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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by jjulius on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:02AM (#33177125)
This should cover a bunch of different Ambient styles, but all of the artists are absolutely fantastic and worth digging into. I'm definitely leaving out a fuckload more, but there are a ton of great suggestions in the other responses, too. Happy listening! :D

  Biosphere
  Loscil
  A Strangely Isolated Place (record label & mix series)
  Silent Season (record label)
  Kelly Moran
  Rafael Anton Irisarri
  Harold Budd
  Steve Roach
  Terre Thaemlitz
  Gel-Sol
  Koss
  Nils Frahm
  FAX Records
  Pete Namlook
  Carlos Nino
  Woob (particularly woob1194)
  ASC
  Autumn of Communion
  Wanderwelle
  Celer
  Christina Vantzou
  Julianna Barwick
  Mary Lattimore
  Grouper
  Suzanne Ciani
  MPU101
  Deru
  Lusine (Language Barrier in particular, his only full-Ambient album)
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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by omnimus on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:07AM (#33178056)
Biosphere for sure. Also William Basinski who is somewhat hated but if you love endless loops its great.
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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by and0 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:37AM (#33178573)
The Disintegration Loops is lovely and I found it very thought-provoking. The concept of hearing the medium being destroyed, in this sort of breathing / heartbeat / day and night cycle, is a very powerful way to think about mortality.

One of the tracks still sounds like you're hearing someone drowning over the course of 17 minutes and it's terrifying. It's the first track here, though I believe they are named / ordered incorrectly. Just comparing 2 minutes in vs 15 minutes.. it still creeps me out.

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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by lukeh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:06PM (#33179022)
Great suggestions, to which I would add Marty Hicks.
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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by devindotcom on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:28PM (#33179348)
Nice list. I would second Ryuichi Sakamoto, Loscil, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, and Grouper for sure and there are lots of other good ones on there.

I'd add Windy & Carl, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Yui Odonera (lots from the Serein label actually), Max Richter, and most of all Stars of the Lid.

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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by radley on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:35PM (#33180294)
There's also mainstream artists/series like:

The Orb

KLF (Chill Out)

Tipper

Irresistible Force / Mixmaster Morris

Future Sound of London

Higher Intelligence Agency

Sun Electric

Vermont

Erased Tapes (label)

Apollo (label)

Armadillo (label)

12K (label)

Pop Ambient (series)

Some (perhaps) less-known: Masayoshi Fujita, Yutaka Hirose, Void

Plus 10k+ electronic music artists that dabble in ambient / chill out.

Self-plug: I DJ 2-3x month for Sunday Sundowns with The Ambient Mafia

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Re:The Way in Which Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for A... by ttjjtt on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:59AM (#33188073)
Some great choices. I’m gonna pile in with my own suggestions, as it’s been a topic for me this week. Specific works in brackets:

Ryuichi Sakamoto (Async LP, collabs with Alva Noto)

Kelly Moran

Burial (1st half of Tunes 2011-2019 LP)

Oneohtrix Point Never (Returnal, R plus 7 LPs)

Kara Lis-Coverdale

Harold Budd

Huerco S (For Those Of You.. LP)

Steve Hauschildt

GAS

Laurel Halo (Raw Silk Uncut Wood LP)

Malibu

Loscil

Hiroshi Yoshimura

Kareem Lofty

Ulla Straus

Sky H1

Johnny Jewel

Roedelius (Einfluss LP)

Dedekind kut

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