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

Bruegel you bastard. That Porn Sword Tobacco is indeed a fine bit of work thus far. I can only imagine how delish the vinyl sounds, so I might have to get it in this very week.

Yeah. I love that album.....the short tracks and style hopping puts some people off but there is some kind of inexplicable kinship that binds the disparate threads. I think Ill be getting the vinyl too but I might need to leave it for a bit as I went on an acid binge today...I bought Ace of Clubs, The Tuss (ep and album), Last Step, Syntheme Vol. 1 and pre-ordered Ceephax Volume Two....ouch.

Has your Doomriders/Boris spilt turned up yet? I think the postie brought mine today but I was out spending all my hard-earned so Ill have to go and collect it tomorrow.

Came really quickly, actually. Some time last week. Gonna get Pink this week too, as it's apparently somewhat limited.

[edit for on topicity] I've been thinking about getting the Tuss full length in: is it three discs by default? That's disgustingly luxurious, and I want to be a part of it.

Yeah six tracks and only about 35 minutes of material stretched over six sides of the black stuff...you can imagine how good it sounds though. Giving it an attentive play through tonight I was shocked at how Orbital-like the first two tracks sounded....Orbital wearing analogue braindance hats and squelchy acid slippers maybe but there are some unmistakably Hartnollesque flourishes.

Regardless of its architect, it’s a stunning piece of work and I thoroughly recommend getting the vinyl. Have you heard the new tracks on The Tuss Myspace page...Wasp Tinkle and Dyktuss in particular sound great....I emailed Rephlex to see if they are going to be released but no response as yet.

Back on topic....download the Elegi album I just upped, turn out all the lights, put your headphones on and prepare to have the willies put firmly up you.

thanks for the upload breugel, I'll look into that one definitely.

I'm also totally loving that Porn Sword Tobacco release, have been playing it a lot lately. Definitely a top record for me this year so far. Nice brief imaginative songs that sound very analog.

Peeps should check out these collaborators:

it's really brilliant stuff, I'd up it but I don't have access to it at the moment. Here's the Boomkat link with the review and also you can stream the songs for free on the site:
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=34492
p.s. the beeping noise during the streaming is put on there by Boomkat.

Oh yeah, does anyone have this album by Nacht Plank, called Septs Vents?

been looking around for a copy of this one and can't find it.

has the jesu/eluvium split been posted yet?



http://www.mediafire.com/?0znyhve5o0y

wow, thanks for posting this. it's good. is it just me or does Jesu's music keep getting fluffier/more shoegaze? There is nary a trace of metal on this ep, all distorted shoegaze pop. but it's pretty damn good, I like that instrumental )track two) the best.

I'm listening to the Eluvium right now "Time Travel of the Sloth, Part One and Two" lol first ten minutes don't exactly catch my attention, until the piano kicks in....eh, I think he could've done better. kinda phoning this one in?

Advantage JESU

You can download Kim Cascone's new field recordings work “The Astrum Argentum” here

After spinning the Sundown / Sunrise vinyl a bunch of times, I agree that Broadrick isn't metal any more. And he's got pretty boring, too, as far as I'm concerned. That's more correlation than causation btw. Someone who's heard it: is Conqueror worth hearing?

the new ep is a bit too fluffy for me, but conqueror is great.

I was gonna start a thread about this, but i figured that nary a person would look into it and the thread would die young and fast. By posting it here maybe at least a few of you my ambient amigos might give it a listen.


White Rainbow - Prism Of Eternal Now [Kranky, 2007]

1. Pulses
2. Middle
3. For Terry
4. Mystic Prism
5. April 25th 11:14 PM
6. Warm Clicked Fruit
7. Guitars
8. Waves
9. Awakening



This one is a real mind-bender. Experimental ambient stuff. Think of it as the Mirrored of the ambient community. Weird and beautiful.

Damn you! I just pre-ordered this on the Kranky website yesterday! Very much looking forward to it.

I've actually given up downloading any sort of ambient music. I much prefer the actual CD on my sound system.

I wish i could afford that. Besides, none of my local record shops carry anything remotely ambient. It's pretty heartbreaking. Although i did stumble across a copy of Cendre a few weeks back. Too bad it was something like $30.

Cendre is still brilliant; you can find reasonably priced copies on Amazon.

yeah, I've been fighting off downloading this for a couple days now; may as well do it here, thanks. I'm tempted to preorder both the White Rainbow and Cloudland Canyon releases from Kranky right now. I just get so excited when they have some more stuff to offer on that label.

Anyone hear that Andrew Pekler release? Wonder how that one is. Edit: I think I'm gonna pick that one up too.

Actually, i was wondering the same thing. From the snippets on the Kranky page i'd say Cue sounds pretty interesting. I also really liked the samples from the latest Strategy album.

aside: and avec, i'm right there with you with the whole Cendre lovin'. Honestly, I've actually grown to like it more than Endless Summer, and my love for that album is pretty intense. I think the piano is such a lovely addition to Fennesz's sound. It makes Endless Summer (and even my favourite Fennesz record, Venice) sound simply abrasive in comparison.

yeah, I just put in an order for CUE. I'll try to remember to up it if it's good.

OTM with Cendre. And to think I almost passed up listening to it. I was so tired of the whole piano ambient stuff that's been rolling out lately, glad I gave it a chance. Top five for sure so far.

And this White Rainbow is smokin'. A very Psych record.

very interesting album.
can't really put my finger on what it is that i like about it, but it's rather enjoyable.

it's fantastic. great in a way like an old krautrock album; rough around the edges and strange. I haven't listened to it too much, waiting for my copy of it to come in the mail. but I really like what I heard.

Before the guy released this, he had a five disc box set out. I never bothered to check it out, I thought it would be overkill. This might make me change my mind.

This is a top 10 of 2007 contender. Trancey, droney, washy perfection.

Machinefabriek's Stuip and Staar are two minimal drone performances captured at the Cross Street Chapel, Manchester (UK) and the Toneelschuurm, Haarlem (NL). Running just under an hour his processed guitar textures rise and fall, stretching their substance through etheral minimalism, slowly evolving epic heights, and moments of sublime symphony.

it's a net-label release.
http://one.dot9.ca/2/releases.php?id=035

ambient fans should definitely check out that label. seems interesting.

He must have run out of 3" cdrs then.

This guy is on course for 30 releases in one year.

3''cdrs?

I'm having a very tough time keeping up with this guy. I've bought his last 5 releases which have been over the last 18 months. Great artist, but i'm getting tired of this.

yeah, talk about flooding the market. it's pretty ridiculous.

agreed, I love this so far

^ Yeah, I like that album too.

Kind of fallen behind in this thread over the past few months, unfortunately. Going to need more study music now, though, so I'll be checking out more of this.

If I'm just getting started with Stars of the Lid, should I hear the new album first, or something else?

Kranky CDs are so cheap, I wish I had $50 I could waste on their online store. I'm getting tired of just downloading everything this summer. I feel like such a freeloader.

Tell me about it. I'm buying vinyl like it's melting.

Which, actually, would be the worst time to get vinyl, but hopefully you understand.

Well, everyone keeps saying that "And Their Refinement of the Decline" is far less accessible than "The Tired Sounds of the Stars of the Lid," but I disagree. I just find their new one the be a far smoother, and for a lack of a better word, it is "refined."

that said, you really can't go wrong with either. I would suggest to not overhwhelm yourself with them. Just get one record, and take a month or two to absorb it, before you move to another disc.

I just ordered "Tired Sounds" from my local record store, and should have it buy Friday, and I really can't wait. Sure i have it on my computer, but i want the real thing.

edit: I will add to the love of "Prism of Eternal Now," it's such a dazzling record.

yeah I would probably say get Tired Sounds but what phil says up above makes sense.

surprised not to see Radicalfashion here.

I wasn't a big fan of Radicalfashion back when it leaked out (I think it was in november or december). I don't remember why even. Maybe I'll give it another chance down the line, but I don't even have a copy on my HDrive anymore.

Hey, I downloaded Cendre because it's been receiving a lot of love from rad people like Avec and because I think Christian Fennesz is a pretty brilliant fucking dude. Really loving it. Just beautiful stuff... dig the crap out of the piano/electronics combination. Thank you, "ambient thread." And thank you for White Rainbow, as well (another stellar album... dig the awesome Fripp-style guitar leads on the second track!)

Anyways, I'm just wondering... are these skips on "Haru" intentional or is my downloaded copy just fucked? I know Fennesz's incorporation of glitches in his awesome brand of ambient wonderfulness is a bit more mind-bendingly extreme than others', but I'm not totally sure. Anybody? I'm almost pretty sure that my copy of this track is just corrupted, but perhaps not.

awesome, glad you like both of these. here's an up of "Haru" for you, it should do the trick
http://www.mediafire.com/?0j4mjjpyzox

the fennesz/sakamoto collaboration reminds me so much of Eno/Budd's The Pearl, they must have been thinking of that album in mind when they made it. perfect for summer evenings, haha

white rainbow is seriously great, glad to hear loud guitar back in music like this, as well as the krautrock elements. some wild stuff, I think it will move up my list by EOY.

i've got some requests. does anyone here have "perlen fur euch" by fennesz. and also zbigniew preisner "concerto in e-minor."

my fucking computer crashed. any of these would be huge.

wow, I had no idea that Cendre has been out in America for four months or so. For some reason I always assumed it was only available as an import. Someone is going record shopping tomorrow.

i agree.

i really like tired sounds, but imo, refinement of the decline is much better. it's by far my favorite sotl disc, and if i would have made a top 100 list, it would have probably fell in my top 20 of all time. it's been a staple in my room past 11:00; i can't count the number of times i've fallen asleep with it playing in the background. "december hunting for vegetarian fuckface" is so gorgeous i can't even explain it in words.

There's a Residents album from two or three years ago that incorporates tons of glitches that would be perfect for this thread. I can't remember the name but Agimor would know it.

Hey are you guys into TV POW?

Hey, I know about them, sort of!


Just a guess... but is it Animal Lover?

You seemed pretty into it during '05.

Yeah, I wouldn't know. I gave up on their recent stuff, they seemed to get pretty blah. Eskimo is probably the most "ambient" of their stuff, I guess.

Animal Lover doesn't really have a glitch sound. It's more spoken word and dry ambient than anything.

I think that's the one but I can't find my copy to confirm.

What was the band that was out in the mid to late 90s that made the records out of skipping cds?

Edit - OVAL.

It's not by far my favorite yet, but it has really sunk into me these last few weeks. The production took some getting used to for me. It's very clean sounding. you know how their previous recordings all sound gauzy? This one has a purely unaffected sound, as if there were a full orchestra behind the music in a concert hall. A much more symphonic album than their predecessors. Man, they keep putting out such amazing stuff.

Ever since I first heard The Kallikak Family, I'd been waiting for May 23, 2007 to arrive so that I could listen to it on that day.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/reco...3-may-23rd-2007

It completely slipped my mind after March or so, until now. Ugh.

Still a good album.

new M83
Digital Shades Volume One

h//p://www.mediafire.com/?2ejonmmmknm

part one of an ongoing series of releases, more ambient in nature.

i just about pissed myself when I saw this!

then I realized that it was part of a series and I felt a little less enthusiastic.

And then I realized that Avec posted it in the Ambient thread, and now I am just as excited to hear M83 with a more ambient bend.

so, is m83 any good?



i though i'd post this album here, cos it's more ambient rather than techno. i'm curious what some of your may think of it. i think this may appeal to those who like experiments with sounds and tones in ambient music. basically, think of the early plastikman ambient music. but this one is '07 minimal ambient music. it's quite good.

Do you mean the new album, or the group at large? Speaking to the new release, I'm not exactly bowled over by it. It's basically a collection of the ambient interludes that are spaced in between the regular songs on M83 albums. Seems nice enough, but it didn't grab me on first listen.

Artem, I can't view the image of the album you posted. What is it?