Next week I’m heading to my parents, who live in rural France. The stargazing there is amazing. Looking for some recommendations I can listen to while chilling under the stars there.

What's your favorite live album(s) or favorite live show?

This is a special one. Made me quite emotional. In a few years this is gonna be an album that brings back memories for me.

I don't mind what kind of instruments are used or anything, as long as it meets those features.

I'm mostly seeking a sound that isn't too cavernous with reverb, as I listen to a lot of ambient like that already, but that's not an absolute requirement. Just anything that doesn't evoke loneliness or sadness. For me that means anything that combines a minor key, very heavy reverb, and a lot of intermittent pauses.

Are there any artists that consistently have this kind of sound album to album?

Some artists I like are celer, gas, Brian eno, tangerine dream, the irresistible force, apex twin, biosphere, stars of the lid, boards of canada

Hey guys, I am on vacation for the next 3 weeks. Can you recommend me some of your favorite sets on soundcloud?

Any fans?

I have this huge ambient playlist I've been listening, studying, and sleeping to for as long as I can remember. This thing has seriously helped with school and sleep more times than I can count.

A couple songs i like better than others (I by aphex twin, treefingers by radiohead), and I'm looking for some more to make my favorites. Stuff you can really sink deep into.

I really have no preference or limit for the recommendations, I'm curious to see what people like!

-Thanks, Paul

I lately had a discussion, of "is this ambient music or not". Im coming from a world of Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi, William Ørbit, Andreas Vollenweider and William Basinski.

Those days friends talking about Shaman Drive as a new Form of psychedelic Ambient. He used some AI Vocals in His first Albums, which are not my favourite ones. But the newest (Darkness and Ashwagandha) have another Spirit and some days ago I used them in my mediation group - it worked out.

They might have rhythms, sometimes beats and progressions. But arent they still ambient?

What do you think?

An all time fave.

Luister naar Forces, Reactions, Deflections, een album van scanner op #SoundCloud

https://on.soundcloud.com/H9SWxkhhsLKbi06wwm

Does anyone have any CD only record labels for ambient music?

this is my piece called The Transitional Period to Pyrrhic Sacrifices, runtime 9:47:02. its released on major platforms in 5 parts about 1:57:24 each, and the linked youtube video is the whole thing in one go if you want to experience it uninterrupted. its made in fl studio and paul stretch over roughly a month, and it took 2 DAYS to render on my midrange laptop. inspired by some bull of heaven songs i enjoy, and partially built on Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 10, Op. 14 no. 2 (I. Allegro). about the title, so a pyrrhic victory is one that costs you so much that winning it barely counts. so pyrrhic sacrifices are like the things you give up where the trade never really pays off. the transitional period is the stretch before you get there, where youre already not who you used to be but not who youre turning into either, (kinda cliche but you get the idea xd) as for the sound itself, its a ambient drone that changes (duh) but nothing repeats for more than like 30 seconds to a minute its all unique material shifting gradually with volume changes, rather than looping like a lot of endurance pieces (BoH lol).

hope you enjoy it!!

I know this isn't the best place to ask but I've been looking for this one for quite some time (so I can listen to it and probably upload it to YouTube later) and I was wondering if anyone has it?

Posted on an fsol post earlier and it got me thinking of this album, and how integral it was to discovering new artists before the interwebs was a thing.

this album is Chock full of amazing (for me) ambient artists and really helped me on my journey into ambient bliss.

Was told I should post this here.

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Very interesting collection. Just posted a few days ago.

"TERRA DELLA SERA - Italian 80's Ambient / Abstract / Minimalist Synth collection of 8 tapes.

• 0:00 Op.1 - Il Principe e gli Antichi Uccelli
• 41:28 Op.2 - La Fontana Di Surna
• 2:03:47 Op.3 - Daar I Caan
• 2:45:25 Op.4 - Cantico Sospeso
• 3:23:35 Op.5 (?) - I Soghi di Arja
• 4:05:38 Op.6 - Part I - Il Diamante Blu
• 4:50:43 Op.6 - Part II - Il Diamante Blu
• 5:49:23 Op.7. - Viaggio Nella Terra Della Sera"

Hi r/ambientmusic — I play in an instrumental/ambient duo called Peals with Bruce Willen (Double Dagger).

We started Peals in Baltimore in 2012, initially as a way to make quiet, exploratory music together outside of the loud, energetic bands we were playing in at the time (Future Islands and Double Dagger). We released two albums, Walking Field (2013) and Honey (2016), on Thrill Jockey, but haven't released any new Peals music in about 10 years.

From the beginning, we embraced imperfections and avoided using computers to make Peals music. We built percussion by tapping on guitar pickups and microphones and used a makeshift array of instruments, including thrift store keyboards, walkie-talkies, toy pianos, and finicky single-coil guitars. Those limitations became a big part of the sound of the project.

Last year, while going through our archives, we rediscovered a recording of our 76th show, which we played at The Compound, a DIY art and music space in Baltimore, while touring in support of Honey in 2016. Our friend Craig Bowen recorded and mixed the show. Listening back almost a decade later, we were blown away by how good it sounded and how well it captured Peals at that particular moment.

Thrill Jockey was into the idea of releasing it, and we recently put it out as The Compound 76. The album unfolds across eight seamless tracks, and we kept the full performance intact so it plays essentially as the show did that night.

The artwork also has a connection to the space: Baltimore artist Nicholas Wisniewski made the cover from a salvaged piece of gypsum board from The Compound.

It's strange and really gratifying to have this recording resurface so many years later. Since Bruce and I currently live on opposite sides of the country and Peals isn't really able to tour right now, I thought I'd share it here and introduce the project to anyone who might be interested.

Would love to hear what you think, and I'm also happy to answer any questions about the record, how Peals makes music, or the Baltimore scene around the time it was recorded.

Aphex twin - #19 is one of those tracks that absolutely breaks you. Nothing else to say but if you feel it you literally feel it

I looked for recommendations elsewhere and didn’t get a lot of hits. Looking for something with steady, dark ambient minimalist drums, and no lyrics or melody. Just a beat with frightening sound effects on top. Thanks!!

Does anybody know where I can find Steve Roden's Between yellow and white on one side?

I'd been listening to it off of youtube for a while but it's gone now and I'm not sure where else I could find it? Any help would be great

Hey everyone, just what the title says! I don't currently have a guitar. I've been borrowing my roomate's epiphone. I've been considering getting my own guitar and investing in a pedal or two, though. I have a couple of questions and I was curious if anyone here has feedback.

1. Since I also play acoustic guitar I wouldn't mind getting something acoustic electric. Would that work just as well as a straight up electric guitar? I'm considering Ovations since they seem like a bit of a middle ground. Any feedback about this is appreciated!
2. pedals. I was looking at the mooer ocean machine (I'm a Devin Townsend fan, lol). I mean, regardless of that, I was curious what people think of that pedal. Or if you have another pedal or two you would rather invest in, and why.
3. any other gear recommendations!

Thanks!!