why is ambient so popular now

[chava]

If this is _the_ ambient thread, here's a mix I quite enjoy:

 

[Slothrop]

 

[Leo]

ouch

 

[sufi]

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No mix though

 

[sufi]

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No mix though

whose got a nice mix/selection then?

 

[luka]

If youve heard one drone you've heard them all. You don't need a mix of drones!

 

[sufi]

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No mix though

endorse by NPLD btw

 

[WashYourHands]

Done 80 hours in the last 7 days, knackered, tincture sublingual and step into

 

[Leo]

tough work situation, @WashYourHands. hope you get some time off around the holidays.

 

[Corpsey]

Stop laughing at me @luka 😠

 

[luka]

can i buy you dinner tonight? i feel like going out for a meal but ive got no one to go with.

 

[woops]

@Corpsey will you buy @luka dinner tonight? he's very skint at the moment near destitute in fact and though he'd never admit it, very weak in both mind and body. he's too proud to ask for help, but he needs someone nearby to show him some basic common humanity. i'd do it myself but i can't be arsed

 

[Corpsey]

Has anyone heard this Aphex Twin guy? He will go far

 

[Corpsey]

A once great thread which devolved into me occasionally posting a song from Ambient Works vol 2 and ironically asking if people had heard it

 

[shakahislop]

This is probably old news to ambient/drone/new age aficionados but to me it's all new and brilliant:

had something off this on the playlist recently, quite like it. would like to meet some ambient/drone/new age aficionados

 

[shakahislop]

is ambient that popular? i don't think i've met anyone in real life who likes it. maybe some of those youtube background study playlists. i'm trying to find mates to go with to this thing Ambient Church and no-one is up for it. actually i met one greenpoint barista who likes grouper, we started talking because he was playing dean blunt in the shop. which was the first and only time i've ever heard anyone play dean blunt anywhere.

someone has probably said it already in the thread (I'm not reading 22 pages to check), but it's one of those genres where no way in hell would i pay 15 pounds for a CD, but i am going to check it out on youtube

also a genre where there's so much of it that its hard to navigate to the best bits

 

[william_kent]

is ambient that popular?

boomkat is a going concern...

I can remember when they had a physical outlet ( "pelican neck" ) and it was all techno, now they're virtual, and practically all they sell is ambient / drone / "modern composition" - a successful "pivot"

someone must be keeping them in business ( err, maybe it's me, I have to admit I bought a 14 CD box set of Eliane Radigue off them last week )

 

[Leo]

boomkat is a going concern...

I can remember when they had a physical outlet ( "pelican neck" ) and it was all techno, now they're virtual, and practically all they sell is ambient / drone / "modern composition" - a successful "pivot"

someone must be keeping them in business ( err, maybe it's me, I have to admit I bought a 14 CD box set of Eliane Radigue off them last week )

lots of that, sure, but boomkat is also pretty broad in what they carry. it's where I learned about all the Youth stuff out of Manchester, weirdo dancehall (Time Cow, Gavsborg, etc.). I'm not complaining.

 

[Corpsey]

 

[chava]

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