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Any sources of ambient music on vinyl lp?

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Posted on November 28, 2024 at 03:33:31
violinist3
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 I've been exploring lots of ambient music from Qobuz. I getting close to knowing what I want now. I'd like to hear some good ambient on my xerxes x TT.
Also I need some recommendations. I like aphex twins and Brian Eno.

 

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yesterday I was playing some 'Ambient Music', posted on November 28, 2024 at 05:30:08
Story
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 ...and she liked it a whole bunch.

Ambrosia first 2 albums, and the royal king of ambient stuff, Happy The Man.

I think this fits the bill, beautiful music without the usual Vocals



 

Of Course, posted on November 28, 2024 at 06:27:24
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 The KLF Chill out.
As good as it gets!

 

Lots of (classic) Eno on vinyl and not hard to find..., posted on November 28, 2024 at 13:09:39
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 Bill Laswell did some GREAT ambient recordings but not sure what's on vinyl.

There's lots of great ambient on vinyl, but my old brain doesn't remember
all the titles/artists. Should be a fun adventure to discover them though.

Found a list of some recommended and good stuff below.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

RE: Any sources of ambient music on vinyl lp?, posted on November 28, 2024 at 20:15:38
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 Most of Brian Eno's works are available on vinyl,
esp. Ambient 1, 2, 3 & 4
as one of the pioneers of 'ambient' ...
Harold Bud,
Bill Laswell
Some of the early Windam Hill records
There is much ambient music on vinyl

Happy hunting
Happy Listening

 

Here's a few I could quickly locate. Brian Eno has several, but be careful, posted on November 30, 2024 at 16:08:20
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 of other Eno LPs that are not ambient. I think a lot of ECM label releases could also be considered ambient. David Arkenstone has several others as well.

































 

I listen to albums on qobuz, posted on November 30, 2024 at 21:36:48
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 To see if I like the music. Glad to see Music for Airports is on vinyl.

 

Eno did a LOT of ambient starting in 1975 (IIRC), posted on December 3, 2024 at 11:06:21
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 ... and had several collaborators, my favorite of whom is Harold Budd. Budd himself has a TON of LPs, you can try The Plateaux of Mirror and The Pearl - both just amazing collabs with Eno - and especially his debut on the Obscure label, The Pavilion of Dreams. The whole Obscure catalog is worth checking out, but sometimes strays from purely ambient. Another collaborator of note is David Bowie, particularly on the Berlin Trilogy, which is mostly NOT "ambient" in the usual sense but Side 2 of Low is some of the most atmospheric music I've ever heard.

You may like early pioneers like Steve Reich, but that treads a line between minimalism and ambient.

Eno's later stuff like Neroli and The Shutov Assembly are extreeeemely quiet and reflective.

Some more contemporary ambient-adjacent artists include Combustible Edison, Ixtahuele, and Marshmallow (altho the last one is SUPER hard to find on vinyl). I've always found it interesting that a lot of the Exotica stuff has overlap with the ambient movement that happened ~20 years later. Some of the big names there are Les Baxter, Samuel Hoffman/Harry Revel (THEREMIN!), Martin Denny, and even Eden Ahbez.

All of this is just a dip in the ocean, of course - have fun!

 

Fripp Eno and Tangerine Dream, posted on December 3, 2024 at 16:03:28
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 Fripp Eno Evening Star is pretty amazing, and findable.
And TD albums Phaedra and Rubycon are also around.
I have also stumbled into Atlanta based Scott Herren who does I guess "snap crackle samples glitch soundscapes" (my description). Worth finding, especially the double album Delarosa & Asora Agony Pt1.


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