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recommend me some ambient music
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i recently moved into a new apartment and set up a media pc for audio. currently, i'm in the process of ripping all of my cds to mp3 and ditching my 300 disc cd changer.
now onto my question: i would like to have a good amount of ambient tunes to play in my apartment to set a decent mood/tone for the place. i can't really suggest any particular genre because that is too limiting so suggest away!
here is what i have right now that i would consider optimal ambient music:
photek - modus operandi dj shadow - endtroducing beethoven - pretty much anything vivaldi - the four seasons langtry - as upon the road thereto iron and wine - the creek drank the cradle
so as you can see, it's not strictly instrumental stuff. some of it has lyrics but it's all fairly mellow. give me more.
03:42 pm, Saturday, June 25, 2005 (3 years ago)
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Chris Viennas Soundtrack to American McGee's Alice. Though it's a bit horrorshow.
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03:46 pm (3 years ago)
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radiohead - sail to the moon) any and all sigur ros (especially viðrar vel til loftárása and ny batteri) the notwist - off the rails (and the rest of the album) yo la tengo - night Falls on Hoboken air - alone in kyoto slowdive - souvlaki space station
i need to run, but if you like these, i'll suggest more later :]
cheers
03:55 pm (3 years ago)
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hm. i have that slowdive album but i haven't listened to it yet (along with some other slowdive). i also have some sigur ros and i suppose you are correct, that would work.
03:59 pm (3 years ago)
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I posted albums from last year for that thread.
Here are some newer ones:
Raul Midon - State of mind Feist - let it die Lizz Wright - dreaming wide awake Povo - we are povo Lippok & B. Morgenstern - tesri
These are some from different directions of music. And with all of them you will have a very smooth and ambient atmosphere. If you are more looking for background music i would recommed compilations like all those "Coffe lounge moccha bar compilations"
Next year i will have my own flat, too. And it really is time for that ;)
I hope that helped you a little.
04:13 pm (3 years ago)
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Get some Nuuro, he kicks ass. I even got his previous tracks that he doesn't have available anymore, woot.
Nuuro
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04:16 pm (3 years ago)
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Ok, sorry about that but I didn't see that you can't use a link tag, anyways the address is:
http://nuuro.net/
Garon Shanks AEIIV.NET Do you believe in what you see?
04:17 pm (3 years ago)
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Some genre defining ambiance (and some not so ambient) from Aphex Twin, who's coincidentally often compared to Beethoven:
1. Pulsewidth 2. Analogue Bubblebath 3. Blue Calx 4. Xtal 5. Pancake Lizard 6. a twin medly 7. Finger Bib 8. Rhubarb 9. .215061 10. cat 00897-aa1 11. Polynomial 12. Commodore 64 13. Flim 14. Goon Gumpas 15. Ageispolis 16. Cordialotron 18. Girl-Boy Song 19. Schottkey 7th Path 20. Ptolemy 21. Outside 22. Beatnik 2 23. Heliosphan 24: Feelings on a Screen 25: Hy A Scullyas Lyf Adhagrow 26: Jynweythek Ylow 27: Lichen 28: Jedi
04:43 pm (3 years ago)
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ya know, i hear a lot about aphex twin and i've seen a few videos of his but i've never actually looked into the music. thanks for the suggestion.
and imrik, i'll check out those artists too.
04:53 pm (3 years ago)
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brian eno's "music for airports" is kind of the cornerstone for an ambient music collection.
and it's good too.
04:57 pm (3 years ago)
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Pinback - Bluescreen Life and Summer in abadon
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07:48 pm (3 years ago)
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try to check out the new coldplay album, its great to relax to.
--- Ommmie
08:16 pm (3 years ago)
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skip Ambient St. and go straight to Classical Rd. or Opera Dr.!
10:06 pm (3 years ago)
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Anything by The orb.
HEYLOVE | FOURIMPRESSIONS
10:32 pm (3 years ago)
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Aural Imbalance - Different Perspective (laid-back atmospheric drum & bass)
_ enfusion _ www.ambiescent.com
02:00 am (3 years ago)
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Oh, also the compilation "Electric Calm v2" from Global Underground.
_ enfusion _ www.ambiescent.com
02:02 am (3 years ago)
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The new Coldplay like ommmie said, and then their old ones, and maybe even The Postal Service. Also some Death Cab for Cutie, and Frou Frou.
Garon Shanks AEIIV.NET Do you believe in what you see?
02:24 am (3 years ago)
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i wouldn't consider coldplay ambient or even decent music. also, the postal service and death cab, while good bands, are too attention-heavy to create an atmosphere. they attract too much attention to themselves.
10:27 pm (3 years ago)
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the album leaf has some good tracks.
11:04 pm (3 years ago)
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Nuuro it is then.
http://nuuro.net/
Garon Shanks AEIIV.NET Do you believe in what you see?
11:09 pm (3 years ago)
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mum tosca dirty three gorecki boards of canada bowery electric hood jakob low throbbing gristle peace orchestra cat power hayden ...
11:22 pm (3 years ago)
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portishead blockhead prefuse 73
11:42 pm (3 years ago)
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Amazon would come in handy here, right?
// spr33 visionleague™
07:00 am (3 years ago)
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i'd give my 2c but err, yeah.. ______________.. R1P visionleague™
04:21 pm (3 years ago)
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the previous two posts make no sense to me. i must be a mental midget.
04:39 pm (3 years ago)
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i meant most users posted alotta stuff which i was gonna suggest mojo ______________.. R1P visionleague™
05:53 pm (3 years ago)
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Zero 7 - When it falls
06:04 pm (3 years ago)
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And I meant the Amazon Suggestion engine. Doesn't take much to put 2 and 2 together now does it?
// spr33 visionleague™
06:45 pm (3 years ago)
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If you haven't already, give St. Germain a try. I'm a big fan of their Tourist Album, but if thats too much for ambient then try Cafe Printemps.
07:17 pm (3 years ago)
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Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu Haydn - "Emperor" quartet Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor Bach - Fugue in G minor (Little Fugue) Santana - El Farol Santana - Samba Pa' Ti Santana - Europa Mozart - Symphony # 40 Ravel - Bolero
and my favorites: KJAH and CHATTERBOX FM from GTA3.
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08:09 pm (3 years ago)
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ah i see. i understand now.
08:15 pm (3 years ago)
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:)
btw you still owe me ten bucks ______________.. R1P visionleague™
10:12 pm (3 years ago)
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Funk Porcini - Fast Asleep, great album. God Speed You Black Emporer - Sleep
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03:25 am (3 years ago)
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Amon Tobin H.U.V.A. Network Biosphere Also, there's a lot of compilations cds: Bar lounge, Lounge connection, Café lounge etc.
.iko
06:43 am (3 years ago)
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http://www.bluemars.org
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09:30 am (3 years ago)
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mojo knows EITS, he introduced me to the them, like, a million years ago.
I would say, besides the friday night lights soundtrack, their music is way too dynamic and engaging to be used as aural filler. But it does gush atmosphere.
They are the shit sandwich.
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01:40 pm (3 years ago)
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EITS rocks! But, damit, when will their site be up!?!?
>>I'm a Captain without any shipmates.
03:21 pm (3 years ago)
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Banco de Gaia 'Last Train To Lhasa' 2CD (c)1995 Banco de Gaia 'Big Men Cry' (c)1997 Banco de Gaia '10 years' 2CD (c)2002
-- Solar Fields 'Reflective Frequencies' (c)2001 Solar Fields 'Blue Moon Station' (c)2003
All these albums are masterpieces. Esp. Solar Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i, noizze
02:35 am (3 years ago)
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The channel "Groove Salad" on the winamp radio always playes good stuff.
HEYLOVE | FOURIMPRESSIONS
07:51 am (3 years ago)
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This maybe is weird food for some people. But that is my world of music.
http://www.takagimasakatsu.com//
If i would be free to make what i want to i would like to learn from this person. He really impressed me the first time i heard and saw something from him. Especially because the person which is very close to him is called Pia, too ...
If you do like him Mojomonkee you will have the perfect music.
09:36 am (3 years ago)
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Takagi Masakatsu is fabulous! His music is very soothing and has a certain Zen vibe to it. Very euphonious.
01:26 pm (3 years ago)
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Sorry for this double post, but check out Yuichiro Fujimoto as well. Yuichiro and Takagi are similar in vein, but the former is slower and has less percussion. Both are instrumental, however.
http://www.yuichirofujimoto.com/
01:30 pm (3 years ago)
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Thank you very, very much. Takagi really makes very intense music with which i connect a lot of thoughts and memories.
03:20 pm (3 years ago)
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slipknot, hatebreed, disturbed, cannibal corpse are all pretty good choices
03:59 pm (3 years ago)
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Er, ambient? That's like death metal dude.
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07:15 pm (3 years ago)
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i'm suprised garon didn't add hi5 or the wiggles to that list ... lol :D
08:09 pm (3 years ago)
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as far as EITS goes... too much crescendo and climax to be considered "ambient". try falling asleep to EITS. it's a futile exercise. you'll doze off to something like "the moon is down" and wake up to cymbals and a driving bassbeat while a high pitched guitar wails. no good.
same goes for anyone on constellation records... gybe, silver mt. zion, etc. although valley of the giants might work for ambient sounds. that self titled album of theirs is golden even if it is a semi-failure of a concept album.
08:16 pm (3 years ago)
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oh snap i forgot. if anyone wants some sweet-ass-sweet minimal piano check out eluvium's new album "an accidental memory in the case of death". he's on the same label as EITS and his new album is the bee's knees. his other album "lambant material" makes some good guitar soundscapes too.
08:19 pm (3 years ago)
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anything by Sam Prekop or Tortoise.
01:28 pm (3 years ago)
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I forgot someone too, Télépopmusik. They are one of my favorite groups, and they are french, woot. Their music is real shallow and mellow and I think it falls into the catergory as ambient.
i'm suprised garon didn't add hi5 or the wiggles to that list ... lol :D
Er, I'm not sure what you mean by that but whatever
09:54 pm (3 years ago)
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oh, totally forgot about Britney Spears. check out her earlier work if you're looking for something mellow to fill up the room. there are a few lyrics, but they definitly add to the ambientness of the whole work. and try some DMX; he's a little iffy, but he generally does nice, soothing stuff.
11:20 am (3 years ago)
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And finally there is my music. Maybe it´s ambient enough for you
http://www.4impressions.net/zip/audio/Preview.mp3
This is the long preview for the coming debut album. It will be in the store in the end of august. Together with prints in A5, A4, and A3. I will post everything new i can tell you :)
05:49 am (3 years ago)
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iso50.com 's soundtrack
(quick) i sang justin timberlake - senorita to a girl at a party (quick) she slapped me
10:44 am (3 years ago)
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Thank you for the Eluvium suggestion, mojo. I'm really really liking this. Mellow and melodic goooodness. I'm also a sucker for piano.
Imrik, you sure are the Renaissance man! Amazing artwork, coding, websites, designs, and now music! Awesome guitar work. I'll definately buy your upcoming record.
02:37 pm (3 years ago)
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I love ambient music so I do have a handful of stuff I can recommend. I hope you see this post and take up some of my recommendations :)
(Single) Ludwig van Beethoven - SonSonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 - 01 - 'Mondschein' - Adagio Sostenuto (aka "Moonlight Sonata") (Single) Amadeus Mozart - Pachabel Canon in D (Single) Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (Single) Final Fantasy X - Tidus and Yuna's Theme (Single) Requiem for a Dream - Lux Aeterna (Single) Requiem for a Dream - Lux Aeterna (Two Towers Remix) (Single) ATB - First Love (Single) ATB - Underwater World (Single) Ayla - Dreamland (Single) John Williams - Schindler's List (Theme) (Single) Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Alison Krauss - Slumber My Darling
(Album) Café del Mar Vol. 12 - Ambient (Album) Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach (Album) Yo-Yo Ma, Ennio Morricone - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (Album) Band of Brothers - Soundtrack
And my most favorite album that I would consider ambient, Sasha - Airdrawndagger. It's my muse when I need inspiration and wisdom when I study.
I hope you like these selctions.
JONATHAN ` idioRHYTHM
08:34 pm (3 years ago)
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The new 2Raumwohnung album
"Melancholisch schön"
Wonderful acoustic music with such beautiful lyrics, german lyrics.
04:09 pm (3 years ago)
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U.K. band The Early Years....very Eno and Kraftwerk
11:15 am (1 year ago)
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godspeed you black emperor hrsta 1-speed bike bottleskup flenkenkenmike bright eyes (though some of it isnt really melodic) elliot smith rufus wainwright !!! (though more indie-dance pop)
yah thats all i can think of off the top of my head at this point (through 34 hours of work in 3 days im glad i can think at all).
08:08 pm (1 year ago)
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zero 7, perhaps?
11:00 pm (1 year ago)
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edIT Crying over Pros for No Reason Federico Aubele Granhotelbuenosaires Frost Melodica Loden In Zee Nuuro All Clear Ochre Lemodie Tycho Past Is Prologue
04:40 am (1 year ago)
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