Ambient / drone / minimalism / etc.

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Looking around, there doesn't seem to have been an ambient thread since 2012. I had a couple things I was going to post, but the didn't quite fit on any of the adjacent threads (like the New Age But Good thread) so I figured I'd start something.

Heard this at a show the other night + it really stuck with me. Don't know much about the composer, Anthony Genge:



Add your gentle/uncluttered discoveries here!

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Posted some Joseph Shabason elsewhere, but bears re-mentioning. Both of his albums have a bunch of my fave local musicians in the mix:

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Some lovely pure droneage here, from Castle If's Jess Forrest + Processor's M. Joakim:

https://nocolourblue.bandcamp.com/album/no-colour-blue

[voerking]

everything Andrew Chalk does is fantastic:



Jim O'Rourke's 'steamroom' series is a seemingly endless font of awesomeness:

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

Oh, wow. I did not know Andrew Chalk, but that first one is 100% in my wheelhouse. Thanks!

[dubkitty]

ooh, i rather like that!

i'm quite fond of this, which i heard on KFJC in Los Gatos Hills, CA (quite possibly the best college radio station in the USA; available online and via Android app, assumedly as an Apple app as well) back in the early 00s. it's a live recording from the 2002 Festival d'Actuelle in Victoriaville, Canada. don't be afraid just because Akita is involved...it starts out a bit crunchy but quickly settles into overlapping washes of atmospheric textures that become quite lovely and transportational.

[moid]

Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline

To me one of the most beautiful ambient drone recordings ever...

[spacelordmother]

Stars of the Lid are so so excellent.

Ryuichi Sakamoto's collabs are minimal masterpieces:




and I can't count how many times I have laid down and listened to this in the dark:



(which came out on Slaapwel Records who puts out the most amazing stuff https://slaapwel.bandcamp.com/music)

[JM Charcot]

A little self promotion here with my latest album released on the Swedish Lagerstätte Label :

https://lagerstaette.bandcamp.com/album ... ould-touch



Drones from pedalboard mainly.

[Dandolin]

Wow--great idea. I am so out da loop on what's happening ambient wise other than eurorack demoz, lol. Here to learn. Hopefully this fits the vibe:

Eliane Radigue--Trilogie de la Mort

[Heraclitus Akimbo]

and I can't count how many times I have laid down and listened to this in the dark:



(which came out on Slaapwel Records who puts out the most amazing stuff https://slaapwel.bandcamp.com/music)

I love this! Many thanks!

[Dandolin]

luvvit

[repoman]

This guys channel is pretty interesting, he makes music using unconventional sources like old test equipment for various industrial/technical purposes.

[repoman]

[Dandolin]

Yes to Ligeti 24/7