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― Soccer Team's Philosophies and Hypotheses (Leee), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
The recent-ish (2018?) Jurg Frey 5-disc album on Erstwhile = top ambient
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 16 May 2019 06:37 (five years ago) link
...if you like the sounds of ocean surf, jet planes carving holes in the sky, passive (background / adjacent room-) listening, incidental sounds, vague tonal content, and silence
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 16 May 2019 06:40 (five years ago) link
also, very timely poll, as i just got David Toop's Ocean of Sound book on ambient music in the mail
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:42 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Excellent book.
Oh and Leee I'd never killfile you, honest!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 16 May 2019 07:23 (five years ago) link
i don't understand what this is supposed to be saying:
if Eluvium is on this list there's no credible reason the first two Enya albums wouldn't be, except Pitchfork finds her way too unbeardly
― alpine static, Thursday, 16 May 2019 08:10 (five years ago) link
Me neither.
I propose a totally free nomination process, beats/no beats, the voters will decide what they deem ambient. We're more or less adults here, I think we can do without strict rules?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 16 May 2019 08:26 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that's how I'm thinking of doing the poll. I think I'm gonna write some simple guidelines of how ambient is usually defined, to steer the nominations, but I'm not gonna disqualify anything if someone feels it's ambient.For example, to me it seems pretty evident that SAW 1 is not ambient (despite the title of the) because of its dancey rhythms and beats, while SAW II is. But if someone still wants to nom the further, why not. But since we've had numerous generic polls on electronic music, I'm hoping this won't turn into one too, so hopefully people will at least consider what ambient means before nomming their favourite Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada albums.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
if SAW1 counts then I'd think early LPs by The Black Dog and Autechre should also count
― frogbs, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
I don't think any of those count as ambient, but I'd like to hear justifications why they would?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
I mean, if the one characteristic of ambient most people agree on that it's non-intrusive and doesn't call attention to it, then the jerky mood and rhythm changes of something like Spanners or Temple of Transparent Balls would absolutely disqualify it.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
The first four Enya albums are amazing (the next four... less so) but I wouldn't call them ambient. Enya is Enya.
Would love to see everyone's top ten or twenty too!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I love Enya, and there are many new age albums that are among my favourite ambient records, but her music isnt ambient, it's too song-oriented.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
SAW1 shouldn't be eligible imho.
Let the great ambient gatekeeping begin.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
hey tuomas, can i passionately argue for the inclusion of a field recording that i made of a train that's on my hard drive and no one else has ever heard, just so that i can be the one person that votes for it?
(jk)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
everything is permissible but nothing is ambient
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
FSOL and Banco De Gaia, ambient or not?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
FSOL has to be, how can Lifeforms not be ambient?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
Your nominations for the ILX AMBIENT ALBUMS POLL (nominations close on Friday, May 31st)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
Zoning out to saw1 after too much drink and drugs when I was far too young, as the sun rose over the trees, where me and my friends sat in sleeping bags we needed only for comfort, in a bright light back room in the west of england, we knew we were already late for saturday jobs, but it was alright because this music
Isn't ambient?
― kraudive, Monday, 20 May 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
Posted on the wrong thread. Not to be I suppose
― kraudive, Monday, 20 May 2019 03:10 (five years ago) link