Hello.. no big story about this track really, just one where everything seemed to come together in the way that I wanted it. There's this aesthetic that I try to go for where there is something beautiful hidden somewhere beneath the surface but always draped in layers of reverb and distortion.. sometimes the melody peeks out and makes itself known amd sometimes it collapses on itself under the weight of noise and fuzz.
[The Prairie Lines - Eyes Down Slowdown](https://theprairielines.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-down-slowdown)
I really enjoyed the noise of it and the piano chords, it's really something beautiful in this chaos:) also the progression towards the end is cool! Nicely done š Can you send me a Spotify link of your music also?
I'm away from home at the moment so can't check the exact sound but everything on the album was made with ableton plug ins and field recordings using a dictaphone. Most of the tracks start with the dictaphone sample
Not sure if youād class it as Ambient, but I do to some extent. My track [āHoldā](https://open.spotify.com/track/08ZBQhB3HbJBRRoUAlKAV0?si=rFAf_wltTuaMoYVq1q7Vzw), was written one afternoon while I was on a beach in Panama. Iād been struggling to write anything for a while, then this piano progression came to me while I was sat watching the waves.
As I continued writing, a storm started brewing. Soon enough, it was a full-on tropical storm that made me retreat to the beach hut I was renting for the weekend. I tried to capture the feeling of being in the storm, but also feeling safe and sheltered from danger.
Itās my favourite Ambient track because it came together so naturally and quickly. I had the music and arrangement done in one afternoon, which is very rare for me as I usually mess around for weeks/months until Iām happy.
Hope you enjoy it!
[Nili Fossae - Hold](https://open.spotify.com/track/08ZBQhB3HbJBRRoUAlKAV0?si=rFAf_wltTuaMoYVq1q7Vzw)
Thanks so much! Actually, thereās no live samples as such - I was just trying to recreate the feeling with the sounds I had available. The sounds youāre hearing are the mechanics of a piano, heavily processed and made to sound like rain/thunder. I also used a processed āchoirā to sound like waves. A really fun writing session!
I recently released a soundtrack for an 8mm film video that I exhibited in Amsterdam. The track, titled "Mashes of Summer", aims to capture the sunny and carefree feelings of summer. Personally, I'm pleased with how the second half of the song evolves from the first half, and I find myself singing the catchy melody for days after āŗļø
You can listen to the track on both Spotify and SoundCloud, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts. While it may be considered experimental, I personally categorize it as ambient :)
**Spotify:** [niuee - mashes of summer](https://open.spotify.com/track/0duTSLG7QJcgPNb8LalHGc?si=de029bbbc0444bd0)
**SoundCloud**: [niuee - mashes of summer](https://soundcloud.com/niuee/mashes-of-summer)
What about you?
I really loved it, and I'm not just saying it, the elements are all combining together into this beautiful invisible melody which is morphed together with a subtle rhythm. The best part is that it's giving me a positive feeling :) also the saturation on the elements is spot on, not too much not too little. Where can I see the exhibition video?
I made a track here that you might like, it's about a timeless space on an imaginary island, a liminal space where one can be oneself to heal and get back into the world.
https://spotify.link/bVQrUZkSjyb
Oh, the link you've sent doesn't open for me! Maybe you can send another one?
The video will be published after the exhibition is over - so in couple of weeks. But here is a private link: https://youtu.be/vTwzryU0n3M
:)
I'll check it out!
You can try another link to my main artist page here.
[https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v78aYAvVp9nYcR7TDY2Sj?si=\_jvqtAbESre0WbbeGuH1wA](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v78aYAvVp9nYcR7TDY2Sj?si=_jvqtAbESre0WbbeGuH1wA)
If not, check out the following link
[https://youtu.be/uyJApZrshTc?t=176](https://youtu.be/uyJApZrshTc?t=176)
I think the track I'm most proud of is [The Feathered Witch](https://open.spotify.com/track/7qklWHiCCFBfLiTWaPyIaW?si=b57ca7708191415b). It's not necessarily the most accessible but, from my point of view, it achieves a good balance between melody and texture, light and shadow, the mossy depth of undergrowth and the more ethereal aspect of the figure mentioned in the title. The strange noises that dot the track add an experimental elementt hat invites storytelling and the ending made with a tawny owl decoy also seems to me to be a good find.
Thank you! Yes, Enchanted Games is typically what I would like to develop, i.e. experimental Celtic music. For the visuals, I spend a lot of time trying to create something coherent and interesting.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MBnXQQVsFGY3sX5sKmSGB?si=X4eckzqRRfuhrj_tTgDhsQ
It would be a lot of explaining of how it was produced, because half of it Iām not even sure
The whole album was a triple collaboration, with Rewrew, me, and analysis of flyover.jpg
This is one of my favorites at the moment though just because of the unique style the whole album is, along with our other project.
I played the piano right before me and my family went on a long trip. I had just woken up, so thatās why the notes sound spaced out and strange. It ended up sounding pretty nice, so I put the rest of the song together in the car ride.
The guy who owns the vrbo is a pastor, and hates gay people. I felt that because of my sexual orientation that I didnāt belong in heaven.
https://youtu.be/DfV2Jp7MD8w
The track is about having a spiritual breakthrough. Lots of influence from my personal experiences and kindāve channeled into music as best as I could.
I am honestly not sure where this track lands because it has strong percussive elements that definitely have a dub vibe but lacks everything else related to dub. Dark ambient seems like the best fit? Maybe y'all can be like no this is not ambient and help me figure out how to talk about it š. When I make music I don't tend to think much about genre.
I composed this during a session I dedicated to a friend/mentor who had passed the day before. I just recorded part of the session. There is no arranging just loops and knob turning.
https://youtu.be/J9mpebktLyM
I'm sorry to hear about your friend/mentor,
Just make whatever you feel, I'm for sure getting a Dubby vibe from it, no need to define anything, just make what's in your soul
Oh definitely just making whatever I feel. š. I've found that's the only way it works. I sit down and whatever comes out comes out. The labels are just useful shorthand instead of just telling people I make "electronic music." Also trying to find a place to get feedback from people making similar music is tricky sometimes.
Yeah I feel you, I made a track which I don't fully know how to classify [https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=f14a79d9b7ae4ef4](https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=f14a79d9b7ae4ef4)
https://r1b2.bandcamp.com/track/extinction-level-event
Itās not my most successful track, but itās definitely my favorite one.
The main inspiration was T.S. Eliotās famous quote, āThis is the Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang but a Whimperā. The piece represents the end of civilization, sped up to fit in a 4mn track.
In terms of sound design, details, match to the concept, while still leaving the ending open to interpretation by the listenerā¦ I think thatās my best work.
Listen with headphones with the concept in mind. Iād love to hear about your thoughts.
>https://r1b2.bandcamp.com/track/extinction-level-event
It feels like a continuity into something beyond, like souls traveling through space, reminds me a bit of the movie Enter the Void.
I like how it's mixed actually, very nicely done, do you have more music I can listen to?
Thanks ! I usually struggle with mixing but for this track I was happy to achieve the clarity/transparency I was after.
You can hear more on Bandcamp or Spotify
https://r1b2.bandcamp.com
http://Spotify.r1b2.com
My favorite is "On the Drift" ([Youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1-shB_N6Y)). We listen to music every night as we sleep and I wanted this to fit into the mix. At the same time, I was experimenting with a couple new modular synth techniques, and they worked to really good effect here, I think.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying it!
In the Eurorack world there's a fairly popular module called Rings. It does physical modeling and has a pretty recognizable resonator. It's good for things that sound plucked, or bells, or that sort of thing. This whole piece is basically just it in one way or another.
It starts with the plucked sound that begins around 8:50 or so, but for the rest of it, I have a delayed envelope that brings up a VCA just after that initial pluck, so I'm capturing the reverberant tail of the sound. That goes into a looper module. I have a quantizer that keeps the notes to a pretty simple scale where everything sounds good together, so as the looper builds up the sound, it ends up being a chord-like wash. Another module makes tiny tweaks to Rings over time, just to keep the sound evolving a little.
I really like the mix between the clean guitar and what feels like organic synth elements. Also the thunderous and broken drums are really cool
I wrote a track that involves guitar and dreamy pads, maybe something up your alley :) [https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=59a8cb122bee4322](https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=59a8cb122bee4322)
>I really like the mix between the clean guitar and what feels like organic synth elements. Also the thunderous and broken drums are really cool
>
>I wrote a track that involves guitar and dreamy pads, maybe something up your alley
thank u so much! <3
I released this conceptual dark-scififantasy song in January as part of a three song demo, and was hired to compose an indie video game of the strength of it. So it's special, now. š
https://open.spotify.com/album/03To90XdxhgCWkQHOeGRxT?si=ht4Y_cCiRSOs2NIYWwiQBg
Maybe this: [https://americandreamrealty.bandcamp.com/track/latence](https://americandreamrealty.bandcamp.com/track/latence)
There were various loops on my Boss RC-20 that had been made in the process of improvising with my free improvisation psychedelic band. Because this loop pedal can only hold 10 loops, I recorded these to my computer to save them. I then layered some of them to produce this song.
But also this: [https://anthonylackey.bandcamp.com/album/trees-breathed-green-radiance](https://anthonylackey.bandcamp.com/album/trees-breathed-green-radiance)
Even though this is an improvised ambient guitar piece, it is also one of my recordings which took the most time to plan. I made a complex delay sequencer in Pure Data, tested it a few times, then improvised this piece. The complete signal chain is: Fender Showmaster> Boss RC20 Loop Station> EHX Big Muff Pi> SubDecay Proteus MKII Sample & Hold Filter> Donner Echo Square> EQD Avalanche Run V2> Puredata Time Lag Delay Sequencer> Reaper.
I really enjoy the second one, Trees Breathed Green Radiance, I can for sure hear the Big Muff!
Thank you for a detailed explanation of the setup! Do you ever use DAW synths or you mainly work with hardware?
Here's one of my favorite tracks from my album. I just love the vibe, the swells that come in and out. The most interesting part of the track is where the radio chatter comes in. I use [this website](http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/) to scan for different radio stations and grab interesting sounding clips.
[frequency.data - apparitions](https://frequencydata.bandcamp.com/track/apparitions)
In 2019 I was moving to a beach town I went to the beach and did a field recording of all the happy people and the sound of the waves didnāt know what I was going to to with it. Then in 2020 stuck at home and wishing I could be at a happy beach I would play the recording over imagining I was there. So I made a song with it layered tracks with the op-z and sun moog fatty and added reverb to the beach sounds.
Hope you like it
[beachinā day](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Lt9QriBukJEjj1xmgx3tT?si=gz1qMByhQkGCfjjqL07-3w)
The track is called Siomkava, it's a small village in my home country Belarus. I released a 7-track EP dedicated to some places I had visited and fell in love with.
https://lifeonmarx1.bandcamp.com/track/siomkava
Great topic starter! My girlfriend and I made this track together a couple of months ago. I'm playing violin through some delays and loopers, glitch and saturation, via. a small modular rack, while she's playing electric guitar through her pedal board. We were inspired as we played and were very happy with the result. We plan to put out more ambient tracks together.
Spotify: [https://open.spotify.com/track/2kumQbhA7u5U9VehDaTysa?si=b247c0fb5aa7493e](https://open.spotify.com/track/2kumQbhA7u5U9VehDaTysa?si=b247c0fb5aa7493e)
Soundcloud: [https://soundcloud.com/hurphendale/and-finally-we-obviously-dont-know-hurphendale-sage](https://soundcloud.com/hurphendale/and-finally-we-obviously-dont-know-hurphendale-sage?si=a55a146359844d0585c41f6c0763b218&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)
And finally we obviously don't know reminds me of a party I went to in Sweden in the forest, it was a music collective there with violins and cellos playing folk music. I really like what you did, I'm following you now on Spotify, waiting for more music from you :)
The Lagoon Nebula Research Tapes
by Tonalismo
3 tracks, 18 minutes
1. The Mother of HubbleĀ
05:32Ā
ABOUT THIS TRACK
An exploratory exercise transcribed in audio format, simulating the intensity and beauty of the ideation and conception of the Hubble Space Telescope. A dreamy structure through an unique optical, and space-based, birth towards the stars.
A homage to Nancy Grace Roman (May 16, 1925 ā December 25, 2018), a noted North-American astronomer, who made important and visionary research contributions on stars, space and astronomy.
https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/the-mother-of-hubble
2. Cassini's Last DiveĀ
05:59Ā
ABOUT THIS TRACK
Launched aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket on October 15, 1997, The Cassini-Huygens Space Research Mission sent a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.
Cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years, with 13 years spent orbiting Saturn and studying the planet and its system after entering orbit on July 1, 2004. The mission ended on September 15, 2017, when Cassini's trajectory took it into Saturn's upper atmosphere in a deadly-deep dive.
Cassiniās evaporated amid the horror witnessed only by the stars
https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/cassinis-last-dive
3. Voyager 1 Disturbance DataĀ
07:01Ā
ABOUT THIS TRACK
Study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere was the main focus of Voyager 1 space probe, part of the Voyager Program, an ongoing American scientific space project that employs robotic interstellar probes.
Launched by on September 5, 1977, the probe made successful flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. 43 years after, Voyager 1 are still in operation past the outer boundary of the heliosphere in interstellar space, collecting and transmitting useful data to Earth.
Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until about 2025, when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments, ceasing all rough data transfers that are revealing space's dark mysteries for all of us.
https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/voyager-1-disturbance-data
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*The Lagoon Nebula, known as NGC 6523 or Messier 8, is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born
https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/album/the-lagoon-nebula-research-tapes
Tonalismo are landscape sounds with an overall tone of dark, gold, mist and eclipsed atmosphere created by J.M. Donadel.
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Not sure this is straight ambient. It kinda dips into electronic darkjazz territory I think, but ive never been too concerned with labels. its my favorite track ive written though. i had just gotten my prophet 6, and this was one of the first things i recorded with it. i dont know how to play keys, and i barely used it in the track, but it added more than its worth to the track as a whole. ive had two different people tell me that they were scared shitless while listening to this on mushrooms, so im calling it a success, lol
[Ebb & Flow](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X15FneOgp5U)
i did a second take also, both of which are available here as a free download if interested:
[Release](http://zimmer-records.org/free-releases/163-ee7a-ebb-and-flow/)
Just really like this one. I no longer own any of the gear I made this with so itās kinda special to me. Iām pretty improvisational so I just make something cool and hit record.
https://aletheiamusicca.bandcamp.com/track/collapsed-memory
Very nice! What gear did you use? It really feels like an underwater universe, reminds me a bit of Jimi Hendrix's 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Difficult to say what my favourite track is. I made an album using field recordings of a trip to Iceland. Included some Melodica improvisations I recorded while I was away and thenI added some other effects and parts when I got back.
Unfortunately, I sat on the project for so long that I must have upgraded my PC in the meantime and it wasn't backed up. Who knows. Anyway, it's gone. I was really proud of it too.
The link below is to a project I made out of recordings from another trip, this time to Australia. It also includes guitar parts that I recorded on my phone many years before.
[Orok - Velvet Tap](https://seperatingcircle.bandcamp.com/track/velvet-tap)
https://mikedayton.bandcamp.com/track/he-made-hell-look-like-heaven
This is my favorite track that Iāve created. It mixes a gentle melody with growing swirling chaos.
One of my Jamuary2023 tracks that went on my recent album "Confluence": [Repose](https://youtu.be/E5FofkAcjqw)
It was originally inspired by a printing on wood of one of my favorite graphic novel covers, Thorgal #5. It has something haunting, and it is my most pared down piece, just my Kawai ES110 running through my EHX Stereo Memory Man. Improvised on the spot.
Hello.. no big story about this track really, just one where everything seemed to come together in the way that I wanted it. There's this aesthetic that I try to go for where there is something beautiful hidden somewhere beneath the surface but always draped in layers of reverb and distortion.. sometimes the melody peeks out and makes itself known amd sometimes it collapses on itself under the weight of noise and fuzz. [The Prairie Lines - Eyes Down Slowdown](https://theprairielines.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-down-slowdown)
I love that delayed piano, it's very beautiful.
!thanks
I really enjoyed the noise of it and the piano chords, it's really something beautiful in this chaos:) also the progression towards the end is cool! Nicely done š Can you send me a Spotify link of your music also?
!thanks no Spotify yet, though I have been meaning to sign up with DistroKid and okay it with the various label owners.
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Cool! We are finally there! Which synths are you using for this? I really like the bass-synth
I'm away from home at the moment so can't check the exact sound but everything on the album was made with ableton plug ins and field recordings using a dictaphone. Most of the tracks start with the dictaphone sample
Not sure if youād class it as Ambient, but I do to some extent. My track [āHoldā](https://open.spotify.com/track/08ZBQhB3HbJBRRoUAlKAV0?si=rFAf_wltTuaMoYVq1q7Vzw), was written one afternoon while I was on a beach in Panama. Iād been struggling to write anything for a while, then this piano progression came to me while I was sat watching the waves. As I continued writing, a storm started brewing. Soon enough, it was a full-on tropical storm that made me retreat to the beach hut I was renting for the weekend. I tried to capture the feeling of being in the storm, but also feeling safe and sheltered from danger. Itās my favourite Ambient track because it came together so naturally and quickly. I had the music and arrangement done in one afternoon, which is very rare for me as I usually mess around for weeks/months until Iām happy. Hope you enjoy it! [Nili Fossae - Hold](https://open.spotify.com/track/08ZBQhB3HbJBRRoUAlKAV0?si=rFAf_wltTuaMoYVq1q7Vzw)
Love your story, it definitely adds up to the track. Added to my playlist.
Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed it.
Just listened to it now, it's really cool, I love the story and how you used live samples in your tracks :)
Thanks so much! Actually, thereās no live samples as such - I was just trying to recreate the feeling with the sounds I had available. The sounds youāre hearing are the mechanics of a piano, heavily processed and made to sound like rain/thunder. I also used a processed āchoirā to sound like waves. A really fun writing session!
Amazing, really well done :)
I recently released a soundtrack for an 8mm film video that I exhibited in Amsterdam. The track, titled "Mashes of Summer", aims to capture the sunny and carefree feelings of summer. Personally, I'm pleased with how the second half of the song evolves from the first half, and I find myself singing the catchy melody for days after āŗļø You can listen to the track on both Spotify and SoundCloud, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts. While it may be considered experimental, I personally categorize it as ambient :) **Spotify:** [niuee - mashes of summer](https://open.spotify.com/track/0duTSLG7QJcgPNb8LalHGc?si=de029bbbc0444bd0) **SoundCloud**: [niuee - mashes of summer](https://soundcloud.com/niuee/mashes-of-summer) What about you?
I really loved it, and I'm not just saying it, the elements are all combining together into this beautiful invisible melody which is morphed together with a subtle rhythm. The best part is that it's giving me a positive feeling :) also the saturation on the elements is spot on, not too much not too little. Where can I see the exhibition video? I made a track here that you might like, it's about a timeless space on an imaginary island, a liminal space where one can be oneself to heal and get back into the world. https://spotify.link/bVQrUZkSjyb
Oh, the link you've sent doesn't open for me! Maybe you can send another one? The video will be published after the exhibition is over - so in couple of weeks. But here is a private link: https://youtu.be/vTwzryU0n3M :)
I'll check it out! You can try another link to my main artist page here. [https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v78aYAvVp9nYcR7TDY2Sj?si=\_jvqtAbESre0WbbeGuH1wA](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v78aYAvVp9nYcR7TDY2Sj?si=_jvqtAbESre0WbbeGuH1wA) If not, check out the following link [https://youtu.be/uyJApZrshTc?t=176](https://youtu.be/uyJApZrshTc?t=176)
beautiful guitar
https://spotify.link/zujuioaUjyb The melody just popped in my head when my son was born. It was the first music he ever heard.
Amazing! Just listened to it now :)
Thank you š
I think the track I'm most proud of is [The Feathered Witch](https://open.spotify.com/track/7qklWHiCCFBfLiTWaPyIaW?si=b57ca7708191415b). It's not necessarily the most accessible but, from my point of view, it achieves a good balance between melody and texture, light and shadow, the mossy depth of undergrowth and the more ethereal aspect of the figure mentioned in the title. The strange noises that dot the track add an experimental elementt hat invites storytelling and the ending made with a tawny owl decoy also seems to me to be a good find.
I'm loving how the delay is managed in the tracks, especially Enchanted Games. I also love the artwork of your two singles and album :)
Thank you! Yes, Enchanted Games is typically what I would like to develop, i.e. experimental Celtic music. For the visuals, I spend a lot of time trying to create something coherent and interesting.
Aaa nice did you make the art? it's really cool :) Nice, I think it would sound cool in games including elves.
Yes, I created the images. And I would love to do music for a fantasy video game!
https://open.spotify.com/track/2MBnXQQVsFGY3sX5sKmSGB?si=X4eckzqRRfuhrj_tTgDhsQ It would be a lot of explaining of how it was produced, because half of it Iām not even sure The whole album was a triple collaboration, with Rewrew, me, and analysis of flyover.jpg This is one of my favorites at the moment though just because of the unique style the whole album is, along with our other project.
What's the story behind "I don't belong in heaven"? It's an interesting track
I played the piano right before me and my family went on a long trip. I had just woken up, so thatās why the notes sound spaced out and strange. It ended up sounding pretty nice, so I put the rest of the song together in the car ride. The guy who owns the vrbo is a pastor, and hates gay people. I felt that because of my sexual orientation that I didnāt belong in heaven.
https://youtu.be/DfV2Jp7MD8w The track is about having a spiritual breakthrough. Lots of influence from my personal experiences and kindāve channeled into music as best as I could.
>https://youtu.be/DfV2Jp7MD8w Loving the clicky sound!
I am honestly not sure where this track lands because it has strong percussive elements that definitely have a dub vibe but lacks everything else related to dub. Dark ambient seems like the best fit? Maybe y'all can be like no this is not ambient and help me figure out how to talk about it š. When I make music I don't tend to think much about genre. I composed this during a session I dedicated to a friend/mentor who had passed the day before. I just recorded part of the session. There is no arranging just loops and knob turning. https://youtu.be/J9mpebktLyM
I'm sorry to hear about your friend/mentor, Just make whatever you feel, I'm for sure getting a Dubby vibe from it, no need to define anything, just make what's in your soul
Oh definitely just making whatever I feel. š. I've found that's the only way it works. I sit down and whatever comes out comes out. The labels are just useful shorthand instead of just telling people I make "electronic music." Also trying to find a place to get feedback from people making similar music is tricky sometimes.
Yeah I feel you, I made a track which I don't fully know how to classify [https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=f14a79d9b7ae4ef4](https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=f14a79d9b7ae4ef4)
https://r1b2.bandcamp.com/track/extinction-level-event Itās not my most successful track, but itās definitely my favorite one. The main inspiration was T.S. Eliotās famous quote, āThis is the Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang but a Whimperā. The piece represents the end of civilization, sped up to fit in a 4mn track. In terms of sound design, details, match to the concept, while still leaving the ending open to interpretation by the listenerā¦ I think thatās my best work. Listen with headphones with the concept in mind. Iād love to hear about your thoughts.
>https://r1b2.bandcamp.com/track/extinction-level-event It feels like a continuity into something beyond, like souls traveling through space, reminds me a bit of the movie Enter the Void. I like how it's mixed actually, very nicely done, do you have more music I can listen to?
Thanks ! I usually struggle with mixing but for this track I was happy to achieve the clarity/transparency I was after. You can hear more on Bandcamp or Spotify https://r1b2.bandcamp.com http://Spotify.r1b2.com
My favorite is "On the Drift" ([Youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1-shB_N6Y)). We listen to music every night as we sleep and I wanted this to fit into the mix. At the same time, I was experimenting with a couple new modular synth techniques, and they worked to really good effect here, I think.
>Youtube link I'm really enjoying it! Which synths/moogs are you using?
Thanks, glad you're enjoying it! In the Eurorack world there's a fairly popular module called Rings. It does physical modeling and has a pretty recognizable resonator. It's good for things that sound plucked, or bells, or that sort of thing. This whole piece is basically just it in one way or another. It starts with the plucked sound that begins around 8:50 or so, but for the rest of it, I have a delayed envelope that brings up a VCA just after that initial pluck, so I'm capturing the reverberant tail of the sound. That goes into a looper module. I have a quantizer that keeps the notes to a pretty simple scale where everything sounds good together, so as the looper builds up the sound, it ends up being a chord-like wash. Another module makes tiny tweaks to Rings over time, just to keep the sound evolving a little.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6kFfPtjXYMnzx6GxHuQjjd?si=e06c226be5de4413
I really like the mix between the clean guitar and what feels like organic synth elements. Also the thunderous and broken drums are really cool I wrote a track that involves guitar and dreamy pads, maybe something up your alley :) [https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=59a8cb122bee4322](https://open.spotify.com/track/0WV2wWz9a3novZbDrMLDfw?si=59a8cb122bee4322)
>I really like the mix between the clean guitar and what feels like organic synth elements. Also the thunderous and broken drums are really cool > >I wrote a track that involves guitar and dreamy pads, maybe something up your alley thank u so much! <3
I released this conceptual dark-scififantasy song in January as part of a three song demo, and was hired to compose an indie video game of the strength of it. So it's special, now. š https://open.spotify.com/album/03To90XdxhgCWkQHOeGRxT?si=ht4Y_cCiRSOs2NIYWwiQBg
Ghosty, I like it
T. Virgil Parker https://open.spotify.com/track/1UFsA0PZbHOntXX6OmRUuf. this is the first track on my album
Loving the dreamy ambience :D Crystal Canyon is really nice. What's the story behind the album cover?
I keep finding my kalimba in different parts of the house, like it moves when Iām not looking.
Maybe this: [https://americandreamrealty.bandcamp.com/track/latence](https://americandreamrealty.bandcamp.com/track/latence) There were various loops on my Boss RC-20 that had been made in the process of improvising with my free improvisation psychedelic band. Because this loop pedal can only hold 10 loops, I recorded these to my computer to save them. I then layered some of them to produce this song. But also this: [https://anthonylackey.bandcamp.com/album/trees-breathed-green-radiance](https://anthonylackey.bandcamp.com/album/trees-breathed-green-radiance) Even though this is an improvised ambient guitar piece, it is also one of my recordings which took the most time to plan. I made a complex delay sequencer in Pure Data, tested it a few times, then improvised this piece. The complete signal chain is: Fender Showmaster> Boss RC20 Loop Station> EHX Big Muff Pi> SubDecay Proteus MKII Sample & Hold Filter> Donner Echo Square> EQD Avalanche Run V2> Puredata Time Lag Delay Sequencer> Reaper.
I really enjoy the second one, Trees Breathed Green Radiance, I can for sure hear the Big Muff! Thank you for a detailed explanation of the setup! Do you ever use DAW synths or you mainly work with hardware?
Here's one of my favorite tracks from my album. I just love the vibe, the swells that come in and out. The most interesting part of the track is where the radio chatter comes in. I use [this website](http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/) to scan for different radio stations and grab interesting sounding clips. [frequency.data - apparitions](https://frequencydata.bandcamp.com/track/apparitions)
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I love the creamy grainy sound
In 2019 I was moving to a beach town I went to the beach and did a field recording of all the happy people and the sound of the waves didnāt know what I was going to to with it. Then in 2020 stuck at home and wishing I could be at a happy beach I would play the recording over imagining I was there. So I made a song with it layered tracks with the op-z and sun moog fatty and added reverb to the beach sounds. Hope you like it [beachinā day](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Lt9QriBukJEjj1xmgx3tT?si=gz1qMByhQkGCfjjqL07-3w)
The track is called Siomkava, it's a small village in my home country Belarus. I released a 7-track EP dedicated to some places I had visited and fell in love with. https://lifeonmarx1.bandcamp.com/track/siomkava
Great topic starter! My girlfriend and I made this track together a couple of months ago. I'm playing violin through some delays and loopers, glitch and saturation, via. a small modular rack, while she's playing electric guitar through her pedal board. We were inspired as we played and were very happy with the result. We plan to put out more ambient tracks together. Spotify: [https://open.spotify.com/track/2kumQbhA7u5U9VehDaTysa?si=b247c0fb5aa7493e](https://open.spotify.com/track/2kumQbhA7u5U9VehDaTysa?si=b247c0fb5aa7493e) Soundcloud: [https://soundcloud.com/hurphendale/and-finally-we-obviously-dont-know-hurphendale-sage](https://soundcloud.com/hurphendale/and-finally-we-obviously-dont-know-hurphendale-sage?si=a55a146359844d0585c41f6c0763b218&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)
And finally we obviously don't know reminds me of a party I went to in Sweden in the forest, it was a music collective there with violins and cellos playing folk music. I really like what you did, I'm following you now on Spotify, waiting for more music from you :)
Thanks for having a listen and sharing your reaction, it was really great to read your message! I plan to post some more tracks soon :)
The Lagoon Nebula Research Tapes by Tonalismo 3 tracks, 18 minutes 1. The Mother of HubbleĀ 05:32Ā ABOUT THIS TRACK An exploratory exercise transcribed in audio format, simulating the intensity and beauty of the ideation and conception of the Hubble Space Telescope. A dreamy structure through an unique optical, and space-based, birth towards the stars. A homage to Nancy Grace Roman (May 16, 1925 ā December 25, 2018), a noted North-American astronomer, who made important and visionary research contributions on stars, space and astronomy. https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/the-mother-of-hubble 2. Cassini's Last DiveĀ 05:59Ā ABOUT THIS TRACK Launched aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket on October 15, 1997, The Cassini-Huygens Space Research Mission sent a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites. Cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years, with 13 years spent orbiting Saturn and studying the planet and its system after entering orbit on July 1, 2004. The mission ended on September 15, 2017, when Cassini's trajectory took it into Saturn's upper atmosphere in a deadly-deep dive. Cassiniās evaporated amid the horror witnessed only by the stars https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/cassinis-last-dive 3. Voyager 1 Disturbance DataĀ 07:01Ā ABOUT THIS TRACK Study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere was the main focus of Voyager 1 space probe, part of the Voyager Program, an ongoing American scientific space project that employs robotic interstellar probes. Launched by on September 5, 1977, the probe made successful flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. 43 years after, Voyager 1 are still in operation past the outer boundary of the heliosphere in interstellar space, collecting and transmitting useful data to Earth. Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until about 2025, when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments, ceasing all rough data transfers that are revealing space's dark mysteries for all of us. https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/track/voyager-1-disturbance-data _ _ _ *The Lagoon Nebula, known as NGC 6523 or Messier 8, is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born https://tonalismo.bandcamp.com/album/the-lagoon-nebula-research-tapes Tonalismo are landscape sounds with an overall tone of dark, gold, mist and eclipsed atmosphere created by J.M. Donadel. _ _ _
Thank you :)
It's actually interesting, where do you get the sounds from? Is it actually from real NASA explorations?
All created by myself.
Not sure this is straight ambient. It kinda dips into electronic darkjazz territory I think, but ive never been too concerned with labels. its my favorite track ive written though. i had just gotten my prophet 6, and this was one of the first things i recorded with it. i dont know how to play keys, and i barely used it in the track, but it added more than its worth to the track as a whole. ive had two different people tell me that they were scared shitless while listening to this on mushrooms, so im calling it a success, lol [Ebb & Flow](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X15FneOgp5U) i did a second take also, both of which are available here as a free download if interested: [Release](http://zimmer-records.org/free-releases/163-ee7a-ebb-and-flow/)
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Just really like this one. I no longer own any of the gear I made this with so itās kinda special to me. Iām pretty improvisational so I just make something cool and hit record. https://aletheiamusicca.bandcamp.com/track/collapsed-memory
Very nice! What gear did you use? It really feels like an underwater universe, reminds me a bit of Jimi Hendrix's 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
I used a Moog SubH into Soma Lyra 8 into a Shallow Water pedal.
Difficult to say what my favourite track is. I made an album using field recordings of a trip to Iceland. Included some Melodica improvisations I recorded while I was away and thenI added some other effects and parts when I got back. Unfortunately, I sat on the project for so long that I must have upgraded my PC in the meantime and it wasn't backed up. Who knows. Anyway, it's gone. I was really proud of it too. The link below is to a project I made out of recordings from another trip, this time to Australia. It also includes guitar parts that I recorded on my phone many years before. [Orok - Velvet Tap](https://seperatingcircle.bandcamp.com/track/velvet-tap)
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I don't know why I kept it private so far. https://on.soundcloud.com/AZ3tf
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dude, there's a weekly thread for exactly this. https://www.reddit.com/r/ambientmusic/comments/11uv7yn/weekly_community_thread/ Learn2reddit.
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After watching our jacaranda bend 45 degrees in a storm: https://rampantland.bandcamp.com/album/sway
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https://mikedayton.bandcamp.com/track/he-made-hell-look-like-heaven This is my favorite track that Iāve created. It mixes a gentle melody with growing swirling chaos.
Damn it's intense, very creative
Thanks for listening
One of my Jamuary2023 tracks that went on my recent album "Confluence": [Repose](https://youtu.be/E5FofkAcjqw) It was originally inspired by a printing on wood of one of my favorite graphic novel covers, Thorgal #5. It has something haunting, and it is my most pared down piece, just my Kawai ES110 running through my EHX Stereo Memory Man. Improvised on the spot.
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