Psychedelic / Psybient / Acid Ambient

Squashie · 10-08-2010 06:51PM #1

I can't get enough of it lately, it's really starting to take over my life. I've got pretty much everything released by Ultimae Records — Carbon Based Lifeforms albums, Aes Dana, Solar Fields, Fahrenheit Project albums — and I'm beginning to run out. Does anybody know of any other record labels or artists producing psychedelic or spacey ambient music to as high as standard as these?
(Not interested in anything hard or GOA trance and I use the term psychedelic loosely.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANAX--zLUps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8G0zHMuwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ORa90ErZzw

jonnny68 · 10-08-2010 07:04PM

Good stuff man liking some of those, to be honest i wouldn't know loads about Ambient record labels or anything but i can recommend you loads of albums if you like,love ambient and chill out and always have.:)

g5fd6ow0hseima · 10-08-2010 07:57PM

Im not one to delve into psybient much but I do like it and some of my mates are into it. Here's one of my favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhuZ_p-dbQ

old gregg · 11-08-2010 08:37AM

I'll not post too many links and stuff right now (cos I couldn't be arsed

) but check out:

Bluetech

This guy has produced some excellent psychill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetech

Vidna Obmana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidna_Obmana

Pjusk

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pjusk

Entheogenic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogenic_%28band%29

Note: these folks produced 4 pretty cool albums and then the 5th sat up and barked, imho.

Vibrasphere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrasphere
Note: much of their stuff moves into psytrance (and we don't want to upset the drum n' bass kids around here by mentioning psytrance

)

But .... you can get a whole bunch of stuff dating back to early ambient House ... Higher Intelligence Agency .... through Deep Space Network ... Atom Heart ... all the way up to stuff like Yagya and even Shpongle (for something a little more trippy.

A good port of call would be to keep an eye on the chill thread and even check out the youtube channel of our very own
http://www.youtube.com/user/Scubadevils

Crikey, I listen to this type of stuff for hours every day but it's early in the morning and I'll get lost if I keep going.

Final note: a point may come when you figure on moving to beatless ambient, in which case, nothing compares to Biosphere and his magical Substrata album.

The Yardstick I reckon.

Squashie · 04-09-2010 05:10AM

Sorry I've been so slow replying again to this.

That Ott track is amazing Leif. I love the build up and how it just explodes at the end. It's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. In the process of getting Blumenkraft and Skylon now.

Also really like some of those tracks you posted too Gregg. Am also getting some of Bluetech's stuff and looking into the others. I was mad about Yagya during my dub techno craze, and Shpongle and CBL are the artists that started this new obsession. Although, having said all that, I'm not really sure if some of it is what I want. Like Biosphere's Substrata which I've had a couple of years now and do love, it's a bit "lie down on the floor and stare at the ceiling;" A bit "fall asleep at the wheel." I guess what I want is ambient but not-really-ambient ambient-inspired adrenaline-rush music :P. Very pedantic yes, it's why I'm having such a hard time finding what I want.

If you all, or anyone else has any other suggestions it'd be great.

Two eargasmic build-ups:

Close eyes for first 5 seconds. The windows movie maker intro upsets me too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOB-KjzBaV0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH1Ue7wAtTg

Scubadevils · 04-09-2010 09:55AM

From an acid ambient perspective I'd highly recommend 'From Within' - was just discussing these albums on another thread recently. They are a collaboration between a master of acid, Richie Hawtin and a master of ambient, Pete Namlook.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/From+Within

This is on the Fax label which is absolutely huge in terms of its discography and varies in terms of style from very ambient to hard trance and from mediocre to stunning in quality!

http://www.discogs.com/label/Fax+%2B49-69%2F450464

The build up to about 5:07 and what happens then is absolutely stunning...

From Within - Homeward Bound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgd7ZWCgtAo

From Within - Sad Alliance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eipkfNnO9sA

Another good one which is somewhat more upbeat and I suppose more along the lines of Shpongle etc would be Children of the Bong... I haven't listened to this in a while but again now and fck I forgot how bloody good this album is!!!

You may be already familiar with the label 'Planet Dog' that this album was released on, other big names on the label would be Banco De Gaia & Eat Static. The compilations 'Feed Your Head' are worth looking into also, more dub-chilled but definitely lean towards psychedelic too.

http://www.discogs.com/Children-Of-The-Bong-Sirius-Sounds/release/146622

Children of the Bong - Interface Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh4HzmKmtUo

Children Of The Bong - Squigglasonica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81HnDd7-Ekc

The album 'Texturology' by Beaumont Hannant might also do it for you, a huge personal favourite of mine for chilling but not sleeping :pac:

http://www.discogs.com/Beaumont-Hannant-Texturology/master/74042

Beaumont Hannant - A Summer Spent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkH2TXvRCLs

Beaumont Hannant - Woven Textures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaYbNOr53fM

Beaumont Hannant - Vague

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et8kKdtgFgE

This last one is so bloody powerful that it literally brings a tear to my eye, it's an absolute work of art...

Beaumont Hannant - Mind Colours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vyfuxBCdKM

Thomas P. Heckmann who hails more from a straight up techno fame released a great album on the Fax label called 'The Lost Tales Vol 1' which is much more chilled than his usual stuff and is basically acid ambient...

http://www.discogs.com/Thomas-P-Heckmann-The-Lost-Tales-Vol-I/release/1280054

Thomas P. Heckmann - Astral Chains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNS2UpW3NeA

Finally for now as I genuinely could go on all day when it comes to more relaxed electronica! Again a personal favourite for me and one I often listen to when I can't decide what to listen to...

http://www.discogs.com/Spacetime-Continuum-Emit-Ecaps/master/72770

Spacetime Continuum - IForm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raaQCpXP-9c

Spacetime Continuum - Swing Fantasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7gw_2W_oCU

Scubadevils · 04-09-2010 10:01AM

Oh and before I forget, while on the subject further back in the thread of OTT, Simon Posford etc, you have to check out the album 'The Last Days of Gravity' by Younger Brother.

http://www.discogs.com/Younger-Brother-The-Last-Days-Of-Gravity/master/14073

This is another masterpiece of a track.

Younger Brother - Psychic Gibbon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d34hJwMhVto

Squashie · 05-09-2010 06:11AM

That last one... just... Oh my god! I'm going to be playing that over and over for weeks.

Also love the Beaumont Hannant stuff, haven't ever heard of him. Knew Richie Hawtin's done a lot of collaborations over the years, but have never known he'd done anything like that so I'll be checking out that too. Sounds good.

Spacetime Continuum and Children of the Bong are producers that I have stuff of already. Have always loved Ionospheric State and, well actually.. the entire album.

If any of you or anybody else finds anything they want to add to this thread, I'd appreciate it. Stuff so far has been top notch.

Another amazing psybient track:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Aes+Dana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr5l__Mfj4

TheBardWest · 26-10-2010 12:13PM

Great thread! Longtime Shpongle fan here - just now starting to branch out into other forms of psy-ambient, other artists. One I'm enjoying now:

http://digitalpsionics.com/artists/Yggdrasil/

Highly recommended!

Shulgin · 03-11-2010 03:37AM

I'm really after getting into the ultimae Records stuff lately too.

My fave Albums

Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers
Asura - Life2
Asura - 360
Solar Fields - Movements

Also check out distant system. Some really nice stuff..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BU_akCof7U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9UTBCi2dU

Loving this too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIFAzytp5Wc

Can't go wrong with OTT too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ABIkH7m0s

And of course,Boards of Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8

Squashie · 12-01-2011 04:58AM

Have recently come across a pretty unforgettable dub-inspired tribal / psybient album called Sub Conscious by an artist called Phutureprimitive. It's very Shpongle but quite a bit darker. It definately needs a listen anyway.

http://www.discogs.com/Phutureprimitive-Sub-Conscious/release/360242

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcb8WCaZAEw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMtiodiK0Y

old gregg · 12-01-2011 06:24PM

cheers for the update Squashie, I'll check this out later.

along the way, take a listen to Proem. The album I have of his is http://www.discogs.com/Proem-A-Permanent-Solution/release/963810

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRqNDlxs-2w

a little bit moving into BOC territory but not bad at all.

Scubadevils · 12-01-2011 06:55PM

old gregg wrote: »

cheers for the update Squashie, I'll check this out later.

along the way, take a listen to Proem. The album I have of his is http://www.discogs.com/Proem-A-Permanent-Solution/release/963810

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRqNDlxs-2w

a little bit moving into BOC territory but not bad at all.

Proem is great, absolutely love this album on the amazing but sadly gone label 'Merck'.

http://www.discogs.com/Proem-You-Shall-Have-Ever-Been/master/27406

I don't actually have that one you mention on n5md but have recently become an n5md fanatic, some absolutely quality releases over the years and a few again in 2010, one being 'Ventricle' by Drift (had more releases as Bitcrush)

http://www.discogs.com/Dryft-Ventricle/master/287742

Dryft - Marked Velotin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybFz1RyORZs

Dryft - Transmission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZsFb2pIzg

Shulgin · 08-05-2011 03:14AM

Anyone like Ott's new 'mir' album?

I'm hooked, this music is so far out maaan

whooaaa!

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNGEYGdmk8

Squashie · 05-10-2011 05:48AM

Phutureprimitive has released another similar-ish album, but to be honest it's a bit disappointing, with the exception of a couple of tracks like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy7V5DXUhCM

Scubadevils · 08-10-2011 03:25PM

Forgot to mention Legion of Green men here before, pretty unknown it would seem but the album 'Spatial Specific' is a real gem.

http://www.discogs.com/Legion-Of-Green-Men-Spatial-Specific/master/66695

Legion Of Green Men - Synaptic Response