient trip.

 

Great list!

I have to second this recommendation. One of my fav albums of all time in general.

I would track the 76:14 album down. It's a masterpiece in chillout.

Eddie

 

This thread had me return to Feed Your Head Vol 1 (No I don't work for Planet Dog).

And I'd forgoten Tuu this this from Feed Your Head and it's rather good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQUuPolsCs

Title track from All Our Ancestors, which wasn't on Planet Dog, also by Tuu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fSEiJWSS5M&feature=related

 

"Remember what the doormouse said"

How to feel high without drugs (not Ambient)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwaDi13ZeOI&feature=related

After that listen this, Brain Waves and Dimensions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oDdpSr0dTk&NR=1

I feel strange

 

Check out a band called Astralasia

 

Just have to check them all … with time

This is so great thread!
BTW. Any fast ”young” fellow who’d like to combine all of the mentioned artists and albums?
Or maybe I’ll do it myself, when the urge reminds me …

 

Here's a great compilation I picked up during a visit to London back in the late 90s.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ambient-4-Isolationism/release/72804

 

I mentioned the Astralasia Whatever Happened To Utopia album earlier. They are really more towards the Psyctrance but Utopia has a more ambient feel overall. Although Storm In A Bong Bowl is rather loud and very dubby.

Deconstruction from the Utopia album, has a Hawkwind feel to it, in fact I think there was a Astralasia Hawkwind album at somepoint.

Deconstruction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTqmHMB3bw

 

There’s a nice list, but maybe everything is not pure Ambient.

http://www.listology.com/darktremor...ce-house-techno-ambient-idm-jungle-goa-avante

 

My God that's a Smorgasbord, how far can we stretch genres, some good things thou.

I would think that everything mentioned in this thread, whilst going outside strick Ambient, would still interest those new to this general area of music.

Keep the links coming, I've been turned on to some new things, credit card groans!

 

I don't know it myself, but many who like the genre recommend Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children.

 

That is a classic that for some reason crossed over into the hipster/indie-rock world when it was released. Maybe just because it's a great record.

 

Original US release was through Matador, so that probably has something to do with that crossover... they were marketing it to that crowd.

 

It’s just plain and pure luck I found this list before … And besides, I think too it’s lovely there are so many styles, so there’s just got to be something to everyone.

I prefer some what melodic music, myself. Don’t care what’s it called. Except far too syrupy Loungchill or Age New.

 

I'm curious as to how you view these recordings, relative to ambient music:

Sidewinder - Morton Subotnick
Eskimo - The Residents
Private Music From The Land Of Dry Water - Sanford Ponder
Garden of Earthly Delights - Botanica


I just won a CDR promo of the expanded 76:14 by Global Communication, and was wondering if the regular issue indicated anything to the effect that it was "unmastered". The promo I bought has that notice on two of the discs in the photo. Not "unremastered, just "unmastered", which I don't understand.