Rolling Ambient/Modern Composition/Drone Thread 2023 Edition

Music
#41

Update - I am REALLY enjoying this.

All manner of excellent ambient, drone and field recordings. Headphones really bring it to life, as it’s beautifully mixed, IMHO!

Ben

#42

Yep, my feeling too, really enjoyed it. The latter tracks go quite Eric Holm (another field recording artist).
Also properly enjoying Icebear @FontaineYouGotaSon (it’s right up my strasse, glitchy, noisy, perfect).

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#43

Not been following ambient/ drone stuff as closely as i should in the past few years but this Kali Malone has reeled me right back in. What a gorgeous record! Reminds me a lot of some of the Eliane Radrigue that i love: sustained tones, movement through stasis… lovely stuff! Massive thanks to whoever posted about it in the 22 thread… loved the first track pre released and took a punt on the 3lp. Arrived today and sounds absolutely gorgeous. Nothing fancy about the packaging but the records sound amazing!

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#44

I’d forgotten this was coming – still listen to Below Sea Level quite frequently so looking forward to giving this a spin. Get day for releases in the RA/MC/D world!

#45

Really enjoyed this new Arovane LP on first listen…

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#46

This is superb, thank you for sharing.

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#47

Honestly, this is absolutely superb. Would have been in my top 3 of last year’s ambient / drone releases if I’d picked it up in time.

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#48

I’m such an idiot - have had lots of new records to listen to lately…

…the original post by @FontaineYouGotaSon has a corrupted BC link…which record was this??

Sorry!!

:crazy_face:

Ben

#49

it’s White Dove Dream by Icebear

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#50

Yes it is!!

Thanks so much!!

Ben

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#51

Lovely new Oliver Coates soundtrack:

Normally a dissonant cello dude (see skins n slime), but this is lovely. Reminds me that I’ve not given Galya Bisengalieva’s OST from last year a go either.

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#52

This has been helping me sleep the last week - BC blurb says
“These six tracks are the results from a day improvising with loops and melodic ideas we’d had in our minds for a few weeks prior.

We drank lots of coffee and let the piano, guitar and synths take the lead on this one, allowing us to sink deep into a state of melancholic reflection.

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#53

oh man I missed that, going to dive in now.

#54

This is beautiful… but who is doing those vocals?!? I can’t find anything online to tell me. It sounds a bit like Aldous Harding but I don’t think it is, and it’s doing my head in.

Edit: Hilariously I did not realise that I also had an album playing in my media player while listening to this on Bandcamp. There are no vocals on the soundtrack. :see_no_evil: :see_no_evil:

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#55

:joy::joy:

Was it Aldous Harding?

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#56

No, it was Juni Habel – at least I solved the mystery before it kept me up all night :rofl:

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#57

I absolutely love it when that works! Can you tell us which tracks were overlaid and we can replicate it ourselves? :smile:

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#58

The Juni Habel album started with track five of the Aftersun soundtrack – it has nearly a full minute of instrumental intro, which is why I didn’t pick it up :smile:

#59

I really like Thomas’ Sulk Rooms stuff, will need to give this a whirl.

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#60

Well this is another delightful one from Chihei Hatakeyama. Technically 2022 but it was covered so don’t think im being too naughty