Sunny Ambient

Biosphere's Dropsonde is probably the most "sunny" ambient-release I know. It's freaking beautiful, I haven't heard anything else that fits a summer afternoon as well as this album, each track has got an immense warmth to it, it's relaxing yet emotional, like the laid-back brother of Geogaddi.

Is there anything else like it?

I haven't heard anything like Dropsonde. These are some other, more strictly ambient albums that I would say are even more sunny, overall, than Dropsonde.

You can't go wrong with Chihei Hatakeyama for sunny ambient jams. In particular I would go with his 'Saunter', 'A Long Journey', and 'Minima Moralia' albums:

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's 'Conversations With Myself':

http://shiningskullstudio.bandcamp.com/album/conversations-with-myself

Simon Scott's 'Below Sea Level' album:

http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/below_sea_level/

This album from Simon Bainton (of Pausal):

http://simonbainton.bandcamp.com

Loscil's 'First Narrows' album:

Hakobune's 'Away From The Lunar Waters' album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD905Q-y-vA

http://hakobune.bandcamp.com/album/away-from-the-lunar-waters

I don't know of a ton of purely ambient stuff, but this always gives me a warm vibe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8LvuXJG6s

The only thing that came to mind immediately was the Ico game soundtrack, and the track form it Heal. I can listen to it for hours. It's just so nice. Really warm and hazy but also a tad bit sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Dn9kX9xyA

Yeah, that is really nice. Pushing me towards finally playing that game already.

Enjoying every post so far...

That Loscil-track is pretty fitting! I didn't know that album, I only know Plume which is beautiful as well, and kind of sad, too.

I forgot to mention my other go-to Summer-Ambient-Album - Robert Rich's Echo of Small Things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeOiolmnn18

It's not exactly similar to Dropsonde (as there are only beatless tracks), but it has a somewhat similar mood ... it's actually even more related to the mood of the Ueda-games (ICO and Shadow of the Colossus)

Most of Manual's stuff has summer vibes. http://manual.bandcamp.com/

The Automatics Group - Summer Mix. It's like delving through your brain trying to find 10 year old memories of summer parties

Also Celer - Evaporate And Wonder. The soundtrack to the final sunset of the summer slowly descending

Also:

All (Wolfgang Voigt) - Alltag EP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx-8nrJlEUU

Hatchback - Zeus & Apollo:

Fennesz Sakamoto - Cendre is one of my go to summer sunset/evening albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5d0NpDvFJw

  On 7/8/2013 at 1:57 AM, DorkingtonPugsly said:

The only thing that came to mind immediately was the Ico game soundtrack, and the track form it Heal. I can listen to it for hours. It's just so nice. Really warm and hazy but also a tad bit sad.

 

 

Oh man I used to stay at that save bench for ages just listening to this

This even has the word summer in the title.

I'm checking out some of those! Keep them coming. Some more stuff with beats? Loscil hase some, the majority is only soundscapes, which is fine, but it's a bit hard to work while listening to this!

We're currently setting up a kind of exhibition at art school, everyone's working like mad and running all over the place, painting walls and doing several things at once - but during the multiple times I played Dropsonde there over my stereo, the whole mood seemed to change, people started to calm down, get more focused . I don't think people even noticed the music consciously, but it's a beautiful sun-lit building near the river, and Dropsonde really does something to the mood!

Pretty much everything from GAS sounds summer-y to me.

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

(Check out the whole album by Brock Van Wey Album - White Clouds Drift On & On )

Funny, never thought of Dropsonde as sunny. Quite the contrary, actually. Time for a relisten :)

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  On 7/8/2013 at 9:20 AM, pigster said:

 

  On 7/8/2013 at 1:57 AM, DorkingtonPugsly said:

The only thing that came to mind immediately was the Ico game soundtrack, and the track form it Heal. I can listen to it for hours. It's just so nice. Really warm and hazy but also a tad bit sad.

 

Oh man I used to stay at that save bench for ages just listening to this

 

Yeah same. I used to keep it on and kinda drift off. Good times, I'm waiting for the Last Guardian to come out so I can play Ico and soc all at once again.

This is turning out to be an incredibly nice thread, loving all the tracks here.

  On 7/9/2013 at 1:45 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

I'm checking out some of those! Keep them coming. Some more stuff with beats?

Guess you're not really looking for purely ambient then, haha. Half of Dropsonde is like electronic jazz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp34_4c5Wo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYVib0rpdXg

I'll submit a few of my own, if no one minds - these were composed with sunshine in mind:

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I've been playing L. Pierre a lot:

A lot of releases on cassette tape labels fit this description: they are pretty but often deliberately (and arguably excessively) lo-fi.

http://youtu.be/CNxHHpImUik

http://youtu.be/Lf30zO1opBY

"chillwave" had it's moments

http://youtu.be/m1J24meNh74

  On 7/9/2013 at 1:45 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

I'm checking out some of those! Keep them coming. Some more stuff with beats? Loscil hase some, the majority is only soundscapes, which is fine, but it's a bit hard to work while listening to this!

If beats and a bit more percussive rhythm or higher tempo is what you're after I'd recommend Helios or maybe Ulrich Schnauss or Tycho. Lusine and Apparat come to mind too. I dunno, it depends on the aesthetic too. There's pl

You might look into post-rock as well, the less soft/loud crescendo stuff.

Wow that tape stuff is neat.

  On 7/9/2013 at 10:23 PM, th555 said:

Wow that tape stuff is neat.

Been digging it a lot lately - another reason I love RDJ's SAW albums is that they were recorded to tape. I like hi-fi stuff too though, it's a mood thing I guess.

  On 7/8/2013 at 1:18 AM, Tauhid said:

I haven't heard anything like Dropsonde. These are some other, more strictly ambient albums that I would say are even more sunny, overall, than Dropsonde.

 

You can't go wrong with Chihei Hatakeyama for sunny ambient jams. In particular I would go with his 'Saunter', 'A Long Journey', and 'Minima Moralia' albums:

 

I love Chihei Hatakeyama's stuff...

Slow Dancing Society is pretty sunny IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnC8ugTwBqw

Both beatless works, but the concept behind them certainly embodies 'sunny' music.

John Hudak - Room With Sky

Andrew Deutsch - The Sun

Good shout on the Shuttle 358, hopefully he'll get around to releasing another album.

  On 7/10/2013 at 12:00 AM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 7/9/2013 at 10:23 PM, th555 said:

Wow that tape stuff is neat.

 

Been digging it a lot lately - another reason I love RDJ's SAW albums is that they were recorded to tape. I like hi-fi stuff too though, it's a mood thing I guess.

 

Who said tape can't be hi-fi? Autechre certainly didn't.

  On 7/12/2013 at 1:24 AM, bodywithoutorgans said:

Good shout on the Shuttle 358, hopefully he'll get around to releasing another album.

Seriously. Dude is sorely missed.