Wow, this is something, eh?

If everything is as subtle and gorgeous as "The Singsong Waters of an Endless Sea" has been for the past eighteen minutes, I'll be going back to this for both sleep and drugs! I'm liking it a whole damned lot.

here it is:


Amazing album...Top 3 of the year!

well i just had another gimmie from the AMBIENT guy from work.

Ulrich Schnauss

A Strangely Isolated Place

so far this isn't too bad...kinda gives me a moby feel but still good. any other suggestions on this fella?

ps..if anyone wants this let me know and i'll up it. didn't have time this evening.

Hmmm.... Milieu really bored me. I didn't hear much in it worth sticking around for.

The Caretaker was kind of interesting. Mezzotint was the best of the recent albums posted that I've been able to hear.

Keeping up with this thread is tough but I guess that's part of what makes it good.


New album this year? Someone on the board said so recently. Definitely looking forward to that.

I liked the Caretaker album, and haven't gotten around to Milieu yet, as well as the Xela album. I'm slow to digest this kind
of music, and it seems to be coming from all directions lately. And for some reason I can't download the Milieu music onto a cd, my cd maker shuts down every time I try to copy this particular file. So I've sampled a bit on my computer speakers and it seems good, but haven't heard it on my stereo speakers (which I'm dying to do). I'll probably just buy a copy anyway.

That Ulrich Schnauss album grew on me a bit, but I still think that His other release is far superior. Something about the vocals on that album that bug me.

Far Away Trains Passing By? is that the one you speak of? if so i'm getting a copy tomorrow. i'll keep ya posted.

exactly. I think you won't be dissappointed with that one. It's bright, fun and poppy listening for the most part.

Far Away Trains is one of my favorite electronic releases of this decade. There was like a three month stretch when i first heard it that it was the only thing I wanted to listen to (well as far as electronic music goes). If anyone wants me to up either Trains or Strangely Isolated Place, lemme know.

Really good album, yeah. Fans of BoC, take note!

"Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn" is my shit, I tell you.

I actually think this guy is the most overrated ambient artist that the SOMB has ever latched onto. How this guy got into the collective brains of this message board I'll never figure out. I think he's a boring, predictable hack.

You've got a point.
I was well into this guy a few years ago but now i can't, for the life of me, see why.
It all sounds so very lightweight and disposable to me now.
It seems to have aged really badly.

I love this thread.
pimping for the endless summer re-release. go buy it. best cd ever!

that milieu disc is fairly good, slow changes but they just don't do much. I still havent listened to all of machinefabriek, only the third song.

I listened to this for the first time today and wow.

Please use this music to accompany a video montage of me at my funeral. Thanks.


I read the review of the reissue on Pitchforkmedia and thought you'd be glad to see that. I know you were disappointed that you couldn't get your hands on a copy of the original release but it sounds like the reissue will be just as good but with extra goods thrown in too.

in all fairness, its not just the SOMBies that have latched onto Ulrich.

strange though, i have the same reaction to Boards of Canada (boring and predictable). Except for Music is Math, which is just brilliant.

I wish it had the original artwork but yeah, I'm still planning on buying this one. and yes, very much so glad to see it with a possitive rating still. absolutly amazing art in the form of music. anyway, enough of the old, back to the new. sorry ambient people.

oh yeah, could anyone maybe obtain Belong's October Language. for some reason I cant download torrent files at faster than 4kb a second, recent shittyness. but anyway, I would really love to hear it. if not, ok.

Hello denizens of the Nook,

Since a few of you seemed to enjoy the Caretaker album i uploaded awhile back, i figured i would share some more Caretaker which i just recently u/l for another board. Due to ridiculous amounts of reading right now, i'll just re-post my original disclaimer to the album as well, as to save time.

Happy New Year's ambient buddies.

Phil


Edit: Since the description of "a slow descent into hell" is more than a little vague (and not quite convincing enough to justify such a huge download), i suppose i should specify a bit more as to what the album sounds like. Imagine a Machinefabriek album, slowed to half its normal speed, and played in a cavern hundreds of miles below the earth's surface. The result might sound something like this album. Or not. Whatever.

Belong - October language

Name: B-OL.zip
Size: 74MB

thanks for the fish guys. Six discs that need to be listened to in one sitting? Some of us work for
a living! we'll see how far I can get into this one.

I'm looking forward to purchasing the endless summer reissue as well. Or is it out already?





I can understand your assessment of him. While I still don't like Isolated Place all that much, I will defend
Trains as being a very fun ambient/electronic record. Can't think of too many that are as sunny and enjoyable as
that one. I'm looking forward to his next release.

and is Schnauss really ambient? We've been referring to him as such, but I never think of him off the board as being so. He's more of a pure electronic artist to me. As much ambient as M83 is, or BoC.

I know i know, it is indeed asking a lot. I found it hard to find time for as well, but managed to do it one evening during the holidays. I mean, don't get me wrong, it can be enjoyed in pieces, it just isn't meant to be. It works better as a whole. But if the whole "enjoy in one sitting" thing just isn't to be, than enjoy it however you can.

(this reminds me of the Lord of the Rings marathon i've been meaning to have and have been putting off for years now...)

Various - Pop Ambient 2007

Kompakt's annual offering is always of interest, this one is as good as any in the series and atm i would say it's one of the best. A feast of sonic goodness.

Name: VA-PA2007.rar
Size: 136MB


Label: Kompakt
Catalog#: KOMPAKT CD 54
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 17 Nov 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By - Wolfgang Voigt

Tracks:
1 Popnoname - Hafen (5:08)
Music By - Popnoname
2 Markus Guentner - Altocomulus Opacus (7:29)
Music By - Markus Guentner
3 Gas - Nach 1912 (7:10)
Music By - Wolfgang Voigt
4 The Field - Kappsta (7:51)
Music By - Axel Willner
5 Thomas Fehlmann - Next To The Field (5:42)
Music By - Thomas Fehlmann
6 Triola - Das Wunder Der Kulperhütte (7:34)
Music By - Jörg Burger
7 Marsen Jules - Ou La Nostalgie Habite (5:28)
Music By - Martin Juhls
8 Klimek - Ruined In A Day (Buenos Aires) (4:53)
Music By - Klimek
9 Ulf Lohmann - Lai King Est (2:12)
Music By - Ulf Lohmann
10 Andrew Thomas - I Am Here Where Are You (7:50)
Music By - Andrew Thomas

Here's an ambo gem from Belgian sound artists, Matthew Florianz and Erik T'Sas.


Erik T'Sas and Matthew Florianz - Improvisaties Op D

Name: Erik T'Sas and Matthew Florianz - Improvisaties Op D.rar
Size: 56MB


Label: Laidback Electronica
Catalog#: le008
Format: File, MP3
Country: Netherlands
Released: 16 May 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient

Tracklisting:
1 Improvisaties in D
2 Duisternis
3 Middernacht
4 Ochtend
5 Dag
6 Ttl
7 Improvisaties

Pulusha - Isolation

Real Name: Mark Pritchard & Kirsty Hawkshaw
Profile: One-off collaboration between Mark Pritchard (from Global Communication/Reload) and vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw, which resulted in the two-part ambient piece "Isolation".
Label: Evolution / Universal Language Productions Ltd.
Catalog#: EVO035CD
Format: CD, Maxi-Single
Country: UK
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient

Tracks:
1 Isolation (Part One) (11:30)
2 Isolation (Part Two) (8:24)

File Name: Isolation.zip
Size: 18MB

Too... Much... AMBIENT!

What's that Belong album like?

Wow. A feast of good shit put up here in the last 24 hours. Thanks dantempo - i'll check out all of this.

I've been listening to this a lot lately, and since i'm in the mood for sharing, voilà...


Deaf Center - Pale Ravine
(Type Records, 2005)

1. Lobby
2. Thread
3. White Lake
4. Path to Lucy
5. Stone Beacon
6. Weir
7. Loft
8. Thunder Night
9. Lamp Mein
10. The Clearing
11. Fog Animal
12. Eloy

man, so much stuff i need to get from this thread...

have you guys seen this blog?
http://faunigena.blogspot.com/

I haven't gone there in quite some time, actually. Looks like he's put a lot of stuff up since then!
Those Lustmord lp's are recommended (the one's I've heard: Heresy, and Black Stars). Very dark
ambient stuff.

I'm going to give this a try:

i've been listening to eluvium's "talk amongst trees" a lot lately. it's a very good record that benefits from playing it quietly. i think i'll add it to my amazon wishlist.

thanks for the belong dantempo. hey A=team, can you re-up that BT album, it sounded really interesting but I never got around to dling it.

I really wanted to hear this and had a feeling it would be in this thread. Thank you much.

so for those of you that didn't hear belong's October Language before, I'm gonna go ahead and say "highly recommended". this is some really good stuff. sounds a bit like Fennesz's Venice and elements of Tim Hecker's cd put together. the first song uses bass with such power but it isn't over powering. download the link, really good shit. definatly would have made my best of 06 list had I known.

i just picked this up last weekend, and have been listening to it constantly since.

Yeah mang, just gimme an hour or so.

http://faunigena.blogspot.com/]http://faunigena.blogspot.com/


been totally blissing out to this album tonight. poppy shoegaze laptop stuff.
surprisingly mellow and nice!

Heres a link to one of the tracks --- if you like it, the link above to that blog has the album for ya
hotp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FF1AFAE752E8FC4A

its comforting, minimal and predictable; only time will tell if I like it weeks from now or not.




I agree with all of what you've written, it's great. Anyone who loved the Tim Hecker should give it a shot, it's along the same lines as that release, but not as overpowering I think.

I did this two years ago, and it was by far one of the better things I have done with my life. Me and five other buddies didn't move from the couches for the entire time, except when the pizza came.
We are planning to do The Extended Cut marathon some time soon.

For C. Pooter:

BT - This Binary Universe


Although this received a somewhat chilly response the first time round, hopefully a few more people might give this one a chance now. It is worth the download for the first track ("All That Makes Us Human Continues") alone.

Okay, so I realized I had been dismissing the latest Eluvium and hadn't spent enough time with it. I've finally realized it's pretty great, and d-l'ed a copy of Lambent Material and now my cover is blown. This is great! Needs to be played loud through my speakers at home, I think. I'll have to get the rest of his catalog, next up will be Talk Amongst the Trees.

Just looking for some more suggestions, so I ask, what are your favorite ambient albums?

Mine would have to be, off the top of my head in no order:

-Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
-Steve Roach - Structures from Silence
-Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
-Roger Eno & Laraaji - Islands

All I can think of.

These are a few of my favourite things...

Brian Eno - Music For Airports, On Land, Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks and Ambient series
Global Communication - 76:14, Pentamerous Metamorphosis
The Ambient Cookbook Vols 1 and 2 - Pete namlook/Fax Records
Woob 1 & 2 and pretty much anything on em:t records
ISHQ - Orchid
Namlook/Jenssen - Fires of Ork 1 & 2
Another Fine day - Life before Land
Chris Meloche - Recurring Dreams of the Urban Myth
Sun Electric - 30.7.94
MLO - lo
Tetsu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku, Organic Cloud
Pete Namlook & Dr Atmo - Silence 1, 2 & 3
The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vols 1 & 2
Alio Die - Suspended Feathers
Biosphere - Substrata
David Parsons - Dorje Ling, Yatra, Himalaya
Deep Space Network - Big Rooms, Earth To Infinity, Traffic
Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
Helios - Eingya
James Bernard - Atmospherics
John Foxx and Harold Budd - Drift Music, Translucence
Journeyman - Mama 6, National Hijinx
Klauss Schulze - Picture Music, Timewind
Loess - 3D Concepts Part 2
Matthew Florianz - Grijsgebied, Niemandsland, Self, Three, The Tone T(h)ree, Molenstraat
Michael Stearns - Encounter
Moby - Ambient
Pete Namlook & Mixmaster Morris - Dreamfish 1, 2
Baked Beans - Baked Beans
Seefeel - Quique
Spacetime Continuum - Alien Dreamtime, Sea Biscuit, Emit Ecaps
Stars Of The Lid - All Albums
Vir Unis - The Drift Inside, Thermal Transfer
Vidna Obmana - The River Of Appearance, Tremor
Susumu Yokota - Sakura, The Boy And The Tree
Troubleman - The First phase, Time Out Of Mind
Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms, ISDN
The KLF - Chill Out

PLUS - most releases from Richie Hawtin (aka Plasticman), Steve Roach, The Orb, Thomas Koner, Boards Of Canada (not really ambient, i know) and Vangelis.

I've doubtless missed a few important ones as i'm rushing through my collection but i'd say those are all pretty much worth having.
Thanks for the heads up on that Laraaji & Roger Eno - Islands, gonna track it down as i haven't heard it.
My opinion tends to change over time but the bold entries are currently what i'd consider essential.
Hope this provides some inspiration.

i love eno's stuff. some of his ambient works in order of preference:

ambient 1: music for airports
apollo: atmospheres & soundtracks
thursday afternoon
ambient 2: the plateaux of mirrro
ambient 4: on land

some other already mentioned stuff, just to comfirm the greatness i suppose:

aphex twin - selected ambient works vol. 1 and 2
eluvium - talk amongst the trees
tim hecker - harmony in ultraviolet
keith fullerton whitman - playthroughs


not sure if these can be classified as ambient, but i find them having that kind of ambient appeal to me:

miles davis - in a silent way
can - future days

Cool.

Also, speaking of which, which on your lists are good sleep records? I've been having trouble sleeping lately

eno's "ambient 1" or "thursday afternoon". and aphex twin - selected ambient works vol. II

but some time ago, i used to fall asleep to boards of canada ep "in a small place out in the country"

Cool.

Can somebody upload the Eno Ambient Series minus #2?

artem, considering you love eno and this miles davis recording, I suggest you check out this one here:


I've been listening to this one a lot lately. The first track, and really the whole album reminds me of
an extended meditation on Miles Davis's second track on In a Silent Way. You know, that very
peaceful part thats just perfect sounding?

Pavillion of Dreams is very free flowing and relaxing, highly recommended. I think I may have uploaded
it earlier in the thread.


Some of my favorites I see in my collection

Aphex volume 2
Eno- plateaux of mirror, music for airports, on land
Steve Roach- structures from silence, mystic chords, Strata, magnificent void, serpents lair (pretty much anything)
Robert Rich- drones/trances, stalker
Lustmord- heresy
the new Tim Hecker
Harold Budd- Serpent in quicksilver
Stars of the Lid- tired sounds, avec laudenum
Vidna Obmana- river of apperance (just picked up the remastered reissue)
windy and carl- consciousness
Dockstader- aerial 1
alio die/robert rich- fissures
labradford- prazision lp





fantastic stuff, haven't heard a lot of it and will definitely search some of it out. I feel like a retard for not having heard Sakura yet; but don't upload it, I'm going to buy a copy of it anyway.

thanks for suggestion, avec. i'll definetely look for it.


there's a blog that i posted on the previous page, from which you can get most of the eno works.

Another Fine Day - Life Before Land

Here's a classic from the magic year of 1994...so many superb releases from that one year.


Label: Beyond
Catalog#: RBADCD 7
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Credits: Artwork By - David Bickley
Mastered By - Matt Denny
Producer, Written-By - Tom Green
Notes: Distributed by Pinnacle.
This album was reissued in 2004.

Tracks
1 Life Before Land (9:27)
2 Lazy Daisy (8:44)
3 Esperanto (4:47)
4 Green Thought (In Green Shade) (7:53)
5 Ammonite Spiral (7:41)
6 So Blue (10:28)
7 Buckets And Spades (11:16)

awesome, thanks! looks like this one is out of print. so many older recordings, such as this one, are.
let me know if you're looking for anything.

I'll be giving this a shot, too. thanks, philoctetes.

You're more than welcome avec - nothing that i need right now but if there is i'll let you know.

i want one of these...