Ambient and Drone.

OccultHawk · 07-08-2020, 04:04 PM

Agora by Fennesz

This should’ve been on my 2019 list. Fans of Boris and Sunn0))) might like this. Unless you’re a loser.

Unassailable

OccultHawk · 07-18-2020, 08:18 AM

I’ve been finding myself disappounted with cryo chamber label releases for a while now. I need some kind of innovation. Thoughts welcome.

**Frownland** · 07-18-2020, 08:31 AM

Did you hear Nicolas Jaar's Cenizas yet? Hasn't quite connected with me yet (haven't given it much time tbf) but it's a pretty singular approach to ambient whose only reference point I can nail down is that it's influenced by some of the ideas that Arca was playing with on her s/t.

And while it's not necessarily ambient or drone, death industrial acts a la Puce Mary might scratch the same itch that dark ambient does for you. You can always catch up on what KK Null is doing too.

OccultHawk · 07-18-2020, 10:17 AM

I’m happy about the Jaar release but haven’t yet.

Think I’m current on Puce Mary and yeah KK Null - sure there’s some nugs there I haven’t heard.

Not that those aren’t great suggestions and I wasn’t clear but what I meant was are there any cryo chamber releases that I’m over looking.

I checked out Dead Melodies and Zenjungle collaboration anthropocene, and because it involves traditional instruments and bowed guitar I thought it would hit the spot but instead I was thinking it still seems trapped in that dark ambient formula - that’s fine - it’s a good formula but I’m ... well like I thought the instruments could be showcased a little more - maybe that defeats the objective. There’s plenty out there but this label might be too restrictive. On one hand I like that the listener gets what they expect but on the other hand I don’t like that it’s ALWAYS what you expect.

**Frownland** · 07-18-2020, 10:32 AM

Ah, I thought you were looking for general dark ambient recs. I get what you mean about genre traps, I feel like a good deal of post-Macintosh Plus artists who self-identify as vaporwave just mimic the form without adding anything new to it or they do it in a way that misunderstands/overlooks the irony/charm.

grindy · 07-18-2020, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m happy about the Jaar release but haven’t yet.

Think I’m current on Puce Mary and yeah KK Null - sure there’s some nugs there I haven’t heard.

Not that those aren’t great suggestions and I wasn’t clear but what I meant was are there any cryo chamber releases that I’m over looking.

I checked out Dead Melodies and Zenjungle collaboration anthropocene, and because it involves traditional instruments and bowed guitar I thought it would hit the spot but instead I was thinking it still seems trapped in that dark ambient formula - that’s fine - it’s a good formula but I’m ... well like I thought the instruments could be showcased a little more - maybe that defeats the objective. There’s plenty out there but this label might be too restrictive. On one hand I like that the listener gets what they expect but on the other hand I don’t like that it’s ALWAYS what you expect.

Have you ever listened to Drunken Forest by Death Ambient? It's not as ambient as the band name might suggest but it still kinda is and that album is really special and beautiful.

grindy · 07-18-2020, 10:46 AM

Oh, oops. Never mind. Didn't get what you were asking.

OccultHawk · 07-18-2020, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Oh, oops. Never mind. Didn't get what you were asking.

That’s cool though. I’ll check it out, thanks

grindy · 07-18-2020, 12:12 PM

Nice.

OccultHawk · 08-05-2020, 03:02 PM

https://cdiab.bandcamp.com/album/beacons

Beacons by C.Diab

Highest recommendations. Should appeal to anyone who like Disintegration Loops. One of my favorite drone artists and a top something guitarist of the past decade.

07-08-2020, 04:04 PM	#101 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Agora by Fennesz This should’ve been on my 2019 list. Fans of Boris and Sunn0))) might like this. Unless you’re a loser. Unassailable __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

07-18-2020, 08:18 AM	#102 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’ve been finding myself disappounted with cryo chamber label releases for a while now. I need some kind of innovation. Thoughts welcome. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

07-18-2020, 08:31 AM	#103 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Did you hear Nicolas Jaar's Cenizas yet? Hasn't quite connected with me yet (haven't given it much time tbf) but it's a pretty singular approach to ambient whose only reference point I can nail down is that it's influenced by some of the ideas that Arca was playing with on her s/t. And while it's not necessarily ambient or drone, death industrial acts a la Puce Mary might scratch the same itch that dark ambient does for you. You can always catch up on what KK Null is doing too. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-18-2020, 10:17 AM	#104 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’m happy about the Jaar release but haven’t yet. Think I’m current on Puce Mary and yeah KK Null - sure there’s some nugs there I haven’t heard. Not that those aren’t great suggestions and I wasn’t clear but what I meant was are there any cryo chamber releases that I’m over looking. I checked out Dead Melodies and Zenjungle collaboration anthropocene, and because it involves traditional instruments and bowed guitar I thought it would hit the spot but instead I was thinking it still seems trapped in that dark ambient formula - that’s fine - it’s a good formula but I’m ... well like I thought the instruments could be showcased a little more - maybe that defeats the objective. There’s plenty out there but this label might be too restrictive. On one hand I like that the listener gets what they expect but on the other hand I don’t like that it’s ALWAYS what you expect. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

07-18-2020, 10:32 AM	#105 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Ah, I thought you were looking for general dark ambient recs. I get what you mean about genre traps, I feel like a good deal of post-Macintosh Plus artists who self-identify as vaporwave just mimic the form without adding anything new to it or they do it in a way that misunderstands/overlooks the irony/charm. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Oh, oops. Never mind. Didn't get what you were asking. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Nice. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

08-05-2020, 03:02 PM	#110 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	https://cdiab.bandcamp.com/album/beacons Beacons by C.Diab Highest recommendations. Should appeal to anyone who like Disintegration Loops. One of my favorite drone artists and a top something guitarist of the past decade. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html