The Best Psychill/Ambient/Downtempo Albums of All Time - Compiled

[on10]

Whilst we shouldn't restrict the number of releases per artist, do so many of the Shpongle, Entheogenic, Solar Fields etc. releases really belong in a "Best Of" list? I'm not saying they aren't good, it just seems like some artists have got all of their releases listed without trying to pick the ones that are genuinely the best.

 

Haha it's not a best of list, it's just a compilation of all the things ever listed by anyone in some old thread with like 30 pages, so half of them probably suck.

[Yard Hippie]

Whilst we shouldn't restrict the number of releases per artist, do so many of the Shpongle, Entheogenic, Solar Fields etc. releases really belong in a "Best Of" list? I'm not saying they aren't good, it just seems like some artists have got all of their releases listed without trying to pick the ones that are genuinely the best.

 

Ah yes but my favourite Shpongle, for instance, is the second one 'Tales of the inexpressible', and whilst I personally believe it just about beats the other two I've read others who believe it to be the weakest. It's already complicated enough as it is...

[abasio]

Best ever? Well people are always going to disagree leading to a list filled in almost everyone's opinion of not so great albums, but everyone thinks different ones are great, ok and awful. It is inevitable as people of course have different tastes.

 

My best of all time are...

 

Oldschool Goa-Ambient

 

The Infinity Project - Mystical Experiences (TIP) Especially the version that comes with Mystery of the Yeti part 1

The Mystery Of The Yeti - Part 2 (TIP)

 

Oldschool Ambient

 

Global Communication - 76:14 (Dedicated)

 

Natural Ambient

 

Ishq - Orchid (Dakini Records)

 

Drone Ambient

 

Collection 1: Opening (Databloem)

Cymphonic - Strataradialis (Databloem)

 

IDM

 

Secede - Tryshasla (Sending Orbs)

 

 

Psychill

 

Solar Fields - Leaving Home/Extended (Ultimae Records)

 

Butterfly Dawn (LSD)

 

all albums I never tire of after hundreds of listens

[Psynetix]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Zero One! his stuff is some of the most incredible music I have ever heard! I haven't heard too much psydub but his stuff is amazing.

 

-Waveform Records

-Zero One - Ozone

-Zero One - Zero One

-Zero One - Prototype 2

-VA: Waveform Transmissions Vol. 1

-Sounds From The Ground - Brightwhitelight

 

-Kliment - Perpetual Ritual

[Psynetix]

Motion Field - Optical Flow

Oxycanta - Winter Blooms

[Psynetix]

Bump! lets get these last few added! People need to hear these albums

[Goa-Head]

Selected Ambient Works II by the Aphex Twin

[PRS]

What on this list is like Hux Flux - Postpone the Phone? (last track on the 2003 album Division by Zero)

[Time_Trap]

just remove 'Ambient' from topic title and I'm ok with this thread ^^

 

oh yes and I vote for Substrata to be removed

not that I think it's very great, but at least I could save it from being associated with these heaps of psychill mediocrity

 

+1 more vote

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[trancedigital]

What is the criteria for including Enigma? How? Why? What?

Enigma is super chill out music but it's more into new age/world-music category...it should not be included in this psychill list. Please remove Enigma.

[Nurbs]

The Irresistible Force - Flying High

 

Best downtempo/ambient album of all time

[murphythecat]

Bump! lets get these last few added! People need to hear these albums

 

oxycanta for sure, motion field, iii i have to listen to it again

[murphythecat]

the abbassi brother-something like nostalgia

Another Electronic Musician-five

[murphythecat]

the flexe album love programming song is NOT psychill its IDM, it doesnt belong there, but its an awsome album