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April 6th, Ampient Showcase at Pilot Light

Ampient will be performing sets of music, sound, audio assemblages on Wednesday April 6th at the Pilot Light. The show will start promptly at 8:00pm and go until 12:00pm-ish. 30minute to an hour sets of music. This is a free show! Below is a tentative lineup.  Set 1 kukuly uriarte todd steed bob deck george middlebrooks 

Set 2 jesse wagner  jim rivers  Set 3 bj alumbaugh travis gray Set 4 toby applegate brett winston  Set 5 dugan broadhurst eric lee scott heiskell Check the Ampient Facebook page for more info. Come out and support local noise making!

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Ampient Live in the Sunsphere

Ampient musicians Jason Bowman, Bob Deck, Todd Steed and Jesse Wagner were among those providing entertainment during the grand re-opening of Knoxville architectural icon The Sunsphere. 

Download the full performance:

Set Your Controls For the Heart of the Sphere

Prepare the E-bow Launch

A Flare for Solar Activities

As the City Darkens

Post-production by Todd Steed.

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Metro Pulse feature, 2/24/11

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Bob Deck, George Middlebrooks and John Baker performed some improvised pieces on Eleven O'clock Rock on 2/2/11

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Ampient Night at Old City Java

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Ampient Live - New Year's Eve 2009

Ampient musicians took part in the First Night celebration on New Year's Eve 2009. For four straight hours, Todd Steed, George Middlebrooks, John Baker, Jim Rivers and Bob Deck created a continually improvised soundtrack for downtown partygoers who happened into our Gay Street locale.

Download the performance:

Part 1, 8-9pm

Part 2, 9-10pm

Part 3, 10-11pm

Part 4, 11pm-midnight

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December Ampient

Recordings from the December 1st, 2010 installment of Ampient at Old City Java. Download, listen, enjoy!

Set 1: Toby Applegate / Brett Winston

Set 2: Jason Bowman / Jesse Wagner

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Ampient Recommends: UNMIND

Ampient artists Todd Steed and Bob Deck (as Unmind Institute for Positive Waves) present UNMIND: A Solution for Everyday Life. Now available on iTunes and Amazon, soon available in other digital outlets. Available on CD on December 7, 2010.

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Ampient recommends UIPW. Unmind… now.

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Carl Snow : Bitmapping

Carl Snow’s first ambient release, Bitmapping, is available for download for only $5.

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Brett Winston, Doug Campbell, Greg Horne & Dugan Broadhurst at Old City Java. 1 Sept 2010

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Pilot Light 21 July 2010

On 7.21.10 Ampient presented our first showcase at the Pilot Light in Knoxville, featuring performances by four unique trios of musicians and original film and video projections.

Download the performances here.

Set 1: Snow / Deck / Baker Set 2: Middlebrooks / Heiskell / Rivers Set 3: Applegate / Lee / Broadhurst Set 4: Scott / Wagner / Bowman 

Photos by David Holt.

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Todd Steed + John Baker / Music for Bus Stations

The first ambient music collaboration between Todd Steed and John Baker, Music for Bus Stations combines manipulated soundscapes and field recordings to pay tribute to a near-forgotten piece of American culture, with a sly nod to Eno's classic Music for Airports.

Released 2006

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Stolen Sheep : Re[dis]covery Loops

The first full-length ambient release by Stolen Sheep. Now available to download for only $5.

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John T. Baker : Ohm

The latest ambient release by Ampient’s own John T. Baker. Now available on CD and MP3.

Released 2009

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