Listening to the FSOL post reminded me how much I like ambient music. I started listening to this stuff before I ever got into any type of DJ related music.

Here are some of my favs, anyone else have anything new that is good? I havent been keeping up for a while on new releases, here are some classics:

All time fav is: [B]woob - 1194:

[IMG]http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_e/emit1194.jpg[/IMG]

Global Communication - 76:14

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Lull - Moments:

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[/B] This cd is great. It consists of 99 tracks, it sounds like if you were in one of those sleep chambers from Alien floating thru space. [B] The KLF - Chill Out:

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Vidna Obmana - Crossing The Trail:

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[/B] [B]Biosphere - Substrata:

[IMG]http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_o/origo19.jpg[/IMG]

[/B]Pretty much all of Pete Namlooks stuff and the FAX +49-69/450464 label.

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anything by jonn serrie

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Jon Hopkins is a personal fave of mine [IMG]http://www.ambientmusic.co.uk/pics/Jon_Hopkins200.jpg[/IMG]

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FSOL - Lifeforms KLF - Chill Out KLF - Space

Those are just my favorites....

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don't forget the orb. I still listen to my old orb stuff with regularity.

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^^yeah..adventures beyond the ultraworld is classic

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I'm a big Tangerine Dream fan, most of their stuff isn't ambient, but their true ambient stuff is great.

"Falling Dark 3" from Hearts of Space is one of my favorite ambient radio programs. Along with a few others from 96-97.

Vidna Obmana is great. Robert Rich is another king.

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Above all the complete Orb discography, but the compils of Supperclub are very good too. More loungy than really ambient, but still. Check it out at [url]http://www.supperclub.com/ninesins/[/url]

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thanx resonator will chekk them out

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add a few

cafe del mar vol 5 & 8 Budah Sounds Vol.3 pompugnac - living on the edge

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susumu yokota=ambient king.

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[IMG]http://www.electroshot.com/orb/orbadv.gif[/IMG]

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The Orb_Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty My personal favorite ever

other good ones Carbon Based Lifeforms_World Of Sleepers I-cube_Adore Seahorse Transform_Dust FromA Trip Tipper_The Seamless Unspeakable Something

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seconded on robert rich.

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Peter Benisch - Soundtrack Saga Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro Brian Eno?s Ambient collections Bill Laswell?s reworks of Bob Marley (Dreams of Freedom)

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boards of canada - music has the right to children

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I would like to add

Pub - Summer Global Communications - Pentamerous Metamorphosis Blade Runner Arovane - Tides Bola - all albums, Soup may be best Ambiant Otaku - Ambiant Otaku Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2 Autechre - Amber

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[quote=pdowney;474177] Global Communications - Pentamerous Metamorphosis Bola - all albums, Soup may be best Ambiant Otaku - Ambiant Otaku Autechre - Amber[/quote]

exxxxcellent choices

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[quote=ShawnD64;474102]boards of canada - music has the right to children[/quote]

Agreed, although The Campfire Headphase is better.

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Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2

amazinggg albummm pdowney

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I Love the Woob Album, especially the first part of the first track, awesome.

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[quote=GLD;474261]I Love the Woob Album, especially the first part of the first track, awesome.[/quote]

yup it rocks. i luckily got ahold of the mp3's of his first super ultra rare casette tape which was his first demo, kickass as well.

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Not really ambient as such but I love Chicane-Far From The Maddening Crowd. Quite difficult to get in shops these days, but I really enjoy lounging about to this album.

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Balance 005 - disk2.

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[quote=pdowney;474177]I would like to add

Pub - Summer Global Communications - Pentamerous Metamorphosis Blade Runner Arovane - Tides Bola - all albums, Soup may be best Ambiant Otaku - Ambiant Otaku [B]Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2[/B] Autechre - Amber[/quote]

Redefined electronic music for me Another music junkie is born

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oh...i should punch myself in the mouth for forgetting this one, probably the most gorgeous electronic tune ever: Pulusha - Isolation Part One.

You [B]must[/B] track this one down, it is amazing.

[IMG]http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/%7Ersirokov/covers/pulusha_-_isolation.jpg[/IMG]

[URL]http://www.discogs.com/release/92215[/URL]

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Moby - Ambient. His best work ever.

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its like a deja-vu going on in my head, I 'remember' reading a thread like this one and saying how I like Ingo Vogelmann and so on .... weird :Who:

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^^ ditto...

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[quote=Katkich;475494]its like a deja-vu going on in my head, I 'remember' reading a thread like this one and saying how I like Ingo Vogelmann and so on .... weird :Who:[/quote]

I thought you said Inigo Montoya. :Whoaa:

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Biosphere - Substrata is a gem

It really brings you on a journey

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way too many ambient cds that are good out there. My personal favorites are:

Richie Hawtin & Peter Namlook-From Within II FSOL-Lifeforms Orb-Adventures beyone the Ultraworld William Orbit-Pieces in a Modern Time

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[quote=rewing3;509427]way too many ambient cds that are good out there. My personal favorites are:

Richie Hawtin & Peter Namlook-From Within II FSOL-Lifeforms Orb-Adventures beyone the Ultraworld William Orbit-Pieces in a Modern Time[/quote]

How about a little bit of trivia re: ORB Adventures beyond the Ultraworld.

Alex Paterson actually got sued by Ricki Lee Jones for sampling her from an interview for "Little Fluffy Clouds".

[I]What were the skies like when you were young?[/I] [I]They went on forever ? They - When I - We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in 'em, and they were long, clear, and there were lots of stars, at night. And when it would rain, they would all turn - They were beautiful, the most beautiful skies as a matter of fact. Um, the sunsets were purple and red and yellow and on fire, and the clouds would catch the colors everywhere. That's uh, neat cause I used to look at them all the time, when I was little. You don't see that. You might still see it in the desert. [/I]

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Here is one that may not be so obvious and will probably give a few people a laugh, but it HAD ITS TIME! Not sure if its relevant anymore though...:lol:

Perfecto Collection Disc III "After Hours"

[IMG]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GDDJNY8RL.AA240.jpg[/IMG] [B]Disc: 3[/B]

1. The Word (PMT Mix) - Dope Smugglaz
2. On Your Mind (Outer Limits Of Your Mix) - Patient Saints
3. Every Woman Needs Love (Platoon's Chillout Mix) - Stella Browne
4. Resurrection (Robots Outro Mix) - PPK
5. Silent Words (Chiller Twist's Sunrise Mix) - Jan Johnston
6. Bad Days - Timo Maas
7. Falling (Solar Stone After Hours Mix) - Liquid State feat. Marcella Woods
8. A Summer Song (Sunset Friendly Mix) - Nilo
9. Another Day (Strings) - Skip Raiders feat. Jada
10. So In Love With You (Latin Vibe) - Duke

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future sound of london tangerine dream dj faultline (like "your love means everything")

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Some very very good albums mentioned here.. on that I will add to the list - [B]Liquid Mind V:Serenity and [/B][B]Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre and some Brian Eno. [/B]

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im going to tell everyone again to get this cd, it is amazing:

[IMG]http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_e/emit1194.jpg[/IMG]

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These are both a must imo:

The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (2007 Kompakt)

[IMG]http://theletter.co.uk/images/sounds/thefield.jpg[/IMG]

Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss (2007 Diamond Life)

[IMG]http://www.spaceboss.net/images/pantha_du_prince.jpg[/IMG]

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One of my favs is Spacetime Continuum - Sea Biscut.

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David Sylvian - Approaching Silence Stars of the Lid - Ballasted Orchestra SETI - Pharos (live) Omicron - The Generation and Motion of a Pulse Steve Roach - Structures from Silence

Just a few that I could think of....