Ambient - The Megathread

this one is more field recordings than ambient, but its free and lovely

http://myuzyk.net/releases/MZYKN001

90s sounding ambient electronica

http://myuzyk.net/releases/MZYKN005

other faves include

KLF - Chill Out

Chapterhouse Retranslated By Global Communication - Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II

  On 6/1/2010 at 7:14 PM, TwiddleBot said:

gas-pop and konigsforst

jochem paap's ambient releases on FAX

thx for recommending the FAX releases. very awesome! I knew I would like them as GAS - POP is one of my favorite ambient releases.

"Chapterhouse Retranslated By Global Communication - Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis" seconded

or thirded or however many times it's been posted already

  On 8/18/2010 at 1:46 PM, Zykial said:

Chapterhouse Retranslated By Global Communication - Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis

this album is the fuckin' business!! pity it is so hard to find :-/

loscil and loess are definitely my favourite ambient artists

also ametsub

Rainbow Dome Musick - Steve Hillage

Early 70s Tangerine Dream

Brain Eno - Music For Airports

- Music for Films

- Apollo Soundtracks and Atmospheres

- Thursday Afternoon

Howie B - Music for Babies

- Stripped to the Bone (Sly & Robbie remixes)

Gong - Angels Egg

Aphex Twin - SAW 1

Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves

Parts of Leftfields music

1. william basinski - 92982

i like ambient music to be mostly nonmelodic, to stretch out in drones over long durations, to be nonintrusive, quiet, and sleepy.

i believe this is the best ambient album ever made.

Stars Of The Lid - Per Aspera Ad Astra (and their following albums)

Thomas Köner - Nuuk

Biosphere - Substrata

Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2

i love ambient music because it is long and quiet, thus being ideal for day-dreaming and imagination trigger.

my favorite albums would be

steve roach's dreamtime return and quiet music

brian eno's apollo: atmospheres & sountracks

the klf's chill out

dreamfish's dreamfish

biosphere's dropsonde

FSOL's lifeforms

global communication's 76:14

carbon based lifeforms' world of sleepers

and somehow included

aphex twin's selected ambient works vol II

Sun Electric live in 94...

Not sure about favourite, but most influential would probably be the dungeon music from the Zelda64 soundtracks if those count (heard it when I was <10, was the first time I was consciously aware of there being more types of music out there than what was played on the radio).

  On 10/18/2010 at 1:34 AM, ruiagnelo said:

the klf's chill out

global communication's 76:14

forgot these two

rather than rehashing classic ambient albums again and again, i want to add a new album that i love:

Yann Novak - Relocation.Reconstruction from 12K records

check it out

oh, two more:

Kevin Drumm - Inperial Distortion

Kevin Drumm - Inperial Horizon

been loving these two since they came out a couple years ago

just want to be clear that 92982 came out last year... and it is already my favorite. for what it's worth.

every stars of the lid album i would rank among my favorites.

steve roach has a few great "drift/trip" records. instead of just sleeping off while listening to them, you can treat it as an interstellar travel.

BRIAN ENO - AMBIENT 1

JOHN CAGE - SONATAS AND INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO ( i consider this ambient )

MORTON FELDMAN - rothko chapel / piano+string quartet

  On 10/18/2010 at 1:31 AM, Enter a new display name said:

Stars Of The Lid - Per Aspera Ad Astra (and their following albums)

Thomas Köner - Nuuk

Biosphere - Substrata

Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2

Good list!

I like:

Stars Of The Lid - The Tired Sounds of...

Biosphere - Substrata

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2

Eno - Discreet Music

Taylor Deupree - Northern

Shuttle 358 - Understanding Wildlife

Aphex - SAW 2

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks

Fourcolor - Water Mirror / Air Curtain

Fennesz - Endless Summer / Venice

KFW - Playthroughs

Opitope - Hau

you listen to one and youve heard them all

  On 10/18/2010 at 2:01 AM, vamos scorcho said:

MORTON FELDMAN - rothko chapel / piano+string quartet

Yep.

  On 10/18/2010 at 2:39 AM, Dan C said:

  On 10/18/2010 at 2:01 AM, vamos scorcho said:

MORTON FELDMAN - rothko chapel / piano+string quartet

 

Yep.

the idea of a live ambient album performed in the rothko chapel is super-intriguing. presently acquiring!

36's stuff always makes me happy

There's just so many but here are a few that spring to mind.

Seefeel - Quique

Seefeel - Succour

Aphex Twin - SAW 2

Brian Eno - On Land

Harold Budd/Brian Eno - Ambient 2

Steve Hillage - Radio Dome Music

Locust - In Rememberance Of Times Past

  On 10/18/2010 at 3:28 AM, Promo said:

There's just so many but here are a few that spring to mind.

 

Seefeel - Quique

 

I dont know if I would classify Quique as ambient.

love that album though.

  On 10/18/2010 at 3:33 AM, beatfanatic said:

  On 10/18/2010 at 3:28 AM, Promo said:

There's just so many but here are a few that spring to mind.

 

Seefeel - Quique

 

 

I dont know if I would classify Quique as ambient.

 

love that album though.

Yeah, agreed. Certainly borderline.

I tend to prefer the slightly less droney, more structured end of ambient.

FSOL - Lifeforms, Environments series

Global Communication - 76 14

Aphex - Selected Ambient Works

Biosphere - Substrata

The Orb - UFOrb

Matthew Florianz, Erik T'Sas, Joris De Man - Electronic Forest

Apollyon - Veror Aesik

Spacetime Continuum - Sea Biscuit