Droooooone
Last.FM has its flaws, but it’s been great for discovering new music. Here are a few wonderful gems I’ve found while looking for music that Last.FM’s algorithms have deduced to be “similar to” C. Reider, and “similar to” Drone Forest.
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An absolutely gorgeous 20 minute long bit of grey ambient bliss from Stray Ghost, called A House Of Gold And Oak was recently mentioned on Disquiet, and for good reason, this album is beyond good. (Last.FM link)
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Still Crescent (Myspace/Last.FM) and August Stars (MySpace/ Last.FM) are the same guy, Sébastien Wright , who creates some ridiculously beautiful droning ambient music. This stuff is really great… I wish I could point you to a freely downloadable album, but at least you can stream his music. It’s worth it.
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The eye-poppingly cool website of Erstlaub is appropriate given the high quality of his quietnoise drones. This guy knows how to let a drone develop from one interesting thing into another. Long live Erstlaub! (here’s his Last.FM link)
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Just noticed last night, I actually have a bunch of August Stars material, but just hadn’t gotten around to listening to it yet. It is tucked away in a relatively unexplored section of an external hard drive where I keep a lot of music. Finally had a listen. Wow! Really nice.
Posted by CP McDill | January 15, 2009 6:27 pmI’m glad my post led to you exploring their music.
Posted by C. Reider | January 15, 2009 7:42 pmThey are really exactly the perfect kind of ambient music for me. Some of the other ambient superstars don’t really do a whole lot for me, but this band is something else.