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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9064115 - 10/11/08 05:52 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Bruno Sanfilippo And Mathias Grassow - Ambessence Piano And Drones | 2008

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There is a clear connection between Ambessence and the previous Sanfilippo's title Piano Textures. The floating, timeless quality of the piano notes is still here, but now the effect is more intense with Grassow's textures couched in subtle drones. Moments of irresistible beauty silently vibrate and resonate inside, opening a vast inner space of clarity and spiritual emotion. This work seems to require an intuitive mode of perception that seeks to overcome chaotic multiplicity and establish contact with a deep and authentic unifying essence. Beneath the calm waves of Ambessence lies the promise of bliss. by Marius-Christian Burcea - RFI Romania 2008
This release from 2008 offers 62 minutes of cerebral piano tunes seasoned with haunting ambience. While Sanfilippo plays a sampled and processed grand piano, Grassow contributes synth drones, glass harp and bow chime. A distinct combination of tradition and modernism. As one might expect, the music generally consists of piano laced with textural flows. The keys are stroked with tenderness, evoking cerebral melodies steeped in a soft serenity. The notes are far from repetitive, utilizing a classical recital touch that comfortably generates lush tunes of gentle beauty.
Meanwhile, the electronics bestow an airy disposition on the tuneage. Languid atmospherics settle upon each song, immersing the serious piano chords in a fog of ethereal majesty, enhancing the overall elegance of the music. These tones drift with little variance, maintaining a sighing resonance with the central tunes, following their congenial progress with subtle association, ebbing and rising in tandem with the piano’s emotional state. A certain transference goes on between the piano and the tonalities, flavoring each other with their personal character. The piano adopts a discrete intangibility, while the wafting ambience picks up a touch of regal eloquence. This trade-off serves to further unify the music into an undulant presence of pacifying mien.
Yet there are instances where the textural atmospherics move beyond their fragility and attain a notable substantiality, sometimes rivaling the piano’s lilting occupancy. The compositions are tranquil and stately, crafted for appreciation by an intellectual audience. The application of ephemeral atmospheric electronics only increases the music’s introspective demeanor. There are no surging tempos here, no surprise crescendos, just steadfast structures of soothing influence. by Matt Howarth - Soniccuriosity.com - USA .2008
http://rapidshare.com/files/148869447/Bruno_Sanfilippo_And_Mathias_Grassow_-_Ambessence_Piano_And_Drones-2008-UPE.rar
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9064686 - 10/11/08 08:36 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Wow rad posts man. +5
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: snoot]
#9068251 - 10/12/08 08:55 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Anyone know of any good bands that use hang drums? I've only ever found hang drum soloists.
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Nexion]
#9069079 - 10/13/08 12:21 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nexion said: Anyone know of any good bands that use hang drums? I've only ever found hang drum soloists.
this guy has some pretty cool experimental stuff using hang drums
http://www.myspace.com/oddmusic
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9075249 - 10/14/08 09:39 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nexion said: Anyone know of any good bands that use hang drums? I've only ever found hang drum soloists.
this guy has some pretty cool experimental stuff using hang drums
http://www.myspace.com/oddmusic
Yeah, I've came across that guy before. He's way cool but I was hoping to hear the hang drum used in a band setting.
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Nexion]
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#9088131 - 10/16/08 07:04 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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This thread made me buy a rapidshare account. 
Keep 'em coming guys...
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Hello everyone. Some really good stuff in this thread. Was wondering if anyone could help me oot?
Can anyone recommend any ambienty albums with a chime sound? Not sure if that will mean anything to anyone but am thinking along the lines of the attached - most beautiful sound ever!
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: gilesypopper]
#9122518 - 10/23/08 05:36 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: AgroCrag]
#9125100 - 10/24/08 03:38 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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M-Seven - Stimulus | 2008

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M-Seven is where the mind meets the soul. It is where the land meets the sea and it is where music meets the influences of the world. On M-Seven’s new release, Stimulus, he delivers an injection under your skin that is sure to bring on a high of wanderlust. M-Seven drives your senses on Stimulus across the globe with electronic, downbeat infused with the sounds from around mother earth.
He hails from Quebec, Canada but you can’t tell that from his creations. The different ethnic instruments he uses are powerful reminders of how small this planet really is. His 10 years of musical production rain down an obvious ability to produce beautiful electronic melodies. On his previous release, Activate, he displayed a prowess for mixing beatwork with anything from ethnic flutes to the occasional Middle Eastern vocals. And, when it rains, it pours down with thunderous power on Stimulus as he continues to deliver more of his unique brand of music.
“Creative Tao” feels like a perfect awakening for Stimulus as it fills the mind with the sounds of the Far East. Soft vibes pan out against a gentle flautist as we feel the world around. It passes into “Galactic Surfer Boy” under the hypnotic use of tabla drums against a spiritual chant. The track “Fuelled Exploration” is really a title of the storybook for what M-Seven’s modus operandi in music production might actual be. Curious keyboards drive this track on a pace that feels quick while at the same time it brings a state of relaxation. “Oneness” and “Mind Bend” add to the collection of 18 tracks and stand out as more meditative but still equally pleasing to the senses.
You won’t be calling Stimulus an ambient soundscape by any means. M-Seven’s interesting beats move his sound past the realm of atmospherics. Explore the gentle moods created under headphones as M-Seven rounds the spectrum of airy synths with just the right bpm to elevate the sound to something peaceful yet uplifting.
http://rapidshare.com/files/156955762/M-Seven_-_Stimulus-2008-UPE.rar
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9125103 - 10/24/08 03:39 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Helios - Caesura | 2008

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Keith Kenniff has been with Type from the very beginning, and now as Type is well into its fifth year he offers us his fifth gorgeous release. In five years Keith’s style has evolved constantly, with his drifting piano compositions taking the Goldmund label and the Helios sound moving out from undreneath the clipped beat-heavy electronics of ‘Unomia’ and into a more unique place, even incorporating vocals on the ‘Ayres’ mini album. ‘Caesura’ however is his ‘proper’ follow-up to the acclaimed ‘Eingya’, and sees Keith return to the instrumental sound he knows so well. In fact in many ways ‘Caesura’ is a more electronic work than its predecessors, blending layer upon layer of synthesizer and adding his assured drumming to come up with the perfect meeting of indie-pop and ambient music. The haunting cinematic element is still present of course, but these songs are more rounded and confident than any in Keith’s career.
From the delicate bliss of ‘Hope Valley Hill’ which opens up the album with gauzy nostalgia and, as the title promised, hope, through the chunky pop of ‘Come With Nothings’ it is clear that Keith’s music is as arresting as it ever was. Taking cues from the lilting indie-electronics of Ulrich Schnauss and the unfussy ambience of Brian Eno, Keith manages to inject this with his knowledge as a composer. The epic harmonies of ‘Backlight’ for instance reveal a lightness of touch rarely heard in the genre with sweeping synthesized chords buzzing alongside Keith’s signature guitar.
Accompanied by more gorgeous artwork from Matthew Woodson, ‘Caesura’ is a glowing record for the winter months, and a glimmer of hope to keep the seasons at bay
http://rapidshare.com/files/155604454/Helios_-_Caesura-2008.rar
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9125111 - 10/24/08 03:42 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Bird Show - Bird Show | 2008

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We are proud to present the third album by Ben Vida under his Bird Show moniker following his Lightning Ghost album from 2006 on Kranky. Bird Show, Ben's alter ego, is an active member of a whole host of experimental bands including Town and Country, Pillow, Central Falls, Terminal 4 and Everyoned. As Bird Show he truly taps into the US free-folk psyche movement which has been gaining a lot of deserved praise and attention in recent years.
His new album, which is untitled, contains a whole host of instruments including: Hammond XB-2, microKorg, Moog Voyager, Gibson SG, slit drum, pan pipes, shakers, Vietnamese jaw harp, tambourines, ride cymbal, congas, wood flute, ring modulator, elephant bells, violin, qraqeb, zither, voice, ten string harp, frame drum, finger cymbals, triangle.... to name just a few. It is his ability to fuse together all of these different sounds which makes Bird Show such a unique artist and which makes his new album such essential listening.
http://rapidshare.com/files/156987186/Bird_Show--Bird_Show-_Kranky_-Promo-2008-UKi.rar
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#9125118 - 10/24/08 03:44 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Too much... awesome... new music.
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Middleman]
#9125143 - 10/24/08 03:52 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Various Artists - Hadravision - A Chillout | 2008Exploration

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Hadra Records is happy to introduce you 'Hadravision': first ambient compilation of the label selected by Mic(aka Nun) and Sysyphe, both Dj and ambient composers.
With the idea to gather various sensibilities in the same compilation such as Adham Shaikh, Irina Mikahailova, Aes Dana, Kick Bong and other appearing artists, Hadra suggests you this opus dedicated to a downtempo and ethnic ambient.
The spirit of this new release is to calm your days, wave after wave, color after color, track after track, variation of rhythm, sound poem, drawing and telling story, vision which is the sound reflection of ambient experience
Website : www.hadra.net
http://rapidshare.com/files/135744285/VA-Hadravision_-_A_Chillout_Exploration-CD-2008-knk.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/135744613/VA-Hadravision_-_A_Chillout_Exploration-CD-2008-knk.part2.rar
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9128076 - 10/24/08 05:06 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Various Artists - Hadravision - A Chillout | 2008Exploration

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Hadra Records is happy to introduce you 'Hadravision': first ambient compilation of the label selected by Mic(aka Nun) and Sysyphe, both Dj and ambient composers.
With the idea to gather various sensibilities in the same compilation such as Adham Shaikh, Irina Mikahailova, Aes Dana, Kick Bong and other appearing artists, Hadra suggests you this opus dedicated to a downtempo and ethnic ambient.
The spirit of this new release is to calm your days, wave after wave, color after color, track after track, variation of rhythm, sound poem, drawing and telling story, vision which is the sound reflection of ambient experience
Website : www.hadra.net
http://rapidshare.com/files/135744285/VA-Hadravision_-_A_Chillout_Exploration-CD-2008-knk.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/135744613/VA-Hadravision_-_A_Chillout_Exploration-CD-2008-knk.part2.rar
i wasnt really feeling this album. i liked the kick bong track and the irina track but the rest....meh.
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: ShroomDoom]
#9128291 - 10/24/08 06:02 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, i agree, boring compilation, the kick bong track is the winner.
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Re: Ambient / Experimental Album Thread [Re: Psilobuds]
#9130973 - 10/25/08 09:25 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psilobuds said: yeah, i agree, boring compilation, the kick bong track is the winner.
yeah i've been a rabid kick bong fan since both the mountain high compilations. so glad that guy finally released an album...dude is talented. (i think i posted the album earlier in this thread.)
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