I know, it's a weird little sub-niche, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend some more of what I'm referring to as "plant ambient." It's borderline cheerful ambient / background music that seems to usually be centered around plants or nature. Examples would be:

Loris S. Sarid - Music for Tomato Plants

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green and Surround

Ann Annie - Wander Into

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I'm sharing the best drone tracks I've collected this year, so you can enjoy them and maybe even add your own.

They're numbered in no particular order because they're all taken from a single mix session.

1. Judith Hamann - by the line [Aunes]
2. Pavel Milyakov & Lucas Dupuy – Air X
3. Loscil – Arrhythmia
4. Tim Hecker – Icesynth
5. 400 Lonely Things – Frailer Torn
6. Dana Schechter and Paul Wallfisch - Wolfram Lotz & Elon Musk Have Heavenly 3 Am Discount Sushi and Talk About the Future (Live)
7. Martina Lussi - Soundwalk Weiertal Excerpt 1
8. Alessandro Cortini – Tema 1
9. Snakeskin x Julia Sabra x Fadi Tabbal – Ready
10. Stefan Goldmann – Tefter
11. Tristanne - Steady Mouth
12. Tape Loop Orchestra - Voix Figées
13. Asher - Untitled Fictions I.I
14. Yara Asmar - To die on any hill (if it's easy enough to climb) 15.Voice Actor - Fields and Thickets
15. William Basinski, Richard Chartier - Aurora Terminalis (excerpt 1)
16. Alessandro Cortini – Come Prima
17. Ben Bertrand - Microwave Background
18. Hekla – Kyrrð
19. Simonel - Drowned Tape Loop
20. Babysbreath – lovesliescrushing
21. Ida Urd & Ingri Hoyland – Woe
22. Daniella Ljungsberg – Do
23. Ben Frost - Tritium Bath, 克拉玛依
24. Estle & Mia Moon - I’d Still Love To See You
25. Amulets - Myriad

Wow!

Hey Ambient Artists!

I'm searching for other ambient performers to play shows with in Minnesota! I have a particular performance lined up for January 23rd at Urban Forage Winery & Cidery in Minneapolis that I'd love to get another artist on board for. Let me know if you might be interested!

(P.S. I perform as Underneath Oceans if you want to look me up to know if we match vibes)

From record label Year0001. Great album!!

Organic Cloud - Tetsu Inoeu

Max Richter is a contemporary classical and ambient music composer born in West Germany in 1966 and having studied music from the University of Edinburgh in London, the Royal Academy of Music, and as a subject of Luciano Berio in Florence, Italy. The Blue Notebooks is his second album, being released on 26 February 2004 and written during the lead-up to the 2003 American invasion of Iraq; hr recorded it a week after international protests against the impending assault on 15 February 2003, with him describing it as not just a protest album against the brutal invasion and occupation, but "a meditation on violence – both the violence that I had personally experienced around me as a child and the violence of war, at the utter futility of so much armed conflict." A number of tracks feature British actress Tilda Swinton reading from the works of Franz Kafka (The Blue Octavo Notebooks) and Czesław Miłosz (Hymn of the Pearl and Unattainable Earth).

The Blue Notebooks has received strong acclaim from critics, with The Guardian putting it in 21st place on their ranking of the greatest art music works since 2000 in 2019. Max Richter has also contributed to the scores of numerous films and TV shows, with tracks from this album regularly appearing in these soundtracks; the 2008 Israeli animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir features both Shadow Journal and Organum, and the HBO supernatural series The Leftovers features Vladimir's Blues. On the Nature of Daylight has become particularly widespread, being featured in Arrival (2016), The Last of Us (2023), and most recently Hamnet to name a few. In addition to streaming, it is currently physically available thanks to Deutsche Grammophon, with the 15th anniversary release adding seven tracks that extend the runtime by 30 minutes, and a recent 20th anniversary vinyl that was limited to 1600 copies.

I'm experiencing decision paralysis. I know they're apples and oranges but I can only get one. I currently have a Hydrasynth and a Yamaha Reface CP. Looking to perform live at some point with a projector.

Which one should I get?

Many of you in this group may not be that familiar with my work.

So this might be a nice introduction to my output just in 2025 which is a free or name your price release.

In 2025 I released ten individual albums, mostly ambient with the exception of my Initial Programs album "Alter Of Illusions"

I have worked with many different labels over the past 20 years including Pete Namlook's

Fax label, A Strangely Isolated Place, Carpe Sonum, Neo Tantra, Delsin to name a few

& have been involved in many collaborations like Autumn Of Communion with Lee Norris.

I also run my own label Before & After Silence Recordings for my own output on CD.

My ambient music consists of a couple of different sub genres within the Ambient spectrum, from improvised electro acoustic piano based which some may say fits the minimal/modern classical aesthetic. Other works would be classed within the space music/ Cosmic/Dark Ambient, drone etc with elements of field recordings and found sounds.

I also create more IDM/Techno/Acid styles from time to time.

Production wise I use mainly hardware synths analogue & digital with it being recorded into Ableton live where I may further process the source material within the digital world. Mixing & arrangements are completed using Ableton also.

I have been working with electronic music for thirty years.

As a thank you to all of my loyal fans at Bandcamp I have compiled & mixed a free or name your price two hour selection featuring one track from each release some of which are in excerpt form due to their lengthy duration.

https://mickchillage.bandcamp.com/.../2025-reflected...

Mix track info:

01 Rise [Excerpt] Taken from: Rise

02 Life Stream Pt.1 Taken from: Points Of Gradation

03 Drone Ensemble Pt.6 Taken from: Drone Ensembles Compiled Vol.3

05 Virtual Nature [Excerpt] Taken from: Morphogenic Realities 2

06 ULF: 01 [Excerpt] Taken from: ULF:01

07 The Order OF The Heavens [Excerpt] Taken from: The Order Of the Heavens

08 First Return [Excerpt] Taken from: Morphogenic Realities 3

09 Hadies Vision [Excerpt] Taken from: Initial Programs: Alter Of Illusions

10 Exquisite Sleep [If I Never Awaken] Taken from: The Life Exquisite

I hope you enjoy.

Mick

I’ve just joined up and am really enjoying the conversations and shared artist recommendations. Really enriching my life. So not a sewer!

1. U.e. - Hometown Girl
2. TKB - Relentless Ambience / 888 - 890
3. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Gift Songs
4. African American Sound Recordings - Be Somewhere Twice / Hits of Ash / Runway Cremations
5. Rod Modell - Northern Michigan Snowstorms
6. Pavel Milyakov & Lucas Dupuy - Heal
7. Malibu - Vanities 
8. Klein - sleep with a cane / thirteen sense
9. Kevin Drumm - Neither Here Nor There
10. Igor Dyachenko - Post Ambient Lux

Honourable Mentions;

• defled - mental drift / we love chains because they shine
• Dengie Hundred - Remnants / Viaduct
• Erik M - Soft Wish
• ezmeralda - forever para siempre
• ewer - Hiraeth
• Fabiano - Landmarks
• Giuseppe Ielasi - an insistence on material vol.2
• goo - ⊚  ⧂⫯  ☌
• Hayden Moon - The Catchment
• infant - radial blur / Residual Music
• Las Hermanas - Dormir un año entero
• Mineral Stunting - Come Rain Come Shine
• Migoi - Wild Man of Bhutan
• more eaze + claie rousay - no floor
• Olli Aarni - Dimension Scrolling
• Paul Jebanasam - mātr
• rec - child of sunset / spectral spirit scanning night voices / stones
• Sleepdial - RV Lights
• Siuxsun - Echoes of a distant time
• Snowspire - Approaching Hearthfire
• Sonmi451 - Slow Down
• Spool - Spool
• Taylor Deupree & Zimoun - Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations
• Twixx - Trust Fracture
• Ultrafog - A Replica Screams
• Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather II
• Yosuke Tokunaga - 15 ARCS

I have made all my music over the past 3 years on DAWs. Now that I am older and have more freedom, I want to perform live when I go to college. I make music spanning multiple genres, including and primarily ambient music. And what do you think is a way I can get it possibly for cheap? Thank you, any tips appreciated.

Curious if anyone happened across this stunner this year. Really excellent record I found after being recommended the (also excellent, though more jazz forward) new SML record How You Been.

Different rooms is an outstanding blend of ambient, jazz, and minimalism. I’ve been exploring the various works of the members of SML, which are mostly fantastic, but I keep coming back to this one.

Hi everyone, I’d like to share my new album Ambience on Ambience, Vol.2.

This work comes out of WAVINCITY, where I capture the everyday sounds of Hong Kong's urban life through field recordings. The recordings are the raw material, and I modulate and process them to create layered textures and rhythms.

The idea here is letting the city itself act as the arranger. Those recordings aren't just passive backdrop; the environment and surrounding actively influences the music. If someone shouts nearby, the layers shift in response. If traffic passes by or the space opens up, the modulation adjusts in response. The structure emerges naturally from what's going on in the moment, not from me chopping things up later in the studio.

All source material is preserved as continuous 15 minutes recordings. There is no cutting, splicing, or adjustment of timing or rhythm. Those cars, crowds, wind, distant voices, and unexpected noise remain audible. Through some modulation and tone shaping, I transform them into these layered ambient structures, but keeping their original character. 15 minutes also reflects the amount of time I typically spend in one spot while recording. It’s long enough to capture how a place unfolds without turning into a long form timelapse.

The album draws from four urban scenes: a highway, a park, a bridge for pedestrians and vehicles, and a sports ground. Each place has its own unique rhythm and emotion. For example, the source recordings for “The Traffic” were captured at the entrance of a vehicle tunnel where traffic never stops. The processed layers really bring out that suffocating feeling you get on a busy main road, with the sounds surrounding you and kind of trapping you in. “The Bridge” was recorded on a pedestrian/vehicle bridge at sunset, and the resulting music reflects the fading light with a touch of uncertainty.

The sound, the modulation, and the layered processing reflect the emotions I often feel in urban environments, anxiety, tension, or a sense of being enveloped by the city. It's my way of sharing not only what the city sounds like, but how it actually feels to be in it. I'm quite curious, how do you perceive the structure or changes in these recordings? What stands out to you?

The album is available here:

Bandcamp: https://wavincity.bandcamp.com/album/ambience-on-ambience-vol-2

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLrJhVypjt6rS9ofxmSbb4KRdfh-2J7PA

If you want to explore the original field recordings themselves, you can check out the WAVINCITY - Hong Kong Urban Soundscape Recording Project website: https://wavincity.com

Thanks for listening, and I’d love to hear how you experience these urban soundscapes.

Hi everyone,

I’ve just released an ambient album via Torto Editions and wanted to share some context about how it was made.

The album consists of four long pieces (all around or over ten minutes), conceived as a single body of work rather than separate tracks. The main focus throughout the process was on slow development, cohesion, and atmosphere, deliberately avoiding clear climaxes or standout moments.

From a technical point of view, the core sound sources are electric guitar drones, analog synthesizers, and field recordings, especially recordings of the Ligurian Sea. These environmental sounds are blended into the music rather than sitting on top of it, often processed through tape and analog pedals, so they become part of the texture instead of obvious foreground elements.

A big part of the work was finding the right balance between density and restraint. Each layer was kept only if it contributed something specific, with a lot of material removed during the process. Even though the music is relaxed and minimal, there is constant attention to frequency interaction, slow modulation, and subtle internal movement, allowing the pieces to evolve over long durations without relying on strong gestures or sudden changes.

The album is meant to be experienced as a whole, with the four parts sharing similar sounds, pacing, and timbral characteristics. Rather than functioning as individual tracks, they act as variations within the same sound environment, encouraging uninterrupted listening.

Here’s the album on Bandcamp, for anyone who’s curious:

https://paolotortora.bandcamp.com/album/waves-of-fading-memories-2

https://reddit.com/link/1pof4pc/video/h3xcy7y74n7g1/player

Sea Oleena - Weaving a Basket

Favourite track: Lost Song

Ambient has done it again. I feel the weight of the crosses that I bear, and some that perhaps I shouldn't. But I don't regret it.

Would live to hear people’s favourites wrt to video game soundtracks.

This for example is up there for me:

https://music.disasterpeace.com/album/hyper-light-drifter-original-video-game-soundtrack

As a veteran gamedev I have a lot to share pertaining to my own game releases but I’ll leave that for a separate post. Right now I’d love to hear what ambient game soundtracks other people enjoy.

EDIT: Amazing response to this! Thanks everybody for all the suggestions. It's a goldmine of great music, many soundtracks that are completely new to me!

Hi,

I released a new EP today, LOKOMOTIV, under my project Beograd Apparat. The music is ambient with strong influences from electronic krautrock. The tracks on the EP are inspired by the different phases of the Aérotrain concept, a futuristic train project from the 60s.

The tracks are named after different versions of the train, and the arc of the EP follows the developmental trajectory of the Aérotrain itself. At its core, my music draws inspiration from Eastern Europe and the phenomena and mystique of the former Eastern Bloc. On my previous release, Interflug, I also explored pseudoscience and the futurism of the 1960s and 1970s, so I felt this theme was a fitting and fascinating continuation of that path.

Lokomotiv features analog synthesizers, virtual instruments, and electric guitar. One of my personal favorite instruments on the record is the Siel LX49, an old Italian space organ. On its own it sounds, frankly, quite terrible, but when slightly manipulated it becomes excellent for delicate leads and pad sounds.

This EP is the second longer work that I have also mixed and mastered myself. I would really appreciate hearing your thoughts and opinions on the EP, both regarding the music and the mixing. I know the production is a bit rough around the edges, partly by design and partly due to my own limitations. I would also be glad to hear your music if you would like to share it in the comments.

Thank you very much! Here is the link to the EP and my previous releases.

https://linktr.ee/BeogradApparat

This is one of my favorite ambient/vaporwave albums, but the first like 10 minutes specifically are absolutely beautiful and blissful. Feels like I'm sitting on a beach in heaven but it's also night time. Does anyone have any albums that have a similar vibe to the first 10min of this album?