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Elsewhere Art . . . Japanese ambient artists
...beautiful collection Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental and New Age Music 1980-1990... ...find it. You can read what I wrote about that ambient collection here. I hope the art does it...
Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9771/elsewhere-art-japanese-ambient-artists/
Darkstar: North (Hyperdub/Southbound)
...Darkstar I was thinking about had a curiously ambient take on it. And by coincidence these Londoners... ...have an interestingly ambient bent for this quiet but discreetly beat-driven... ...endearing cuteness) and others on the electro-ambient/dance music for seated people axis. A bit...
Tagged with: ambient music | atlas sounds | brian eno | darkstar | deerhunter | fripp and eno | memory tapes | philip glass |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3723/darkstar-north-hyperdub-southbound/
Brian Eno: Small Craft on a Milk Sea (Opal)
...the early Seventies the ambient albums by Brian Eno -- sometimes soundtracks... ...films -- ushered in a kind of intelligent ambient music and the music on his Obscure label... ...35 years ago. Here is that same sense of ambient understatement, gently moving passages of...
Tagged with: ambient music | brian eno | ecm records | harold budd | jon hassell | la monte young | laraaji |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3682/brian-eno-small-craft-on-a-milk-sea-opal/
The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
...Radiohead at their most melodic (the droning ambient electronics of The Aviator which segues into...
Tagged with: bob dylan | the war on drugs | u2 |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4387/the-war-on-drugs-slave-ambient-secretly-canadian/
HAROLD BUDD, BRIAN ENO: AMBIENT 2; THE PLATEAUX OF MIRROR (1980)
...Harold Budd continued Eno's exploration of ambient music after the first volume Music for... ...out of California was releasing its own quasi-ambient albums by the likes of pianist George Winston... ...healing crystals and massage parlours. Eno's ambient project was something rather different –... ...aspect of Eno's definition. It is ambient in that it is just there, pleasantly so, but... ...in the Bush of Ghosts with David Byrne (not ambient in the slightest) and the sublime Apollo;...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10552/harold-budd-brian-eno-ambient-2-the-plateaux-of-mirror-1980/
Annemarie Duff: Music for Sleep and Creativity (Mmdelai)
...I confess a love for Brian Eno's ambient music -- and that what I call "massage... ...an airport, massage rooms or office you want ambient/sleep inducing/creativity enhancing music for...
Tagged with: ambient music | atlas sounds | fripp and eno | philip glass | travis & fripp |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3501/annemarie-duff-music-for-sleep-and-creativity-mmdelai/
Atlas Sound: Logos (4AD)
...Who Can See But Cannot Feel, was a real find: ambient and cinematic but with hints of hazy pop, and... ...recordings which are kissed by electronics and ambient washes but don't shy away from charming pop...
Tagged with: ambient music | atlas sounds | deerhunter | fripp and eno | travis & fripp |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2676/atlas-sound-logos-4ad/
JAPANESE AMBIENT MUSIC OF THE EIGHTIES CONSIDERED (2019): The sound of very little, but beautiful
...recent atmospherically instrumental work (his Ambient Music series, Music for Films and so on) had... ...you could engage with some serious listening. Ambient music had been around for decades (Erik Satie... ...It is presented as Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental and New Age Music 1980-1990 for... ...Kankyo Ongaku awaits. Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental and New Age Music 1980-1990... ...here, from February 21. For other similar ambient albums at Elsewhere see here and here and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8788/japanese-ambient-music-of-the-eighties-considered-2019-the-sound-of-very-little-but-beautiful/
Patron Saint of Hummingbirds: Environmental Music Vol 2 (digital outlets)
...is not averse to ambient or atmospheric music, or even that stateless... ...to Hiroshi Yoshimura and the Japanese ambient genre known as Kankyo Ongaku which we had... ...points are rather more interesting than most ambient music, and so it proves on this collection of...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11217/patron-saint-of-hummingbirds-environmental-music-vol-2-digital-outlets/
Evgeny Ukhanov: Introspection; Performs Griffths (griffithscomposer.com)
...we were curious. The title suggested ambient music of the kind we have a soft spot for . .... ...delicate 3 Meditations – which like much ambient piano music exists in a place of deliberately... ...might suggest, and – given just how many ambient albums are out there these days – the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7819/evgeny-ukhanov-introspection-performs-griffths-griffithscomposercom/
Levi Patel: Affinity (Marigold)
...and imaginative qualities of intelligent ambient music that we hesitate to mention just how... ...months ago. And we reference much more “ambient” music elsewhere. But we accept that... ...– the definition of “ambient” has become increasingly slippery and... ...music lies. So we hesitate to use “ambient” about this truly lovely album by... ...hit that Eno midpoint of his definition of ambient music (music as enjoyable as it is ignorable)... ...something. And something more than “ambient”. Take your time on the track posted...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/7923/levi-patel-affinity-marigold/
Lucinda Chua, Antidotes (4AD/digital outlets)
...lines between ambient and contemporary classical music are very... ...of slow keyboard chords, her cello and the ambient atmospherics. This is discreet music with a...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10001/lucinda-chua-antidotes-4ad-digital-outlets/
Travis & Fripp: Thread (Southbound)
...albums also anticipated to some extent the ambient music that Eno would develop (although his... ...wallpaper which conform to Eno's definition of ambient music as that which is as easy to ignore as it... ...which lift it beyond so much of the bloodless ambient music which is out there.All done in a day...
Tagged with: atlas sounds | robert fripp | travis & fripp |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1735/travis-and-fripp-thread-southbound/
Various Artists: The Myndstream Collection Vol 1 (digital outlets)
...make the distinction between New Age music and ambient, although we're prepared to acknowledge the... ...is pretty porous. However this collection of ambient and meditative sounds recommends itself if for... ...Cliff Martinez with the simply entitled Ambient 2. And others. So there you go, the rowdies... ...them. . A useful sampler from the myndstream ambient/New Age label, for more go here....
Music at Elsewhere: music/10021/various-artists-the-myndstream-collection-vol-1-digital-outlets/
rotor plus: Fugue States – After (digital outlets)
...like “ambient” and “atmospheric” are used... ...hang in the air. Brian Eno famously described ambient music as that which was as ignorable as it was... ...However “ambient noise” or “ambient sounds”... ...4' 33” the audience becomes aware of the ambient sounds around it: the shuffle of a chair,... ...rotor +) whose music sometimes includes such ambient sounds . . . and these become more prominent... ...wrote about here). rotor has integrated such ambient sounds, what we might call surface noise... ...And yes, it is also sometimes “ambient” and certainly “atmospheric”...
Further Outwhere: further/9711/rotor-plus-fugue-states-–-after-digital-outlets/
Gramsci: In Formation1: A Shift in Prospects (bandcamp)
...– some as Gramsci, some as his more ambient persona Impending Adorations, a few under his... ...In Formation 1: A Shift in Prospects. These 10 ambient instrumentals are also independent pieces... ...Adorations. If so, good. As with much ambient music there is a weightless and stateless...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10403/gramsci-in-formation1-a-shift-in-prospects-bandcamp/
Arushi Jain: Under the Lilac Sky (Leaving/digital outlets)
...sound of Laraaji in the early Eighties, ambient world music, mood-establishing electronica and... ...which also bring to mind Japanese ambient music of the Eighties (with subcontinent...
Further Outwhere: further/10101/arushi-jain-under-the-lilac-sky-leaving-digital-outlets/
Yoshinori Hayashi: Pulse of Defiance (Smalltown Supersound/digital outlets)
...with Eighties techno, earlier Japanese ambient music, gentle German space-rock, and the likes...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9820/yoshinori-hayashi-pulse-of-defiance-smalltown-supersound-digital-outlets/
Omit: Negative Pulse Logic (End of Alphabet Records)
...as well as download – is quiet, glitch-ambient electronica with atmospheric space and a touch... ...maybe because you can play it as inspirational ambient sound while working at the computer –...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7900/omit-negative-pulse-logic-end-of-alphabet-records/
Russel Walder: Rise (Nomad Soul/Ode)
...placed Black's exceptional voice in a quasi-ambient context and wove his oboe around it in an... ...it up) it is more richly textured. But that ambient, meditative feel is still ever-present and...
Tagged with: ecm records | russel walder | whirimako black |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1201/russel-walder-rise-nomad-soul-ode/
Tsyphur Zalan: Oceanic Day (digital outlets)
...and moodier"). Essentially there is an ambient quality to these albums where synths and a... ...but rather a more present and imposing kind of ambient sound. So don't let that album title seduce...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9242/tsyphur-zalan-oceanic-day-digital-outlets/
Elijah Knutsen: Pink Dream (Memory Color/bandcamp)
...by Japanese ambient music of the kind collected on the impressive...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9695/elijah-knutsen-pink-dream-memory-color-bandcamp/
The Low Anthem: The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea (Joyful Noise/Flying Out)
...the nature of water, the sea and the idea of ambient immersion. At their most quietly poppy Give My... ...even more interesting than this gentle electro-ambient folk: the band were in an accident and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8330/the-low-anthem-the-salt-doll-went-to-measure-the-depth-of-the-sea-joyful-noise-flying-out/
Alan Brown: Composure (alanbrown.co.nz)
...release is another installment from improvised ambient sessions recorded on a Steinway by pianist... ...including barely-there vocal samples and ambient sound from the tunnels on North Head on...
Tagged with: further | outwhere |
Further Outwhere: further/8300/alan-brown-composure-alanbrownconz/
Desu ExSounds: Figments (Naviar/bandcamp)
...wash but a more present kind of electronica ambient music which has touchstones in the familiar... ...and siren in Glass City). So not so much an ambient album (which can be as ignorable as it is...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10017/desu-exsounds-figments-naviar-bandcamp/
Rhian Sheehan: Standing in Silence (Loop)
...Films, Music for Airports and his intelligent ambient output in the Seventies. This new album is... ...geographical locations. There is a dreamy ambient quality at work (which isn't always...
Music at Elsewhere: music/2161/rhian-sheehan-standing-in-silence-loop/
Fatima Al Qadiri: Medieval Femme (Hyperdub/digital outlets)
...given her heritage: she has created electro-ambient soundscapes apparently inspired by poems by... ...but mostly this is mysterious, ambient, unusual, engaging and illuminating by turns....
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9932/fatima-al-qadiri-medieval-femme-hyperdub-digital-outlets/
Roger Eno, Brian Eno: Mixing Colours (Deutsche Grammophon/digital outlets)
...that same restful, repeated quality. These are ambient impressionistic pieces for piano (Roger, organ... ...elegance of Apollo, this is yet another ambient, restful tapestry of sound if not texture....
Music at Elsewhere: music/9318/roger-eno-brian-eno-mixing-colours-deutsche-grammophon-digital-outlets/
Penguin Café: The Imperfect Sea (Erased Tapes/Southbound)
...as classical, avant-garde, indie.folk, ambient . . . Jeffes – who died in ‘97 --... ...Here what sounds like heavily delayed ambient piano on Control 1 recalls Brian Eno’s... ...ambient explorations (Eno a big supporter of the PCO)...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7970/penguin-café-the-imperfect-sea-erased-tapes-southbound/
An Emerald City, An Emerald City (Monkey Records)
...into each other, have a definite hypnotic and ambient quality, but also thoroughly engage the...
Tagged with: an emerald city | band of horses | etran finatawa | explosions in the sky | ishta | john cale | monkey records |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1558/an-emerald-city-an-emerald-city-monkey-records/
Onelung: Binary Pop Songs (Monkey/Global Routes)
...somewhere between the harder end of Brian Eno ambient-pop and slightly funky electronica -- with...
Tagged with: electronica | fripp and eno | gary numan | life beyond mars | monkey records | onelung | sideways | trip to the moon | tuung | zbigniew preisner |
Music at Elsewhere: music/861/onelung-binary-pop-songs-monkey-global-routes/
Various: Secret Love 4 (Sonar Kollektiv/Rhythmethod)
...Op, this is a neo-folk album with touches of ambient folkadelic styles, the spirit of Ram-era Paul...
Tagged with: andrew bird | findlay brown | paul weller | secret love |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1426/various-secret-love-4-sonar-kollektiv-rhythmethod/
Boris: Attention Please (Sargent House)
...taking the lead on every track, from the quasi-ambient title track opener through the more meaty and... ...piece set in a drifting spacecraft with ambient noise from buzz-bleep computers and a synth...
Tagged with: boris | from the vaults | lou reed | the velvet underground |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4198/boris-attention-please-sargent-house/
Heron Oblivion: Heron Oblivion (Sub Pop)
...Meg Baird may be familiar from the excellent ambient folkadelic albums by Philadelphia's Espers... ...ascends through the cosmic spheres — ambient is out and sky-scaling drama is the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7389/heron-oblivion-heron-oblivion-sub-pop/
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie: Salero (Erased Tapes/Southbound)
...stand independent of the accompanying film as ambient music, and the world is hardly short of that... ...Most people could make do with about three ambient albums for those downtime/down tools/time out...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7787/adam-bryanbaum-wiltzie-salero-erased-tapes-southbound/
Trip to the Moon: The Invisible Line (Jazzscore)
...alludes to much more through sonic samples, ambient passages, beat-driven trip-hop . . . Yes, a... ...There are sections of gentle beauty (the ambient languor in the first half of The Landscapes...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2012 |
Music at Elsewhere: music/5102/trip-to-the-moon-the-invisible-line-jazzscore/
Slow Electric: Slow Electric (Panegyric/Southbound)
...somewhere between wistful and ethereal ambient music, Miles Davis' emotionally distant... ...one ear on glacially slow Brian Eno-type ambient pop. The lyrics might not be their strongest...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4533/slow-electric-slow-electric-panegyric-southbound/
Deepriver: Volume One (n5MD/Redeye/digital outlets)
...Blur) carry make it something much more than ambient music. Recommended to the open-eared. . You...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10766/deepriver-volume-one-n5md-redeye-digital-outlets/
noemienours: Tardigrade Bounding (bandcamp)
...hence the cover art – offer an ambient quality. Not one of pure relaxation but... ...however on repeat play – – like an ambient album – there is something ineffable and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9827/noemienours-tardigrade-bounding-bandcamp/
The Impending Adorations: Intentions (bandcamp)
...Intentions, continues in a similar path of ambient sound (thunder, shutter clicks) woven through... ...and bantam-weight electrofunk, and the space ambient keyboard figure which holds down Reason Why is...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5679/the-impending-adorations-intentions-bandcamp/
Numün: Book of Beyond (Shimmy-Disc/digital outlets)
...Gamelan Dharma Swara) who are behind this ambient, lightydelic and atmospheric instrumental... ...some of the fragility of Eno's most gentle ambient music as heard through Indian influences or...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10562/numün-book-of-beyond-shimmy-disc-digital-outlets/
Mick Turner/Tren Brothers: Blue Trees (Inertia)
...as happily let you go your own way. Is alt.ambient a...
Music at Elsewhere: music/1417/mick-turner-tren-brothers-blue-trees-inertia/
Lisa Gerrard: Lisa Gerrard (4AD)
...of Middle Eastern melodies shine through the ambient electronica backdrops, there are invocations...
Tagged with: ennio morricone | jean michel jarre | lisa gerrard |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1062/lisa-gerrard-lisa-gerrard-4ad/
Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (1975)
...two entirely different albums as the roots of ambient music -- his quiet and Reed's loud. Certainly... ...Metal Machine Trio and they improvise sonic ambient noise. Not bad actually, except when it's...
Tagged with: from the vaults | john cale | la monte young | lou reed | minimalism | sonic youth | the velvet underground |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3164/lou-reed-metal-machine-music-1975/
Inc: No World (4AD)
...fails to grip that is exactly its point. NOt ambient though, just a slo-mo delight of barely-there...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5566/inc-no-world-4ad/
Robert Scott: Tascam Hits (Powertool Records)
...Scott's melodic sensibilities and the quasi-ambient quality make for an album which is...
Tagged with: bonnie prince billy | can | hobotalk | kelley stoltz | powertool records | robert scott | steve reynolds |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1396/robert-scott-tascam-hits-powertool-records/
Jon Hassell: Seeing Through Sound/Pentimento Vol 2 (Ndeya/Border)
...a kind of self-defined area which includes ambient music, allusions to tribal chants or ritual... ...creaking, two minutes of prepared piano, ambient synths and unexpected electronic sounds which...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9507/jon-hassell-seeing-through-sound-pentimento-vol-2-ndeya-border/
Brian Eno: Reflection (Warp/Rhythmethod)
...know it's there. Very much in line with his ambient philosophy – “Ambient music must...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7784/brian-eno-reflection-warp-rhythmethod/
Espers: Espers II (EMI)
...alt.folk-cum-ambient rock outfit from Philadelphia look like they...
Tagged with: devendra banhart | espers | woven hand | wovenhand |
Music at Elsewhere: music/905/espers-espers-ii-emi/
Tyler Ramsey: A Long Dream About Swiming Across the Sea (Shock)
...parts drawing from early acoustic Neil Young, ambient Brian Eno and a touch of the Jackson Browne...
Tagged with: band of horses | dudley benson | james yorkston | tyler ramsey | white swan black swan |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1742/tyler-ramsey-a-long-dream-about-swiming-across-the-sea-shock/
Odawas: The Blue Depths (Rhythmethod)
...are very hard to describe, this one by an ambient, slightly trippy duo from California isn't:...
Tagged with: brian eno | fripp and eno | jean michel jarre | jon hassell | kiwi electronica |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2522/odawas-the-blue-depths-rhythmethod/
Kikagaku Moyo: Masana Temples (Guruguru Brain/Southbound)
...meld together some very familiar tropes from ambient prog, dream pop, Japanese folk-pop,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8742/kikagaku-moyo-masana-temples-guruguru-brain-southbound/
Asgeir: Afterglow (Inertia/Rhythmethod)
...somewhere between orchestrated electronica, ambient and embellished folk – this second album...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7986/asgeir-afterglow-inertia-rhythmethod/
Alan Brown: Silent Observer (alanbrown.co.nz)
...pretend you can do it -- creating respectable ambient music isn't quite as easy as it sounds. We... ...among others -- intuitively understands the ambient ethic because (as with the piano music of Bill... ...notes as much as the black'n'whites hit. Ambient music is very much the less-is-more idea. And... ...is by definition perfectly realised ambience. Ambient music perhaps shouldn't attract attention to...
Tagged with: further outwhere | new zealand jazz | new zealand music |
Further Outwhere: further/6942/alan-brown-silent-observer-alanbrownconz/
Stubbleman: Mountains and Plains (Crammed Discs/Southbound)
...continent and writes a series of travelogue, ambient instrumentals which attempt to capture some of...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8956/stubbleman-mountains-and-plains-crammed-discs-southbound/
BRIAN ENO (2014): The brain that wouldn't die
...and you can add others to build up layers of ambient sound. Sometimes I just have it going beside... ...evolving images on a screen with similarly ambient music playing. It moves so leisurely we... ...Evening Star, '73 and '75) as well his more ambient work with the German group Cluster (Cluster... ...whose sole hit Doot Doot was located between ambient and electronica pop. Also on Someday World is... ...a sidestep from the sometimes characterless ambient music (I can do that with my Bloom app). Here...
Tagged with: brian eno |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6283/brian-eno-2014-the-brain-that-wouldnt-die/
Jorgensen, Mikkonen, Ounaskari: Kuara, Psalms and Folk Songs (ECM/Ode)
...Miles Davis, contemporary classical and ambient world music. In places Per Jorgensen's trumpet...
Tagged with: ecm records | jazz in elsewhere | manfred eicher | marilyn crispell |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3630/jorgensen-mikkonen-ounaskari-kuara-psalms-and-folk-songs-ecm-ode/
DateMonthYear: 7 Ghosts (DMY Records)
...by electronica (Prelude) or the eerily ambient (Ghost6). This isn't the best album these...
Tagged with: an emerald city | band of horses | datemonthyear | explosions in the sky |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1178/datemonthyear-7-ghosts-dmy-records/
Groeni: Nihx (Project.Mooncircle)
...with this nine track album which alights on ambient landscapes and Green's soulful vocals,...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/8881/groeni-nihx-projectmooncircle/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: The Mint Chicks; Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Warners)
...of its many influences. And the experimental, ambient 100 Minutes of Silence pointed in another...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/7464/recommended-reissue-the-mint-chicks-crazy-yes-dumb-no-warners/
Various Artists: Born into This; The Music of Rattle (Rattle)
...seamlessly, and which deliberately errs to the ambient. The 24 track collection comes with a booklet... ...which conforms to Brian Eno's definition of ambient music: to paraphrase, music which is as... .... . . And so it goes, a tapestry of jazz, ambient, classical and experimental music running to...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5017/various-artists-born-into-this-the-music-of-rattle-rattle/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2010 Various Artists: Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers (Crammed Discs/Southbound)
...material. Impressive and fun in an Afro-ambient/electronica way, and not a whiff of PC... ...and a journey through sound (dub, techno, ambient, trip-rock) which hip people in New York and...
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | best of elsewhere 2008 | best of elsewhere 2009 | best of elsewhere 2010 | brian eno | congotronics | from the vaults | ornette coleman | world music in elsewhere |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3717/best-of-elsewhere-2010-various-artists-tradi-mods-vs-rockers-crammed-discs-southbound/
WARWICK BLAIR INTERVIEWED (2004): Getting the art back into the artist
...with Accordion, however, is the quasi-ambient nature of the integrated, five-part work which... ...space, deserts or the tides. They recall the ambient explorations of Brian Eno. With evocative,... ...in places conforms to Eno's description of ambient music being as ignorable as it is enjoyable,...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/5954/warwick-blair-interviewed-2004-getting-the-art-back-into-the-artist/
Tord Gustavsen Trio; Being There (ECM) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007
...Bill Evans, and at others times an almost ambient Eno-like quality in the melodic miniatures....
Tagged with: best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | ecm records | fripp and eno | henryk gorecki | keith jarrett | tord gustavsen | zbigniew preisner |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1174/tord-gustavsen-trio-being-there-ecm-best-of-elsewhere-2007/
Penelope Trappes: Penelope Three (Houndstooth/digital outlets)
...final installment of an electronica-cum-ambient trilogy by Australian-born, briefly New...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9886/penelope-trappes-penelope-three-houndstooth-digital-outlets/
Taken by Trees: East of Eden (Rough Trade)
...the whole album (a tidy 32 minutes) has a neo-ambient alt.folk quality also as acoustic guitars...
Tagged with: sufi baul | sufi soul | taken by trees |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2564/taken-by-trees-east-of-eden-rough-trade/
Al Stewart: Clarence Frogman Henry, Audrey Hepburn and The Year of the Cat (1980)
...in the Dark band, and comes with some slight ambient surface noise for your added pleasure. For...
Tagged with: from the vaults | my back pages |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3195/al-stewart-clarence-frogman-henry-audrey-hepburn-and-the-year-of-the-cat-1980/
Trip to the Moon: Welcome to the Big Room (Ode)
...astral-ambient and very trippy outfit from Auckland record...
Tagged with: greg johnson | trip to the moon |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1359/trip-to-the-moon-welcome-to-the-big-room-ode/
Quimper: Perdide (Soft Bodies/digital outlets)
...(with wordless vocals) which are dreamily ambient and sometimes slightly eerie soundscapes (Skin...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8638/quimper-perdide-soft-bodies-digital-outlets/
The Beta Band: The Three EPs (EMI)
...Slippery and seductive, attention-grabbing and ambient, pop and lo-fi prog. Unfathomably...
Tagged with: the beta band |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2840/the-beta-band-the-three-eps-emi/
Module: The Best of Module 2003-2022 (Loop/digital outlets)
...World Goes Round), and the discreetly astral-ambient (Moving Static) alongside influences from... ...it – conforms to Eno's definition of ambient music: music which is as enjoyable as it is...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10440/module-the-best-of-module-2003-2022-loop-digital-outlets/
The Clientele; God Save the Clientele (Popfrenzy) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007
...after that they weave their way through almost ambient pop with nods to Lemon Jelly, the...
Tagged with: beach house | best of elsewhere 2006 | best of elsewhere 2007 | brian wilson | camera obscura | dwight twilley | miracle mile | popfrenzy | srea cahoone | the clientele | the weather | wilco |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1266/the-clientele-god-save-the-clientele-popfrenzy-best-of-elsewhere-2007/
Ozric Tentacles: Technicians of the Sacred (Madfish)
...blend of psyched-up, tripped-out spaceflight ambient instrumentals which frequently unfurl to the...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6923/ozric-tentacles-technicians-of-the-sacred-madfish/
The Dead C: Patience (Badabing)
...low volume it has a curiously pleasurable ambient quality. It is music which demands attention...
Tagged with: daydream nation | dead c | j mascis | sonic youth | thurston moore |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3883/the-dead-c-patience-badabing/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Deerhunter: Microcastle (4AD)
...David Sylvian's glistening and humanely ambient solo stuff). Not having been party to their...
Tagged with: atlas sounds | best of elsewhere 2008 | deerhunter | the velvet underground |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1986/best-of-elsewhere-2008-deerhunter-microcastle-4ad/
Whirimako Black/Richard Nunns: Te More (Rattle)
...and Richard Nunns' longtime exploration of the ambient aspects of taonga puoro. Stripped right back...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4817/whirimako-black-richard-nunns-te-more-rattle/
Soulsavers: It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land (V2) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007
...lap steel guitar and washes of Eno-like ambient sounds propping up the broody instrumentals,...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1160/soulsavers-its-not-how-far-you-fall-its-the-way-you-land-v2-best-of-elsewhere-2007/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . LARAAJI: Relax, you are feeling sleepy
...defense the album was the third in Brian Eno's ambient series and the second side was taken up with... ...that Brian Eno saw him and produced his album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance with Gordon now under the... ...Gill noted back in '80 that invariably with ambient albums you review the press release because... ...discreetly exotic and hypnotically restful. Ambient music for meditation no less -- but not...
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/3118/we-need-to-talk-about-laraaji-relax-you-are-feeling-sleepy/
Fripp and Eno: Beyond Even; 1992-2006 (Opal/Southbound)
...early 70s a particular magic was created. Not ambient music (that was to follow from Eno) but more...
Tagged with: brian eno | can | jean michel jarre | john cale | kraftwerk | robert fripp | travis & fripp |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1771/fripp-and-eno-beyond-even-1992-2006-opal-southbound/
British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade)
...like Brian Wilson's ambitious pop symphonies, ambient music in the manner of Brian Eno, Paul...
Tagged with: brian wilson | british sea power | elbow | jordan zevon | kelley stoltz | kevin drew | micah p hinson | radiohead | rough trade |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1579/british-sea-power-do-you-like-rock-music-rough-trade/
Maps: We Can Create (EMI)
...haul, but for me it fits perfectly with the ambient, atmospheric-rock of Maps which swells to...
Tagged with: atlas sounds | brian eno | explosions in the sky | maps |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1261/maps-we-can-create-emi/
BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Johann Johannsson: Fordlandia (4AD)
...a bit of Mahler as anyone coming from Eno's ambient music end of the spectrum. With a 50-piece...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2062/best-of-elsewhere-2008-johann-johannsson-fordlandia-4ad/
Various Artists: The Ideal . . . Dinner Party (Global Journey/Rajon)
...at Recipes from Elsewhere. The music is gentle ambient sounds which refer to the regions (even the...
Tagged with: recipes |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3507/various-artists-the-ideal-dinner-party-global-journey-rajon/
Soak: Before We Forgot How to Dream (Rough Trade)
...11 songs and some ambient bits in just 43 minutes, Northern Ireland's...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6997/soak-before-we-forgot-how-to-dream-rough-trade/
ONE WE MISSED: A Winged Victory for the Sullen: The Undivided Five (Ninja Tune)
...we previously said of this ambient-cum-soundtrack-cum-classical duo who were on...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9226/one-we-missed-a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen-the-undivided-five-ninja-tune/
The Very Best: Makes a King (Moshi Moshi)
...third album together -- with some bashing or ambient electronica, bassist Chris Baio from Vampire...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6937/the-very-best-makes-a-king-moshi-moshi/
Bannerman: The Bannerman EP (Nice Like Pie/Rhythmethod)
...the brooding opener House of One), subtle ambient and atmospheric pieces, alt-folk and mostly...
Tagged with: broken heartbreakers | paul mclaney | phoenix foundation | timothy blackman | white swan black swan |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1699/bannerman-the-bannerman-ep-nice-like-pie-rhythmethod/
Lorenzo Masotto: Rule and Case (Preserved Sound/bandcamp)
...more brooding, Jon Hopkins' electro-acoustic ambient albums, elegantly refined piano, those...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7375/lorenzo-masotto-rule-and-case-preserved-sound-bandcamp/
Moving Stuff: When I Am Gone (soundcloud)
...are pop-rock (Someone Else's Life), ethereal ambient pop with a strong chorus (Do You Remember), a...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7912/moving-stuff-when-i-am-gone-soundcloud/
Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly: Peter Pears; Balinese Ceremonial Music (Nonesuch/Universal)
...ton?) So nine pieces are their original quasi-ambient, gentle chill-out electronica-cum-atmospheric...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8420/thomas-bartlett-and-nico-muhly-peter-pears-balinese-ceremonial-music-nonesuch-universal/
Mein: Mein (Rocket/Southbound)
...sound because the binding cord is the psych-ambient groove (with samples, loops and synths...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8380/mein-mein-rocket-southbound/
The Unsemble: The Unsemble (Ipecac/Southbound)
...if fairly familiar in the avant-guitar/ambient world. There are improvised passages...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6472/the-unsemble-the-unsemble-ipecac-southbound/
Sa Dingding: Alive (Universal)
...we aren't averse to a bit of Cantonese pop, ambient Sino-fusion or wallpaper world music which...
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Pitch Black: Third Light (Dubmission/digital outlets)
...and weighty skies. This opener is an almost ambient journey through a warmer landscape of thought... ...than being an angry anthem it is a quasi-ambient piece with hints of impending doom and a...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/9096/pitch-black-third-light-dubmission-digital-outlets/
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned (ECM/Ode)
...blues-ballad voice -- and engaging, almost ambient sound in places -- brings an art-pop element...
Tagged with: ecm records | keith jarrett | tord gustavsen |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2897/tord-gustavsen-ensemble-restored-returned-ecm-ode/
Omar Sosa/Seckou Keita: Suba (Bendigedig/digital outlets)
...with cello), err towards very classy dreamy ambient-pop (Drops of Sunrise) and top-shelf New Age...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/10081/omar-sosa-seckou-keita-suba-bendigedig-digital-outlets/
Steve Wells: Songs for Summer Rain (digital outlets)
...in films or simply to nudge his way into ambient music he's got one...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10322/steve-wells-songs-for-summer-rain-digital-outlets/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Dimmer: Live at the Hollywood (digital outlets)
...guitar which evolve into a long, quasi-ambient coda with a snaking guitar part which leads... ...as influenced by “the drift and throb of ambient music, krautrock, electronica, outsider pop...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/10897/recommended-record-dimmer-live-at-the-hollywood-digital-outlets/
Tim Gane and Sean O'Hagan: La Vie d'Artiste (Too Pure)
...vocals), suggestions of Bacharach, drifting ambient sounds, quirky French cafe music . . . There...
Tagged with: carla bruni | ennio morricone | soha | stereolab | tim gane and sean o'hagan |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1344/tim-gane-and-sean-ohagan-la-vie-dartiste-too-pure/
Marissa Nadler: Little Hells (UN SPK)
...-- gives this whole thing a seductive folk-ambient quality. A new name perhaps (this is her...
Music at Elsewhere: music/2382/marissa-nadler-little-hells-un-spk/