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This should cover a bunch of different Ambient styles, but all of the artists are absolutely fantastic and worth digging into. I'm definitely leaving out a fuck

This should cover a bunch of different Ambient styles, but all of the artists are absolutely fantastic and worth digging into. I'm definitely leaving out a fuckload more, but there are a ton of great suggestions in the other responses, too. Happy listening! :D Biosphere Ryuichi Sakamoto Loscil A Strangely Isolated Place (record label & mix series) Silent Season (record label) Kelly Moran Rafael Anton Irisarri Harold Budd Steve Roach Terre Thaemlitz Gel-Sol Koss Nils Frahm FAX Records Pete Namlook Hiroshi Yoshimura Benoit Pioulard Carlos Nino Woob (particularly woob1194) ASC Autumn of Communion Wanderwelle Celer Christina Vantzou Julianna Barwick Mary Lattimore Grouper Suzanne Ciani MPU101 Deru Lusine (Language Barrier in particular, his only full-Ambient album)

omnimus 4y ago
Biosphere for sure. Also William Basinski who is somewhat hated but if you love endless loops its great.
- and0 4y ago
  The Disintegration Loops is lovely and I found it very thought-provoking. The concept of hearing the medium being destroyed, in this sort of breathing / heartbeat / day and night cycle, is a very powerful way to think about mortality. One of the tracks still sounds like you're hearing someone drowning over the course of 17 minutes and it's terrifying. It's the first track here, though I believe they are named / ordered incorrectly. Just comparing 2 minutes in vs 15 minutes.. it still creeps me out.
lukeh 4y ago
Great suggestions, to which I would add Marty Hicks.
devindotcom 4y ago
Nice list. I would second Ryuichi Sakamoto, Loscil, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, and Grouper for sure and there are lots of other good ones on there. I'd add Windy & Carl, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Yui Odonera (lots from the Serein label actually), Max Richter, and most of all Stars of the Lid.
radley 4y ago
There's also mainstream artists/series like: The Orb KLF (Chill Out) Tipper Irresistible Force / Mixmaster Morris Future Sound of London Higher Intelligence Agency Sun Electric Vermont Erased Tapes (label) Apollo (label) Armadillo (label) 12K (label) Pop Ambient (series) Some (perhaps) less-known: Masayoshi Fujita, Yutaka Hirose, Void Plus 10k+ electronic music artists that dabble in ambient / chill out. Self-plug: I DJ 2-3x month for Sunday Sundowns with The Ambient Mafia
ttjjtt 4y ago
Some great choices. I’m gonna pile in with my own suggestions, as it’s been a topic for me this week. Specific works in brackets: Ryuichi Sakamoto (Async LP, collabs with Alva Noto) Kelly Moran Burial (1st half of Tunes 2011-2019 LP) Oneohtrix Point Never (Returnal, R plus 7 LPs) Kara Lis-Coverdale Harold Budd Huerco S (For Those Of You.. LP) Steve Hauschildt GAS Laurel Halo (Raw Silk Uncut Wood LP) Malibu Loscil Hiroshi Yoshimura Kareem Lofty Ulla Straus Sky H1 Johnny Jewel Roedelius (Einfluss LP) Dedekind kut

omnimus 4y ago

Biosphere for sure. Also William Basinski who is somewhat hated but if you love endless loops its great.

and0 4y ago
The Disintegration Loops is lovely and I found it very thought-provoking. The concept of hearing the medium being destroyed, in this sort of breathing / heartbeat / day and night cycle, is a very powerful way to think about mortality. One of the tracks still sounds like you're hearing someone drowning over the course of 17 minutes and it's terrifying. It's the first track here, though I believe they are named / ordered incorrectly. Just comparing 2 minutes in vs 15 minutes.. it still creeps me out.

lukeh 4y ago

Great suggestions, to which I would add Marty Hicks.

devindotcom 4y ago

Nice list. I would second Ryuichi Sakamoto, Loscil, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, and Grouper for sure and there are lots of other good ones on there. I'd add Windy & Carl, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Yui Odonera (lots from the Serein label actually), Max Richter, and most of all Stars of the Lid.

radley 4y ago

There's also mainstream artists/series like: The Orb KLF (Chill Out) Tipper Irresistible Force / Mixmaster Morris Future Sound of London Higher Intelligence Agency Sun Electric Vermont Erased Tapes (label) Apollo (label) Armadillo (label) 12K (label) Pop Ambient (series) Some (perhaps) less-known: Masayoshi Fujita, Yutaka Hirose, Void Plus 10k+ electronic music artists that dabble in ambient / chill out. Self-plug: I DJ 2-3x month for Sunday Sundowns with The Ambient Mafia

ttjjtt 4y ago

Some great choices. I’m gonna pile in with my own suggestions, as it’s been a topic for me this week. Specific works in brackets: Ryuichi Sakamoto (Async LP, collabs with Alva Noto) Kelly Moran Burial (1st half of Tunes 2011-2019 LP) Oneohtrix Point Never (Returnal, R plus 7 LPs) Kara Lis-Coverdale Harold Budd Huerco S (For Those Of You.. LP) Steve Hauschildt GAS Laurel Halo (Raw Silk Uncut Wood LP) Malibu Loscil Hiroshi Yoshimura Kareem Lofty Ulla Straus Sky H1 Johnny Jewel Roedelius (Einfluss LP) Dedekind kut