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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by krylon on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:01AM (#46119568)
Sleep by Max Richter is great (and very long)

Sunset Mission by Bohren & Der Club of Gore is very very sleepy Jazz (they have released more albums, but this one is my favorite by a wide margin)

Long Ambients 1 & 2 by Moby - he was kind enough to make them available for download free of charge, too

Under Wires and Search Lights by Marconi Union

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

Pretty much anything by Sigur Rós. It's not strictly speaking instrumental, but the lyrics are Icelandic, which I don't speak, so it's close enough

Cocteau Twins recorded many very ambient-ish albums. Not instrumental, but the "lyrics" are mostly glossolalia, so not distracting (at least for me).

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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by Towaway69 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:56AM (#46119939)
No particular order:

Max Richter, John Cage, Tangerine Dreams, Klaus Schulze, Gavin Bryars, Richard Chartier, Asmus Tietchens, Tomaga, Boards of Canada, Stars of the Lid, William Basiniki, Joanna Brouk, Pauline Oliveros ...

I do way too much coding...

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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by benrutter on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @08:18AM (#46120904)
> Pauline Oliveros

Yes yes yes! Finally someone who won't make fun of me for listening to Horse Singd from a Cloud.

You should add Laurie Spiegel to your list, something tells me you'd enjoy.

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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by dackle on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:25AM (#46121483)
"Deep Listening" by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis is also excellent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U__lpPDTUS4

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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by Towaway69 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @12:20PM (#46123695)
> Laurie Spiegel

Just listening to "Appalachian Grove I" - Nice, thanks for the tip :thumbsup:

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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by fragmede on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:09AM (#46119621)
Here that is on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3d3e49rSmge86cU4D4u8mn
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Re:How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) by Duanemclemore on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @11:39AM (#46123089)
Excellent recs.

If anyone reading this like Bohren & Der Club of Gore, also check out Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble.

And if you vibe with Sigurd Ros, check out Godspeed You! Black Emperor too.

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