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Title: Ambient / Music without drums / Relaxing
Post by: Dr Dew on February 29, 2020, 08:55:09 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sNLtQUD69Y
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Post by: LB on February 29, 2020, 05:43:54 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86g1aop6a8
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Post by: childhood on March 01, 2020, 04:31:39 PM: One of the guys from SOTL is in this group too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gky4CYJmQ54
Their first album is especially excellent

Loscil is one of my favorite ambient musicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZaPWDGz0Zg

He used to play drums for Destroyer, they still occasionally do collaborations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6aFI9p4Bk

and Eno is the ambient god, obviously
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKw5mbcE7VY
Title: Re: Ambient / Music without drums / Relaxing
Post by: Dr Dew on March 10, 2020, 04:14:54 PM: Quote from: childhood on March 01, 2020, 04:31:39 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gky4CYJmQ54

great picks everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpkWwXveqs

found this lovely acapella and now im playing it alongside that track. really wonderful peaceful tender vibes they are making together mmmmm :) <3
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Post by: BallDontLie on March 10, 2020, 04:28:53 PM: https://youtu.be/3PE50PZG5aw
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Post by: childhood on March 10, 2020, 05:53:35 PM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_rEHstx7v4
https://thequietus.com/articles/20970-leyland-james-kirby-interview-the-caretaker
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Post by: layzieyez on March 10, 2020, 08:10:47 PM: I don't think we can talk about ambient without including hearts of space. Their radio program played weekly and was my favorite for years on public radio. Thankfully, you can stream their stuff online with a free account or pay to dig into their deep archives.

https://v4.hos.com/home
Title: Re: Ambient / Music without drums / Relaxing
Post by: childhood on March 14, 2020, 01:19:35 PM: I'm actually totally unfamiliar with that show, sounds great though

I think my friend's parent's Pure Moods cds were my first introduction to ambient music being a thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjrox_2s

Mini loscil documentary discussing his music/ambient music in general:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7twzsFKUzgg
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Post by: FrozenIndustries on March 15, 2020, 02:49:52 PM: Quote from: childhood on March 14, 2020, 01:19:35 PM
I'm actually totally unfamiliar with that show, sounds great though

I think my friend's parent's Pure Moods cds were my first introduction to ambient music being a thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJSjrox_2s

Mini loscil documentary discussing his music/ambient music in general:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7twzsFKUzgg

Pure Moods holds up.
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Post by: Dr Dew on March 15, 2020, 04:22:50 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVz19M9JoRA
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Post by: Dr Dew on March 16, 2020, 07:34:54 AM: https://youtu.be/OMFkgeoIOi8

10/10
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Post by: childhood on March 16, 2020, 07:40:21 AM: My favorite Maryland sadboy lofi mostly-ambient musician:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoYf7wiZdTo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=od8EgF9g5pg
Title: Re: Ambient / Music without drums / Relaxing
Post by: Dr Dew on March 19, 2020, 08:49:54 AM: +1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Ws3jTM_cQ
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Post by: childhood on March 23, 2020, 11:22:10 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iotUVejax8
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Post by: Dr Dew on March 23, 2020, 07:12:23 PM: love it
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Post by: childhood on March 29, 2020, 06:11:06 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D72lNAK3fJA
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Post by: Dr Dew on March 29, 2020, 01:21:14 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dgQ97qsS0
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Post by: Whitedude on March 30, 2020, 03:09:52 AM: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOp9X0ts0l8

https://youtu.be/SinL1sRrV1Q
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Post by: childhood on March 30, 2020, 12:44:49 PM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzaKC7zWu5o
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Post by: ihatejulio on March 30, 2020, 01:00:23 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvV4wzN_oh4
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Post by: childhood on April 03, 2020, 11:38:11 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8VtCGvyN0&t=25s

"Muslimgauze was the moniker of Mancunian musician and producer Bryn Jones, whose famously prolific and short-lived career produced a discography of over 2000 tracks, around 100 albums and countless 7″, 12″ and DAT-only releases...Vehemently pro-Palestinian and endlessly fascinated by the Muslim world, there has always been an air of controversy surrounding Bryn Jones’s prolific and guardedly political output. Sparked by Israel’s conflict Lebanon in 1982, his interest in the politics of the Middle East became an obsession that confounded everyone he knew, including his own family."
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/an-introduction-to-muslimgauze/
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Post by: Yibb-Tstll on April 05, 2020, 02:17:50 PM: Current crush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZqFa0Qiro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZqFa0Qiro)

Also her NTS mix is really nice
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/kali-malone-24th-march-2020?fbclid=IwAR1WAgZsCDYOMQ7xWh4OGb72jLBayKcAB4IMP-aa-EM7WG3EJt9_e3x1Kpk (https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/kali-malone-24th-march-2020?fbclid=IwAR1WAgZsCDYOMQ7xWh4OGb72jLBayKcAB4IMP-aa-EM7WG3EJt9_e3x1Kpk)
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Post by: childhood on April 06, 2020, 09:11:57 AM: Gas (Wolgang Voigt) is a German ambient-electronic king:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyEI2mKGST0

The project was created as an expressive medium inspired by his experiences with taking LSD in the Königsforst, a German forest situated near his hometown of Cologne, for long periods in his youth. He has claimed that the intention of the project is to "bring the forest to the disco, or vice-versa"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician)

I saw him a couple years ago when he was touring to promote his latest album, it was an incredible show
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Post by: TD on April 14, 2020, 05:33:52 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJSuKb8YAYI
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Post by: TD on April 14, 2020, 05:34:59 AM: Quote from: ihatejulio on March 30, 2020, 01:00:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvV4wzN_oh4

I had no idea Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza continued making music, the last release of theirs I heard was probably nordwrong. Damn I'm so pumped
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Post by: Glue Reed on April 14, 2020, 07:22:03 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm0AplxuAhY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm0AplxuAhY)
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Post by: JudoOrigami on April 14, 2020, 08:10:53 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9svsmx4XvM
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Post by: childhood on April 14, 2020, 01:40:17 PM: This is a pretty good overview of most of the "big" ambient acts of the last like 15 years:
(https://i.imgur.com/AgKWZnQ.jpg?1)
I think loscil would win for me, a lot of tough calls though
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Post by: JudoOrigami on April 14, 2020, 01:47:24 PM: I think if you are putting that much effort into listening to ambient music you are doing it wrong. That shit is the antithesis of a competition
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Post by: cricketclub on April 15, 2020, 06:19:00 AM: I think it's a cool idea. The leaderboard is left blank so it's more about picking a personal favorite.

I haven't heard of everyone on there but I know enough of them that I can tell it's a good list.

childhood, thanks for the recommendation of Loscil. I've got it playing quietly now as I work from home and it is exactly what I needed.
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Post by: skatefresh on April 15, 2020, 06:46:29 PM: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5AiRVqfqk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5AiRVqfqk)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQOKNXhFJU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQOKNXhFJU)
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Post by: childhood on April 16, 2020, 06:24:54 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojW0fVaaFE
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-06/hiroshi-yoshimura-from-internet-obscurity-to-youtube-sensation/11366386
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Post by: JudoOrigami on April 17, 2020, 01:00:40 AM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMErlY2CIs0
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Post by: childhood on May 04, 2020, 10:07:54 AM: Yeah I love that Barker album from last year

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRhSWDz9Eeo
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Post by: childhood on May 11, 2020, 12:28:42 PM: I've been listening to a lot of this guy's releases lately:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HchRmDBMVU
http://ambientmusicguide.com/a-z-essential-albums/slow-dancing-society/
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Post by: ihatejulio on May 14, 2020, 11:51:11 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPUzbSTzt8w&
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Post by: ihatejulio on May 18, 2020, 03:34:10 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn2fXtHUY8Q
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Post by: childhood on May 18, 2020, 03:49:02 PM: That Huerco album is great, reminds me of Gas in a good way

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19P6HFnQx0
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Post by: ihatejulio on May 19, 2020, 12:03:45 AM: Quote from: childhood on May 18, 2020, 03:49:02 PM
That Huerco album is great, reminds me of Gas in a good way

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19P6HFnQx0

This would sound great in a dreamy skate edit. Question, what are some good examples of parts edited to sound-scapy ambient music?
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Post by: Bata on May 20, 2020, 04:08:29 AM: Quote from: ihatejulio on May 19, 2020, 12:03:45 AM
Quote from: childhood on May 18, 2020, 03:49:02 PM
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That Huerco album is great, reminds me of Gas in a good way

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19P6HFnQx0
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This would sound great in a dreamy skate edit. Question, what are some good examples of parts edited to sound-scapy ambient music?

Heath Kirchart in This is Skateboarding is the definitive one.
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Post by: childhood on May 31, 2020, 02:55:14 PM: This is kinda pushing it, cause it's not ambient by the strictest definitions, but Shawn Hale skating to OPN is the closest, most recent example I can think of. Non-traditional song structure using new age-type sounds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS7RwZvaKDE

And don't forget about PJ Ladd skating to John Cage-4'33 :P
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68hSZm5GFOY

I'm sure there's better examples I'm blanking on.
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Post by: fur lined sea on January 13, 2023, 03:10:39 AM: Labradford!

At first I really didn't get this album, then it hit me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhkgRw2p7bA

Another full album, their later albums got more ambient. No tracks have drums so there'll be something for OP. Some of it borders on drone, but genres can get stupid right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCua02uRPq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2e_nyduj5Y

Kranky is an excellent label. Lots of ambient artists on there. Surprised I didn't see Grouper in here either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBX5rDszspM
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Post by: fur lined sea on January 13, 2023, 03:14:02 AM: Quote from: childhood on March 01, 2020, 04:31:39 PM
One of the guys from SOTL is in this group too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gky4CYJmQ54
Their first album is especially excellent

Loscil is one of my favorite ambient musicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZaPWDGz0Zg

He used to play drums for Destroyer, they still occasionally do collaborations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6aFI9p4Bk

and Eno is the ambient god, obviously
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKw5mbcE7VY

On the money as always, @childhood

Both Loscil and Stars of the Lid were on Kranky records, such a great label I recommend everyone here to check artists on there.
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Post by: fur lined sea on January 13, 2023, 03:18:07 AM: Quote from: ihatejulio on May 19, 2020, 12:03:45 AM
Quote from: childhood on May 18, 2020, 03:49:02 PM
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That Huerco album is great, reminds me of Gas in a good way

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19P6HFnQx0
[close]

This would sound great in a dreamy skate edit. Question, what are some good examples of parts edited to sound-scapy ambient music?

@ihatejulio

My friend made this not long ago and absolutely crushed it (the Eno song posted above is used in this). If you see some kind of fs noseslide, it's probably me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqsSXhSV5UU
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Post by: Youoverthere on January 15, 2023, 04:19:12 AM: https://youtu.be/-fcU8CpZYDs