ThirdDrawerDown Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 This thread covered highlights in Australia's history of ambient music. This thread is in honour of the tradition of ambient music on a Sunday night. Currently spinning: 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not sure if this would be ambient or not, but I am enjoying the "Assassin's Creed " soundtrack CD which my daughter gave me when she bought the De Luxe edition of that game ( she kept the game but doesn't spin music discs at all ) so we are both happy, albeit unexpectedly for me. It is hugely atmospheric and gives one's woofers an Italian tune up. Apologies for no photos,it just came in a cardboard sleeve with only the game logo and track listing on the cover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Cracking idea CDD. Don't mind if I join in... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viognier Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not spinning as such but just back from the basement after seeing A Winged Victory For The Sullen. Great gig, wonder what it would sound like in the City Recital Hall. 2 other SNAers there in @@dwbasement and @@guru 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog brother Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 i'm listening to sunn 0 with ulver at the moment... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not spinning as such but just back from the basement after seeing A Winged Victory For The Sullen. Great gig, wonder what it would sound like in the City Recital Hall. 2 other SNAers there in @@dwbasement and @@guruI think it would be another level of experience if it's in the recital hall.Great nite of music it was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not spinning as such but just back from the basement after seeing A Winged Victory For The Sullen. Great gig, wonder what it would sound like in the City Recital Hall. 2 other SNAers there in @@dwbasement and @@guruTo finish the nite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog brother Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 just heard stars of the lid - 'avec laudenum' time for bed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zog Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Not spinning as such but just back from the basement after seeing A Winged Victory For The Sullen. Great gig, wonder what it would sound like in the City Recital Hall. 2 other SNAers there in @@dwbasement and @@guru I saw AWVFTS on Saturday night, amazing show - but I was listening to this last night, also good - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundfan Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Bing & Ruth: Tomorrow Was The Golden Age CD 'Tomorrow Was the Golden Age' is an unmistakably gorgeous and refreshing suite of microtonal minimalist composition by New York-based ensemble, Bing & Ruth. Helmed by writer, conductor and lead pianist, David Moore, and supported by two upright bassists, two clarinetists, a cellist and a tape delay tech, Bing & Ruth genuinely sweep us off somewhere sublime without recourse to overblown conceit or cliche - something all too prevalent and cloying in today's neo-classical quarters. Their skill lies in the ability to drift, almost imperceptibly, between microtonal harmonies and silent/grand dynamics with patent subtlety, segueing gradient fields of colour with a grand, yet never imposing, effect. In that sense 'Tomorrow Was the Golden Age' surely recalls your Glass's and Reich's, but also the time-smudging transcendence of Morten Feldman, Brian Eno or Stars Of The Lid, and, in parts, a louder Jakob Ullmann for their keen attention to contemplative quietude and involving, delicate depth of field. The timing of release could hardly be any better, too, with a sound that beautifully mirrors the transition of the seasons, ripe for long headphone mooches and gazing out of the window alike. Warmest recommendations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Do have a listen to local guys Peter Knight and Dung Nguyen's Residual and remix album Re-Residual. These guys were part of Way Out West (more jazz influenced) http://www.jazzhead....y-out-west.phps here they enter much more electronica territory Residual http://www.parenthes...uyen_-_residual Re-Residual (remix album available as a free FLAC download) In 2010, Parenthèses Records released Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen’s duo collaboration RESIDUAL seeing the pair developing unique approaches to combining Vietnamese and Western music elements in a contemporary setting.At the start of 2014, Alexis Courtin from PR and Peter Knight discussed their shared desire to give the album a second life and thus asked a carefully chosen list of musicians from France and Australia to present their personal perspectives on Residual. The result is this amazing album that comes as a FREE download, blurring the boundaries between abstract ambient, repetitive experimental music and groove-based textures. - See more at: http://www.parenthesesrecords.be/catalog/various_artists_-_re:_residual/#sthash.fGYF0JWl.dpuf In 2010, Parenthèses Records released Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen’s duo collaboration RESIDUAL seeing the pair developing unique approaches to combining Vietnamese and Western music elements in a contemporary setting.At the start of 2014, Alexis Courtin from PR and Peter Knight discussed their shared desire to give the album a second life and thus asked a carefully chosen list of musicians from France and Australia to present their personal perspectives on Residual. The result is this amazing album that comes as a FREE download, blurring the boundaries between abstract ambient, repetitive experimental music and groove-based textures. - See more at: http://www.parenthes...h.fGYF0JWl.dpuf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) An elegy of nicely-produced out-takes. Of interest to the sort of person who hunted down the unofficial Floyd remixes, otherwise it's a peripherally interesting taster or teaser for various parts of their back catalogue. Edited to say: it's a grower. 4 stars, not the 3 stars of my first impression. Very pleasant. Edited November 29, 2014 by ThirdDrawerDown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddisgeek Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I think it would be another level of experience if it's in the recital hall. Great nite of music it was! Listening to that now, great peice of music 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremrock Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Alchemy - dire straits, Florence & the machine - lungs, Alison krauss & more, i think I'm gonna keep looking through and listening to things I haven't heard for a while till I fall asleep in my chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Alchemy - dire straits, Florence & the machine - lungs, Alison krauss & more, i think I'm gonna keep looking through and listening to things I haven't heard for a while till I fall asleep in my chair Ambient ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willow Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Alchemy - dire straits, Florence & the machine - lungs, Alison krauss & more, i think I'm gonna keep looking through and listening to things I haven't heard for a while till I fall asleep in my chair Ambient ?? Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremrock Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I was listening to all of it through Ambience speakers.. does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Kicking back listening to Brian Eno's Music For Films - one of the great haul of CD's I acquired thanks to Hired Goon's generosity. Thanks once again Geoff. Still working my way through a rather large pile of CD's and I haven't forgotten what I said re duplicates (and those CD's I'm not interested in). It's just going to take me a while to digest them all, but I'll get there eventually. Nobody else is getting their hands on Music For Films however...perfect Sunday night album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Music For Films Wonderful! Various pivotal Eno re-releases are due for re-release tomorrow. Meantime tonight in the third drawer down we have let someone else choose the music: Internet radio: Soma FM Drone Zone Now playing: Juta Takahashi - Quiet Rain subdued synth washes and treated piano at glacial pace, lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bronal Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Listening to the latest album by Asura 'Radio Universe' on Ultimae - one of my favourite labels for many years for downbeat, space and techno. Also Dr Atmo - 'Quiet Life'. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 PinkCourtesyPhone - Foley Folly Folio Opening track: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundscape Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Last night was Exploding Star Orchestra - Stars Have Shapes. Ostensibly a jazz release, but to my ears it is largely droning/ambient in tone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Eric Holm - Andøya http://www.factmag.com/2014/04/07/stream-eric-holms-astonishing-new-subtext-album-andoya/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Been a while since I posted on this thread, even though most Sunday nights are filled with ambient tracks. More often than not, I'm just too busy to post what I'm listening to. Anyway, tonight I'm listening to Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl. Bliss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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