EPISODE · Oct 26, 2013 · 1H 1M
Favorite ambient albums of all time
from low light mixes · host Low Light Mixes
About a year ago I did a mix of my favorite ambient artists of all time. I have been meaning to do a mix of my favorite ambient albums of all time ever since. And now here it is. I did not go back and look at my favorite artist list. I sorted through my ambient collection and came up with my fav albums. Then I compared the two lists and not surprisingly they are almost identical. Basically I substituted Scott Solter for Alio Die when I made the fav album list. At least I didn't repeat any tunes from one mix to the next. Choosing a favorite album from some of these artists was difficult. Steve Roach has some many recordings that it was tough to know where to start but I kept coming back to the one that gets the most play and that is "The Dream Circle." I wonder how many other folks like this album as much as I do. I'm not e really sure why I like it more than his other releases, it definitely sounds similar to a lot of his other output. I guess over the years it's become like a comfy sweatshirt. Stars of the Lid & Eno were both hard to choose a favorite as well. With SOTL I ended up going with the album that I first discovered them with. In choosing "On Land" from Eno I really could have just flipped a coin to choose between it and "Music for Airports," "Apollo" and "Music for Films." The one favorite that probably doesn't make a lot of lists is "One River" by Scott Solter. Using mostly processed guitars this album ebbs & flows beautifully from one tracks to the next. I was happy to see that it's available on Bandcamp, although it's one long track instead of separate tracks like the original. You can find it HERE. Enjoy. T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Scott Solter - Cypress Road from One River 04:38 Stars of the Lid - Dust Breeding from Avec Laudenum 11:45 Maps & Diagrams - Honeycomb Archipelago from Get Lost 14:45 Brian Eno - Unfamiliar Wind(leeks hills) from On Land 19:25 Loscil - Lucy Dub from First Narrows 25:25 Sonmi451 - Orange from Spectrum 31:00 Steve Roach - The Dream Circle from The Dream Circle 40:45 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Empty Gazing from A Young Person's Guide to 46:35 Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Against the Sky from The Pearl 50:00 William Basinski - 1.2 from The Disintegration Loops 1:01:00 end
Embed this episode
NOW PLAYING
Favorite ambient albums of all time
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.