corey suggests good ambient music: the thread

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:33 pm

oh wait

try this link

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/100122381/Labradford_-_Mi_media_naranja_1997.rar

with "SirensSound.blogspot.com" as the password and tell me if that works

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:49 pm

that's the same link fyi
the new password doesn't work either

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:54 pm

yeah i know its the same link

also it worked for me so i dont know whats going on

you know the passwords are case sensitive right

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:05 pm

yeah i'm just copying and pasting
i'll figure it out don't worry

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:39 pm

Corey:

Which ambient artist has the best track titles, in your opinion?

Thanks,
-James.

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:06 pm

stars of the lid

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:24 am

that's actually what i thought, thanks for confirming

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:09 am

yeah they're interesting without being overly pretentious

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:39 pm

and funny

december hunting for vegetarian etc

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:05 am

yeah that too

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:23 pm

14.

Artist.....: Eluvium
Album....: Copia
Genre....: Ambient
Release..: 2007

I think Stars of the Lid and Eluvium are in the same boat, where you hear about ambient music and you hear their names but maybe you haven't heard them. Well if you haven't listened to Eluvium yet you should now. It's a one man project and uses a lot of drone elements with piano, keyboards, brass, strings, found sounds, etc. I love everything I've heard by him, but Copia is my favorite. I've fallen asleep to it more times than I can count. It's beautiful.

Tracklist:
01. Amreik
02. Indoor Swimming at the Space Station
03. Seeing You Off The Edges
04. Prelude For Time Feelers
05. Requiem on Frankfort Ave.
06. Radio Ballet
07. (Intermission)
08. After Nature
09. Reciting the Airships
10. Ostinato
11. Hymn #1
12. Repose In Blue

Download:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/8352253/Eluvium_-_Copia.zip.html

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:26 pm

i might be a crazy minority but i hate eluvium

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:00 am

yeah eluvium tends to be a favorite within the genre

what dont you like about it?

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It's dull.

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:08 am

i can understand why you'd say that, but i don't think so

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:11 pm

Pretty much agree with Tom.

When I was just starting to listen to ambient music and someone said Eluvium was good, I almost stopped there because it was so bad. Luckily I found out not everything is as boring as Eluvium.

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:13 pm

15.

Artist.....: The Dead Texan
Album....: The Dead Texan
Genre....: Ambient/Drone
Release..: 2004

The Dead Texan is the side project of Adam Wiltzie, who is one half of Stars of the Lid. This is the only Dead Texan release. The music is pretty similar to Stars of the Lid, but Wiltzie released it as a side project because he felt it was too "aggressive" for SotL. On the album he collaborated with Christina Vantzos, a film maker, and the mood and tone of the album is highly influenced by the video that was being made alongside the album, and vice versa. I feel it's very enjoyable drone/ambient music.

Tracklist:
01. The Six Million Dollar Sandwich
02. Glen's Goo
03. A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 1
04. A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 2
05. Taco de Macque
06. Aegina Airlines
07. When I See Scissors I Can't Help But Think of You
08. Girth Rides a (Horse)
09. La Ballade d'Alain Georges
10. Beatrice Part 2
11. The Struggle

Download:

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5GMR9G7H

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:21 am

i'll download that in a second because i've been meaning to get it for a while

in the meantime i'm downloading the labradford, really looking forward to that

just to let you know even though i'm not posting a lot in this thread corey i am keeping one eye on it and downloading some of the stuff and i will let you know whether i like it when i get around to listening to it

do you like Twine? their self-titled is very good in my opinion and the latest one (violets) isn't bad either

i bought it twice and lost it twice though :(

not paying for it again

ps. i don't like eluvium tons either, although i bought copia

it is very very pretty but i got tired of it after a little while, maybe someday i'll listen to it again and like it

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:58 pm

yeah i like the labradford a lot and the dead texan is good

i haven't heard twine before, i'll have to check them out

and if you're looking to buy the dead texan i know on kranky when you buy the cd you get the dvd with it and i think it's only like $16 total

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:39 pm

16.

Artist.....: Mono & World's End Girlfriend
Album....: Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain
Genre....: Neo-classical/Post-Rock/Ambient
Release..: 2006

Mono is a japanese post-rock band and World's End Girlfriend is a japanese ambient/electronic artist. This is a collaboration between the two and is pretty different than what either artist sounds like on their own. It's a lot of strings with some guitar and bits of other instruments. Listening to all five parts in a row is great. Mostly quiet string sections that build up to occasional noisy climaxes. I don't think my description is really doing it justice so you should just check it out and see what you think for yourself.

Tracklist:
01. Trailer 1
02. Trailer 2
03. Trailer 3
04. Trailer 4
05. Trailer 5

Download:

Code:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IJJ9A5ZU

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pssst corey
i have been listening to a lot of bell orchestre and it struck me as something you might like maybe? thought i should ask if you had heard any/your thoughts

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:54 pm

when i first heard about them i kind of wrote them off because there's members of arcade fire in the band, and i figured it would just be one of those bands that everyone jizzed all over because of that fact

but i just downloaded their album and listened to the first couple songs and it's pretty good and isn't anything what i expected

i'll have to put some more time into it and then i'll let you know what i think :)

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:13 pm

17.

Artist.....: A Lily
Album....: I Dress My Ankles With God's Sweetest Words
Genre....: Folk/Electronic/Ambient
Release..: 2008

A Lily is the side project of James Vella, a member of the post-rock band Yndi Halda. This is his second release under A Lily. While his first release, entitled Wake:Sleep is a fully instrumental electronic/ambient album, this album has vocals on the first two tracks. "A Town Like Hurricane" is a nice, uplifting folk song that instantly catches you and pulls you in. "A Song for Ron Mental and Sydney Bishop" mixes electronic and folk with a slight ambient feel throughout. "Hunter and Sky" is a beautiful drone track that reminds me of Stars of the Lid. The three songs are arguably in three fairly different genres, so it's a fun and interesting album and even though there are only three tracks I have yet to find any of them getting old.

Tracklist:
01. A Town Like Hurricane
02. A Song for Ron Mental and Sydney Bishop
03. Hunter and Sky

Download:

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http://rapidshare.com/files/136113278/A_Lily_-_I_Dress_My_Ankles_with_God_s_Sweetest_Words.zip.html

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i invented rain wrote:

Hey, I own this! Raccoon!

It's better than anything Mono's done since One Step More and You Die too

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:16 pm

i like 'you are there' a lot and 'walking cloud deep red sky...' is good

i actually haven't put much time into 'one step more and you die'

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:24 pm

i've listened to 'one step more and you die' a couple of times since my last post and i'm really enjoying it

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6011

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:24 am

18.

Artist.....: Ramses III
Album....: Honey Rose
Genre....: Ambient/Drone/Experimental
Release..: 2007

Ramses III is a three person drone/ambient group from England. Honey Rose is a fairly short EP, about 25 minutes, comprised of beautiful soft and fuzzy ambient/drone made with synthesizers, acoustics, and minor "vocals". The album was made as the soundtrack for a small local film. All of the tracks central around a similar theme. Theme Two is my favorite but since they all work around a similar theme it's hard to not like all of them if you like any.

Tracklist:
01. Theme One
02. Theme Two
03. Theme Three
04. Theme Four
05. Theme Five
06. Theme Six

Download:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/104152242/Rameses_III_-_Honey_Rose.rar

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:56 pm

19.

Artist.....: The Soul's Release
Album....: Sometime, Somewhere
Genre....: Ambient
Release..: 2008

The Soul's Release is Alex Rich. He's twenty years old, from California, and makes soundscape/ambient music combining the use of electronic and acoustic elements. It's like if Sigur Ros combined with Stars of the Lid and got 20 years younger. A very ethereal album that I've been enjoying a lot lately.

Tracklist:
01. Dripping Whispers
02. Sometime, Somewhere
03. Elska Min
04. Joy Leaves
05. Lott

Download:

Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/132396744/the_soul_s_release_-_sometime__somewhere.zip.html

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:49 pm

20.

Artist.....: The Tumbled Sea
Album....: Songs By The Tumbled Sea
Genre....: Ambient/Modern Classical
Release..: 2007

The Tumbled Sea in the solo project of Sam Lee from Boston. I took my own pictures of the album because there's not an "album cover" per se. (The pictures are backwards because I had to use photobooth). It's a handmade cd case with a handwritten tracklisting. Very nice personal touch. I got the cd for free too by just emailing him and asking. The album is a fantastic blend of piano, strings, sound bites, keyboards, and so on. The mood Lee creates is calming and beautiful. It's hard to believe he's a local musician. I was blown away the first time I heard the album and I hope you are too.

Tracklist:
01. 97202
02. Walking
03. Emily's Song
04. Children Building This Rainman Out Of Snow
05. A Song For Staying In
06. A Growing Recognition of the Genius Birds
07. Sleeps
08. May
09. We're Turning Into Regular People
10. Doves
11. A Love Song
12. The People You Never Knew About

Download:

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cpsqjp152qa