Top 10 Ambient Tracks

Its all i have been listening to lately.

Ambient tracks have such a special quality to them, be interested to hear other peoples favorites.

For me at the moment (in no particular order)

1. James Murray - Gaijin
2. FSOL - Cascade 1+2
3. FSOL - Everyone in the world is doing something without me
4. Solar Fields - Sol
5. Halogen - Length & Brecht
6. Biosphere - Poa Alpina
7. Constance Demby - The Annointing
8. Aes Dana - Air Conditioning
9. Bruno Sanfilipo - inTRO (the whole album as one huge lovely track)
10. Minilogue -Windows

Are there any artists out there releasing quality ambient works at the moment? Its one of those genre types i can never find much information about.
I love the improvised live chill you hear at parties and really enjoyed some of the reaaally laid back mixes i have found searching the forum - but would love some more deep, drone ambient albums.

Nice tunage, Luke.
Remember that DawnWalkers mix from a few years back??
Between the 4 I did, there was lots of:
- Brian Eno - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno
- Robert Fripp - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fripp
- Prince Far I's ambient remix stuff - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Far_I
- FSOL...no need to link....
- Boards Of Canada - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boards_of_Canada
- Aphex Twin (selectred ambient works) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_Volume_II
- Tangerine Dream - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_Dream (Rubicon is made of WIN!)
- ...and my all time favourite (joint 1st with FSOL) - Phychick Warriors Of Gaia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychick_Warriors_Ov_Gaia


There is farking loads of useful links on Wiki.... under "ambient" and "ambient dub" .....I always go there when I need a new name/album to get me inspired

...in fact...I just checked...All the DawWalkers links are still working here, hope you enjoy - http://www.psymusic.co.uk/forum/sho...OOK-DJ-Producer-Turntabalist?highlight=nanook

here's a few that spring to mind...
Brando Lupi - Egg Shaped
http://soundcloud.com/brando-lupi/egg-shaped

Enuui - Shin'ei
http://soundcloud.com/el-cubist/enuui-shinei

Enuui & Greg Hunter/mauxuam
http://soundcloud.com/el-cubist/enuui-chimbre-feat-mauxuam-greg-hunter

Master Margerhita - Agung part1 (from Marginal Rules)
Organismic - In Oceans (just noticed this has now been removed from Soundcloud , its a great moody beatless piece, hopefully available somewhere soon ....

> Nanook ;and while you're talking FSOL, I have been really enjoyed Lifeforms at the moment, I notice there are two versions of this, one in 7 parts which i bought on Itunes , haven't seen it on cd .... part of it used in the Dawnwalkers mix, part1 i think

You might enjoy Ishq - very deep and ambient - with not a lot apparently happening for a long time but in a very good way

A bit old fashioned - but I've always enjoyed Solar Quest who goes pretty deep too...

Thanks a lot, got some of Ishq's stuff and love what i have heard, will have to get hold of an album.

is the perfect way to describe what im after!

Checking Solar Quest now, sounds promising

NB Beware of stuff like "Acid Air Raid" which isnt very chilled at all (but good) - George Solar Quest did a fair bit of screaming acid techno trance before getting down & chilled!

love Solar Quest , just finished a mix for my partner , we're having a baby in a couple of weeks so made a cd to help her relax during the birth , 'The bell of Atlantis ' & 'Save the Whale' made it in there...!

thank you, much love !
and i agree about organismic - in oceans, i listen to it most nights in bed

totally out of my depth with ambient but I have really enjoyed Aperion by Proton Kinoun. Its on ektoplazm and I recommend it

acid air raid was a favourite of mine at uni \m/

also worth a punt is some of the old rising high records stuff (e.g. Pete Namlook and Mixmaster morris (Irrestible force) )

One of my all time favourite tracks is by Solar Quest.

From Mashed Mellow Grooves on Transient c1999, Carronbrig.
Enjoy:

Difficult to pick my favourites, but twenty off the top of my head and in no particular order:

1) Steve Hillage - Garden Of Paradise (from Rainbow Dome Musick)
2) The Shamen - Entra-terrestrial (from Arbor Bona Arbor Mala)
3) Ishq (Ishvara) - Nomad (from Magik Square Of The Sun)
4) The KLF - Madrugada Eterna (from Chill Out)
5) Nurse With Wound - Closer Still (from Thunder, Perfect Mind)
6) Coil (Time Machines) - Queens Of The Circulating Library (from Queens Of The Circulating Library)
7) Spacemen 3 - Ecstasy Symphony (from The Perfect Prescription)
8) Michael Stearns - Toto, I've A Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore! (from Planetary Unfolding)
9) Cluster - Sowiesoso (from Sowiesoso)
10) Gong - A Sprinkling Of Clouds (from You)
11) Kraftwerk - Neon Lights (from Man Machine0
12 Manual Gottsching - Dream (from Dream & Desire)
13) Neu! - Hallogallo (from Neu!)
14) Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Part 1 (from Rubycon)
15) Harmonia - Deluxe (Immer Wieder) (from Deluxe)
16) Amorphous Androgynous - Mountain Goat (from Tales Of Ephidrena)
17) Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter (from Music From The Penguin Cafe)
18) Pete Namlook - Winter (from Winter)
19) Erik Satie - Trois Gymnopedies (from Gymnopedies)
20) Michael Hoenig - Departure From The Northern Wasteland (from Departure From The Northern Wasteland)

I've always found Hallogllo very unsettling

Really? In what way? I've always found it extremely smooth/relaxing listening, especially when driving, best driving tune of all time! People say Jaki Liebzeit (of Can) could drum like a machine, but he had nothing on Klaus Dinger! I also feel this track preceded Stereolab by about 20 years...

Well yeah Stereolab built a career on that!

I don't know when I hear it I want smash things, amazing album though.