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BEST AMBIENT OF 2025

2025 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

50 : Matías Levy - La Biblioteca Nodolabel 49 : Grischa Lichtenberger - Ostranenie raster – artistic platform 48 : fatalism - (n)ether Bedouin Records 47 : Niksen - When No One Is Looking Self-release 46 : Arash Akbari - nāsūr Owl Totem 45 : John Also Bennett - Στον Ελαιώνα / Ston Elaióna Shelter Press 44 : Ben Frost - Under Certain Light and Atmospheric Conditions Mute 43 : JQ & Richard Pike - Tessera Salmon Universe 42 : Black Taffy - Out Moon Self-release 41 : Wednesday Knudsen - Atrium Self-release 40 : Sam Prekop - Open Close Thrill Jockey Records 39 : Elijah Fox - Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles 10K Projects 38 : Charbel Haber, Nicolás Jaar & Sary Moussa - Crashing waves dance to the rhythm set by the broadcast journalist revealing the tragedies of the day Ruptured 37 : Gordon Chapman-Fox - Very Quiet Music to Be Played Very Loudly Castles In Space 36 : Daniel Herskedal - Movements of Air Edition Records 35 : Patrick Shiroishi & Piotr Kurek - Greyhound Days Mondoj 34 : Nebel lang - Family Relations Lontano Series 33 : Arvin Dola - O Ghost Dragon's Eye Recordings 32 : Oberlin & Xu - Velvet Meadow Resonance Fragment Mahorka 31 : Claire M Singer - Gleann Ciùin Touch 30 : Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Gift Songs Mexican Summer, LLC. 29 : Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko - Гільдеґарда [Hildegard] Unsound 28 : Aho Ssan & Resina - Ego Death Subtext / Multiverse LTD 27 : Ida Urd & Ingri Høyland - Duvet Balmat

26 : Rafiq Bhatia - Environments Anti 25 : Pavel Milyakov & Lucas Dupuy - HEAL psyX

24 : Black Swan - From the End of Time Past Inside the Present

23 : Disiniblud - Disiniblud Smugglers Way

22 : Arborra - Mind Over Matter 7k!

21 : Flur - Plunge Latency 20 : Jessica Moss - Unfolding Constellation Records 19 : Be Still The Earth & Dear Gravity - Anodyne + Afterglow Echoes Blue Music 18 : Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Different Rooms International Anthem 17 : Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka - Hiraeth Unsound

16 : Fabiano - Landmarks E35 15 : Mikkel Rev - Journey Beyond A Strangely Isolated Place

14 : Loscil - Lake Fire kranky

13 : David Cordero & anthéne - Let One Bird Sing Whitelabrecs 12 : Seth Thorn - a curious doubling of terms Audiobulb Records 11 : Lara Somogyi & Jean-Michel Blais - désert Mercury KX

10 : Rafael Toral - Traveling Light Drag City 9 : Okonski - Entrance Music Colemin Records 8 : City of Dawn - Ghost In Rain Heart Dance Records 7 : Lawrence English - Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds Room40 6 : Purelink - Faith Peak Oil 5 : zakè, Joachim Spieth & Markus Guentner - Arcadia Affin Music 4 : 36 & zakè - Stasis Sounds For Long​-​Distance Space Travel III Past Inside the Present 3 : Florian T M Zeisig - A New Life STROOM.tv

2 : Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer Warp Records

1 : Steve Hauschildt - Aeropsia Simul Records

AMBIENT 2025: MASSIVE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST. GO LISTEN HERE.

• BEST EP's

Beatrice Dillon - Basho INA-GRM lodsb - Leftovers Self-release Larum - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen Part Two Puremagnetik Felix Dreiser - Cover Your Tracks Moderna Records Antarctic Wastelands & Dear Gravity - orbital slow echo Remember Ecstatic Duo - Sugar Maple Aural Canyon Félicia Atkinson - Promenades Shelter Press Kenji Kihara - Winds of Eternity Constellation Tatsu Dissolve In Sepia - And Also Self-release Siavash Amini - Severed Like The Red Moon Room40 Be Still The Earth & We Dream Of Eden - som slow echo Aidan Baker, Saåad & Frédéric D. Oberland - No Night Is Long Enough To Dream Twice BLWBCK Rafiq Bhatia - Each Dream, A Melting Door Anti Henrik Meierkord & Marco Lucchi - Fire walk with me Self-release Will Samson - Songs Of Beginning and Belonging Dauw Loscil - Ash Self-release

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Arigto - Lungs Self-release Brunhild Ferrari - Errant Ear Persistence of Sound M. Sage - Tender / Wading RVNG Intl. Sega Bodega - I Created The Universe So That Life Could Create a Language So Complex, Just To Say How Much I Love You ambient tweets Taylor Deupree & Zimoun - Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations 12k Paul Jebanasam - mātr Subtext Kara-Lis Coverdale - Changes in Air Smalltown Supersound From Overseas - Thinking Like a Mountain Past Inside the Present Tomasz Bednarczyk - AMBIENT Somewhere Nowhere How to Disappear Completely - Seraphim III WITHINWITHOUT Ipek Gorgun - Earthbound Touch claire rousay - a little death Thrill Jockey Records Jon Porras - Achlys Shelter Press Blurstem - The Quiet Ache We All Speak In Poems Gray Acres - Soft Erasure Facture Leslie García - Animistic Resonance Umor Rex Ann Annie - el prado Nettwerk Music Group Inc. Seabuckthorn - A Path Within A Path LAAPS DJ Immaterial - Post-Op Extremely Pure Klein - sleep with a cane Parkwuud Entertainment Mason Lindahl - Joshua / Same Day Walking Mt. Brings Death Bakground - Saves Pure Life Records Oren Ambarchi & Fredrik Rasten - Dragon's Return VIERNULVIER RECORDS zakè - Silentium Self-release Sébastien Forrester - Ármo Superpang Richard Hronský - Pohreb Mappa Editions citrine - line of sight Home Normal Kyle Bobby Dunn - Mixture of Frailties Self-release Mike Cooper - When A Screaming Comes Across The Sky Room40 Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Massage Parlor Dead Oceans Almost An Island - Almost An Island Past Inside the Present Hammock - Nevertheless Self-release Hainbach & Ensemble Recherche - Retold Seil Records Reid Willis - Reliquary Mesh Yearns - Fata Morgana Room40 Jonny Nash - Once Was Ours Forever Melody As Truth PanAmerican & Kramer - Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea Self-release Francesco Leali - Ultrabody 99CHANTS The Broken Cradle - Remembering 2343137 Records DK Hari Maia - The Endless Hum A Guide To Saints / Room40 Abul Mogard - Quiet Pieces Soft Echoes Resavoir & Matt Gold - Horizon International Anthem Mike Lazarev - Tarnished Tapes and Saturated Signals Dronarivm Andrew Heath & James Osland - Petrichor Facture Billow Observatory - The Glass Curtain Felte Dustin Wong - Gloria Self-release Johan Carøe - Afterlife katharsis William Tyler - Time Indefinite Psychic Hotline Glåsbird - Glacial Drift Driftworks more eaze & claire rousay - no floor Thrill Jockey Records Markus Guentner - Black Dahlia Affin Benoît Pioulard, VIUL, From Overseas, zakè, Marc Ertel & Wayne Robert Thomas - Koselig Past Inside the Present Olga Anna Markowska - Iskra Miasmah Recordings Wojciech Rusin - Honey for the Ants AD93 Warmth - Revenant ARCHIVES Chihei Hatakeyama - Lucid Dreams First Terrace Records ASC - Tales of Introspection quiet details u.e. - Hometown Girl 28912 William Basinski & Richard Chartier - Aurora Terminalis LINE Imprint

• BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS

C418 - Wanderstop Self-release Frederikke Hoffmeier - The Girl With The Needle OONA Soundtracks Lucrecia Dalt - Rabbit Trap Invada Records UK / Lakeshore Records Nala Sinephro - The Smashing Machine Warp Records / A24 Music Eli Keszler - Pet Shop Days Deeper Into Movies

• BEST LIVE ALBUMS

Jameszoo & Asko|Schönberg - Music for 17 Musicians Brainfeeder Ezekiel Honig - Broken Time Can Go In Many Directions 12k Marcel Sletten - MIDI Never Sleeps Primordial Void Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans - Kind Regards AD 93 Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri - Live at Le Guess Who? Black Knoll Editions

• BEST REISSUES

Stars of the Lid - Music for Nitrous Oxide (30 Year Anniversary Remastered) Diggers Factory James Murray - Landscapes of Lovers Home Normal

• BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASES

Oksana Linde - Travesías Buh Records

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2024

2024 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

50 : Phexioenesystems - Tone Colour Garden Salmon Universe

49 : 0N4B - Somewhere, left behind 3XL

48 : Daigo Hanada & Yoko Komatsu - Where Clouds Are Born Moderna Records

47 : Ezra Feinberg - Soft Power Tonal Union

46 : Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise Merge Records

45 : Hans Hjelm - Into The Night Self-release

44 : Olli Ahvenlahti - Mirror Mirror We Jazz Records

43 : Sachi Kobayashi - Lamentations Phantom Limb

42 : Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry & Rebecca Foon - First Sounds Envision Records / One Little Independent

41 : nonkeen - All good? LEITER

40 : PJS - Flora Dronarivm

39 : Félicia Atkinson - Space As An Instrument Shelter Press

38 : Anthéne - Cloudburst Home Normal

37 : Bremer/McCoy - Kosmos Luaka Bop Inc

36 : Princ€ss - Princ€ss wherethetimegoes

35 : G.S. Schray - Whispered Something Good Last Resort

34 : Jasmine Myra - Rising Gondwana Records

33 : YAI - Sky Time AKP Recordings

32 : ann annie - The Wind Nettwerk Music Group Inc.

31 : Seaworthy & Matt Rösner - Deep Valley 12k

30 : Marysia Osu - harp, beats & dreams Brownswood Recordings

29 : Fennesz - Mosaic P-VINE, Inc.

28 : Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements - Rain On The Road Thrill Jockey Records

27 : Glåsbird - A Sonic Expedition Whitelabrecs

26 : Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo LUCKYME®

25 : Ross Christopher & City Of Dawn - Spatio Temporal Amoveo Creative

24 : Arushi Jain - Delight Leaving Records

23 : Oliver Patrice Weder - The Shoe Factory Moderna Records

22 : Laura Masotto - The Spirit of Things 7K!

21 : Grand River & Abul Mogard - In uno spazio immenso light-years

20 : William Basinski - September 23rd Temporary Residence Ltd.

19 : Pub - Process The Wise ampoule records

18 : Altus - Ultraviolet Altus Music

17 : Seabuckthorn - This Warm, This Late quiet details

16 : Catherine Christer Hennix - Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord Blank Forms Editions

15 : Antonina Nowacka - Sylphine Soporifera Mondoj

14 : Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff - A Radical Horizon Beacon Sound

13 : Sam Wilkes - iiyo iiyo iiyo Self-release

12 : Slow Dancing Society - Do We Become Sky? Past Inside the Present

11 : Svaneborg Kardyb - Superkilen Gondwana Records

10 : Fergus McCreadie - Stream Edition Records

9 : Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room Real World Records

8 : Robert Rich & Luca Formentini - Cloud Ornament Self-release

7 : Ludwig Wandinger - Is Peace Wild? light-years

6 : Aidan Baker & Stefan Christoff - Januar Time Released Sound

5 : Hatti Vatti - Zeit R&S Records

4 : Larum - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen | Live at Public Records Puremagnetik

3 : Florian T M Zeisig - Planet Inc STROOM.tv

2 : Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol.5 NOTON

1 : Lorenzo Montanà - VION n5MD

• BEST EP's 10 : Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord - Ewiger Wald Dronarivm 9 : Roman Nagel - Home Bigo & Twigetti 8 : Snorri Hallgrímsson - Longer shadows, softer stones Deutsche Grammophon GmbH 7 : Oliver Patrice Weder - Grand Piano Works - Vol. II Moderna Records 6 : Wil Bolton - Quiet Sunlight Dronarivm 5 : Thaddeus - Orbiting Dreams Shimmering Moods Records 4 : PHI-PSONICS - Morning Sun / Arrival Gondwana Records 3 : Jeroen Dirrix - Feel Moderna Records 2 : Max Ananyev - Wings & Winds Self-release 1 : Arborra - Arborra 7K!

• BEST REISSUES Fennesz - Venice 20 Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II [Expanded Edition]

• HONORABLE MENTIONS Nicolas Jaar - Archivos de Radio Piedras Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution Horacio Vaggione - Schall / Rechant Laura Misch - Sample The Earth Oliver Coates - Throb, shiver, arrow of time Nils Frahm - Paris Nala Sinephro - Endlessness Adaa - …img… Lau Andersson - The Weeping Siege MatC - Utoscapes Olivia Belli - Intermundia Alaskan Tapes - Something Ephemeral Mike Nigro - Leaving/Returning Michael Scott Dawson - The Tinnitus Chorus Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra - Bloom Bill Laurance & Michael League - Keeping Company Vegyn - The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions Shay Hazan - Wusul وصول Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - The Doober Blake Lee - No Sound In Space T.R. Jordan - Dwell Time II Perila - Intrinsic Rhythm Tristan Arp - a pool, a portal Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice - Phantasy & Reality Matthew Ottignon - Volant Holy Tongue & Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2023

2023 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

50 : Linus Alberg - Elements

49 : Laurel Halo - Atlas

48 : Alex Smalley - Moments at the Re​-​engage

47 : Pepo Galán - Family Harmony

46 : Oval - Romantiq

45 : Lunar Corp - Tourism

44 : Henrik Lindstrand - Klangland

43 : Memory Scale - And All Things Begin to Drift

42 : Elskavon - Origins

41 : Bruno Sanfilippo - Ver Sacrum

40 : André 3000 - New Blue Sun

39 : Eluvium - (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality

38 : Martin Kohlstedt - Feld

37 : Loris S. Sarid - A Tiny Reminder

36 : Subheim - Raeon

35 : Claire M Singer - Saor

34 : Faten Kanaan - Afterpoem

33 : Matt Elliott - The End of Days

32 : Gunn Truscinski Nace - Glass Band

31 : Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram & Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before

30 : Yosuke Tokunaga - 8 Quadrants

29 : Deepriver - Volume One

28 : Ali Sethi & Nicolas Jaar - Intiha

27 : Maps And Diagrams - A Study of Ends or Purpose

26 : Tim Hecker - No Highs

25 : Tobias Preisig - Closer

24 : Maxime Dangles - Les Délivrés

23 : Graham Lambkin - Aphorisms

22 : Loscil & Lawrence English - Colours Of Air

21 : Hania Rani - Ghosts

20 : Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts - Setting Fire to These Dark Times

19 : Sissoko Segal Parisien Peirani - Les Égarés

18 : Grotta Veterano & Music For Sleep - Endless Vacation

17 : Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 (Seeking the Sources of Streams)

16 : Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Music For A Cosmic Garden

15 : Oneohtrix Point Never - Again

14: Raphael Rogiński - Talàn

13 : Lucy Liyou - Dog Dreams (개꿈)

12 : Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - Dolphin

11 : Mette Henriette - Drifting

10 : Marine Eyes & IKSRE - Nurture

9 : Awakened Souls - Unlikely Places

8 : Lemon Quartet - ArtsFest

7 : Zander Raymond - Secrets From A Squirrel

6 : Purelink - Signs

5 : Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada

4 : Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View

3 : Lia Kohl - The Ceiling Reposes

2 : Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - *1

1 : Canaan Balsam - Eternity Lies Within Or Nowhere

• BEST EP's

10 : KMRU & Abul Mogard - Drawing Water

9 : Hannes Kretzer - Species

8 : Billow Observatory - Calque

7 : Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam - Shapes

6 : Max Ananyev - Scenery

5 : Ben Zucker - After Along the Way

4 : Ideophone - April

3 : James Osland - Sharing Time With You Has Been My Biggest Joy

2 : Jeremixyz - xyz

1 : Lake Haze - Pure Movements

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2022

2022 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

100 : Awe Kid - Body Logic

99 : Dujat - Tertre

98 : John Hayes - Beautifully Lost Mind

97 : Zguba - Znój

96 : Rubin Henkel - Restless

95 : Saul Guanipa - Emanations

94 : Wreath - Green Wall

93 : Andrew Tasselmyer & Blurstem - Duets

92 : Caldera - One Last Glimpse

91 : Benny Bock - Vanishing Act

90 : Polypores - Small Moves Ellie

89 : Warmth - Pale Sun

88 : Mindwarden - Timeless

87 : Hugar - Rift

86 : Daniel Herskedal - Out of the Fog

85 : Fabio Orsi - Reverse Diverse

84 : N Kramer - Altered Scenes and Slight Variations

83 : Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit

82 : Ethan Sherman - Indoor Vistas

81 : Jonas Coltrup - At the Crest

80 : Gregor Dys - riss

79 : Kuedo - Infinite Window

78 : Tegh & Adel Poursamadi - Ima ایما

77 : Szun Waves - Earth Patterns

76 : Sven Laux & Fione - Tomorrow Everything Could Be Different

75 : Marc Codsi - The Silence Between the New World and the Aftermath

74 : Adrian Copeland - If This Were My Body

73 : Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki - On The Border

72 : Jónsi, Sin Fang, Alex Somers, Kjartan Holm - Sounds of Fischer Vol. 1

71 : bvdub & James Bernard - Departing In Descent

70 : Andrew Heath & James Olsand - Once We Were All Here And Nowhere Else

69 : K. Freund - Hunter on the Wing

68 : Jean-Michel Blais - aubades

67 : Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon

66 : Yair Elazar Glotman - Speculative Memories

65 : Bill Seaman & Stephen Vitiello - The Other Forgotten Letters

64 : Paolo Bellipanni - Persona

63 : Marine Eyes - Chamomile

62 : The Expanding Universe - One

61 : Danny Lubin Laden - Notes To Rest

60 : Harry Towell & Guy Gelem - Restful Spaces

59 : We Dream of Eden - Garden Heart

58 : Mischa Blanos - The Bald Soprano  

57 : Ralph Heidel - Modern Life

56 : Julia Gjertsen - Formations

55 : C Duncan - Alluvium

54 : Martin Roth - Mono No Aware

53 : Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord - Inseln

52 : Nightports w/ Tom Herbert - Nightports w/ Tom Herbert

51 : Channelers - Time, Space, and Thought

50 : Jameson Nathan Jones - Somewhat the Same

49 : Tomotsugu Nakamura - Nothing Left Behind

48 : Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor

47 : Mathoms - The Woe Trumpets

46 : Taylor Deupree - Harbor

45 : Artur Maćkowiak - Secret Carnival

44 : Francis Harris - Thresholds

43 : Danny Mulhern - Singing Through Others

42 : Pie Are Squared - The Whole World's a Window and I Can't See a Thing

41 : Deniz Cuylan - Rings of Juniper

40 : Cole Pulice - Scry

39 : Alina HipHarp - Reflections

38 : Zensō - The Secret Garden

37 : Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth

36 : Golden Brown - Luminous

35 : Wojciech Rusin - Syphon

34 : Blurstem & Elijah Bisbee - Geneva

33 : Kasper Bjørke - Mother

32 : Matt Ulery - Become Giant

31 : Zuwe - SH40

30 : IDRA & Hiroshi Ebina - Circle

29 : Serpiente Negra Ensamble - Black Guzman

28 : Monodrama - mndrmooaa

27 : Tristan Eckerson - Going Home

26 : Cucina Povera & Ben Vince - There I See Everything

25 : Bill Seaman & Daniel Howe - Dispositions

24 : Rival Consoles - Now Is

23 : Andrew Wasylyk - Hearing the Water Before Seeing the Falls

22 : Daigo Hanada - Satori

21 : Gabríel Ólafs - Solon Islandus

20 : Inhmost - Space and Awareness

19 : Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara

18 : City Of Dawn - As the Universe, So the Soul

17 : Steve Fors - it's nothing, but still

16 : Scott Campbell - Quiet Rituals

15 : Space Between Clouds - Space Between Clouds

14 : Jasmine Myra - Horizons

13 : Home Baker - Habits

12 : Aftab Darvishi - A Thousand Butterflies

11 : Angus MacRae - Vivarium

10 : Luke Howard - All of Us

9 : Toàn - Phonolite

8 : Jason Van Wyk - Descendants

7 : Krystian Shek - Suddenly

6 : Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Open

5 : Andrew Heath - Quiet Noise

4 : Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam - Patterns

3 : Mike Lazarev - When You Are

2 : Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing

1 : Chad Mossholder - Lighghthouse

• BEST EP's​

10 : Dear Gravity & We Dream Of Eden - Holocene

9 : Matthew Halsall - The Temple Within

8 : Antxnio Graz - LOADING//:fluids

7 : Michael Griffiths - Une Chapelle à La Campagne

6 : Portico Quartet - Next Stop

5 : The June Rise - Birds

4 : Heavy Cloud - Beyond the Last Beach House

3 : Antarctic Wastelands - Mysteries

2 : Erik Mowinckel - Everything Is An Island

1 : Clams Casino & Jazztronik - Winter Flower Reimagined

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Klaus Schulze - Deus Arrakis

Mind Over MIDI - Offgrid

Carlos Niño & Friends - Extra Presence

Sam Prekop & John McEntire - Sons Of

zmi - Piano Diary

Billow Observatory - Stareside

Salamanda - ashbalkum

Whatever The Weather - Whatever The Weather

Kenneth James Gibson - Groundskeeping

Jóhann Jóhannsson & Jonas Colstrup - Blind Massage

Federico Mosconi - Air Sculptures

ILUITEQ - The Light Inside, The Dark Outside

Dag Rosenqvist - Lexika

Ian William Craig - Music for Magnesium_173

The Broken Cradle - The Burial of the Dead

Max Ananyev - Garden

Drape - Forage / Presence

Trio Ramberget - 24 Ways

Dronny Darko & G M Slater - Dissolving into Solitary Landscapes

Bugge Wesseltoft - Be Am

Sangam & Kid Smpl - Found Wings

Daou - Sanctuary

Panoram - Acrobatic Thoughts

Bill Laurance - Affinity

Ross Gentry - Apparitional

Lorenzo Montanà - Aural

Räven Musen - Peppermint Soldier

Esmam La Crowned - Nuclear City

Neuro... No Neuro - Faces & Fragments

Pat Jaffe & Aidan Filshie - Summit

Sweatson Klank - Postcards

Luca Forcucci - The Room Above

EABS - 2061

Dunam - From Sand to Glass

Herhums - Humming in Chaos

Elin Piel - Satsuma Sunday

Andrea Bellucci & Matteo Uggeri - The Soundtrack of Your Secrets

Fabio Orsi & Alessandra Guttagliere - Arcoiris

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Åland Islands

TIBSLC - Hypertranslucent

Podel - Suburban Memory

Svarte Greiner - Devolving Trust

Suso Sáiz X Menhir - Just Before Silence

Araceae - Nothing Will Last

AMBIENT 2022 SPOTIFY PLAYLIST. GO LISTEN HERE.

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2021

2021 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

100 : Robert Takahashi Crouch - Jubilee Room40

99 : Xu & Darren Harper - Arising & Ceasing of Things Rottenman Editions

98 : Tim Linghaus - Memory Sketches II Schole Records

97 : Hauschka, Rob Petit & Robert MacFarlane - Upstream Sonic Pieces

96 : Ross Gentry - Prism of Dust Polar Seas Recordings

95 : Will Samson & Message To Bears - Flow State Mosaic Human Chorus

94 : Land System & Mara - AKIN Spirit Level

93 : Gi Gi - Lumino Pleco Quiet Time Tapes

92 : Oliver Patrice Weder - The Pool Project Spitfire Audio/SA Records

91 : Ian Hawgood & Stijn Hüwels - Voices Home Normal

90 : Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - I Could Be Your Dog (Prequel) Ghostly International

89 : Federico Mosconi - Dreamers and Tides Dronarivm

88 : Zensō - Kyūjōshō Self-Released

87 : Grabek - Tiny Melodies Interpret Null

86 : Zaké & Marine Eyes - Unfailing Love Past Inside the Present

85 : Jakob Lindhagen & Dag Rosenqvist - Stadsbilder Time Released Sound

84 : Andrew Tasselmyer - Impulses Home Normal

83 : Danny Scott Lane - Caput Schematic Music Company

82 : Ian Hawgood - 朝 Home Normal

81 : Arushi Jain - Under The Lilac Sky Plancha

80 : Lone - Always Inside Your Head Greco-Roman

79 : Allred & Broderick - What The Fog Dauw

78 : Danny Lubin Laden - Through Our Time Slow & Steady Company

77 : Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises Luaka Bop

76 : Fabio Perletta - Un Fiocco Di Neve 901 Editions

75 : Bendik Giske - Cracks Smalltown Supersound

74 : Robert Farrugia - Voicemail ARCHIVES

73 : James Bernard - Matrices A Strangely Isolated Place

72 : Ai Yamamoto - Love Me Tender Past Inside the Present

71 : Ffion - Unfurling Third Kind Records

70 : Enrico Coniglio - Alpine Variations Dronarivm

69 : Cities Last Broadcast - The Umbra Report Cryo Chamber

68 : Headlock - Dragged Away Sci-Fi & Fantasy

67 : Jason van Wyk - Threads n5MD

66 : Pepo Galán & Shinji Wakasa - Between The Leaves Facture

65 : Roxane Métayer - Éclipse des Ocelles Morc Records

64 : Whettman Chelmets - For... Self-Released

63 : Picnic - Picnic Daisart

62 : Minotaur Shock - Chaff Probes Bagatelle

61 : Lea Bertucci - A Visible Lenght of Light Cibachrome Editions

60 : Seaworthy & Matt Rösner - Snowmelt 12k

59 : We Dream of Eden - Deeper Still Echoes Blue Music

58 : Patrick Ellis - The Deserter FLAU

57 : Andrew Heath - New Eden Disco Gecko

56 : Dead Melodies - Fabled Machines of Old Cryo Chamber

55 : N Chambers - Spectrum Garden Self-Released

54 : Hania Rani - Music for Film and Theatre Gondwana Records

53 : Jonas Margraff - Drown in ur Presence Ōtium

52 : Valgeir Sigurdsson - Kvika Bedroom Community

51 : Joachim Spieth - Ousia Affin

50 : Perila - How Much Time It Is Between You And Me? Smalltown Supersound

49 : Taennya - Natural Serenity Stereoscenic

48 : Burning Pyre & Canadian Rifles - The Snipe & The Clam Eastern Nurseries

47 : TIBSLC - Delusive Tongue Shifts Situation Based Compositions Sferic

46 : Tony Anderson - Nuit Self-Released

45 : Sleepsang - Beyond INTERWORLD

44 : Sascha Rosemarie Höfer - Le Traviate Lontano Series

43 : Amulets - Blooming The Flenser

42 : The Broken Cradle - You Are Here and I Am Yours Self-Released

41 : A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Invisible Cities Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing

40 : G.S. Schray - The Changing Account Last Resort

39 : Takuma Watanabe - Last Afternoon SN Variations

38 : Arovane - Reihen 12k

37 : Kajsa Lindgren - Momentary Harmony Recital

36 : Lowering - Find Me In The Earth, Beneath The Weeds Disintegration State

35 : Coeden - Oblivia HIDE

34 : Maps and Diagrams - _Modulus Handstitched

33 : Landon Caldwell & Flower Head Ensemble - Simultaneous Systems Moon Glyph

32 : David Shea - The Thousand Buddha Caves Room40

31 : Jacob David - Mursejler Moderna Records

30 : Erik Schilke - Synthesis Hymen Records

29 : Byron Westbrook - Distortion Hue Hands In The Dark

28 : Romain Azzaro, Sacha Hladiy, Paul Behnam, Ruth Mogrovejo, Nicolai Johansen - Colours of Now Rouge Mécanique Musique

27 : Theodore Wild Ride - Theodore Wild Ride Icarus Records

26 : Sébastien Guérive - Omega Point Atypeek Music

25 : Onsy - MetaConc Quiet Time

24 : Animated Matter - Selkie Self-Released

23 : Gaspar Claus - Tancade InFiné Éditions

22 : Wil Bolton - Cumulus Sketches Home Normal

21 : More Light - Casual Dragon Dancing Eagle Records

20 : Landtitles - Your Voice In Pieces Slowcraft Records

19 : JARR - An Echo In Her Skin HushHush Records

18 : Stray Theories - This Light n5MD

17 : Daniel Herskedal - Harbour Edition Records

16 : Gray Acres - Dreams and Phantoms ARCHIVES

15 : Matt Rösner - No Lasting Form Room40

14 : Viktor Orri Árnasson - Eilífur Pentatone

13 : Christine Ott - Time To Die (izeh Records

12 : Ian Nyquist - Endless, Shapeless LAAPS

11 : ILUITEQ - The Loss of Wilderness n5MD

10 : Nebel Lang - Hand In Mine Whitelabrecs

9 : The Vernon Spring - A Plane Over Woods Lima Limo Records

8 : Parallel Highway - Dream of Electric Sheep Self-Released

7 : That Which Is Not - The Basic Sharpness of Emotions KrysaliSound

6 : Arkadiusz Salwowski - Distance LOŻA

5 : William Ryan Fritch - Built Upon a Fearful Void Lost Tribe Sound

4 : Hugh Small & Brian Allen Simon - The Side I Never See Melody As Truth

3 : Simon Goff - Vale 7K!

2 : Bremer/McCoy - Natten Luaka Bop

1 : Atli Örvarsson - Wolka INNI Music

• BEST EP's

30 : Snorri Hallgrímsson - Landbrot II Moderna Records

29 : Benoît Pioulard - Silencer Disques d'Honore

28 : Botany - Portal Orphanage Western Vinyl

27 : Jeroen Dirrix - A Hidden Place Moderna Records

26 : JAB - Currents Joon Dada Records

25 : Conor C. Ellis - Cutting Out My Shadow Self-Released

24 : Perila & Ulla - Memories of Log VAAGNER

23 : Molly Lewis - The Forgotten Edge Jagjaguwar

22 : Edward Sikorski - Basic Colours Oscarson

21 : Richard Skelton - The Hollows Aeolian

20 : Lee Yi - Perception of Invisible Forms Rottenman Editions

19 : Daigo Hanada & Yoko Komatsu - Sayuru Moderna Records

18 : Lucy Gooch - Rain's Break Fire Records

17 : Lee Gamble - A Million Pieces of You Hyperdub

16 : Naemi - A Week's Notice Self-Released

15 : Present Guests & Marcus Nero - Losing Stream Current Every

14 : Carmen Villain - Sketch For Winter IX: Perlita Geographic North

13 : Bénédicte - When It Binds Blueberry Records

12 : Clarice Jensen - Ainu Mosir FatCat Records

11 : Jupi/ter - Islands, Pt.2 Ambientologist

10 : Ekin Fil & Ella Zwietnig - Far Within Reach Self-Released

9 : Endless Melancholy - Landmarks 1631 Recordings

8 : Frieder Nagel - The Arrival InFiné

7 : Hiroco.M - Still Moderna Records

6 : Michel Banabila - Descending The Mountain Tapu Records

5 : Didacte - Revenir Piano and Coffee Records

4 : Theatre of Delays - Súton Rottenman Editions

3 : Joe Harvey-Whyte - Flatland/Spaceland None More Records

2 : Erot - Gneiss Ultimae

1 : Marek Kamiński - Tumult Self-Released

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Grasscut - Haunts Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 Mary Lattimore - Collected Pieces II Thme - Silesco KMRU - Logue Taylor Deupree - Mur Tyresta & Ruan - Already Complete Jake Muir - Mana Faith Coloccia & Philip Jeck - Stardust Manja Ristić - Kairos & The Dwellers Nils Frahm - Old Friends New Friends Arca - kiCK iiiii The Lifted Index - Sanctuary Growing & Mary Lattimore - Gainer Ben Seretan - Cicada Waves Clariloops - Sun//Rain Jos Smolders & Jim O'Rourke - Additive Inverse Hiatus - Distancer Peter Gregson - Patina Ryan J Raffa, Nico Rosenberg & The Svara Ensemble - Velā Matt Robertson - Enveleau John Thayer - Supermundane Maenad Veyl & The Sarcasm Ensemble - Comfort in Misery Eduardo Briganty - Entelequia Shabason, Krgovich & Harris - Florence Henry the Rabbit, Beatrice Morel Journel & Semay Wu - Songs of The Marsh Olec Mün - Vögel MastroKristo - Departures Jusell, Prymek, Sage, Shiroishi - Shiki David Allred - Driving Through the Aftermath of a Storm on a Clear Day Awakened Souls & From Overseas - Keep the Orange Sun Lauge & Perry Frank - Selvascapes Robert Scott Thompson - As First Star Wakes, She Wanders There Madre Vaca - The Elements T.Griffin - The Proposal Shinpal - Blue Stories Stefán Halfsteinsson - Heima France Jobin - The Fluidity of Time Does Not Exist Forest Robots - Amongst a Landscape of Spiritual Reckoning Mike Lazarev - Out of Time Fancisco Sonur - Morning Trials Sabled Sun - 2149 Henrik Meierkord - Kval Havana Swim Club - Havana Swim Club Relaxer - Concealer Woulg - Bubblegum FRKTL - Azimuth Holy Similaun - Ansatz Feral - The End Plague Mother - Carrying Your Halo Milio - Ave Slow Meadow - Upstream Dream Celia Hollander - Timekeeper Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer - Proem Mario Batkovic - Introspectio Szymon Kaliski - Gaze Into The Sun Tomonari Nozaki - waves Past Palms - Empyrean Demetrio Cecchitelli - Ruins BEWATER - Inside Sea Anthéne - Held

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2020

2020 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

100 :  Tomas Jirku • Touching The Sublime (Silent Season)

99 :   Drew McDowall • Agalma (Dais Records)

98 :   Euglossine • Blue Marble Agony (Genot Centre)

97 :   Domenique Dumont • People on Sunday (The Leaf Label)

96 :   John-Robin Bold • Demonstrations (Quanta Records)

95 :  This Valley Of Old Mountains • This Valley Of Old Mountains (12k)

94 :   zakè • Orchestral Studies Collectanea (Past Inside the Present)

93 :   Monoiz • Collider (Detroit Underground)

92 :   S.hel • Disconnect (Whitelabrecs)

91 :   Glåsbird • Norskfjǫrðr (Whitelabrecs)

90 :   Botany • End the Summertime F(or)ever (Western Vinyl)

89 :   Jeannine Schulz • Ground . The Gentle (Stereoscenic Records)

88 :   Sophia Loizou • Untold (Houndstooth)

87 :   William Basinski • Lamentations (Temporary Residence Limited)

86 :   KMRU • Opaquer (Dagoretti Records)

85 :   ARROWOUNDS • The Loneliness of the Deep Sea River (Lost Tribe Sound)

84 :   Lingua Lustra • Omni (Exosphere)

83 :   Slow Dancing Society • The Disappearing Collective Vol. I (Past Inside the Present)

82 :   Christopher Bissonnette • Wayfinding (12k)

81 :   Tomotsugu Nakamura • Literature (Laaps)

80 :   Yui Onodera • Ray (Serein)

79 :   Gyða Valtýsdottir • Epicycle II (Sono Luminus)

78 :   Ned Milligan & John Atkinson • Call Me When You Can (Facture)

77 :   Jonathan Fitoussi • Plein Soleil (Transversales Disques)

76 :   Joda Clément • The last place they thought of (Glistening Examples)

75 :  Zoltan Fecso • Daylight In An Empty Room (Whitelabrecs)

74 :   Aukai • Game Trails (Aukai Music)

73 :  Ricardo Donoso • Content (Denovali)

72 :  Fossil Haunting Collective • Vacancy (Ambientologist)

71 :  Stefan Węgłowski • What Is Hidden (Silesian Museum)

70 :  Akira Uchida • Sasanami (IIKKI)

69 :  Minimal Drone GRL • Ancestral Origins (Bricolage)

68 :  An Moku & Joel Gilardini • Maya Deren (Bullflat3.8)

67 :  BLOMMA • BLOMMA (Moderna Records)

66 :  J. Wiltshire • Resa (Musar Recordings)

65 :  Alva Noto • Xerrox Vol. 4 (NOTON)

64 :  Ian Wellman • The House That Ate Itself (Room40)

63 :  Sparkle Division • Feel Embraced (Temporary Residence Limited)

62 :  Echium • Disruptions of Form (Sferic)

61 :  Warmth • Life (Archives)

60 :  Mary Lattimore • Silver Ladders (Ghostly International) 

59 :  Degoya • Fragmenta (Liburia Records)

58 :  Ben Lukas Boysen • Mirage (Erased Tapes)

57 :  Dronny Darko & ProtoU • Metta (Chryo Chamber)

56 :  Valance Drakes • Freedom Is Its Own Kind Of Salary (Laaps)

55 :  Mathieu Karsenti • Bygones (Slowcraft Records)

54 :  Pawel Pruski • Between (KrysaliSound)

53 :  Guy Andrews • Permanence (Houndstooth)

52 :  Matt Christensen • Mo Pussyfooting (Self-released)

51 :  Still Harbours • Armature (Lontano Series)

50 :  Jogging House • Companion (dauw)

49 :  David Cordero • Honne (本 音) (Dronarivm)

48 :  Rafael Anton Irisarri • Peripeteia (Dais Records)

47 :  T.R. Jordan • Just For You (Past Inside the Present)

46 :  Margins • I Tired For Hours (Facture)

45 :  Shuta Hiraki • Voicing In Oblivion (Rottenman Editions)

44 :  Private Mountain • Stratumi (СТРАТУМИ) (Élan Vital)

43 :  Ocoeur • Everything (n5md)

42 :  René Aquarius • Universe (Moving Furniture Records)

41 :  Ezra Feinberg • Recumbent Speech (Related States)

40 :  Murials • Stems (Infinito Audio)

39 :  Snowdrops • Volutes (Injazero Records)

38 :  Wanderwelle • A State of Decrepitude (A Strangely Isolated Place)

37 :  Niklas Paschburg • Svalbard (7K!)

36 :  Phil Struck • Schleswig-Holstein Aufnahmen (Séance Centre)

35 :  Robot Koch • The Next Billion Years (Modern Recordings)

34 :  Max Ananyev • Midday (Whitelabrecs)

33 :  Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin • Elephant (Posh Isolation)

32 :  Ezra Feinberg & John Kolodij • Ezra Feinberg & John Kolodij (Whited Sepulchre Records)

31 :  Art Crime • Thightening Knots (Radio Sygma)

30 :  Andrew Tasselmyer • Associative Mechanisms (Self-released)

29 :  Ecovillage • Arrived (Dronarivm)

28 :  Jacaszek • Music For Film (Ghostly International)

27 :  Ital Tek • Outland (Planet Mu)

26 :  Christine Ott • Chimères (Pour Ondes Martenot) (Nahal Recordings)

25 :  Radosław Kurzeja • Ogród Botaniczny w Palermo (Nasze Nagrania)

24 :  Jan Wagner • Kapitel (Quiet Love Records)

23 :  Niksen • Invisible City (Touch)

22 :  Toàn • Volta No Vento (IIKKI)

21 :  Gidge • New Light (Atomnation)

20 :  Andrew Lang • Momentary Senses (Rusted Tone Recordings)

19 :  Snorri Hallgrímsson • Chasing The Present (Moderna Records)

18 :  Endless Melancholy • A Perception of Everything (Sound In Silence)

17 :  From Overseas • Home (Past Inside the Present)

16 : ju ca • Chasms (Angoisse)

15 :  Tropic of Coldness • Human Kindness (Whitelabrecs)

14 :  Thisquietarmy • Kesselhaus (Thisquietarmy Records)

13 :  Mark De Clive-Lowe, Andrea Lombardini & Tommaso Cappellato • Dreamweavers (Mother Tongue Records)

12 :  Patricia Wolf • Lament (Fallen Moon Recordings)

11 :  Corrado María De Santis • A Dark Mist (Bullflat3.8)

10 :  William Ryan Fritch • The Letdown (Lost Tribe Sound)

9 :  Ellen Fullman & Theresa Wong • Harbors (Room40)

8 :  A Home For Ghosts • Hireath (Rusted Tone Recordings)

7 :  David Cordero & Miguel Otero • Salinas (Archives)

6 :  Tapes and Topographies • A Pulse of Durations (Past Inside the Present)

5 :  Bedroom • A Thousand Harmonies In Silence (Past Inside the Present)

4 :  Gary Husband & Markus Reuter • Music of Our Times (MoonJune Records)

3 :  Marek Kamiński & Piotr Michałowski • Luna (N_Coded Records)

2 :  Havenaire • Movement (Polar Seas)

1 :   Aho Ssan • Simulacrum (Subtext)

• BEST EP's

50 :  Aeoi • Ioeth (TAR)

49 :  Distant Animals • Everyday Violence (Engram Recordings)

48 :  Kyle Bobby Dunn • They Have Always Been Within (Self-released)

47 :  kj • Grace (Self-released)

46 :  John Wall • M - [ B ] (Self-released)

45 :  0comeups • Creek Don't Rise (Slagwerk)

44 :  Sarah Haras • Storm (Self-released)

43 :  Nexcyia • Crawl (Alien Jams)

42 :  Darren Harper • Summer Loops (Self-released)

41 :  Michel Banabila, Stijn Hüwels & Cok Van Vuuren • One Moment In Time (Tapu Records)

40 :  Glia • QIBE (Self-released)

39 :  Thys & Amon Tobin • Ghostcards (Nomark)

38 :  etller • Dysmal (TAR)

37 :  IHHH • The Magical Ratio (ZABRA)

36 :  Iskra Strings & Pablo Nouvelle • Manor House (1631 Recordings)

35 :  Francis M. Gri • Roots (The Slow Music Movement)

34 :  Filalete • The Weekend Was Modern (Perfect Aesthetics)

33 :  Ital Tek • Seraph (Just Isn't Music)

32 :  Perila & Ulla • Transparent Waters of Deep Blue (Self-released)

31 :  Lorn & Dolor • Zero Bounce (Wednesday Sound)

30 :  Andrew Tasselmyer & Anthéne • Distant (Hibernate)

29 :  Max Cooper • Earth (Mesh)

28 :  r beny • The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow (Past Inside the Present)

27 :  Jordane Tumarinson • Printemps (1631 Recordings)

26 :  John Bence • Love (Thrill Jockey)

25 :  Black Brunswicker • Tall Trees (Stereoscenic)

24 :  Digital Selves • <?/?body> <?!?-?- language -?-?> (Self-released)

23 :  Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • Torch Songs (Self-released)

22 :  Mathieu Karsenti • Downstream Blue (Slowcraft Records)

21 :  Taylor Deupree • Canoe (Longform Editions)

20 :  The Green Kingdom • Shinrin-yoku (Hibernate)

19 :  Symbol • Lifted (Mystery Circles)

18 :  User Friendly • Sickle (1094322 Records DK2)

17 :  Alex Braga • Spleen Machine (7K!)

16 :  Shida Shahabi • Lake on Fire (FatCat Records)

15 :  Liam Mour • Ode To Youth (Ode To Youth)

14 :  Bawskùw • &#027; Escape! (Self-released)

13 :  Snorri Hallgrímsson & Oliver Patrice Weder • Hallgrímsson - Weder (Les Editions MR)

12 :  Rinnovare • Aperturia (Sounds Suspicious)

11 :  Wintergarden • Phase In (1631 Recordings)

10 :  't Geruis • Que tu es belle, au revoir en douceur (Lost Tribe Sound)

9 :  Green-House • Six Songs for Invisible Gardens (Leaving Records)

8 :  Bby Eco • Gen (Slagwerk)

7 :  Lucy Gooch • Rushing (Past Inside the Present)

6 :  Slow Meadow • By The Ash Tree (Self-releaed)

5 :  Nick Malkin • A Thing in Middle Distance (Self-released)

4 :  ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ • W.S. (Self-released)

3 :  Lensk • Unseen, Uncertain, Whole (TAR)

2 :  Glass • L.U.C.A (Santé Records)

1 :  Snorri Hallgrímsson • Landbrot I (Moderna Records)

• HONORABLE  MENTIONS

William Ryan Fritch - Solidum J. Peter Schwalm & Arve Henriksen - Neuzeit Tyresta & Ruan - Elements Return Ana Roxanne - Because of a flower Lauge - Nothingness FRKTL - Excision After Love Collapses thme - That's What It Will Be Like Carlo Giustini - Colla Omni Gardens - Moss King KMRU - Peel Forest Robots - After Geography Francis M. Gri - The Ropes Phil Tomsett - The Sound of Someone Leaving Christian Kleine - Touch & Fuse Autechre - SIGN Gallery Six - Blue In The Midsummer Alessandro Cortini - Memorie I Bad Stream - Sonic Healing Perko - Galerie Helios - Domicile Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Another Flower Mattew Halsall - Salute to the Sun Constantine Skourlis - Eternal Recurrence Pepo Galán & Sita Osthermeier - Contact LCM - Signal Quest Ivano Pecorini - Barons Court Carlos Ferreira - Six Postcards and Other Stories Monogoto - Partial Deletion of Everything (Vol. 1) Echo Collective - The See Within Matt Atkins & Slow Clinic - Enfolding Skin Graft & John Wiese - Accessible World Vieo Abiungo - At Once, There Was No Horizon Andrew Tasselmyer & Anthéne - Progressions Thugwidow - A Figure of Speech Lauge - Oceanography Mute Branches - The Detective Is Dead Ausklang - Chronos Steve Roach - Back To Life John Monkman - ASRIEL Reid Willis - Mother Of Luis Berra - On Silence Act I & II Chronovalve - Light offthesky - Psalm of Solum Crystal Thumbtac - Jazzosism Jörgen Kjellgren - Invisible Summer Skarv - A Memory Like Any Other Bartosz Dziadosz & Tomasz Mrenca - Black Lake Hainbach - Light Splitting Selvedge - Bloom In Rust Max Loderbauer - Donnerwetter Stuart Chalmers & Alan Courtis - Rtuals of Cmmon Lnguage Teruyuki Kurihara - Echoes CatalogIII Koji Itoyama -  I Know Marc Ertel - [Overtures] Claire Deak & Tony Dupé - The Old Capital Ben Frost - Dark: Cycle 3 (Music from the Netflix Original Series) V/A (Touchtheplants) - Breathing Instruments Bentley - Ford Pliner Ólafur Arnalds - some kind of peace Christina Giannone, zakè & Tyresta - Vision Transmissions Simon Posford - Flux & Contemplation: Portrait of an Artist in Isolation Pun Collins - Dying Together Ishmael Cormack - The Sunday Project Daniel Herskedal - Call For Winter Shinpal - Momentary Disappeared Memory Lionel Marchetti - Planktos Tim Koch - Scordatura Julianna Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle Baldruin - Die halluzinierte Welt Nick Storring - My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell ABADIR - Liminal Attilio Novellino - Strangar Fire-Toolz - Rainbow Bridge Noise Trees - Paper Songs Maze & Lindholm - A River Flowing Home to the Sea Thet Liturgiske Owäsendet - Det Var Folk Dar Ute. Dom Ar Borta Nu. Jeremy Bible - Human Savagery Paul Schütze - Without Thought Rutger Zuydervelt & Bill Seaman - Movements of Dust Saåad - Elijah Frans De Waard & Miguel A. García - Interior Sounding HOOR-PAAR-KRAAT - The Place of The Crossing TIBSLC - A Shell-like Object Pina - Buit Michel Banabila - All Connected Resilience - Forgotten World Madeleine Cocolas - Ithaca Ludovico Einaudi - 12 Songs From Home Jo David Meyer Lysne & Mats Eilertsen - Kroksjø John Wall - SC Editions 2 Deathbed Convert - Debris of Echoes Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Still Life FFT - Total Self-Fufilment ...From The Benthic Zone - Fjord Genus Henrik Meierkord - Refuge Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - slowdance,lowtide Ancient Loops - An Abandoned City Nils Frahm - Empty JC Leisure - Mutations For Corey Fuller - Sanctuary Sam Gendel - Satin DollJan Bang & Eivind Aarset - Snow Catches on Her Eyelashes 36 & zakè - Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist - Sketch for Winter VIII: Floating Tone Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - Last And First Men Sary Moussa - Imbalance Martina Bertoni - All the Ghosts Are Gone The Alvaret Ensemble - ea Nyx Nótt - Aux Pieds de la Nuit Simone Gatto - Harmonic Resonance System 432 Hz Oliver Coates - skins n slime Klara Lewis - Ingrid Ben Bondy & exael - Aphelion Lash Halftribe - Archipelago Jocelyn Reyes - Overland: Biomes

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BEST AMBIENT OF THE 2010′s DECADE

2010′s DECADE: THE 50 BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

#50 : Ben Frost • Aurora

#49 : GAS • Rausch

#48 : Benoît Pioulard • Sonnet

#47 : Abul Mogard • Above All Dreams

#46 : Emeralds • Does It Look Like I’m Here?

#45 : Fanger & Schönwälder & Cosmic Hoffmann • Earshot

#44 : Yann Novak • Ornamentation

#43 : Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • Love Is A Stream

#42 : Huerco S. • For Those Of You Who Has Never (And Also Those Who Have)

#41 : Alessandro Cortini • Avanti

#40 : Paul Jebanasam • Continuum

#39 : Jacaszek • Glimmer

#38 : Fennesz • Bécs

#37 : Angelo Badalamenti • Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)

#36 : Oneohtrix Point Never • R Plus Seven

#35 : Ricardo Donoso • Assimilating the Shadow

#34 : Saba Alizadeh • Scattered Memories

#33 : Grouper • Ruins

#32 : Steve Hauschildt • Where All Is Fled

#31 : Yellow Swans • Going Places

#30 : Nils Frahm • Felt

#29 : Kyle Bobby Dunn • The Infinite Sadness

#28 : Loscil • Sea Island

#27 : Brambles • Charcoal

#26 : The Caretaker • Everywhere at the end of time (Stage 3)

#25 : Eluvium • False Readings On

#24 : Olga Wojciechowska • Infinite Distances

#23 : 2 8 1 4 • 新しい日の誕生

#22 : Tim Hecker • Virgins

#21 : Ian William Craig • Centres

#20 : Kyle Bobby Dunn • From Here To Eternity

#19 : Solidarity Hymn • For A Wandering Beam of Sun

#18 : The Caretaker • Everywhere at the end of time (Stage 4)

#17 : Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri • La Equidistancia

#16 : William Basinski • A Shadow In Time

#15 : Mica Levi • Under the Skin

#14 : Alessandro Cortini & Lawrence English • Immediate Horizon

#13 : Bing & Ruth • Tomorrow Was The Golden Age

#12 : A Winged Victory For The Sullen • A Winged Victory For The Sullen

#11 : Angelo Harmsworth • Blush

#10 : Hammock • Mysterium

#9 : The Caretaker • Everywhere at the end of time (Stage 6)

#8 : William Ryan Fritch • Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Volume I & II

#7 : Rafael Anton Irisarri • The Shameless Years

#6 : Robert Rich • Perpetual

#5 : Max Richter • Sleep

#4 : Oneohtrix Point Never • Replica

#3 : Tim Hecker • Ravendeath, 1972

#2 : Aphex Twin • Syro

#1 : The Caretaker • An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

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BEST AMBIENT OF 2019

2019 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS curated by holsgr | hausgr

100 :  Jens Pauly • Vihne

99 : JAB • Erg Herbe

98 : Tyresta • Each Of Us Needs Such A Place

97 : Conor C. Ellis • Soft Earth

96 : Simon Scott • Soundings

95 : Giulio Aldinucci • No Eye Has An Equal

94 : William Basinski • On Time Out of Time

93 : James Murray & Francis M Gri • Remote Redux

92 : Ian Hawgood • Impermanence

91 : Hainbach • Gestures

90 : Canadian Rifles • Eastern Nurseries

89 :  猫 シ Corp. & t e l e p a t h - Building a Better World

88 : Mukqs • SD Biomix

87 : N Chambers • Air Example

86 : Anne Chris Bakker • Stof&Geest

85 : Joaquín Gutiérrez Hadid • sûr

84 : Stavros Gasparatos • Rage Park

83 : Paperbark • Barely Lit

82 : Ecker & Meulyzer • Carbon

81 : Joshua Sabin • Sutarti

80 : Kajsa Lindgren • Everyone Is Here

79 : Jazzdefector & Slow Clinic • Green Echo

78 : Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • Tracing Back Radiance

77 : Tomoyoshi Date & Stijn Hüwels • hochu-ekki-tou

76 : Dave Harrington Group • Pure Imagination, No Country

75 : Jónsi & Alex • Lost & Found

74 : R Beny • Echo's Verse

73 : Darren Harper • Paths

72 : OHIO • Upward, Broken, Always

71 : Euglossine • Coriolis

70 : M. Grig • Mount Carmel

69 : Olan Mill • Sacred Geometry

68 : Steve Hauschildt • Nonlin

67 : Glåsbird • Grønland

66 : Ian Nyquist • Cuan

65 : Arovane & Porya Hatami • C.H.R.O.N.O.S

64 : Tetuzi Akiyama, Ken Ikeda & Chihei Hatakeyama • Erroribus humanis et antinomy

63 : Shinpal • Radical Philosophy

62 : XAO • Eternal Care Unit

61 : Skyphone • Marsh Drones

60 : Celer • Xièxie

59 : bvdub • Explosions in Slow Motion

58 : Jonas Meyer • Konfusion

57 : Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto • Two

56 : Datach'i • Bones

55 : Alessandro Cortini • VOLUME MASSIMO

54 : Celestial Trax • Serpent Power

53 : Loscil • Equivalents

52 : Steve Moore • Beloved Exile

51 : Valotihkuu • Memories

50 : Fennesz • Agora

49 : Vito Lucente • Udgitha of the Dogs

48 : Sean McCann & Seth Graham • Split Series Volume 4 - Performed by The Kymatic Ensemble

47 : Opt Out • Three Glimpses into an Opal

46 : Danny Scott Lane • How To Empty A Cup

45 : Daniel Thorne • Lines of Sight

44 : Hammock • Silencia

43 : Bill Seaman • The Topologies of Blue

42 : Michel Banabila • Uprooted

41 : Metta World Peace • Zanclean

40 : Bill Laurance • Cables

39 : Siavash Amini • Serus

38 : Hippies Wearing Muzzles • Euler Haze

37 : Black To Comm • Seven Horses for Seven Kings

36 : A Winged Victory for the Sullen • The Undivided Five

35 : G.S. Schray • First Appearance

34 : Sarah Louise • Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars

33 : Hotel Neon • Vanishing Forms

32 : Porya Hatami, Roberto Attanasio & Aaron Martin • Sallaw

31 : Offthesky • Illuminate

30 : Koeosaeme • Obanikeshi

29 : OliSun • Geometrische Abstraktionen

28 : Rafa Ramos Sania & Edu Comelles • Botánica de Balcón

27 : Sofie Birch • Planetes

26 : Nathan Moody & HHNOI • Future Rituals

25 : Emanuele Errante • This World

24 : Francesco Maria Narcisi • Wanderer

23 : Vieo Abiungo • The Dregs

22 : Viktor Orri Árnason & Yair Elazar Glotman • Vast

21 : The Humble Bee & Benoît Pioulard • I suposse I'm your future

20 : Matmos • Plastic Anniversary

19 : Giovanni Lami & Glauco Salvo • Ife

18 : Robert Rich • Tactile Ground

17 : Ben Frost • DARK: Cycle 1 & 2

16 : Ripperton • Contrails

15 : Federico Mosconi • Light not Light

14 : Zachary Paul • A Meditation on Discord

13 : Paul Saunderson • Passage

12 : Daniel Guillén • Inner Vision

11 : Victor Espasandín • Árbol Bajo Tormenta

10 : Reid Willis • The Longing Device

9 : Caterina Barbieri • Ecstatic Computation

8 : Edu Comelles • Still Life

7 : Chris Weeks • Borders

6 : Rafael Anton Irisarri • Solastalgia

5 : Saba Alizadeh • Scattered Memories

4 : Olga Wojciechowska • Infitnite Distances

3 : The Caretaker • Everywhere At The End of Time (Stage 6)

2 : Kyle Bobby Dunn • From Here to Eternity

1 : William Ryan Fritch • Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Volume I & II

AMBIENT 2019: MASSIVE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST. GO LISTEN HERE.

• BEST EP’s

20 : John Sellekaers • Machines Inutiles

19 : C. Moody Crews • HLY MTN

18 : Quench • Greyhound

17 : Andrea Belfi • Strata

16 : Evan Caminiti • Refraction

15 : Karol Firmanty • Entropia

14 : Prunk Möbel • Upwards

13 : Ivan Skoryna • Damage

12 : Nils Frahm • Encores 2

11 : Benoît Pioulard • Persona

10 : Lee Gamble • Exhaust

9 : Raft of Trash • Ah, Docka Morpher

8 : Harnes Kretzer • Horror Vacui

7 : Shida Shahabi • Shifts

6 : Eli Keszler • Empire

5 : Roel Funcken • Newt Scamander

4 : Finem • Relics

3 : Silént Phil • Pantheonパンテオン - Infinito

2 : Katsunori Sawa • An Enlightenment Manual, Your Consciousness of Truth

1 : Seth Graham • Hint

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Christopher Tignor • A Light Below Amulets • Between Distant and Remote Land Of Light • The World Lies Breathing Lilien Rosarian • A Day In Bel Bruit Jogging House • Lure Michael Pisaroc Nature Denatured and Found Again Jjjacob • Vulnerable Growth Matthew Halsall • Oneness Dominik Eulberg • Mannigfaltig Lifted • 2 Resavoir • Resavoir S S S S • Walls, Corridors, Baffles The Phonometrician • Mnemosyne Moss Covered Technology • Slow Walking Abul Mogard • And We Are Passing Through Silently Ian Hawgood & Phil Tomsett • Fragmented Boundaries Yann Novak • Slowly Dismantling Arovane & Mike Lazarev • Aeon Leo Svirsky • River Without Banks CFCF • Liquid Colours Keith Fullerton Whitman • Late Playthroughs The Humble Bee & Offthesky • All Other Voices Gone, Only Yours Remains Ben Chatwin • Altered Signals Lunaria • Mist and Light Steve Hadfield • We Are All Human Max Würden • Format Net • Droxy Mutate3k • Static Chihei Hatakeyama & Stijn Hüwels • Jodo LaBrecque & Barakat • Terminal Desert The Caretaker • Everywhere, an Empty Bliss Velf • In A Sense Jogging House / Lure Kryshe • Continuum Glåsbird • Svalbarð 2814 • Lost Fragments Biosphere • The Senja Recordings JB Dunckel & Jonathan Fitoussi • Mirages Marja Ahti • Vegetal Negatives Tyresta • Oh No! Zensō • The Floating World Benoît Pioulard • Sylva James Murray • Embrace Storms Maria W Horn • Epistasis Nils Frahm • All Encores Slow Meadow • Happy Occident We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard • Time Is Local Sontag Shogun • It Billows Up Badge Époque Ensemble • Badge Époque Ensemble Warmth • Parallel Inflection Kinbrae • Landforms Gray Acres • Material Forces Naps • Better to Give Plants Dub • Music From The Trees James A. McDermid • In Little Swallows Julia Kent • Temporal Antwood • Delphi Daniele Bogon • 17 Encores Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano • Serenitatem Clark • Kiri Variations Anthéne • Lost Channel M. Geddes Gengras • I Am The Last of That Green and Warm-Hued World Anne Müller • Heliopause Upsammy • Wild Chamber Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma • Intemporel Ben Rath • Any Given Moment V/A • 環境音楽 Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990 Clarice Jensen • Drone Studies Helm • Chemical Flowers Ulla Straus • Big Room Theodore Cale Schafer • Patience Adriano Zanni • Ricordo Quasi Tutto Soda Lite • Vale & Stone Pulse Emitter • Calming Winds Anton Belov • Piano Works II Jos Smolders • Spaces Otilo • 6402 Jordan Christoff • Enveloped Stephen Vitiello & Taylor Deupree • Fridman Variations Deaf Center • Low Distance Tobias Preisig • Diver Hauschka • A Different Forest Aponogeton • A Place of Solace Tomáš Niesner • Silencia Hans Castrup • Heterogeneous Cell Information Daniel Pioro • Dust UCC Harlo • United Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan • New Rain Duets Kilchhofer Anklin • Moto Perpetuo Hollie Kenniff • The Gathering Dawn Shards • Find Sound Gigi Masin & Jonny Nash • Postcards From Nowhere Tambour • Constellations Tim Hecker • Anoyo NUM • False Awakening Suso Saiz • Nothing Is Objective Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement • Panama Canal Left-Hand Path Nivhek • After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house Stijn Hüwels • Tomodachi Halftribe • Backwater Revisited H. Takahashi • Sonne und Wasser Leif • Loom Dream Oren Ambarchi • Simian Angel Richard Luke • Glass Island Ceylan • Les âges sombres Dag Rosenqvist • Blood Transmission Jacek Sienkiewicz • BTWN Meitei • Komachi José Soberanes • Luz Sven Laux & Daniela Orvin • The Writings Ian Hawgood & Stijn Hüwels • No Voices Scott Campbell • Stillness Bersarin Quartett • Methoden und Maschinen SUSS • High Line Poemme • Frozen Passages Snufmumriko • Sekunder, Eoner Yann Tiersen • Portrait Mondkopf • How Deep Is Our Love? Daniel Wohl • État Machinefabriek • With Voices Francis M. Gri, David Gutman & Federico Mosconi • Uncoded Winds Below The Waves

[postambientlux]

BEST AMBIENT OF 2018

2018 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS

curated by holsgr | hausgr​

100 : Marcus Fischer & Simon Scott / Shape Memory

#99 : Dmitry Mazurov / Simulacra

98 : Siavash Amini / FORAS

97 : CUTS / A Gradual Decline

96 : Dntel / Hate In My Heart

95 : Amplidyne Effect / Gloria on Canvas

94 : AURAL / Sonic Metamorphosis

93 :  Saåad / Présence absente

92 : Rauelsson / Mirall

91 : Deru / Torn in Two

90 : Moss Covered Technology / And His Many Seas

89 : Federico Durand / Pequeñas Melodías

88 : Arp / ZEBRA

87 : Jon Porras / Voices of the Air

86 : Goldmund / Occasus

85 : Resina / Traces

84 : Markus Guentner / Empire

83 : Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis / Invisible Cities

82 : Valotihkuu / Fragile Melodies

81 : Shida Shahabi / Homes

80 : Oren Ambarchi, Kassel Jaeger & James Rushford / Face Time

79 : 36 / Ego Death

78 : Jake Muir / Lady’s Mantle

77 : Bruno Sanfilippo / Unity

76 : Æthereal Arthropod / Opilio

75 : Jon Hopkins / Singularity

74 : Tim Linghaus / Memory Sketches

73 : Endless Melancholy / Fragments of Scattered Whispers

72 : Tomasz Bednarczyk / Illustrations For Those Who

71 : kj / Ex 70 : Ólafur Arnalds / re:member

69 : Vanessa Amara / Manos

68 : uon / uon

67 : Nico Niquo / Timeless

66 : Sarah Davachi / Let Night Come On Bells End The Day

65 : Félicia Atkinson / Coyotes

64 : Zinovia Arvanitidi / Ivory

63 :  Kevin Verwijmeren / Dett

62 : Michael Beharie & Teddy Rankin-Parker / A Heart From Your Shadow

61 : Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Electronic Series Vol 1: Abstractions

60 : Taylor Deupree / Fallen

59 : Jean-Michel Blais / Dans ma main

58 : Hakobune / Betelgeuse

57 : Grzegorz Bojanek & Piotr Michałowski / Solid

56 : Zenjungle / Fragmented Lives

55 : Lucrecia Dalt / Anticlines

54 : International Debris / Holosphere

53 : Kasper Bjørke / The Fifty Eleven Project

52 : GAS / Rausch

51 :  Śruti / Heard, Unspoken

50 : Objekt / Cocoon Crush

49 : Axel Rigaud / Transformation

48 : Mary Lattimore / Hundreds of Days

47 : Olan Mill / Variations on the Letter H

46 : Ian Hawgood / 光

45 : Yann Novak / The Future is a Forward Escape Into the Past

44 : Nils Frahm / All Melody

43 : Pendant / Makes Me Know You Sweet

42 : Rafael Anton Irisarri / Midnight Colours

41 : Rival Consoles / Persona

40 : Pariah / Here From Where We Are

39 : Halftribe / For The Summer, Or Forever

38 : Aaron Martin / Touch Dissolves

37 :  SUGAI KEN meets G禁禁禁禁岩石考 / -yOrUkOrU-

36 : Ipek Gorgun / Ecce Homo

35 : Pausal / Volume Flow

34 : Harnes Kretzer / Black Noise

33 : Rabit / Life After Death

32 : Janek Schaefer / What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing

31 : Aphex Twin / Collapse

30 : Etelin / Hui Terra

29 : r beny / Eistla

28 : The Sight Below / Glider 10: Reworks

27 : Laurel Halo / Raw Silk Uncut Wood

26 : Angelo Harmsworth / Kompressor

25 : Richard Devine / Sort\Lave

24 : Thomas Ankersmit / Homage to Dick Raaijmakers

23 : Ian Hawgood & Giulio Aldinucci / Consequence Shadows

22 : Maria w Horn / Kontrapoetik

21 : Félicia Atkinson & Jefre-Cantu Ledesma / Limpid As The Solitudes

20 : Dedekind Cut / Tahoe

19 : Pascal Savy / Dislocations

18 : Tim Hecker / Konoyo

17 : Christina Vantzou / No.4

16 : Abul Mogard / Above All Dreams

15 : M. Geddes Gengras / Light Pipe

14 : CV & JAB — Zin Taylor / Thoughts of a Dot as it Travels a Surface

13 : Brett Naucke / The Mansion

12 : Ben Chatwin / Drone Signals

11 : Ian William Craig / Thresholder

10 : Eli Keszler / Stadium

9 : Paperbark & r beny / Resons to Live

8 : William Basinski & Lawrence English / Selva Oscura

7 : Giulio Aldinucci / Dissapearing In A Mirror

6 : Mats Erlandsson / Hypodermic Letters

5 : Solidarity Hymn / For a Wandering Beam of Sun

4 : Francis M. Gri & Federico Mosconi / Between Ocean and Sky

3 : SY/IN / Blinded

2 : The Caretaker / Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 4 & 5)

1 : Alessandro Cortini & Lawrence English / Immediate Horizon 

[postambientlux]

BEST AMBIENT OF 2017

2017 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS

curated by holsgr | hausgr

​100 : Visible Cloaks • Reassemblage

99 : Marcus Fjellström • Skelektikon

98 : GAS • Narkopop

97 : Samuel Regan • Ides

96 : Gilder/Bilín Wake • Gold to Gold

95 : Euglossine • Sharp Time

94 : poemme • Arboretum

93 : Christoph Berg • Conversations

92 : Federico Mosconi • Colonne di Fumo

91 : High Plains • Cinderland

90 : dramavinile • 7

89 : Bing & Ruth • No Home of the Mind

88 : Siavash Amini • TAR

87 : Kate Carr • The Story Surrounds Us

86 : Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • On The Echoing Green

85 : Simon Fisher Turner • Giraffe

84 : V/A • Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)

83 : Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer • Lowlands

82 : Dmitry Evgrafov • Comprehension of Light

81 : From the Mouth of the Sun • Hymn Binding

80 : Valgeir Sigurðsson • Dissonance

79 : thisquietarmy • Democracy of Dust

78 : Jake Muir • Acclimation

77 : FIS & Rob Thorne • Clear Sones

76 : Hakobune • Torch

75 : Dag Rosenqvist & Matthew Collings • Hello Darkness

74 : Leyland Kirby • We, so tired of all the darkness in our lives

73 : Snufmumriko • This Tide Will Bring You Home

72 : Joshua Sabin • Terminus Drift

71 : The Greatest Hoax • Expiration Compositions

70 : Karl Fousek • Two Pieces for a Temporary Connection

69 : Lee Gamble • Mnestic Pressure

68 : Toàn • Histós Lusis

67 : Cygni • Gesto

66 : Warmth • Home

65 : Dino Spiluttini • To Be A Beast

64 : Lawrence English • Cruel Optimism

63 : Yoyu • Ordinary Moon

62 : Gregg Kowalsky • L'Orange, L'Orange

61 : Max Richter • Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works

60 : Darren McClure & Arovane • nest

59 : Enchanted Lands • Feed Goals

58 : Marcus Fischer • Loss

57 : Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin • Buy Corals Online

56 : Ryuichi Sakamoto • async

55 : Porya Hatami • Monads

54 : Hannah Peel • Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia

53 :  Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft • Passive Aggressive

52 : Sarah Davachi • All My Circles Run

51 : Manos Milonakis • Festen

50 : Soundwalk Collective • Before Music There Is Blood

49 : Ben Frost • The Centre Cannot Hold

48 : Bibio • Phantom Brickworks

47 : Arash Akbari • The Rest Is Silence

46 : Taylor Deupree • Somi

45 : kj • Spells

44 : Japan Blues • Sells His Record Collection

43 : Pleq • Re:composition

42 : bvdub • Heartless

41 : Oneohtrix Point Never • Good Time

40 : Anthéne • Orchid

39 : Mark Templeton • Gentle Heart

38 : Giulio Aldinucci • Borders and Ruins

37 : Yamaneko • Spa Commissions

36 : William Basinski • A Shadow In Time

35 : Andrea Belfi • Ore

34 : ASC • Trans-Neptunian Objects

33 : Tomoko Sauvage • Musique Hydromantique

32 : Ascendant • Particle Horizon

31 : Aris Kindt • Swann and Odette

30 : Jacek Doroszenko • Wide Grey

29 : Christoph Berg & Henning Schmiedt • bei

28 : Mattewdavid's Mindflight • Ophiuchus

27 : Ed Carlsen • Elusive Frames

26 : Benoit Pioulard • Slow Spark, Soft Spoke

25 : Jason van Wyk • Opacity

24 : Tegh • Downfall

23 : Net • HS

22 : Sugai Ken • UkabazUmorezU

21 : Janek Schaefer • Glitter In My Tears

20 : Olan Mill  • Orient

19 : Evan Caminiti • Toxic City Music

18 : Kara-Lis Coverdale • Grafts

17 : Dean Hurley • Anthology Resource Vol. I: △△

16 : Hotel Neon • Context

15 : Eluvium • Shuffle Drones

14 : Mary Lattimore • Collected Pieces

13 : Pausal • Avifaunal

12 : Arjen Schat • 一人 (Hitori)

11 : Otto A Totland • The Lost

10 : Yair Elazar Glotman • Compound

9 : Hecq • Chansons de Geste

8 : Alessandro Cortini • Avanti

7 : Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri • La Equidistancia

6 : Daigo Hanada • Ichiru

5 : Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano • Everything

4 : The Caretaker • Everywhere at the end of time (Stage 3)

3 : Hammock • Mysterium

2 : Brian Eno • Reflection

1 : Rafael Anton Irisarri  • The Shameless Years

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Giulio Aldinucci & Francis M.Gri • Segmenti Arovane & Hior Chronik • Into My Own Olivia Summer • Landings Pulse Emitter • Outside Sessions Vol.2 Miguel Isaza • Mayopama Penguin Cafe • The Imperfect Sea bvdub • Epilogues for the End of the Sky Félicia Atkinson • Hand In Hand Slow Meadow • Costero Bruno Sanfilippo • Lost & Found Julien Marchal • Insight III Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri • La Espera Jacaszek • KWIATY Byron Westbrook • Body Consonance Fabrizio Paterlini • Secret Book Alder & Ash • Clutched in the Maw of the World Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson • Negative Chambers Noveller • A Pink Sunset For No One Aidan Baker & Karen Willems • Nonland Hilyard • Repose Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld • Himuro The Star Pillow • Invisible Summer Mike Lazarev • Dislodged Forest Swords • Compassion Anthéne • Warmth Ana & Ina • On Dockweiler Beach Brett Naucke • Operator Voices Jameson Nathan Jones • What Dreams May Come Symon Pyke • Slow Glow Two Symon Pyke • Slow Glow Three Curved Light • Channel View Francesco Giannico & Giulio Aldinucci • Reframing Jonny Jewel • Windswept Toni Dimitrov & Jared Sagar • Maieutic Koeosaeme • Sonorant Jonas Reinhardt & Jürgen Muller • The Encyclopedia of Civilizations vol. 1: Egypt Acronym • Malm Loke Rahbek • City of Women IJO • Melancholika Vol.2 Keith Berry • Simulacra Saltland • A Commom Truth Roel Funcken • Balaklavskiy Prospex Anjou • Epythimia Gimu • Senses Belief Defect • Decadent Yet Depraved nthng • It Never Ends Benjamin Finger • For Those About To Love Yann Novak • Surroundings Thaniel Ion Lee • Only Death Is Free Chihei Hatakeyama • Mirage Monty Adkins • A Year at Usher's Hill Anthony Linell • Emerald Fluorescents Ghost and Tape • Vár Mayforest • Mayforest V/A • Air Texture Volume V Hior Chronik • Faraway Land Celer • Alcoves Jonas Kopp • Photon Belt Richard Chartier • Removed Steve Pacheco • Constellate Karen Gwyer • Rembo Hans Appelqvist • Swimming Pool Forest Management • The Elevated Quiet Philippe Hallais • An American Hero Fabio Perletta • Ichinen 一念 Internazionale • The Pale and the Colorful Steve Roach • Nostalgia for the Future Leigh Toro • Layers of Ash Fousek/Hansen/Tellier-Craig • No Image In Particular Secret Pyramid • Two Shadows Collide Luzon • Lithograph Markus Mehr • Dyschronia Simon Whetam • Watering the Piano Robert Farrugia • Slow Morning Sana Obruent • August Unsichtbar • Erlebnis James Murray • Heavenly Waters Eternell • Weightless Luna & Tarnovski • Luna & Tarnovski Jean Michel Blais & CFCF • Cascades Robert Haigh • Creatures of the Deep Golden Retriever • Rotations Curved Grooves • Rivera Maymind • Illumina Nicholas Mohanna • Chroma Steve Gibs • Adrift Item Caligo & Orrorin Daydream • Blue Letters Christopher Willits • Horizon

[postambientlux]

BEST AMBIENT OF 2016

2016 : THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS

curated by holsgr | hausgr

100 : Velleitie • Unblurred Variants

99 : Helena Celle • If I Can't Handle Me At My Best, You Don't Deserve You At Your Worst

98 : Brett Naucke • Pitch Documents

97 : Kenneth James Gibson • The Evening Falls

96 : Phantom Head Trip • Promise

95 : Tim Linghaus • Vhoir

94 : Bethan Kellough • Aven

93 : Ben Lukas Boysen • Spells

92 : Stefano Guzzetti • Leaf

91 : Eric Holm • Barotrauma

90 : Koen Daigaku • Forest in Full Bloom

89 : F.S.Blumm & Nils Frahm • Tag Eins, Tag Zwei

88 : 1991 • No More Dreams

87 : James Murray • Eyes to the Height

86 :  Roméo Poirier • Plage Arrière

85 : Abul Mogard • Works

84 : Unearth Noise • Prayer & Resonance

83 : Jherek Bischoff • Cistern

82 : Dimitar Dodovski • Dérive

81 : Guy Gelem • Entirety

80 : Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani • Sunergy

79 : Roel Funcken • Iridium Flare

78 : Pinkcourtesyphone • Taking Into Acount Only A Portion of Your Emotions

77 : Dmitry Evgrafov • The Quiet Observation

76 : Biosphere • Departed Glories

75 : Raphael Leray • Solstitial Memories

74 : Blessed Initiative • Blessed Initiative

73 : Anenon • Petrol

72 : Fennesz & Jim O'Rourke • It's Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry

71 : Gaëtan Gromer • Noise Level

70 : Jonathan Fitoussi • Imaginary Lines

69 : tsone • Transitional Objects

68: Canard • Scy1e

67 : Thomas Phillips • Limit_Fold

66 : Daniel Thomas Freeman - The Infinite and the Unknowable

65 : H. Takahashi • Body Trip

64 : Matt Christensen • Prowl

63 : Twincities • ...plays the brown mountain lights

62 : John Chantler • Which Way to Leave?

61 : Jeremy Gara • Limn

60 : M. Geddes Gengras • Interior Architecture

59 : Cindytalk • The Labyrinth of the Straight Line

58 : Valerio Tricoli • Clonic Earth

57 : Philippe Lamy & MonoLogue • Blu Deux

56 : John Roberts • Plum

55 : Yann Novak • Ornamentation

54 : Drape • Let There Water Air

53 : Datach'i • System

52 : Body Sculptures • A Body Turns to Eden

51 : Willamette • Diminished Composition

50 : Julianna Barwick • Will

49 : Oval • Popp

48 : Jóhann Jóhannsson • Orphée

47: Dino Spiluttini • I Do not Want What Heaven Gave Me

46 : Lorenzo Senni • Persona

45 : Chris Abrahams • Fluid To The Influence

44 : Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm • Trance Frendz

43 : Aleksi Perälä • Contact

42 : Loscil • Monument Builders

41 : Nathaniel  Krause • Rafters

40 : M. Ostermeier • Tiny Birds

39 : Roman Flügel • All The Right Noises

38 : Daniel Klag • Devotional

37 : Solo Andata • In The Lens

36 : Huerco S. • For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)

35 : Murkok • Dialectic

34 : Jared Sagar • Fient

33 : Nicola Ratti • Pressure Loss

32 : Roly Porter • Third Law

31 : Ben Chatwin • Heat & Entropy

30 : Maulex & Phaedrus • re:mod7

29 : Mats Erlandsson • Selective Miracles

28 : Clark • The Last Panthers

27 : The Caretaker • Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 1)

26 : Eluvium • False Readings On

25 : Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek • Schaum

24 : Benoît Pioulard • Stanza III

23 : Dag Rosenqvist • Elephant

22 : Sarah Davachi • Vergers

21 : Klara Lewis • Too

20 : Paul Jebanasam • Continuum

19 : Nathaniel Young • Stringed Exploits

18 : Murcof x Vanessa Wagner • Statea

17 : M Sage • Rife w/ Typo

16 : Claire M Singer • Solas

15 : Kane Ikin • Sensory Memory

14 : Angelo Harmsworth • Blush

13 : Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • In Summer

12 : Ian William Craig • Centres

11 : Scott Monteith • Qawwali Quatsch

10 : Merrin Karras • Apex

9 : Robert Crouch • A Gradual Accumulation of Ideas Becomes Truth

8 : Kyle Landstra • Rest Assured

7 : Fousek/Hansen/Tellier-Craig • No Sound Without A Misunderstanding

6 : Sophie Hutchings • Wide Asleep

5 : Tim Hecker • Love Streams

4 : John Beltran • Everything at Once

3 : Pulse Emitter • Through the Portal

2 : Lucrecia Dalt • OU

1 : Steve Hauschildt • Strands

• HONORABLE MENTIONS

Yann Tiersen - EUSA Bret Schneider - Xilinx Hakobune - In Arboreal Whispering Autechre - elseq 1-5 Robert Curgenven - Climata HEXA - Factory Photographs Koen Holtkamp - Voice Model Aria Rostami / Daniel Blomquist - Signal Artifact Rare Storms - I Get Tired Saåad - Verdaillon Lee Yi - Falling into Crevasse Oren Ambarchi - Hubris Le Berger - About Time Warmth - Essay Yagya - Stars And Dust France Jobin - Singulum Monadh - Muara Monadh - Muara Danny Clay - stills ASC - No Stars Without Darkness Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz Altars Altars - Small Hours R Benny - Full Blossom of the Evening kj - Wake Philippe Lamy - Inner Stretch Aphex Twin - Cheetah Yves De Mey - Drawn With Shadow Pens Tsone - Dovetail Nonkeen - The Gamble Second Woman - Second Woman Billy Gomberg - park Panabrite - Transfer Chihei Hatakeyama - Coastal Railroads In Memories bvdub - Yours Are Stories of Sadness Theodore Shafer - Portrait Steve Roach - The Early Years New Rome - Nowhere Mirko - LP1 Sarah Davachi - Dominions Botany - Deepak Verbera Alaskan Tapes - We All Speak In Poems Valotihkuu - Lost in the Noise Will Samson - Lua Rhucle - Fantastic Garden Anthéne - Black Carbon Rival Consoles - Night Melody Gaetano Cappella - Maiella Echo Visor - Sketches from an Internal Notebook Donnacha Costello - Mouvements Havenaire - Tremolo FIS - From Patterns to Details Drombeg - Earthworks 36 - The Infinity Room Forest Management - Delicate Max Ananyev - Communication Nathaniel Krause - Ordinary Moment Frames Sau Poler - Memorabilia Luke Lund - Suvi Celer - Two Days and One Night Milan W. - Intact