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If you're up for something a bit more adventurous:

 

Michael Stearns - Planetary Unfolding (1981)

 

It's old but it's awesome alright...and sort of psychedelic as well. Good for headphones listening in bed, of course B) For me it was a very special experience.

(ps you probably need to d/l this)

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Yesterday I revisited this piece and I must say: WOW! Amazing, what a beautiful experience...

I don't understand why it is so obscure, it's even hard to find on mp3. This should be a classic and it's definately some of the best psychedelic, atmospheric electronic music EVAARRRGHHH!!! :)

It's really a composition with melodies, climaxes and interesting, surprising transitions. Some moments are so overwhelming and beautiful I got goosebump all over. Believe me, this is a one of a kind experience.

Also amazing is that it was made with one modular synth (except some vocals).

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this is probably starting to look like an standard answer, but here it goes:

 

Alio Die - Suspended Feathers (1995)

Bass Communion - Bass Communion 2 (1999)

Cipher - One Who Whispers (2002)

Ekkehard Ehlers & Joseph Suchy & Franz Hautzinger - Soundchambers (2004)

Fennesz - Venice (2004)

Gracious Pond - Wizards Of Pond (1994)

Micro Cosmic & Daevid Allen - Sacred Geometry (2000)

Noisegate - Suspended Animation Ambient Vol. 1 (2000)

Ousia - Face The Robot (2002)

Tetsu Inoue - Ambient Otaku (1994)

Tuu - Invocation (1995)

Monolake - Gobi The Desert EP (1999)

 

with beats, but very very mellow:

 

Another Fine Day - Life Before Land (1994)

Canartic - Headphone Test (2005)

JFC - Chrome de Lux (2000)

Nodens Ictus - Spacelines (2000)

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Abakus - That Much Closer To The Sun (2004)

Ishq - Magik Square of the Sun (2005)

 

VA - Butterfly Dawn :wub:

(DRAGONFLY`s release)

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yes I really like all of them too :) but I guess abakus and butterfly dawn have beat and stuff, and he wanted more beatless...

 

ISHQ is the way to go, man...

 

I recently got this ´quality relaxation´ cd, and maaan, ishq´s track is a masterpiece!! beautiful visuals.. ishq is actually one of the only beatless ambient I can really enjoy.. it never gets boring, and its so colourful and well done

 

 

 

 

How can somebody recommend HUVA Network?  :huh:

I'm just listening to it (giving it it's prob 5th chance)

It's just boring all the way down ;<

Nothing happens...I'd prob like it if it'd be beatless but no, it has beats and it's way too agressive... but the aggressivity isn't something that's made well... it's predictable, non-touching, repetitive... pretty much music with no soul :e

 

sorry for off-topic

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I agree completely.. huva network is boring..

 

who was it, who very perfectly described it as: Yawnbient

 

haha perfect description.. at least imo (sorry for those who really like it)

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Some really really chilled ambient

 

Adham Shaikh/Tim Floyd - Drift

 

and why not go really old school to one of the farthers of original ambient

 

Brian Eno - Apollo is one of many really chilled ambient records from his hand

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If you're up for something a bit more adventurous:

 

Michael Stearns - Planetary Unfolding (1981)

 

It's old but it's awesome alright...and sort of psychedelic as well. Good for headphones listening in bed, of course B) For me it was a very special experience.

(ps you probably need to d/l this)

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I was just looking for this its a real classic! I had on a tape once I guess it has to dl'ed because its just too nice not to be listened too B)

Just remind me of my childhood, damn my dad had good taste in music!

 

Jean Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields

 

Is a classic as well from 1981 as well and I think better than Oxygen...

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