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Hi all,
So working from home means luxury of music on in the background of my choice.
Looking for new things to hear - ambient or dub reggae type stuff.
Cheers for any suggestions.
Blackbeard / Dennis Bovell from the mid 70s. Pioneer of the dub along with such greats as Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Ah, good thread. Enjoying Bluetech just now.
This is getting a lot of airtime here at the moment,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Positiva_Ambient_Collection
The recent Ghosts series by Nine Inch Nails is ambient in a dark and atmospheric sort of way. The latest volumes (V & VI) are available for free here (and probably on your streaming service of choice).
I have taken the advice from Boris and listen carefully to Scientist.
New Orb Album "Abolition of the Royal Familia"
New Four Tet Album "Sixteen Oceans"
On a dub tip I can't recommend Rhythm & Sound enough!
Rhythm & Sound with the artists, I think Queen in my Empire with Jennifer Lara is probably my favorite track from this album.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0rrr4SP4dOoCynCyPFxA9j?si=2ow62tg4TYypLPHvqThzFw
Sat here at the moment drinking port and listening to Massive Attack v Mad Professor, seems to fit your criteria quite nicely.
...and Aphex that new Four Tet is choice (especially 'Baby'). Not sure it's Dub though.
NIN might not be the first band you'd think of for ambient, but hey - these are free
https://store.nin.com/products/ghosts-digital-download
Edit: Dammit! Hadn't noticed it'd already been posted...
Free animal from the Zoo!
Thread reserection for those reggae lovers on stw, DJ Papa Max has plenty of mixes on mixcloud, search for "High Grade Reggae"
https://www.mixcloud.com/eddie-otoole/papa-max-high-grade-reggae-selection/
Big ambient fan since early 90s. Especially stripped back techno variants.
Favourites by a mile:
David Sylvian & Holger Czukay - Flux and Mutability
Orb - Live 93
The Orb - Orbvus Terrarvm
FFWD - FFWD (rare but still on youtube as of last look)
Gas - Zauberberg
Gas - Königsforst
Gas - Pop
Marsen Jules - BeautyFear
Helios -Moiety
Markus Guentner - Shadows Of The City
There are a few more that escape me, will have a look in my playlist.
I’d say ‘Dub Side Of The Moon’, but DSOTM always made me well up and threaten to break down into a big blub. Most melancholic album I can think of, even the upbeat dub version ymmv
Wild card:
Boards Of Canada
The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte (Dub Plate Version 1, 2, & 3)
I'd forgotten about this gem until I watched Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe Lovers Rock', simply joyous!
Probably already listened to it but Aphex Twin - Select Ambient Works.
Biosphere - Substrata (One of the most engrossing ambient albums I’ve listened to)
Anything by Carbon Based Lifeforms
Some komische stuff like Tangerine Dream, Cluster, Ash Ta Temple
Liked some of the stuff I’ve heard by Bill Laswell and Adrian Sherwood.
Techno Animal, Ice, The Bug...love it
Dub is big in NZ.
Great thread! Loving the Blackbeard, thanks.
Some of its a bit upbeat, but hey
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FHwWBBOsvy7HL81nI8kdc?si=23elkAbJTDWKm3Hdtls3sw
Missed this 1st time round, but here's a few
Sandoz - Cab Voltaire side project iirc
RadioAxiom - Wobble & Laswell
Marconi Union (there's a 10 hr version on YT!)
https://youtu.be/UfcAVejslrU
Also more ambient machinefabrik
This old DJ Madd mix is really good:
https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-23102015-hour-2-dj-madd
Plus the Roots & Future Series:
https://www.mixcloud.com/djmadd/roots-future-podcast-1/
And others...
https://soundcloud.com/cubiculorecords/digid-rise-shine-mixtape
https://soundcloud.com/lionsdensound/ras-lion-rootikal-ways-mixtape
https://www.mixcloud.com/es_kay/benny-ill-c60-well-bake/