I think the RYM system doesn't have a bias against albums with few votes (unless it's a few dozen), but it puts much less weight to a rating if it's the only thing the reviewer has rated or if he just rates everything 5 or 1, etc. It's a bit like IMDB ratings.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
Can we argue some more about why a bunch of Finnish teenagers who think Madvillain is the best rap album of all time don't rate the Fax catalog
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
ts: teenagers who think madvillain is the best rap album of all time vs. 40 year olds who think paul's boutique is the best rap album of all time
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
wow, the #1 new age album is apparently Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
well yeah
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
Robert Turman - Flux
this album rules, btw
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
lol RYM ratings... jeez... not an insignificant amount of people are just going through their slsk downloads, previewing a few tracks and then rating them..
― brimstead, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
xpost you're exactly who I thought of when I saw that! then I thought 'aw, Seligpresung is only at #18"
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
kids today just can't be bothered to listen to records a few dozen times before forming opinions on them. terrible.
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
My fondness for the KLF's Chill Out may be down to the cassette being stuck in my car stereo for a couple of months.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
"bryter layter" is my favorite nick drake record because all my other nick drake records got stolen
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
Made another ambient mix. caution, there are beats in the last 2 minutes of the mix. https://www.mixcloud.com/biznotic/ancient-heavenly-connection
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
for me, Suzanne Ciani's Seven Waves is album of the season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06nWn98x_ek
― rolling auto-loon (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
mmmm, prismacolor ambient
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
http://windsmeasurerecordings.net/catalog/wm18/
michael t. bullock and andrew lafkas ceremonies to breathe upon
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
currently loving the new Biosphere album, Departed Glories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLMDIG4sJes
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
Since winter is coming, I guess I could also share this mix I made a couple of years ago:
https://soundcloud.com/kukka-dj/winterchill
It starts with an electronic pop tune, but the rest of it is mostly ambient.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 09:10 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11JITPeYAWs
really great
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
i'd like to check that out!
― surm, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
suzanne ciani wheeie posted upthread is doin the trick rn
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
also I'm listening to Seven Waves at the moment but this looks super interesting
https://open.spotify.com/album/5NeWznX1xhs9KzsNh5PZQT?si=1NH6pf0wSTefbjgZghhqAQ
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
that looks super cool
― surm, Friday, 30 March 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
lots of stuff here i haven't heard: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/03/17/contemporary-ambient-music-list
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:07 (six years ago) link
That Daru album I posted upthread is seriously good. Apparently he did the music for avatar the air bender
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
Got rly into virgins by Tim hecker this winterThat is a album of feeeeeelz
― surm, Saturday, 26 January 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I'd completely forgotten about this thread, but last month I did a top 100 ambient albums list for another site, might as well share it here too:1. Shades of Orion – Shades of Orion 22. Meg Bowles – The Shimmering Land3. Éliane Radigue – Jetsun Mila4. Lucette Bourdin – Radiant Stars5. Vangelis – Soil Festivities6. Air Liquide – Nephology: the New Religion7. Constance Demby – Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate8. Oliver Lieb – Inside Voices9. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Tides10. Biosphere – Patashnik11. Organic Cloud – Organic Cloud12. Wendy Carlos – Beauty in the Beast13. Alio Die – Deconsecrated and Pure14. Robert Rich – Somnium15. Datacide – Flowerhead16. Tangerine Dream – Zeit17. Sheila Chandra – ABoneCroneDrone18. Silence – Silence V19. Deep Space Network – Big Rooms20. Gas – Königsforst21. The Irresistible Force – Global Chillage22. Psychick Warriors ov Gaia – Record of Breaks23. Lucia Hwong – Secret Luminescence24. Meg Bowles – Evensong: Canticles for the Earth25. Alio Die & Sylvi Alli – Amidst the Circling Spires26. Max Richter – Sleep27. Lucette Bourdin – Timeless Shore28. Iotronica – Of Moons and Stars29. Mariolina Zitta – Concert for Bats, Voices and Natural Sounds30. Namlook – Namlook XXV: Permutations31. Music to Films – Music to Films32. Donato Dozzy – K33. Solar Quest – Orgship34. Lorenzo Montanà – Nihil35. Ambiant Otaku – Ambiant Otaku36. Omni Vu Deity – Uvunayatu37. Autumn of Communion – Autumn of Communion38. Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere – Polar Sequences39. 2350 Broadway – 2350 Broadway 240. Minilogue – Blomma41. Susumu Yokota – Sakura42. Ishq – And Awake43. Khan & Walker – Empire State Building44. Zalys – Wandering Through Space45. France Jobin – Intrication46. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani – Sunergy47. Baked Beans – Baked Beans48. Woob – Woob 119449. Thomas P. Heckmann – Ghosts50. Raw C / Pharmakustik – Anamorph Specimens51. Global Electronic Network – Rolleiflex / Weltron / Time Square52. Éliane Radigue – Trilogie de la mort53. Namlook / Montanà – Labyrinth54. 2350 Broadway – 2350 Broadway 455. Suzanne Ciani – Seven Waves56. Alquimia – "Coatlicue" Goddess of the Earth57. Vangelis – The City58. Global Communication – 76:1459. Otras – Otras60. 310 – Aug 5661. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom – The Days of Mars62. Dominic Woosey – Straylight63. Biosphere – Departed Glories64. Alio Die & Mariolina Zitta – La Sala Dei Cristalli65. Tetsu Inoue – Inland66. Lucia Hwong – Goddess Awakening Vol. 167. Indiana Drones – Indiana Drones68. Atom Heart – Live at Sel i/s/c69. Deborah Martin – Eye of the Wizard70. Dr Atmo – Quiet Life71. Raica – Lucent Glances72. Jochem Paap – Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 II73. Constance Demby – Skies Above Skies74. DeepChord presents Echospace – Liumin75. A-Symmetry – I Am Life76. Single Cell Orchestra – Dead Vent 777. Biosphere – Substrata78. Material Object – Artefacts Digitaux II79. Laurie Spiegel – Unseen Worlds80. Banco De Gaia – Last Train to Lhasa81. Sheila Chandra – Quiet82. Move D – The Silent Orbiter83. Dreamfish – Dreamfish84. Freida Abtan – The Hands of the Dancer / The Temple of the Dreamer85. Monolake – Silence86. Cosmic Baby – Stunde Null87. Ishq – Seascapes88. Zalys – Sublime89. Robert Rich – Geometry90. Tomita – Kosmos91. Meg Bowles – Blue Cosmos92. Sad World – Sad World 393. Baked Beans – Bean Me Up, Scotty!94. William Orbit – Strange Cargo III95. Vladislav Delay – Anima96. Suzanne Doucet – Reflecting Light97. TBA / Natalie Beridze – Size And Tears: Alice in Wonderland98. Terre Thaemlitz – Lovebomb99. The Fires of Ork – The Fires of Ork 2100. Geoff Barrow / Ben Salisbury – Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One
― Tuomas, Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/kukka-dj/wintermix-vol-iiI also did a sequel to that wintery ambient mix mentioned upthread.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
Wow, that’s a lot to go through. Thanks T
― calstars, Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
That's a fascinating list! I think I've heard...6 of them.
― seandalai, Saturday, 2 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah, interesting list. I’ve been gradually tracking entries down. Lots I haven’t heard by artists I have heard.
― beard papa, Saturday, 2 February 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
love Meg Bowles. Have never heard of her until your list.
― beard papa, Saturday, 2 February 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
Meg Bowles is one of my favourite ambient artists, it's always nice when people discover her music. I've said it before here, but IMO she would be more acclaimed if her albums weren't self-published and labelled (by herself, admittedly) "new age". The sort of hippie elements a lot of new age artists have are completely missing from her music, mostly it's just pure cosmic synth drones. (Personally I love corny hippie new age too, but I do understand why those elements alienate people.) If her records were published by an established ambient label, they'd probably be considered classics of the genre.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 2 February 2019 10:49 (five years ago) link
Liking the Meg Bowles album. I think 'new age' would have seemed like a pejorative up until a couple of years ago but that sound is unexpectedly coming into vogue it seems.
― mirostones, Saturday, 2 February 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
Have we ever done an ambient albums poll?
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Saturday, 4 May 2019 05:44 (five years ago) link
No, I don't think so... I'd definitely participate in one.
― Tuomas, Monday, 6 May 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Same! We did have this thread that died a quiet death: https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=1558318&boardid=41&threadid=80208
― Lars Ulriac Quintet (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
I'd definitely be up for participating.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 6 May 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
Likewise, although there is so much I would still like to hear first.
― pomenitul, Monday, 6 May 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
count me in
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 May 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
make sure to collect at least 2000 nominations tho
I can nominate some vapor ambient stuff, but not an expert on the larger topic at all
― calstars, Monday, 6 May 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
I’m only in if we can vote for the first eagles greatest hits album
― brimstead, Monday, 6 May 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
seriously, though, I’d rather just see everyone’s own lists
Eligible only if slowed down 800%.
― Lars Ulriac Quintet (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
If I don't get this job I want I'll have time to run a poll, we'll see
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Monday, 6 May 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
This'd be a fucking minefield on what qualifies and what doesn't.
Bring it.
― kraudive, Monday, 6 May 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
If lukas gets his job, I might be willing to run it!
― Lars Ulriac Quintet (Leee), Monday, 6 May 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
I've already compared my personal top 10 ambient albums with a couple friends over the last couple years. Would love to participate too
― octobeard, Monday, 6 May 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link
I got the job! Sorry.
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
Hmm, I think I might actually have the time to run this, if people are interested?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 12:16 (five years ago) link