2024 Favorite Ambient Albums Part 1

Another year, another ton of releases to sift through. I could keep adding and subtracting albums for weeks and still not be entirely satisfied with the final list. But here it is - my Favorite Ambient Albums of 2024. As I was creating this part 1 mix, I kept questioning my choices. And then, when the mix was done and I listened to it, I was like "Wow, this turned out really well." I really like how the mix evolves with the first half being a bit more electronic and noisy and the second half leaning more orchestral. Here's the list of my favorite ambient albums of 2024, in alphabetical order: 2fel - stranger flow  Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal [Kranky] Akmuo - Dreamwalker [Space of Variants] Altus - Ultraviolet Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol.5 [Noton 2024] Benoit Pioulard & Offthesky - Sunder [laaps 2024] Circa Alto - Faint Structures (Whitelabrecs 2024] Civilistjävel! - Brödföda [Felt 2024] Dirk Serries - Streams Of Consciousness Compiled [Projekt] Eli Keszler - LIVE 2 [LuckyMe] Extraworld - Perihelion [Exosphere] Hainbach - The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack [Seil] Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes [Cold Tear] Humble Bee & Offthesky - Here In, Absence [IIKKI] Innesti - Contemplate Jogging House - Live at home Jonas Munk - Mirror Phase [Azure Vista] Maps and Diagrams - if all will be lost [Quiet Details] Maps and Diagrams - Islands [Handstitched] Martin Stürtzer - Lander Modules [Echo Elberfeld] mastroKristo - Passage [Lost Tribe Sound] Max Richter - In A Landscape [Decca] Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music [Deutsche Grammophon] OdNu + Ümlaut - Abandoned Spaces [Audiobulb] Pan American & Kramer - Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road Polaroid Notes - Quiet Rooms [Whitelabrecs] Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon - Dive 1- Refraction [Bathysphere Records] Tewksbury - Floes Volumes I-IV (Tridek] The Green Kingdom - Horizons [The Slow Music Movement] Ulla & Ultrafog - It Means A Lot [Motion Ward] v e n n - XIII William Ryan Fritch - Adhesion [Lost Tribe Sound]   And here are links to each album: Stranger Flow | 2fel Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal | Adam Wiltzie Dreamwalker | Akmuo | Space Of Variants Ultraviolet | Altus Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 5 | Noton Sunder | Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky | laaps Faint Structures | Circa Alto | Whitelabrecs Brödföda | Civilistjävel! Streams Of Consciousness Compiled | Dirk Serries | Projekt Records LIVE 2 | Eli Keszler Perihelion | Extraworld | Exosphere The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack | Hainbach Atmospheres & Soundscapes | Heavenchord | Cold Tear Records Here In, Absence | The Humble Bee & Offthesky | IIKKI Contemplate | Innesti Live at Home | Jogging House Mirror Phase | Jonas Munk | Azure Vista if all will be lost | Maps and Diagrams | quiet details Islands | Maps & Diagrams | Handstitched Lander Modules | Martin Stürtzer Passage | mastroKristo | Lost Tribe Sound In A Landscape | Max Richter | Decca Mirror Music | Michael A. Muller | Deutsche Grammophon Abandoned Spaces | OdNu + Ümlaut | Audiobulb Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road | Pan American & Kramer Quiet Rooms | Polaroid Notes | Whitelabrecs Dive 1: Refraction | Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon | Bathysphere Records Floes: Volumes I-IV | Tewksbury Horizons | The Green Kingdom | The Slow Music Movement Label VIII | v e n n It Means A Lot | Ulla & Ultrafog | Motion Ward Adhesion | William Ryan Fritch | Lost Tribe Sound   I hope you enjoy part 1. Part two is coming soon. Followed by a mix of jazz favorites from 2024. What are some of your favorite ambient albums from the past year?   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Pan American / Kramer - Floating Island (Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road) 04:22   Maps and Diagrams - Hvar (Islands) 07:35   Jogging House - Live at Home pt. 1 (Live at Home) 13:15   Innesti - Astral Secrets (Contemplate) 16:14   Alva Noto - Xerrox Arc (Xerrox, Vol.5) 20:53   Hainbach - End of Work (The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack) 22:45   Akmuo - Dreamwalker (Dreamwalker) 26:50   Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon - Euphotic (Dive 1: Refraction) 31:36   Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky - Fed On Lilies (Sunder) 35:48   Jonas Munk - Dawn Layer (Mirror Phase) 40:40   Polaroid Notes - The Night Returns Without A Sound (Quiet Rooms) 45:40   The Humble Bee & Offthesky - Space (Here In, Absence) 52:00   William Ryan Fritch - Gravitropic (Adhesion) 60:10   Adam Wiltzie - Mexican Helium (Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal) 62:44   Max Richter - A Time Mirror(Biophony) (In A Landscape) 66:36   mastroKristo - Waves(Federico Mosconi Rework) (Passage) 73:40   Dirk Serries - the whispering scale (Streams Of Consciousness Compiled) 82:45   Tewksbury - Aperture (Floes Volumes I-IV) 94:23   end