The Official Electronic Ambient Thread

[adace1]

I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks.

 

Aphex Twin

Autechre

Biosphere

Boards of Canada

Brian Eno

Carbon Based Lifeforms

Eluvium

Jonn Serrie

Max Richter

Moby

Stars of the Lid

Steve Roach

Tangerine Dream

Ulrich Schnauss

Edited December 28, 2011 by adace1

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 28 2011, 03:02 AM)

I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks. Aphex Twin Autechre Biosphere Boards of Canada Brian Eno Carbon Based Lifeforms Eluvium Jonn Serrie Moby Stars of the Lid Steve Roach Tangerine Dream Ulrich Schnauss

I like some of those. Other faves you haven't mentioned:

 

Future Sound of London

Paul Schutze

Terre Thaemlitz

Pete Namlook

Tetsu Inoue

Bill Laswell

Woob

O Yuki Conjugate

Vidna Obmana

Robert Rich

Michael Stearns

Cluster

Jean-Michel Jarre

Popol Vuh

Thomas Koner

 

[Oracle]

Well, if you're talking ambient:

 

Ben Frost

Tim Hecker

Stars of the Lid

Eluvium

Olafur Arnalds

Brian Eno

 

Electronic can range from anything for me. Venetian Snares and Boards of Canada would be the only artists that I would label as "electronic".

[Scars]

Enigma?

[ghostworks]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 28 2011, 09:35 AM)

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 28 2011, 03:02 AM) I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks. Aphex Twin Autechre Biosphere Boards of Canada Brian Eno Carbon Based Lifeforms Eluvium Jonn Serrie Moby Stars of the Lid Steve Roach Tangerine Dream Ulrich Schnauss I like some of those. Other faves you haven't mentioned:   Future Sound of London Paul Schutze Terre Thaemlitz Pete Namlook Tetsu Inoue Bill Laswell Woob O Yuki Conjugate Vidna Obmana Robert Rich Michael Stearns Cluster Jean-Michel Jarre Popol Vuh Thomas Koner   ^ of the 28 artists mentioned above, all but eight of them take up extensive shelf space in my collection (they probably make up about 200 CD's and LP's)   if you looked no further than this list, you'd have a lifetime's worth of music to discover   one of my favorite things about the ambient genre specifically is the lack of album 'burn out' - unlike rock, pop (hell, any rhythm-based structured music), I can listen to ambient albums dozens of times over a short span of time and never tire of them

Edited December 28, 2011 by ghostworks

[Nate2112]

+ Dark Hardware

[adace1]

Just found this. One of the most minimalistic pieces I've heard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dncOSC-0E

[Babycat]

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 28 2011, 10:02 AM)

I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks. Aphex Twin Autechre Biosphere Boards of Canada Brian Eno Carbon Based Lifeforms Eluvium Jonn Serrie Max Richter Moby Stars of the Lid Steve Roach Tangerine Dream Ulrich Schnauss

I've only ever heard of Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream from this list. Also, wasn't Tangerine Dream responsible for the TV theme for Street Hawk, sometime in the 80s? (If this is the same band)

[rushgoober]

Edited December 31, 2011 by rushgoober

[goose]

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 29 2011, 11:32 PM)

Just found this. One of the most minimalistic pieces I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dncOSC-0E

[goose]

QUOTE (goose @ Dec 31 2011, 02:00 AM)

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 29 2011, 11:32 PM) Just found this. One of the most minimalistic pieces I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dncOSC-0E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqz8TxkVZSY&feature=related   More of the same?

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 28 2011, 03:02 AM)

I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks. Aphex Twin Autechre Biosphere Boards of Canada Brian Eno Carbon Based Lifeforms Eluvium Jonn Serrie Max Richter Moby Stars of the Lid Steve Roach Tangerine Dream Ulrich Schnauss

Tangerine Dream Addict here.

 

I love most of John Carpenter's horror soundtracks too. Do those count?

 

 

"Halloween"

"Halloween II"

"Halloween III" Alan Howarth too

"The Fog"

"Prince Of Darkness"

"They Live"

"Assault"

"Escape From New York"

 

And many more.

[goose]

QUOTE (goose @ Dec 31 2011, 02:01 AM)

QUOTE (goose @ Dec 31 2011, 02:00 AM) QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 29 2011, 11:32 PM) Just found this. One of the most minimalistic pieces I've heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dncOSC-0E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqz8TxkVZSY&feature=related   More of the same? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yMSOg5bz0&feature=related   Now this I like!

[RUSHHEAD666]

Would you throw ZOMBI in this thread?

 

I love that band too!! Just drums and keys!!!!!

[rushgoober]

[ghostworks]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 31 2011, 05:35 PM)

...i would love to know other people's fave albums from this/these genres..

well, you've already listed six 'essentials' :

 

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 30 2011, 11:32 PM)

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell - Psychonavigation Future Sound of London - Lifeforms Bill Laswell - Outer Dark Robert Rich - Propogation Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

 

^ although none of those would make my 'Top 10 List', every one is brilliant and a must-have

 

that's one thing that's always impressed me about ambient music - the uncommonly high quality ratio, especially when weighed against how vast the genre is

 

now - your list takes some liberties (appropriate ones, in my opinion) with the definition of 'ambient' - mine does as well

 

so - my top four? subject to change, but for the last five years or so:

 

Robert Rich & Alio Die - Fissures (perfect, 100%)

Robert Rich & Lisa Moscow - Yearning (perfect, 100%)

Possession + African Dub - Off World One (perfect, 100%)

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (perfect, 100%)

 

 

and a half-dozen near-perfect contenders:

 

Cypher 7 - Decoder

Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue

Stars Of The Lid & Jon McCafferty - Per Aspera Ad Astra

Bill Laswell - Silent Recoil (Dub System One)

Eno, Lanois, Eno - Apollo

Haruomi Hosono - N.D.E.

 

 

finally, three with so much going for them, they required specific mention:

 

Manna - 5.1

Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook - Black Rock

Death Cube K (Buckethead) - Dreamatorium

 

 

^ of course, I'd be happy to talk at length about any of those albums...

 

 

[ghostworks]

[hannuFIN]

[rushgoober]

QUOTE (ghostworks @ Jan 6 2012, 09:17 AM)

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 31 2011, 05:35 PM) ...i would love to know other people's fave albums from this/these genres.. well, you've already listed six 'essentials' :   QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 30 2011, 11:32 PM) Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell - Psychonavigation Future Sound of London - Lifeforms Bill Laswell - Outer Dark Robert Rich - Propogation Tangerine Dream - Phaedra   ^ although none of those would make my 'Top 10 List', every one is brilliant and a must-have   that's one thing that's always impressed me about ambient music - the uncommonly high quality ratio, especially when weighed against how vast the genre is   now - your list takes some liberties (appropriate ones, in my opinion) with the definition of 'ambient' - mine does as well   so - my top four? subject to change, but for the last five years or so:   Robert Rich & Alio Die - Fissures (perfect, 100%) Robert Rich & Lisa Moscow - Yearning (perfect, 100%) Possession + African Dub - Off World One (perfect, 100%) Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (perfect, 100%)     and a half-dozen near-perfect contenders:   Cypher 7 - Decoder Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue Stars Of The Lid & Jon McCafferty - Per Aspera Ad Astra Bill Laswell - Silent Recoil (Dub System One) Eno, Lanois, Eno - Apollo Haruomi Hosono - N.D.E.     finally, three with so much going for them, they required specific mention:   Manna - 5.1 Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook - Black Rock Death Cube K (Buckethead) - Dreamatorium     ^ of course, I'd be happy to talk at length about any of those albums... Cool man, thanks for posting that!   I'll have to check out some of those titles - the only one I have is Apollo and Cobalt Blue (both excellent).   Let me add in two titles that aren't proper ambient, but they're close:   Cocteau Twins - Victorialand Coctewau Twins with Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies   And regarding the Ambient series, the only one I have is Isolationism. Ironically, I sold that recently on ebay (but of course I kept a burned copy!). Someday we really will have to do a CDR trade.

Edited January 6, 2012 by rushgoober

[ghostworks]

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 6 2012, 06:00 PM)

...someday we really will have to do a CDR trade.

I know, I know

 

 

(I still owe you a 'list' of some sort...)

[Enemy Within 77]

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Dec 31 2011, 02:04 AM)

QUOTE (adace1 @ Dec 28 2011, 03:02 AM) I love this genre so I decided it's about time we have a thread for it. I'll start off by listing my favorite artists. I look forward to hearing your picks. Aphex Twin Autechre Biosphere Boards of Canada Brian Eno Carbon Based Lifeforms Eluvium Jonn Serrie Max Richter Moby Stars of the Lid Steve Roach Tangerine Dream Ulrich Schnauss Tangerine Dream Addict here.   I love most of John Carpenter's horror soundtracks too. Do those count?     "Halloween" "Halloween II" "Halloween III" Alan Howarth too "The Fog" "Prince Of Darkness" "They Live" "Assault" "Escape From New York"   And many more.