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Call him up, Bull**** will tell you that 71 is the correct year.

I have no idea whether it's considered electronica, and I'm sure Frown will be surprised, but I've been getting into drone a bit. Oh, nothing he would consider proper drone, I'm sure, though I'm even thinking of giving Dopesmoker another shot. Solar Fields has impressed me

as has Steve Roach

and Wiliam Basinski

Then, apart from drone (if those are drone) there's Carbon Based Lifeforms

Vangelis

and of course, the grand-daddy of them all...

I've been telling you that you're a drone fan for years. I'm sure that you'll come around on Beefheart too.

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1913639)

I've been telling you that you're a drone fan for years. I'm sure that you'll come around on Beefheart too.

Meh, I think what you actually said was that I drone on. Which is certainly true. I'll give that a listen and let you know what I think of it later.

Wave Racer did some cool ****:

I find some of this music to be quite challenging - the challenge being to stick it out to the end without slipping into a coma.

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Originally Posted by rubber soul (Post 1913610)

I guess getting close to electronica though, I'd go with Eno, Ultravox, and maybe Stereolab.

^ Nevertheless, I can x2 this recommendation, although it's best to choose carefully to get the Eno that you want. Some of his best ambient albums were done with Fripp, who of course went on to do plenty of ambient albums on his own. Of the whole bunch, I'd recommend "Heavenly Music Corporation" as being their finest hour; it has some slow but robust guitar playing from R.Fripp.

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Originally Posted by Maajo (Post 1913609)

I have absolutely no good recommendations for following the exact guidelines of this request, but jackhammer's response gives some good chillout and downtempo type stuff which I know a bit about.

I quite like this whole album, pretty damn laid back and spacey:

^ This album sounds great - as you say, it may not fit the OP requirements too well, but it is all the better for that, imo. For a similar reason I liked the Vangelis and Wave Racer tracks too.

I like Moby. Play is an incredible album :)

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds (Post 1913884)

For Trollheart:

That would be me, with his album on the ground.... :laughing:

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1913851)

I find some of this music to be quite challenging - the challenge being to stick it out to the end without slipping into a coma.

^ Nevertheless, I can x2 this recommendation, although it's best to choose carefully to get the Eno that you want. Some of his best ambient albums were done with Fripp, who of course went on to do plenty of ambient albums on his own. Of the whole bunch, I'd recommend "Heavenly Music Corporation" as being their finest hour; it has some slow but robust guitar playing from R.Fripp.

^ This album sounds great - as you say, it may not fit the OP requirements too well, but it is all the better for that, imo. For a similar reason I liked the Vangelis and Wave Racer tracks too.

I'm glad you liked it. I remember the first time I heard it, the opening track blew me away. It just has a nice combination of groove, atmosphere, and it does occasionally get into that atmospheric ambience that I think the OP is referring to, but I was just kind of listening to that followup post and Air was one of the first things I thought of.