Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Vidna Obmana Robert Rich Steve Roach Biosphere Vir Unis Pete Namlook Alio Die Klaus Schulze Brian Eno First of all I chose the names above because I think are very productive, some of them overproductive, and have many years in the scene (except from Vir Unis but he has collaborated with many of the guys above and follows a similar style).. At first I thought of writing some stuff about each producer and recommended their albums, but what to recommend? I recommend almost EvERYTHING and ANYTHING by them , especially Biosphere, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana , Vir Unis... Vidna Obmana (Dirk Serries) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vidna+Obmana My favourite one.."Vidna Obmana" stands for "optical illusion" in serbian language. I find most of his ambient to be really entrancing, I especially like the albums where he uses a lot of tribal elements. Vidna Obmana plays percussions and digeridoo and these are quite dinstict in a lot of his creations. His most 'normal' ambient such as THE RIVER OF APPEARNCE can be quite emotional Recommended: Passage In Beaty (1991) Shawdowing In Sorrow (1992) Echoing Delight (1993) Ending Mirage (1993) Parallel Flaming (1993) The Spiritual Bonding (1994) The River Of Appearance (1996) (!) Crossing The Trail (1998) (!) The Surreal Sanctuary (2000) (!) Dante's Inferno Trilogy (Tribal/Ambient): 1) Tremor (2001) (!!) 2) Spore (2003) (!!) 3) Legacy (2004) (!) Gluttony (with Klinik) (2005) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobium Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Ken Martin? Mario Schönwalder? Not sure ... hard to pick just one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Ken Martin? Mario Schönwalder? Not sure ... hard to pick just one. 547350[/snapback] haven't heard almost anything for them, some mods please add them to the poll true it's hard to choose.. I had to choose between Vidna Obmana, Steve Roach and Robert Rich... unique styles, really hard choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Astro Cortex Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Do I really have to mention it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Do I really have to mention it? 547355[/snapback] pete namlook... well i like a lot of his stuff and he has produced TONS of ambient, a lot of them great,very nice, but some of them i find just descent or slightly uninteresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Astro Cortex Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 pete namlook... well i like a lot of his stuff and he has produced TONS of ambient, a lot of them great,very nice, but some of them i find just descent or slightly uninteresting 547377[/snapback] Well, I still haven't voted, as I'm also a big fan of Vir Unis. If we're talking contemporary output, Vir Unis would take the cake, definitely. Pete Namlook deserves my full respect for his flexibility and the sheer variety of his output. He has created some of the greatest ambient albums of all time IMHO. Though he still delivers very good stuff today, I think his best works appeared in the "golden times" of Fax that were the first couple years after the foundation of the label. Vir Unis on the other hand, has a very unique and appealing sound and is, as I said above, my favorite ambient producer of recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Astro Cortex Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Either way, your list is clearly not long enough. What about: Atom Heart Tetsu Inoue Move D Aphex Twin HIA ... ... You could have made use of the whole capacity (=50 options) without problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Either way, your list is clearly not long enough. What about: Atom Heart Tetsu Inoue Move D Aphex Twin HIA ... ... You could have made use of the whole capacity (=50 options) without problems. 547404[/snapback] yes i was planning to include those that i was/am going to write a few words about... well, Aphex Twin has not produced MUCH ambient.. [apart from Ambient Workds Vol 1/2 , what else?] I also forgot Lustmord... Bill Laswell...and many more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 the old gods/creators: Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ashra, Brian Eno (and I guess Vangelis and Jarre a bit... more melodic though) the king: Steve Roach other masters: Michael Stearns Robert Rich Pete Namlook Tetsu Inoue Vir Unis Lustmord etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I can't choose just one Vir Unis, no Steve Roach, no Robert Rich.. hmm, perhaps Vidna Obmana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbierabbit Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Is not on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 It was a toss-up between Biosphere and Eno. I picked the former because I listen to him more often, frankly. Although I think Eno is more of a pioneer, and therefore greater in that sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_vision Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Well all the artists they are very good and each one has his own personal style! I have a lot of music from these artists so i think i have opinion for each one! More near in my style are "Biosphere" & "Pete Namlook" ! but as i said all the artists are realy good! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Is not on the list. 547611[/snapback] tell us who he is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vnvmod Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 most familiar with geir jensen's biosphere so i picked that. perhaps to be considered less ambient i like the Microgravity album quite a bit. intertwined with memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Yeah, good list but surely missing many artists... I like all what are mentioned but have weak spot for Pete Namlook most, then Robert Rich, Brian Lustmord, Steve Roach and Biosphere... I could easily add Plastikman ( Richie Hawtin ) cause he made pretty much ambiental albums with this project. Vir Unis is great but haven't heard that much of his stuff, still have to catch up his opus, Brian Eno, the pioneer of contemporary classical and ambiental music surely deserves to be mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unikos Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 biosphere... not a very firm choice btw, it could have been something else ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 AFX/Aphex Twin (his old sel. ambient works/analogue bubblebath stuff...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 I can't choose just one Vir Unis, no Steve Roach, no Robert Rich.. hmm, perhaps Vidna Obmana 547586[/snapback] vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agia_igoumeni Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 brian eno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travbrad1001 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 It was between Brian Eno and Biosphere for me. I went with Biosphere, but i consider them equally great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 For me Biosphere, it's the only one that manages to make a really alienated atmosphere for me... If you put on some beatless ambient of Biosphere everything becomes different and you start to loose some sense of reality, it's the only one that manages to do that to me! Ah yes, SOlar Quest's - Orgship does that too, but it's not really an alienated atmosphere but a very warm atmosphere, like in a mothers womb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 His most 'normal' ambient such as THE RIVER OF APPEARNCE can be quite emotional 547343[/snapback] that one is exceptional, every track is a little mastperpiece... I love the melanchony (especially the last track) and the harmonic patterns underneath.. but I don't like much of the other stuff I've heard from him, I find it too dissonant and chaotic... or maybe I just don't dig it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 It's hard to pick just one favourite. Those mentioned in the poll are all good, but in recent years I've really been enjoying Thom Brennan and Off The Sky. Brennan produces some of the most dreamy and airy ambient you'll ever find. Off The Sky's later albums are glitchy (and equally superb), but Cold Distances is a tour de force in "biosphere'esque" icy drones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonflier Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 How could you leave out Global Communication?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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