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avec

Apr 1 2007, 01:53 PM

Brian Eno and Harold Budd (a classically trained pianist) collaborated in Daniel Lanois studios to record this gem in 1984. The music at the forefront is Budd's piano and keyboard, heavily augmented by Eno and Lanois' effect boxes. Eno lays subtle backgrounds which never push or pull the music in a distinct direction, they just perfectly embellish the atmosphere of Budd's dreamy playing. Gotta love those strange bird like noises in the background of the first track, and the angelic choir notes from his synth. Harold Budd's style is minimal and soothing, somewhat like a more modern, intuitive version of Eric Satie. They match each other well and create a fantastic album.

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?6dy5ymqbzym

avec

Apr 1 2007, 02:12 PM

This is an album that many shoegazer fans love, and I think ambient heads will definitely appreciate
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Auburn Lull -- Alone I Admire
A relic from the Michigan spacerock scene in the late 90's, thankfully reprinted by Darla records. This is their debut and they have never matched the beauty of this album since. The music is Slowdive/Brian Eno inspired. Basically to me it sounds like there's a SHITLOAD of reverb coating everything, and the production is fantastic.

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?0yomy0mzzkq

vitanov

Apr 2 2007, 07:05 AM

Matt Hillier aka Ishq, Ishvara, Elve

Harmonising electrified forms
Inner landscape music and Sound Scupture

Elve - Infinite Garden (Virtual Musical Reality 2006)
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http://www.discogs.com/release/617522
http://www.v-i-r-t-u-a-l-w-o-r-l-d.com

http://rapidshare.com/files/23942175/Elve_....part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/23956894/Elve_....part2.rar.html

just listen.........

vitanov

Apr 2 2007, 07:17 AM

QUOTE(undo @ Mar 27 2007, 09:27 AM) [snapback]345110[/snapback]

edit: After actually listening to this entire mix, I wonder if it's a joke.

why you dont like it?

Threadkiller

Apr 2 2007, 10:40 AM

Wow, lots of good stuff here i've gotta check out. Thanks everyone.

In return, i'm going to upload something that i really like later today.

undo

Apr 2 2007, 12:38 PM

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QUOTE(undo @ Mar 27 2007, 09:27 AM) [snapback]345110[/snapback]

edit: After actually listening to this entire mix, I wonder if it's a joke.

why you dont like it?

I didn't say I don't like it. I just don't hear any of these artists (at least the ones that I would think that I'd recognize, that is) in it at all.

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Threadkiller

Apr 2 2007, 05:22 PM

A Lily - Wake:Sleep (Dynamophone, 2006)

01 I am to you
02 Lights Shone Brighter. My Delicate Sun is my Sparklin' Sun
03 Leanna is a Quiet Meow
04 You are the Sun, Your Eyes are the Sun
05 Aerials Quiet and Death-defying
06 The Sleepers
07 Arms Around Sleep
08 The Shipwreck

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/ypp2te

This is a side-project of James Vella from Yndi Halda. It is a beautiful mix of electronic, ambient and drone. A couple of the tracks even have The Book-ish vocal sampling. The last two tracks are very much like Milieu. Supposedly they were recorded live too.

avec

Apr 2 2007, 11:33 PM

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A Lily - Wake:Sleep (Dynamophone, 2006)
The last two tracks are very much like Milieu. Supposedly they were recorded live too.

Cool. Those last two tracks especially sound interesting. Downloading now.

People can stream samples of this cd and other artists on the dynamophone here:
http://www.dynamophone.com/wakesleep.htm

Threadkiller

Apr 3 2007, 07:40 AM

lol @ the new Stars of the Lid getting an 8.6 on P-fork, yet only being "recommended." Of the "Best New Music" choices picked so far in 2007, 4 of them scored an 8.5 or lower. I've never understood their rating system, and don't think i ever will. Oh well, i just hope it raises awareness of the band regardless, cuz the album deserves the attention.

avec

Apr 3 2007, 10:12 AM

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lol @ the new Stars of the Lid getting an 8.6 on P-fork, yet only being "recommended." Of the "Best New Music" choices picked so far in 2007, 4 of them scored an 8.5 or lower. I've never understood their rating system, and don't think i ever will. Oh well, i just hope it raises awareness of the band regardless, cuz the album deserves the attention.

It's a decent review and rating. I think that the recommended vs. best of listening comes down to staff approval/voting maybe? I don't know.

But I love this album. I've been playing it a lot, especially in my car. The production on it is clear and bright, unlike any other of their previous murky sounding releases. You can actually hear the horns and strings on this one; they don't combine into one sleepy drone. This has changed the personality of the music quite a bit. It took me a couple listens to get over that. Once I did I fell in love with it.

The reviewer (Mark Richardson) from PFork did have an interesting criticism in the review:
"This stripping down and moving away from easily definable mood makes And Their Refinement of the Decline a bit harder to grasp initially than any previous SOTL record. The less pronounced changes and more sparing use of dynamic range means that the music can easily slip into the background when something else requires attention. That's par for the course with ambient music, of course, but I get the sense this music is shortchanged by being functional. There's too much focus on the careful layering of sounds, and too many small but still important tweaks happening from moment to moment to let everything slide by in an undifferentiated blob of sound."

It's an interesting point and it has caught me off guard. But to me it just seems as though the mood of the new one is different, and in a way I have yet to define. It's apparent the critic feels that their changes have stripped away the personality of the work, but I disagree at this point. And I hope that on subsequent listens my fascination with this one will only increase.

Artem

Apr 6 2007, 12:32 PM

by the way, how does the new starts of the lid album compare to their other albums?

avec

Apr 6 2007, 09:15 PM

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by the way, how does the new starts of the lid album compare to their other albums?

I really can't say how much I like it in comparison to their other works because I feel I need more time with it. But I would describe it as being kind of like a subtle and less intrusive version of tired sounds. It's a much cleaner, lighter sounding record. Very different. It's definitely worth the purchase I think, if that's what you're asking.

The Luscious Phil

Apr 7 2007, 12:14 AM

QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 6 2007, 12:32 PM) [snapback]352555[/snapback]

by the way, how does the new starts of the lid album compare to their other albums?

here's my thing, despite every review saying it is far more difficult to get into than their other discs, I think it is quite the opposite. I was immediately on board with this one just jaw-droopingly gorgeous.

i'd say that it is their softest album to date. softest, or their most warm sounding record.

without a doubt, top three record of the year.

undo

Apr 7 2007, 12:40 AM

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Hauschka - Room to Expand

Very enjoyable.

Artem

Apr 7 2007, 06:20 AM

QUOTE(avec @ Apr 6 2007, 09:15 PM) [snapback]353169[/snapback]

QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 6 2007, 12:32 PM) [snapback]352555[/snapback]

by the way, how does the new starts of the lid album compare to their other albums?

I really can't say how much I like it in comparison to their other works because I feel I need more time with it. But I would describe it as being kind of like a subtle and less intrusive version of tired sounds. It's a much cleaner, lighter sounding record. Very different. It's definitely worth the purchase I think, if that's what you're asking.

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QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 6 2007, 12:32 PM) [snapback]352555[/snapback]

by the way, how does the new starts of the lid album compare to their other albums?

here's my thing, despite every review saying it is far more difficult to get into than their other discs, I think it is quite the opposite. I was immediately on board with this one just jaw-droopingly gorgeous.

i'd say that it is their softest album to date. softest, or their most warm sounding record.

without a doubt, top three record of the year.

i've been listening to it for some time now, and i rather enjoy this album. probably my favourite ambient reocord of the year out of all of those that i've heard so far. didn't have a problem with getting into it at all.

what i really like about it is how they don't let the melodies lead the album. you know how with eno's ambient 2 & 4 you have these piano motives leading the album, and i think they really disrupt the whole ambient feel. but stars of the lead don't do that. the melodies never prevail over the ambience. at least that's how that album sound to me. aslo, i rather like the way they use those little chamber orchestrations. not like the new eluvium, who puts them upfron and make it sound like a whole symphony, but they're very subtle on stars' album.

good stuff. really good stuff. and especially for a 2xCD of ambient music. both cds are great.

Cinnamon P.

Apr 7 2007, 12:06 PM

I really need to listen to that stars of the lid again because I enjoy it but not to the extent that everyone else did. I don't know. I've feel off the music scene as of late. too much shit going on.

The Luscious Phil

Apr 7 2007, 12:26 PM

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what i really like about it is how they don't let the melodies lead the album.

Exactly! I mean I love the new Eluvium, but with all the piano lines being so prominent it really starts to become a little cheesy and obvious (still a great record). i love how I you can just get lost in the new SOTL album.

Cinnamon P.

Apr 7 2007, 12:36 PM

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QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 7 2007, 06:20 AM) [snapback]353262[/snapback]

what i really like about it is how they don't let the melodies lead the album.

Exactly! I mean I love the new Eluvium, but with all the piano lines being so prominent it really starts to become a little cheesy and obvious (still a great record). i love how I you can just get lost in the new SOTL album.

I think that is my whole problem with the SofL album. it is far too easy to get lost. take a couple of soothing chords and slowly play them... that's it. I love Keith Fullerton Whitman's Playthroughs, which took a similar concept but played with it and made such beautiful, unexpected tones. With Stars of the Lid, it feels like the first note is the same as the last. throw in a couple of mini crecendos and call it an album. the album just doesn't have enough depth to me and I can't get "lost" in it, I just loose my place.

*the first use of lost indicates not being caught in the flow and thrown anywhere, not a good lost.

The Luscious Phil

Apr 7 2007, 12:57 PM

So i know there are a few Ulrich Schauss so here it is guys! I had no idea he has a new record coming out later this year. Apparently Beck guest stars (cant say that really excited me though.)

It's called "Goodbye"
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?amgrwmdz2yz

(yeah I posted this in the fish thread, but I felt it might get more serious views here)

Artem

Apr 7 2007, 04:00 PM

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QUOTE(The Luscious Phil @ Apr 7 2007, 01:26 PM) [snapback]353339[/snapback]

QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 7 2007, 06:20 AM) [snapback]353262[/snapback]

what i really like about it is how they don't let the melodies lead the album.

Exactly! I mean I love the new Eluvium, but with all the piano lines being so prominent it really starts to become a little cheesy and obvious (still a great record). i love how I you can just get lost in the new SOTL album.

I think that is my whole problem with the SofL album. it is far too easy to get lost. take a couple of soothing chords and slowly play them... that's it. I love Keith Fullerton Whitman's Playthroughs, which took a similar concept but played with it and made such beautiful, unexpected tones. With Stars of the Lid, it feels like the first note is the same as the last. throw in a couple of mini crecendos and call it an album. the album just doesn't have enough depth to me and I can't get "lost" in it, I just loose my place.

consider it practical ambient music, for example. i mean the stars of the lid. i listen to them when i'm studying (writing papers) or when i don't want hear the kind of music that'll catch my attention but something that'll just fill the place up.

they're not hecker or whitman, of course. but i think they're doing a pretty good job with their view of ambient music.

another great thing that i'm noticing about "their refinement..." is that it flows really nicely. there're no particulalr points that disrupt you or take you out of the ambient mood. that's great.

i'm feeling very stronlgy about this being one of the best albums of the year, as far as ambient goes.

avec

Apr 7 2007, 06:23 PM

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QUOTE(Artem @ Apr 7 2007, 06:20 AM) [snapback]353262[/snapback]

what i really like about it is how they don't let the melodies lead the album.

Exactly! I mean I love the new Eluvium, but with all the piano lines being so prominent it really starts to become a little cheesy and obvious (still a great record). i love how I you can just get lost in the new SOTL album.

yeah, they're both fantastic.

thanks for the Ulrich, btw!

avec

Apr 8 2007, 03:42 PM

WILLIAM BASINSKI -- SHORTWAVEMUSIC (2007, reissue)
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Boomkat review. Haven't listened to it yet.
Finally, the much-discussed and highly sought-after ‘Shortwavemusic’ has made it to cd, almost ten years after its initial release . The album originally appeared back in 1998 on Carsten Nicolai’s Noton label (which as we all know would eventually turn into experimental powerhouse Raster Noton) and was issued as vinyl LP only, so this is in fact the first time the album has appeared on compact disc, not only this but Basinski has kindly bumped the package up with an extra 15 minute track. It’s not like you should need much coaxing to invest in a Basinski record, but seriously this one is worth taking notice of – we are all big fans of his other shortwavemusic exploration ‘The River’ (on Raster Noton) and this epic series of compositions is easily comparable. Using fragments of muzak recorded from the radio, Basinski chopped, re-pitched and looped these familiar elements to procure the haunting waves of sound on the record and then draped them in a gown of shortwave static, humming and hissing in accompaniment. It is almost impossible to comprehend that Basinski was recording this stuff back in 1982, it still sounds so futuristic and prophetic, the delicate and sentimental ghost-like melodies and the sheets of echoing fizzing and buzzing. Basinski manages to make music which is at the same time distinctly referential of the past, or should I say respectful of the past, and uniquely forward-facing, and in such he manages to create music that is defiantly his own. He has hollowed out his own special place in the music scene, garnering fans from the oddest of places (Madonna??) and that's in some part down to the fact that his music is just so beautiful, sidestepping academic concerns with ease. Anyone who dares suggest that instrumental music, that ‘experimental’ music can’t affect you emotionally just needs to take a listen to this disc; it is a collection of music that seems to suggest the end is near, the end of what exactly is up to you to decide… absolutely breathtaking in every way...

h**p://www.mediafire.com/?2wzet4htzwz

Bruegs

Apr 8 2007, 03:43 PM

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Hauschka - Room to Expand

Been listening to this a loads. Ta muchly.

john the cool kid

Apr 10 2007, 09:18 PM

that ulrich disc is kind of a let down. track 2 is kinda amazing though.

avec

Apr 10 2007, 09:48 PM

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that ulrich disc is kind of a let down. track 2 is kinda amazing though.

oh man I really like it. it's a lot denser than the last ones. the shoegaze vibe is really shining through on it in a good way.

I'd say more but I'm off to watch the SOX game!

Bruegs

Apr 12 2007, 07:45 PM

Any of you knowledgeable ambient bods know anything about Sonmi451? All I know is he is a Belgian dude doing mnml/ambient techno and he is named after the slave/clone character from my favourite book of the last ten years. Third release has just came out and it’s named after the book in question.

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I so want this to be good as I'd be pissed if anything associated with the Cloud Atlas, even if only by title, sucked.

I wanted to consult the ambient oracles before doing anything rash. Avec, Helmut, Pooter, Philocrates...anybody??

avec

Apr 12 2007, 07:57 PM

dunno, but I googled him and am streaming his previous album now (Vladivostok) it's at this link

http://www.sonmi451.be/

sounds nice to me

Bruegs

Apr 12 2007, 08:11 PM

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dunno, but I googled him and am streaming his previous album now (Vladivostok) it's at this link

http://www.sonmi451.be/

sounds nice to me

Cheers. I just got his album from last year, A Phosphorous Spot, from the pink place and it sounds very promising from the first couple of tracks.. ill up it.

Edit:

Finished first listen and its gorgeous. Im really glad I listened to it in the dead of night (its just after 3 here) as its probably the only time of day I could appreciate its micro details in this hectic patch of the city.

Sonmi451 - A Phosphorus Spot

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Tracklisting
01-Steady Drop [07:14]
02-Phosphorous [06:16]
03-Slice It Gently [07:55]
04-Pearl Jet [08:18]
05-Up Goes The Green Flare [08:50]
06-Spheres & Architectures [07:15]
07-Early Morning [06:06]
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51:54 min

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/415mlt

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With "A Phosphorous Spot", Belgian laptop-composer Sonmi451
delivers his second release for the U-cover label, following
the much acclaimed "Vladivostok" in 2005. "A Phosphorous Spot"
is a deeply intimate album, for the most part conceived and
written in the early morning hours, on the verge between night
and day, while everyone's still asleep and all is quiet and
peaceful. Sonmi451 delivers the ideal soundtrack for frosty
mornings, with well-crafted atmospheric drones & soundscapes,
subtle rhythmic background clicks & velvet kicks and the
occasional acoustic touch provided by whispering voices,
celesta, Rhodes piano & even gamelan instruments. Heavily
influenced by the minimalistic school of a.o. Shuttle 358,
Christopher Bissonnette & Taylor Deupree and Japanese artists
like Fourcolor, Hatakeyama and the lovely Piana, Sonmi451
creates his own atmospheric soundtrack that emits a glowing,
phosphorous warmth and accompanies you into an unknown realm
of subsound. Released on 500 copies, "A Phosphorous Spot" is
truly a gem of an album that will engulf you with warmth &
joy. Highly recommendable! - n5md.com

Threadkiller

Apr 13 2007, 07:41 AM

Good find Bruegal. I'm enjoying this quite a bit.

Bruegs

Apr 13 2007, 07:45 AM

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Good find Bruegal. I'm enjoying this quite a bit.

Ill up the other two if you promise to read the book.

avec

Apr 13 2007, 12:53 PM

my library has the book. I promise to check it out, but can't promise to finish it!

nice upload btw, I like it.

The new Lichens cd has leaked. I tried downloading the file but it wouldn't unzip, I got an error message. I think the file was corrupted or something.

anyway, back to sharing:

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Did somebody post this here before? I can't remember. Anyway, I put it on recently and am really impressed by the first track. This is a split album, two tracks and two different artists. The Fabio Corsi track is a brilliantly mixed drone piece (40 minutes, too). The second track by My Cat is an Alien is a bit too noisy for me, but others may like it.

boomkat review
Dedicated the legendary collector of folk music Alan Lomax comes this latest release from the incredibly prolific Italian brothers Roberto and Maurizio Opalio aka My Cat is an Alien. This time around the bring fellow Italian experimental type Fabio Orsi along for the ride, who kicks the disc off with a 40 minute slice of utterly breathtaking ambience. Using field recordings, guitars, a piano and the wind itself, Orsi structures a piece of crystalline beauty, embedding the themes of collected worldwide folk music beneath a mire of harmony and emotion. I rarely expect to be greeted by this kind of unashamed reverence within a MCIAA project, but I must say it’s a pleasant surprise and I’m now intrigued to hear more by Fabio Orsi. As for the MCIAA piece which follows, this is a recording of one of their legendary live shows in which they distort the sounds of their guitars and ‘space toys’ to create a sound truly cosmic. Space travelling folk music if you like, and the ghost of their biggest influence Alan Lomax is omnipresent throughout. Unmistakably adventurous and another hypnotic drone-journey – recommended!

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?dznmijiziml

Bruegs

Apr 13 2007, 01:56 PM

QUOTE(avec @ Apr 13 2007, 06:53 PM) [snapback]358126[/snapback]

my library has the book. I promise to check it out, but can't promise to finish it!

That's good enough for me

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/62o550

Bruegs

May 24 2007, 06:23 PM

Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights

Tracklisting:
01 Tools For Trains (1:58)
02 Den Rosa Sporten (1:23)
03 Giftwrap Yourself, Slowly (5:29)
04 Copyright The Universe (5:37)
05 Ljus, Den Yttersta Gåvan (0:49)
06 Cubical Fever (3:38)
07 Comme-Il-Faut (6 ÅR) (1:11)
08 En Hyllning Till Cyckeln (1:56)
09 My Lovely Wife Becky (0:59)
10 Do The Astrowaltz (2:17)
11 Hierarkisk Symmetri Och Romantik (0:53)
12 Pappa! Min Kärlek Är Gravid (4:51)
13 U.S Saloon Props 41/59 (2:21)
14 Vingar Av Svärd (2:07)

CODE

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3QROS182

Anybody else digging this as much as me? I’m two listens in and rapidly falling in love.

14 characteristically brief, characteristically delicate transmissions. 14 glimpses of a beautiful mind.

He's moving to berlin...hope it doesn't fuck with his 'broken-radio' mojo. The frozen north has always seemed a pretty intrinsic part of his set-up to me.

avec

May 24 2007, 07:40 PM

I'm liking what I'm hearing of this, thanks. I've still been spinning those Somni451 discs you upped quite a bit, too. They are absolutely incredible. Really been digging on them.

throughsilver

May 25 2007, 04:06 AM

Helldamnarse. I don't know why I spent a few months no-selling this thread. Repenting now as I dizzownload the PST. Fanks!

Threadkiller

May 25 2007, 09:40 AM

For being MIA as of late, I seek forgiveness by giving y'all a double shot of Milieu, the latter being his new release.

Milieu - In Hills Made Of Clouds
http://www.sendspace.com/file/32dkbv

Milieu - Of The Apple
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1e09ma

Montana

May 25 2007, 11:53 AM

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Porn Sword Tobacco - New Exclusive Olympic Heights

Tracklisting:
01 Tools For Trains (1:58)
02 Den Rosa Sporten (1:23)
03 Giftwrap Yourself, Slowly (5:29)
04 Copyright The Universe (5:37)
05 Ljus, Den Yttersta Gåvan (0:49)
06 Cubical Fever (3:38)
07 Comme-Il-Faut (6 ÅR) (1:11)
08 En Hyllning Till Cyckeln (1:56)
09 My Lovely Wife Becky (0:59)
10 Do The Astrowaltz (2:17)
11 Hierarkisk Symmetri Och Romantik (0:53)
12 Pappa! Min Kärlek Är Gravid (4:51)
13 U.S Saloon Props 41/59 (2:21)
14 Vingar Av Svärd (2:07)

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3QROS182

Good stuff.

avec

May 25 2007, 06:16 PM

QUOTE(Philoctetes @ May 25 2007, 09:40 AM) [snapback]380648[/snapback]

For being MIA as of late, I seek forgiveness by giving y'all a double shot of Milieu, the latter being his new release.

Milieu - In Hills Made Of Clouds
http://www.sendspace.com/file/32dkbv

Milieu - Of The Apple
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1e09ma

fuck, thank you! I'm still enjoying 'beyond the sea lies the stars.'

Helmet, do you still like that Ben Frost disc? I just got my copy in the mail last week; it kick ass. Ton of liner notes in it, weird.

helmet52

May 25 2007, 06:47 PM

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Helmet, do you still like that Ben Frost disc? I just got my copy in the mail last week; it kick ass. Ton of liner notes in it, weird.

Absolutely, I love it. I'm getting really behind in this thread. I have a ton of things I want to put up on here, but I'm too caught up in the metal world and the new Bjork record.

I would urge that everyone check out an ambient artist called "Jasper TX". I'm sure its out there somewhere. I've gone to bed for a month to his record called "A Darkness", and his other release called "I'll Be Long Gone Before My Light Reaches You" is positively brilliant. You can buy both of them at http://www.aquariusrecords.org/

I'll leave it up to someone more internet-savy to post these. Bruegel, I'm calling you!

Bruegs

May 26 2007, 04:05 AM

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I would urge that everyone check out an ambient artist called "Jasper TX". I'm sure it’s out there somewhere. I've gone to bed for a month to his record called "A Darkness", and his other release called "I'll Be Long Gone Before My Light Reaches You" is positively brilliant. You can buy both of them at http://www.aquariusrecords.org/

Bruegel, I'm calling you!

You rang?

I've only got ''I'll be Long Gone.." but sadly not on my computer. That album's great but I'd pretty much forgotten about it and didn't realise he had any new stuff. I've done some fishing and unearthed a veritable treasure trove. This post is brought to you in association with my workplaces obscenely fast internet connection.

Jasper TX - A Darkness

Tracklisting:
1 Better Days To Come (6:45)
2 Destroy Detroit (The Sign Of Buildings Never Built) (8:49)
3 Winter/Midnight/Suicide (4:27)
4 Nightbirds (14:23)
5 Sleep; Ghosts (2:13)
6 Some Things Broken, Some Things Lost (21:22)

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NDBURDQN

He's a prolific bugger with two limited 3"s and an MP3 exclusive already this year on top of the album above. I’ve stuffed the 3 of them into a single trout.

Jasper TX - Harrisburg

Tracklisting:
1 Pt I (04:15)
2 Pt II (15:08)

Jasper TX - Pilgrims

Tracklisting:
1 A Beacon To Lead Us There (3:15)
2 The Glow Of Minerals (1:57)
3 Through Dusk... And Falling Leaves (7:19)
4 Our Way Through The Field (3:58)
5 A Quiet Gloom (3:42)

Jasper TX - D+A EP

Tracklisting:
1 D (10:08)
2 A (9:58)

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8XM422MG

I tried giving them a listen here this morning but the place is overrun with media whores and the coke ridden atmosphere is not really conducive to the appreciation of subtleties. I’ve resorted to confusing them with alternate blasts of Ceephax and Melt Banana. These will have to wait until later.

helmet52

May 26 2007, 11:37 AM

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You rang?

Wow! You went way beyond the call of duty! Thanks so much. Very much looking forward to hearing the EPs.

undo

Jun 2 2007, 12:16 PM

I'm listening to Ekkehard Ehlers' Plays for the first time now. The conceptual ideas behind these tracks are pretty much lost on me; I have no idea who Hubert Fichte or Cornelius Cardew are. It's interesting but a ridiculously long listen that gets almost unbearably wierd down the stretch (even though it finishes on an upbeat note). Maybe I was anticipating warm tones like Hecker's or listenable reinterpretations like something Fennesz would make? I really don't know if I'm going to listen to this again or not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekkehard_Ehlers

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He has remixed the Red Hot Chili Peppers' single Californication and collaborated with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on a couple of their live sets. Two live recordings have been made called, Tuesday Night in Berlin and Thursday Night in Berlin. The remixed Californication and the 14 minute Tuesday Night in Berlin can be found on the second version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Fortune Faded single.The nearly 30 minute Thursday night In Berlin has not been released officially but there are bootlegs of it floating around the internet.

I'm morbidly curious about this.

Bruegs

Jun 12 2007, 06:11 PM

I was thinking of upping this in the electronic thread but it seems to fit better in here. I’m a sucker for pretty much everything Anders Ilar produces. His name has become a byword for immaculately crafted micro-house and ambient-techno but this is the record I've been waiting for him to make, unconfined by the strictures of the dancefloor. It was originally put out as a limited vinyl release last year but he reworked the eight original tracks and added a 15 minute ninth for the extended CD release in April.

The album takes its name from Ilar’s birthplace in Sweden and is conceived as uninterrupted audiologue of his formative surroundings but there is little in the way of warm nostalgia. There is the feeling that something sinister, or at least unexplained, lurks amongst the dense textures.

Anders Ilar:

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"Ludwijka is of course my hometown Ludvika, the way it was spelled when the town was founded in 1700's. As part of the artwork you can see the big white house that was built by women in 1750-1801 and is just 50 meters from where i grew up. it is now being used as a museum, but when i was a kid it used to be empty. tho i remember sometimes i heard footsteps echoing inside.
anyway, for the tracks here i used a lot of sounds that i found on old tapes from my childhood (77-79). singing and talking and playing the piano or just making noises. so all the little voices you can hear in there is actually me. then i made some new recordings last year, i recorded more piano, and i asked my father to play a few tones on his old trumpet. Also some noises from the cat were used. The crow calling was provided to me by swedish radio for a remix project, and some other bird sounds were found on the internet. And musically, it's probably inspired by all the music i listened to over the years. so.. you see, it's a very personal album for me."

Anders Ilar - Ludwijka (Extended Visit)

Tracklisting:
01. I 7:09
02. II 2:56
03. III 6:27
04. IV 2:55
05. V 8:52
06. VI 3:56
07. VII 4:22
08. VIII 5:29
09. IX 14:57

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2LEF323J

avec

Jun 20 2007, 05:04 PM

hey guys,
Haven't updated this thread much lately, don't think many people check it when I do update it. But I felt I should share this one. It's a fantastic release I've found that came out last year. The ambient inner circle of the SOMB should give it a shot.

stephen mathieu and janek schaeffer - hidden name
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2aweqzalmel
Boomkat
Two heads are better than one', I think that's how the saying goes, and it's never been more appropriate than here on this devastating collaborative effort from two of the most respected 'heads' in experimental music. Stephan Mathieu has been chiselling out a name for himself on the 'laptop experimental' scene for a good few years now, giving some warmth and heart to an icy-cold genre, and Janek Schaefer has been equally as caring with the world of turntable-based drone, but it's here where they finally come up with their finest and most perfect moment. 'Hidden Name' was recorded in the summer of 2005 at their friend John Tavener's house in the rural south of England, and if ever a collection of music could represent a time and a place this is it. Although the sounds might be processed beyond all recognition for the most part, the dewy atmosphere of grassy Blighty permeates through every note; you can smell the buttercups and the apple trees, hear the rustle of a dog playing in the bushes and hear birds flying overhead squawking at each other angrily. Mostly made up of processed drones, using Taveners selection of instruments as source material along with a box of old records found in the attic, it is hard for me to believe how much emotion is compressed into such a traditionally avant-garde form.

Threadkiller

Jun 26 2007, 09:43 AM

MPHM - The Art of Despair [Cold Room, 2007]

1. Body Armoury
2. Nebula Drama (edit)
3. Soil Under Fluids
4. Bone Dust
5. Long Forgotten Pain
6. Fallen Cardiac Architecture
7. Cyclic Flaw
8. Body Machine
9. Remaining Ambers
10. In Memoriam (edit)

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/qkpj07

Don't let the bright, organic-looking cover fool you. This is the darkest of dark ambient. Much of this feels kinda patchwork, but not necessarily in a bad way--just a lot of incongruent noises. This is the soundtrack to a nightmare, constantly shifting into bizarre new territories. I listened to this late at night, in the dark, with headphones, right before bed. It scared the shit outta me, and i loved every second of it. Highly recommended.

throughsilver

Jun 26 2007, 10:19 AM

QUOTE(undo @ Jun 2 2007, 06:16 PM) [snapback]386007[/snapback]

I'm listening to Ekkehard Ehlers' Plays for the first time now.

I've got his A Life Without Fear from last year; really liked it. Gotta love that end of year post-Wire list collection frenzy.

Bruegs

Jul 10 2007, 02:32 PM

Elegi - Sistereis

Tracklisting:
01 Despotiets Vesen (3:16)
02 Fyrtårnet Part 1 (6:21)
03 Dauingene (6:29)
04 Skumring (3:16)
05 Time Lapse (8:05)
06 Interbellum (5:13)
07 Fyrtårnet Part 2 (5:13)
08 Sistereis (5:48)
09 Fyrtårnet Part 3 (4:17)
10 Spill For Galleriet (6:17)

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EBLUU0CN

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Since last year’s ‘Knive’ from Svarte Greiner (Miasmah boss Erik Skodvin) the world has been waiting eagerly for the next addition to the acoustic doom canon. Maybe fitting then that it should also come from Oslo, as we all know that Norway is home to everything that is dark and all that is desolate. ‘Sistereis’ is the debut solo release from Tommy Jansen aka Elegi, a man who besides crafting effortlessly mysterious Lynchian soundscapes takes time out of his everyday life to go wreck-diving. For those of you unfamiliar with this sport, it involves diving into the deep sea to explore shipwrecks; empty maritime museums of lost life and forgotten history. This deep obsession is reflected in the album’s title ‘Sistereis’ which is a word used for a ship’s doomed final voyage, a theme which is followed closely throughout the recording.
It is hardly surprising then that Jansen, an experienced studio engineer and classically trained musician took his love of sound into the deep seas and while diving made reel upon reel of waterlogged recordings. These passages of sound, which Jansen believes capture the ghosts of the shipwrecks, formed the basis of many of the album’s tracks and if you listen very closely you hear the deep seas rumbling around you. Within the haunted piano melodies and scraping of damp wood there are much deeper, much more frightening sounds to be heard - and using his personal knowledge of all things watery Jansen has truly created the next chapter in the black book of acoustic doom. Where better to find influence for such music than the frightening world of forgotten souls that is the sea, and while the choppy blue expanse may have lent itself to many an album, there is something devastatingly original about Jansen’s approach. Maybe it is down to his deep historical knowledge or maybe it is down to simple compositional skill but it is almost impossible to listen to ‘Sistereis’ without being thrust into a blackened world of stormy waters and drifting bodies.
A truly epic record which is sure to appeal to fans of Earth, Wolfmangler, Angelo Badalamenti and of course Svarte Greiner this is something for the darker nights. Turn the lights down low, make sure the windows are locked tightly and drift away - just watch out for that rolling fog, there’s no telling what the seas might bring...

This has been giving me some pretty freaky dreams over the last few weeks.

helmet52

Jul 10 2007, 02:41 PM

^^ Looks awesome. Thanks Bruegel.

Threadkiller

Jul 10 2007, 03:28 PM

Yes, thanks a bunch Bruegel. I'll be checking out both Jasper TX and Elegi upon your recommendation.

st. park

Jul 10 2007, 03:33 PM

QUOTE(avec @ Jun 20 2007, 05:04 PM) [snapback]398002[/snapback]

hey guys,
Haven't updated this thread much lately, don't think many people check it when I do update it. But I felt I should share this one. It's a fantastic release I've found that came out last year. The ambient inner circle of the SOMB should give it a shot.

stephen mathieu and janek schaeffer - hidden name
hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?2aweqzalmel

i'm interested in hearing this one. i remember janek schaeffer collaborated with philip jeck a few years ago that sounded great.