today's AMBIENT selection
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Zeromancer
Super Member
Hypersona - 36
song Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct6njCIjq3Q
I never get tired of this song. Every time I listen to it I feel like I'm taken away to another world. Great stress relief song.
song Forever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct6njCIjq3Q
I never get tired of this song. Every time I listen to it I feel like I'm taken away to another world. Great stress relief song.
Zeromancer
Super Member
Currently listening to Zero Cult - Part of Rapture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYm3Fd3-WbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYm3Fd3-WbA
Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
Just a quick note: I've replaced some of the pictures in here with better ones. I'm still getting used to using a better/newer camera, and I'm not accustomed to having to manually focus every time I take a picture - that's why some of them came out pretty bad, and a few in here still should be replaced but I don't have the time at the moment.
I haven't heard those two Roach albums, but considering how many albums that guy has, it isn't surprising. I'm a big Can fan, but haven't gotten to Czukay's solo stuff yet.
Another person I'm really into, whose seminal work was released in the 70s and 80s, is former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. More on him when he's on the day's playlist.
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I haven't heard those two Roach albums, but considering how many albums that guy has, it isn't surprising. I'm a big Can fan, but haven't gotten to Czukay's solo stuff yet.
Another person I'm really into, whose seminal work was released in the 70s and 80s, is former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. More on him when he's on the day's playlist.
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Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
Closing The Eternity
Northern Lights Ambience (7" 45rpm single)
Drone Records, April 2006, lmtd. 300
There's an actual metal key glued to the cover of the sleeve - that's not a picture of one. From the notes inside:
"Recorded during 2003 by 121 using synths and northern lights' soundings."
I didn't know the northern lights made sounds.
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Northern Lights Ambience (7" 45rpm single)
Drone Records, April 2006, lmtd. 300
There's an actual metal key glued to the cover of the sleeve - that's not a picture of one. From the notes inside:
"Recorded during 2003 by 121 using synths and northern lights' soundings."
I didn't know the northern lights made sounds.
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BostonDave
Lunatic Member
Robert Rich & Steve Roach
Strata
Hearts of Space
1990
Strata
Hearts of Space
1990
Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
That's another one I want to look into, but it's difficult to keep up with the Steve Roach stuff.
Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
Thanks, and no, haven't heard of him.
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
I seem to be using Ambient as a musical palette cleanser these days. I have a hankering to hunt down some new classical music so I'm using it to transition from the experimental rock groove I've been in lately. Tonight's listening:
Death Ambient
Cluster and Eno
Terry Riley & Don Cherry - Koln Concert 1975
The last one might be minimalist-jazz-ambient but who's counting. It's great no matter the tag.
Death Ambient
Cluster and Eno
Terry Riley & Don Cherry - Koln Concert 1975
The last one might be minimalist-jazz-ambient but who's counting. It's great no matter the tag.
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Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
I seem to be using Ambient as a musical palette cleanser these days. I have a hankering to hunt down some new classical music so I'm using it to transition from the experimental rock groove I've been in lately. Tonight's listening:
Dark Ambient
Cluster and Eno
Terry Riley & Don Cherry - Koln Concert 1975
The last one might be minimalist-jazz-ambient but who's counting. It's great no matter the tag.
It says "Death Ambient."
What do you think of the Cluster and Eno? I've gotten really close to pulling the trigger on the reissue a couple times.
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
It says "Death Ambient."
What do you think of the Cluster and Eno? I've gotten really close to pulling the trigger on the reissue a couple times.
I like it but it's not my favorite "& Eno" type work. I was just looking at vinyl prices for my favorite, it still appears to be a little more expensive than I'd like to pay.
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
It says "Death Ambient."
Ooops, I was going to write a little blurb but then I deleted it, just not the right parts. It's a dark ambient recording by Death Ambient.
I'll have to remember that one for the name that album thread.
Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
You'd be forbidden to respond to that one since you already know from this thread. :nono:
Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
I like that, and I think I know just what you mean. I often end the evening's listening session with ambient music. It sort of resets the brain, and brings everything to a quiet conclusion, though not necessarily one lacking depth. There's a reason it's referred to as "deep listening."
In that very spirit, tonight's session winds down with my favorite Tangerine Dream album:
Tangerine Dream
Zeit
Virgin Records limited 2lp, 1976
Hmm, I should probably take some better pictures of this one. :scratch2:
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poppachubby
Boo Yaka! Boo Yaka!
Can you guys give a loose definition of ambient? I enjoy Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation, do they qualify?
I see that someone posted a Don Cherry album. I have all of his most important releases, is that the ambient vibe?
Is it more a mood than a sound?
I see that someone posted a Don Cherry album. I have all of his most important releases, is that the ambient vibe?
Is it more a mood than a sound?
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
Here's one of Eno's definitions: ""Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting." I have a hard time drawing the line on some electronic music and I think the genre a band (or album) is listed under has more to do with the intended audience than what it actually sounds like sometimes.
It would appear those groups are listed as downtempo/electronic so certainly in the neighborhood of ambient. They've both got to be closer than "Bush of Ghosts".
The Riley/Cherry thing I listed is the only thing I know from him that's close. The 1970 studio album is more drone/minimalist and not what I'd consider ambient and the rest of Cherry's stuff seems more avant than ambient.
I usually just cheat by going to Rate Your Music and seeing if any of the genres listed are ambient.
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