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Seth Branum
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Jonathan Brandt
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Sat, 4 Jun 2016 18:07:24 -0700
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Re: Ambient music without a pulse ?
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Here's an ambient experiment of mine that I did as accompaniment to a photo series. https://soundcloud.com/brian-oblivion/life-then On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Jonathan Brandt <flambedude@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 79 lines I've written some beatless ambient.> I've written some beatless ambient. > > The best examples: https://julianastein.bandcamp.com/track/number-6 ; > https://julianastein.bandcamp.com/track/valli ; > https://ribbonsofsong.bandcamp.com/track/eleanor-island > > I'm working on a lot of new beatless ambient stuff too. But, for the most > part, those are my best thus far. If you would like I can keep you posted > on my progress. > > As other artists go I really enjoy Bubble ( https://bubble9.bandcamp.com/ > ). Great droney stuff that still has lots of texture and movement without > having beats. > > Some of the tracks on Max Richter's latest work, *SLEEP*, are thoroughly > beatless (and 20 minutes long). There are no 'beats' proper anywhere in the > album, but repetitive phrases for much of the 8-hour piece. > > > Jonathan Brandt > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Baptiste Bacot <baptiste.bacot@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello guys, >> >> Apologies for my delayed reaction. I wanted to thank every one of you who >> took a moment to make a suggestion about the music I was looking for. I was >> ignorant of most of the names you suggested (except Radigue, Tim Hecker and >> Eno). >> >> Special thanks to Liam F., Chris T. and Nathan J. for suggesting *lists *of >> musicians and albums, and to 'Myopically wandering' for offering me a way >> of digging into ambient by myself. >> >> I regularly listen to what you guys sent, and I love almost everything so >> far. Thank you again for your promptness to answer and for sharing. >> >> Love from France, >> >> B. >> >> Le 27/04/16 à 22:55, Mehmet Ismail a écrit : >> >> I'm a huge fan of Tim Hecker. Anything off of one his last two albums; >> Virgins and his recently released Love Streams. If you work backwards from >> there, then your ambient/drone cravings should continue to be satisfied. >> >> https://youtu.be/xRtZSLo8A68 >> >> >> Mem >> >> On 27 April 2016 at 19:48, myopically wandering <versefreeze@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> No pulse suggests no rhythm as well. A departure from marking time..? >>> >>> i know this might seem totally cliche, and might not be mentioned on >>> this board, but pete namlook (sadly departed) and his huge discography >>> should hold some gems for you. obviously you are looking for a specific, >>> "sub genre." if i may, the fax label i one huge melting pot for a myriad of >>> ambient. i recommend you start by reading the reviews by fans that's hosted >>> on hyperreal. the catalogue is large and i could never giver you any better >>> review than anyone on that board. i would say for starters, look at his >>> solo works on the, "ps," label, for there are two others. i can't think of >>> anything off the head except for, i think there is a series called, "new >>> organic life, " and also, the time help true masterpieces of, "silence." >>> >>> hope this helps! peace! >>> >>> >> >> >