vancbc Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 Can anyone recommend some ambient/downtempo psy to me? What I currently have is Younger Brother A Flock of Bleeps and Inifinity Project's Mystical Experiences. I like them both, but A Flock of Bleeps is so incredible to me. I also have Are You Shpongled and Tales of the Inexpressible. I really like pieces that have more of an Eastern type influence and lots of pyschedelic sounds. I'm not really looking for something like true ambient that often sounds too unstructured. I like something that actually has a nice beat, mellow melodies and upbeat but still nicely psychedelic without the relentless psychedelic driving energy and melodies of Goa. I also have some of the Future Sound of London albums, but they aren't quite the style I'm looking for. Can you guys help me out? Quote
seraph Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 BANCO DE GAIA - MAIA ( Eastern flavoured maximal ambience, pretty good ) BANCO DE GAIA - LAST TRAIN TO LHASA ( His best album he ever released, 2 CD ) THE ORB - ORBUS TERRARUM ( Hypnotic ambient dub at its best ) TOIRES - OUED/SANATI ( Arabic kind of Shpongle, pretty juicy ) SHULMAN - IN SEARCH OF MEANINGFUL MOMENT ( Israel answer to Shpongle, very good album ) ENTHEOGENIC - SPONTANEOUS ILLUMINATION ( French liquid ambience, pretty good album ) BLUETECH - ELEMENTARY PARTICLES ( Concise, trippy ambience, pretty good too ) SOLAR FIELDS - BLUE MOON STATION ( Very dreamy, floaty ambience ) AES DANA - MEMORY SHELL ( Another floaty piece ) H.U.V.A.NETWORK - DISTANCES ( This album is mixture of previous 2 artists, very good ) There is lots more but these ones are for now... Quote
vancbc Posted February 18, 2005 Author Posted February 18, 2005 Thanks seraph! If these recommendations are anything like your Goa recommendations, I'm going to be one happy man! Actually I already own all the Banco de Gaia albums. I forgot about them. I haven't given them any air time in quite a while. Quote
Gnome Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 Hey look for Ambient Meditations VA from Return 2 the Source! Especially Ambient Meditations 2 is G-R-E-A-T! Quote
Insejn Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 Kaya Project It's filled with eastern vocals and influences. A very good artist! Quote
Guest Rain Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 I think this topic should help you out Quote
uono Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 Entheogenic - Entheogenic Entheogenic - Spontaneous Illumination Banco de Gaia - Last Train to Lhasa Those are my all time favorites. And Shulman - In search of a meaningful moment isn't bad either Quote
Dragonflier Posted February 18, 2005 Posted February 18, 2005 Some good stuff: Astralasia - Whatever Happened To Utopia Saafi Brothers - Mystic Cigarettes Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Microcosmacrocosm Optica - All The Colours Of The Rainbow Dub Trees - Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her Children Of The Bong - Sirius Sounds Kumba Mela Experiment - East Of The River Ganges Quote
Guest Rain Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 there is in fact one compilation that suprised me a lot and is defintily worth trying IHMO... compilation : another life especially track... 7. Psy sex - Survival kit (Koopa Troopa's dub mix)... never heard such a perfect ambient melody before 11/10 I would say... hope you like it Quote
sherlockalien Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Chill and ambient is what I've been listening to the most lately.. So.. I second seraph's reccomendation to Shulman - in search of a meaningful moment and Bluetech - Elementary particles (but also Prima Materia.. the double cd is very nice) now a few more and a bit of descriptions: Kaya Project - Walking Through (has some nice percussions, a bit of mid-eastern feeling and some, but not a lot of vocals, all very well chosen, and quite a bit of beautiful acoustic guitars) Angel Tears - Vol 3, The Dreaming, and Vol 4, Vision (more explicit mid-eastern influences, vocals, percussions, and nice basslines) Ott - Blumenkraft (Spacey, twisted psy-dub from Twisted Records, very well made, huge basslines, cool effects, samples... One of the best out there, everybody should give it a listen) Abakus - That much closer to the sun (very warm and beautiful chill, happy summer melodies meet well-worked dub basslines... Music to smile) Easy Stars All Stars - Dub Side of the Moon (if you like pink floyd, check this out.. Not a substitute, but for sure a nice complement.. Dub version of pink floyd's classic cd... need I say more?) V.A. Butterfly Dawn (has some very nice tracks from abakus, nada, tripswitch, etc.. If you like abakus, try this one too) those are the ones I mention for now, hope you find something you like Quote
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