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Does anybody have some good ambient music recommendations? I like listening to it while I fall asleep, but my playlist needs some new stuff.
I prefer stuff without drums, so stuff like https://youtu.be/K15w89i1w-g and https://youtu.be/mehLx_Fjv_c most likely wouldn't make it on, but stuff like https://youtu.be/h1mpNE-2EBo, https://youtu.be/Y-Qu_Fk23T4, and http://astroskeleton.bandcamp.com/track/windowsill-garden are great.
Pic unrelated, just a random wallpaper I found in my folders.
>>132097
Might not be what you're looking for, since it's more of just ambient sounds more than music, but Robert Rich is my favorite ambient music artist, not that I know many or even a few.
Give this a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ld5uEuA0Fg
It's actually 3 parts in one.
Also, this is off the album "Nest", which I suggest downloading along with Somnium: https://a.pomf.cat/sfnqec.flac
His stuff is great for when I want to read something, since it's mostly all really soothing or not distracting.
And some individual tracks that are really ambient/soothing to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap5VPujmthA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myEB5z6hAaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES0PSdBUpSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nckWeT-m0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP_0MCY1nTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOxwkIQcMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLsfd5uplQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67a5FTa1U1A
http://picosong.com/ZFZU/
Hopefully at least some of these are what you want.
Try this if you like his stuff: http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Rich/+similar
I hope you enjoy these songs. I have quite an affinity for ambient/soothing/chill music.
>>132130
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention Ryo Fukui. His two albums that you can find online, Scenery and Mellow Dream, are both really lovely. They might be a little too upbeat, but maybe some of them will be exactly what you're looking for.
Full Scenery album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrr3dp7zRQY
Mellow Dream might be more in line with your criteria, but both of them are fantastic, so definitely give both a listen.
>>132097
I highly recommend Biosphere(Geir Jenssen), Tim Hecker, Silver Mt.Zion, Brian Eno, and Sigur Ros. I hope that you check out these artists more in depth since I am a massive fan of them, some might be a bit out there but they are worth a listen. Geir has music listen under Biosphere and under his own name just as a heads up. Also most of Sigur Ros's include Icelandic vocals as well as amazing drum work but Valtari doesn't really include much of either. I hope you enjoy something on here.
Biosphere (very good ambient music, also has field recordings if you're into that kind of stuff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-u_tIzJAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjPaxeMeuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qecG_QQq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGBJG-8za8
Tim Hecker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r4uOE1ZhCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUpA8R01d50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkArDyC0BsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6zlGKI4SU
Silver Mt.Zion (don't know much about them but outside of this album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZfGa5t4e8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GQicM3RoM
Brian Eno (Massive selection of ambient music, been doing it for decades)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvlkaaKtF_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZtnadL1s0
Sigur Ros (For no drums or Icelandic vocals stick with the album Valtari)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DnPtTzUb9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOMvezbP90Y
>>132168
Oh also tossing out a minor shout out to Aphex Twin, while not mainly ambient he has some good songs that might interest you. Most of his songs include drums/beats so they wouldn't really fit in with your request but you might enjoy Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 or some of his other songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k15pVegwe-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_MRe3JwFc8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeLuQ6X2ixI
Sorry I didn't get the chance to respond last night, I had to get to sleep.
>>132130
Those individual tracks are great, Anon. Thanks. I actually already have Gymnopedie No. 1 on my playlist, but a chiptune cover, not the original. https://soundcloud.com/anamanaguchi/gymnopedie
>>132168
I have a ton of Brian Eno on my playlist already, and a stray Aphex Twin song or two (Avril 14 is great), but these other names are new to me. That Sigur Ros album is amazing. Thanks so much!
>>132463
Sigur Ros is definitely one of my favorite bands and Valtari is their most "ambient" album (they have an album called () that comes close second "ambient-wise" to Valtari but it includes more vocals and drums) but I would highly suggest checking out their other stuff as well; Takk... and Ágætis byrjun are fantastic and if you want something a bit more heavy Kveikur is amazing.