Some nice lists posted here people...
might i add..
=-=chill/psy-chill:=-= [ although i find a lot of ambient/drones HIGHLY PSYCHEDELIC ,same for IDM/Abstract/Ambient albums...]
Galaxy [ Borris Blenn/Electric Universe sideproject]
Akasha Project - Cosmic Ambient Garden
Electrypnose - Subliminal Melancholies --- great chill/ambient with idm elements/breaks, varies a lot, great album. [just a
track to see for yerselves]
mmm, VA - Schlabbaduerst Rekkords 6 , the chill one from the series.. great...
Psyfactor - Endless Universe
=-=IDM/Ambient=-=
Displacer - Moon Phase
Ab Ovo - Empreintes
Polyspace - Tactual Sense
Dither - Neve
Autechre - Tri Repetae
Autechre - Amber
Antigen Shift - The Way To The North
Bola - Soup
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
=-=AMBIENT=-=Almost everything done by:
Vidna Obmana
Robert Rich
Steve Roach
Vir Unis
Biosphere
Tom Heasley
Matthew Florianz [
www.matthewflorianz.com , has some free mp3s,high-res samples in shop,
_gift_ ]
individual albums suggestions:
Tom Heasley - Desert Triptych [must have for didgeridoo fans]
Stevie Be Zet - Archaic Modulation [utopic,dreamy ambient..]
Vidna Obmana - The River Of Appearance [emotional...]
Oliver Lieb - Constellations [spacy..]
Matthew Florianz & Joris de Man & Erik T'Sas - Electronic Forest
Pete Namlook & Biosphere - Fires Of Ork
Pete Namlook - Music For Urban Meditation
Very Dark ambient:
Brian Lustmord
Camanecroszcope [
http://www.discogs.com/release/217768 ]
Shaolin Wooden Men - Binary Input To Flesh Antenna [experimental]
mm also some of Plastikman [Richie Hawin alias..] .. Plastikman - Musik , Plastikman - Closer , for the minimal side of ambient, with a few techno upbeat tracks now and then... niiiice.
well , i could go on and on and ... & again on and on and on for ages, so here i stop.
Post Rock:
The Album Leaf (wow..good acoustic/electric stuff)
Explosions In The Sky
Tarentel
Tristeza
+ Godspeed You! Black Emperror [classic]
post-rock/electronic[?] : Porcupine Tree - Voyage34:The Complete Trip [trippers get this]
2 By Bukowski [out on
www.poetanegra.com ]
Stars From The Lid [they use mainly guitars as fas as I know although they create a droney/ambient atmosphere]..
mm ok.