You are all ambient maniacs so I’m very curious to hear your opinions about this...
I’m listening on a regular basis ambient web radio like Soma FM Drone Zone, Bluemars, etc and also some ambient mixes & blends found on Mixcloud and I’ve noticed something. Most of those web radio channels and mixes pretty much only play well knows commercial ambient artists... Note here that when I say commercial, it’s not in a pejorative way but that they play artists that release albums on labels commercially... I have to say that a lot of time, I get a bit bored and tired of hearing the same usual suspects like Eno, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Stars Of the Lid, Aphex Twin and so on... I’m not saying these artists are not good & the idea is not to depreciate them, on the contrary most of them are solid pillars of the ambient music. But I think it’s a pity and annoying that they keep playing the same artists over and over again while there are some A M A Z I N G not so well known ambient artists all around the web... With a little search, you can find so many amazing ones... And to tell you the truth as an ambient music obsessed lover since many years now, a lot of them are equal if not very often even BETTER than the more known ones commercially releasing stuff... To be really honest here, I was way more impressed by the last IOK-1 web album than the last Steve Roach album... (I know I’m going to get shot for saying this but whatever hahaha!) I really think lots of web oriented artists are simply underrated...
Why lot of people lack of curiosity and thirst for finding new amazing artists? Is it because in some minds, if someone has released an album on a commercial label it means it’s better? What do you guys think?
Go!!
I’m listening on a regular basis ambient web radio like Soma FM Drone Zone, Bluemars, etc and also some ambient mixes & blends found on Mixcloud and I’ve noticed something. Most of those web radio channels and mixes pretty much only play well knows commercial ambient artists... Note here that when I say commercial, it’s not in a pejorative way but that they play artists that release albums on labels commercially... I have to say that a lot of time, I get a bit bored and tired of hearing the same usual suspects like Eno, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Stars Of the Lid, Aphex Twin and so on... I’m not saying these artists are not good & the idea is not to depreciate them, on the contrary most of them are solid pillars of the ambient music. But I think it’s a pity and annoying that they keep playing the same artists over and over again while there are some A M A Z I N G not so well known ambient artists all around the web... With a little search, you can find so many amazing ones... And to tell you the truth as an ambient music obsessed lover since many years now, a lot of them are equal if not very often even BETTER than the more known ones commercially releasing stuff... To be really honest here, I was way more impressed by the last IOK-1 web album than the last Steve Roach album... (I know I’m going to get shot for saying this but whatever hahaha!) I really think lots of web oriented artists are simply underrated...
Why lot of people lack of curiosity and thirst for finding new amazing artists? Is it because in some minds, if someone has released an album on a commercial label it means it’s better? What do you guys think?
Go!!

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