I agree, this is one of my faves. I've never been crazy about Apollo.

My favorite Eno ambient album is On Land.


and if people like The Pearl, they've got to check out Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror. it's also with Harold Budd.

Yeah, I should probably post On Land sometime. I had Apollo for quite a while and I only started appreciating it recently. Can't say why. Also I'll add that Budd's solo work stands strong on his own. And in addition to his work with Eno he collaborated with Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins fame, but have yet to hear that one.

Wow, I'm really liking this James Plotkin & Mick Harris album. Thanks for posting it. This is the type of ambient I really like. Not necessarily 'dark', but slow moving, ebb and flow type of stuff.

That's on the Cocteau's "Moon and the Melodies," and it's frankly no greater than the sum of its parts (i.e. sounds like a Junior Varsity Twins album with Budd tinkling in the background).

Since Stars of the Lid was mentioned here before, this is Brian McBride's solo album, When The Detail Lost Its Freedom. If you like SotL, then you'll definitely like this one.



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Thanks for this!
Reminds me I will post On Land tonight...

Just happen to be listening to Stars right now. Thank you for this.

Anyone else have an opinion on this? Playing it now for the first time and much of it is really, really good.

It's May 23 2007 by The Kallikak Family, by the way. I know it's pretty much impossible to read there.

Too bad it got lost in the end of the year shuffle.

I've never heard this, but have been intrigued. Could you describe it at all? The only review of it I read was from Pitchfork and it didn't make any f'-in sense.

I haven't listened to this in a long time, so I can't really remember much about it... but I can YSI it tonight if you want.

If you have the time, sure. Anything you're looking for?

Here you go.

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You don't happen to have any Tarentel singles, b-sides and such? I've also been curious to hear something by Growing (on Kranky Records), but don't worry about it too much. I had these mp3s sitting on my hard-drive for a while now. If anything, this'll get me to listen to 'em again.

I may be purchasing a Tarentel album soon. If I do I'll post it up. The Growing (skies run into the sea) album I have is lent out at the moment, too. I'll return the favor when I can. Thanks.

Cool.

Just curious, which Tarentel album you thinking of getting? I'd recommend either "From Bone to Satellite" or "The Order of Things." Their newer stuff is a bit more drum oriented (but in a damn fine way), whereas their older material has more ambient qualities.

I have almost everything they've put out so far, just looking for a few tracks here and there, mainly compilation appearances.

I was actually thinking of getting "from bone to satellite". BTW, if you don't have kranky's 2005 kompilation I could post that if you want.

I would be very grateful to hear that.

That'd be cool if you posted that. I definitely want to hear the new Stars of the Lid track off there.

Kranky Kompilation Disc One:
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I may not have disc two up by tonight.

Thanks!!

edit: You might not have to worry about upping any Growing. I'm getting it from slsk right now, so I should be taken care of there. But thanks again for the Komp.

Thanks. This is quite good. I'm digging the tune by Autistic Daughters. Never heard of them. It has a Talk Talk "Laughing Stock" sound to it.

cool, I'll try to have disc two up tonight.

Here's disc two, Kranky Kompilation:
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Once again, thanks.

And here's some Tarentel...



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(This just went for $130 on eBay a month or so ago. I can't believe someone paid that much for a disc of live radio session recordings. Still, good album to get you started on Tarentel)

Excellent!

Hello to the ambient nook,

I am a big ambient-head, so I was naturally drawn to this thread.

I had never heard of YSI's before, but am now figuring it out thanks to you guys. Thanks for the downloads! I am looking forward to uploading some of my own stuff eventually.

I do have a few mixes I can offer. One in particular will be of interest to ambient fans. Its called "Tea Time at Brian Eno's House". It's an 80 minute mix/collage of Eno & other ambient music & field recordings. It's a beautiful mix that I wish I could take credit for, but it was done by a friend of mine.

You can find the mix here...
Low Light Mixes

There are two other mixes posted there that are less ambient but still have ambient moments.

enjoy

Welcome, stick around!

I'm listening to the piano mix right now, and liking it. Thanks.

Thanks and welcome

Lowlight, that is good stuff!!

Welcome!

Welcome.

I'm listening to the Tea Time at Brian Eno's House mix, and really liking it.

Please, let us know if you put up some new mixes.

I love this one

Wind-Up BIrd "Whips"
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Thanks for reminding me about "Whips", a nice redcording that I hadn't heard in a while. I whipped it out & am playing it as I type. Very nice.

Hey av, where do you find these cds anyway? do you have the physical copy or just downloads. I've been trying to get all the discs for disintigration loops but the only place I can find them charges 18 bucks a disc plus shipping or something. if you know a little den where they sell this stuff let me know, I need it!

You should be able to get The Disintegration Loops at either Forced Exposure or AB-CD.

I usually go straight to the labels. That way it puts money fast into their pockets. Kranky is good because they charge $11 per cd without any shipping. It's hardly worth finding used copies for many of these cd's, because they are hard to come by and they rarely charge under the price of a new one.

thanks. very helpful. if I ever make some money these are mine

from Amazon.com:
Arvo Pärt's Alina follows a simple-enough formula. Two stark instrumental works from the master of holy minimalism repeat each other, each time slightly different. But the blissful results--quiet, haunting, and thoroughly hypnotizing--meld to create one of classical music's best albums of 2000. It's as intense and sublime as contemporary classical music can be. --Jason Verlinde

that quick review sums this up well. This classical album exists under the branch of ambient in my book. It's not challenging at all, playful with melody as Eno did on his earlier ambient records (like discreet music and music for airports), and I can't help but feel Sigur Ros learned a thing or two from this man.
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Hey avitar, I forgot this thread was here but man, keep it up, I love it all. one of my favorite on go-ers

bump.

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i actually prefer tabula rasa (cantus in memory of benjamin britten moves me to tears), but alina is very good too.

yeah, that's a good one. Fratres is also good, if you have the chance give that one a try.

I can try to get this one up sometime this week, if anyone is interested:

Hell yes!

nice fucking thread

just fucking nice

ditto!

Maybe this is kind of a stretch for this thread. It's not traditional ambient music in any way, definitely no in the classic Eno/Aphex Twin vein, anyway. It's pretty much just all solo percussion with limited electronics on some of the tracks, sometimes very minimal in a way that reminds me of Stars of the Lid (don't know if it will do the same for anyone else, though). I think/hope that a few people who dig most of the other stuff in this thread will enjoy it... probably more than most Wilco fans are going to, inevitably.

no where else to post it, right? seriously though, I am really looking forward to this one.

Thanks for the mixes. Jake is pretty awesome too Love the pic of him diving into the lake.

I have another ambient mix that I just posted. It's called "Quiet Night, Quiet Stars". It's intended as background music for stargazing.

You can find it here...
LowLight Mixes
along with a complete tracklisting.

As I say at the blog, I have a ton of "space" music that would be appropriate for stargazing, so trying to sort through it all would make my head explode. So I just did simple searches for words like 'stars', 'sky', 'night' and 'moon'. from that manageable list I put together the mix.

I hope you enjoy it.

dave

That alina disc was very nice. the song that appeared as untitled. the 10 minute one. I listen to it every night as I fall asleep. thanks too much for that.