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[John Koch-Northrup]

Last three albums... I didn't realize they were all s bands at the time... :)

Sevendust - Home
Scannerfunk - Wave of Light by Wave of Light
Supergrass - Life on Other Planets

[John Koch-Northrup]

clan of xymox.... takes me back... nice choice.

yoko kanno still playing in the car today.

[David Syvilian]

Great mix. Nice to see Catherine Wheel and Guided by Voices mingling with Radiohead and Tom Petty. Diversity is key!

[John Koch-Northrup]

Blue Room Released - Various - Trip Through Sound

Easier to just copy/paste from discogs what's on this.

1 T.I.P.* Flute Line (2:22)
2 Etnica Astral Way (7:47)
3 Cydonia Screaming Darkness (7:03)
4 X-Dream No (6:32)
5 Koxbox Stratosfear (10:19)
6 Total Eclipse Space Clinic (7:11)
7 Spectral Celtic Alchemy (6:21)
8 Juno Reactor Rotorblade (8:03)
9 Tandu New Aura (10:10)

[John Koch-Northrup]

radiohead - amnesiac - pyramid song always worth the price of admission. not their most cohesive album though from start to finish - although wasn't it more of a b-sides/afterthought thing anyway from kid a - so maybe cohesiveness wasn't a goal.

vir unis - aeonian glow - gorgeous drifty ambient goodness from Mr. Unis.

depeche mode - a broken frame - one of my favorite dm albums... the one after vince clarke left and dm opted not to take any of vince's offered tracks (he later took them on to yazoo...) - and before alan wilder joined. a much more somber quiet dm - some real gems on here as they found the beginnings of their non-clarke sound and started to evolve over the next decade.

plastikman - artifakts b.c. - i still find consumed to be the very best, deep murky foggy minimal techno - perfect for those dark nights. but artifakts is close - maybe a bit less reverb - it's a definite tone down from musik (and certainly from sheet one!). i like closer now - but it took a long time to grow on me.

pixies - come on pilgrim - you just can't beat this raw e.p.

[åpne sinn]

Now playing

Landscape in Obscurity - vidnaObmana

Simply the best longform ambient in the history of the Ever Ever.

[John Koch-Northrup]

vidna's definitely a favorite... :)

[CAMERA]

I was off of it for a while, but I am back on Patrick Wolf's The Magic Position.

[John Koch-Northrup]

This morning I'm listening to Jonathan Hughes - Trillium - this album grew on me so much it's become one of my all time favorite ambient albums. I find his music very inspiring.

[John Koch-Northrup]

deepchord - von schommer - dc15 - minimal dubby deepchord techno.

killing joke - laugh? i nearly bought one! - an amazing band that's dabbled in a ton of styles. this is a compilation of stuff from mostly the 80's.

antonio testa and alio die - prayer for the forest - a nice ambient journey

underworld - second toughest in the infants - really good release - not quite up there with dubnobass or beaucoup fish - but very solid.

the clash - london calling - always great.

[Andi]

I want to put in a plug for my long term friend (went to school in Jr. High and High School together) Adam Schabtach, co-owner of AudioDamage. I have been recently listening to his amazing ambient CD entitled "Elephant Island" and it wreaks of Brian Eno influence!! Adam's Webpage: http://www.studionebula.com

[Andi]

well you could have found it on the webpage, but this is much easier:

http://studionebula.com/blog/music

sorry...

[John Koch-Northrup]

I'm familiar with AudioDamage - at least one of them (and I think it was Adam - it's been awhile!) used to post to some modular synth forums I frequented a while back. Nifty plugins they make.

Great suggestion - I'll check out his tunes.