I find that, these days, the more music I listen to the less I'm satisfied with individual songs. Livesets (not because they are performed, but because the performers have to move between many songs) and DJ mixes show real musical skill, which for me means being able to control the direction of your set, without dropping a beat, and doing it well. I don't have many, partly because I like downtempo music in general, purely ambient or beatless examples being few compared to the sea of chillout mixes out there, and partly because I'm a picky bastard.
This is my collection of ambient sets from over the years. Each piece is a treasure as far as I'm concerned. Most of these should be available as bootleg recordings online in one place or another. I have these up on soulseek (username: nikeniga) if another source doesn't present itself, or you can message and I'll post a zippyshare link. Sets marked with a * have been released.
If anyone else would like to post their list I would love to see it here.
Livesets:
(1995-05-14) Maeror Tri - Abatos, Musique Ultimes, Nevers, France
(1998-05-29) Certain Beyond All Reasonable Doubt - Atelier 4r, Berlin, Germany*
(2001-xx-xx) Thomas Köner - Daikan, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany*
(2001-xx-xx) Vladislav Delay - Naima, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria*
(2006-06-09) Machinefabriek - Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
(2007-12-22) Emeralds - Tusco Embassy, Cleveland, USA
(2011-11-xx) Harmash, Krugly, Minkov - «Ў» Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
DJ sets:
(2006-09-10) Spacey Orange - A Brief Journey Through Interplanetary Space
01. NASA - Apollo 16 Launch
02. Ulf Langheinrich - Degrees of Amnesia
03. SETI - Fragment 04
04. Chris Meloche - Loop 6
05. Omicron - Lluana
06. Adham Shaikh - Journey to the Sun
07. Banco de Gaia - Starstation Earth
08. Synaesthesia - Umbra
09. NASA - Apollo 11 Landing
(2008-03-04) AlphaStarred - Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
01. Phlegm - Phedr-n
02. Airlock - ∞ - 0
03. Biochip C. - To The Inside
04. Voiteck - Noise Fluff
05. Ambre - Colosse
06. Virtus - E.P. Taph
07. Edge Of Motion - Earth Ball
08. Lorenz Attractor - Raw Toy
09. Seekness - Coaglüking Mixture
10. M-Chrome - Cybercore
11. Psychonauts - Xerophytic
12. [email protected] - U Fear ETP
13. Rivulet - Untitled
14. Ambre - Étant
15. Alcove - Intell X-Tract
- Virtus - Tea Time With David
(2009-03-xx) Jetée - Stardust
01. John Murphy - Welcome to Icarus II
02. Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues (Excerpt)
03. Vangelis - At Mr. Chew's
04. Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues (The Blues)
05. Vangelis - Unveiled Twinkling Space
06. John Murphy & Underworld - Freezing Outside (Harvey)
07. JBJ - Your Mirror
08. John Murphy & Underworld - Mercury
09. JBJ - Your Mirror
10. Underworld - Corazón Finds the Seedling
11. Tyler Bates - Cemetery
12. Vangelis - Keep Asking
13. Tyler Bates - I'm Staying
14. Vangelis - Damask Rose
15. Vangelis - Tales of the Future
16. Underworld - Distortions
17. Brian Reitzell - Daybreak
18. Underworld - Distortions
19. John Murphy & Underworld - Pinbacker Slashes Capa
20. John Murphy & Underworld - Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón
21. Glenn Brown - A Crystal Fascination
22. 8m2stereo - Mes (Webbed Tape Edit)
23. Milhaven - A Simple Plan
24. Swod - Fugitif
This is my collection of ambient sets from over the years. Each piece is a treasure as far as I'm concerned. Most of these should be available as bootleg recordings online in one place or another. I have these up on soulseek (username: nikeniga) if another source doesn't present itself, or you can message and I'll post a zippyshare link. Sets marked with a * have been released.
If anyone else would like to post their list I would love to see it here.
Livesets:
(1995-05-14) Maeror Tri - Abatos, Musique Ultimes, Nevers, France
(1998-05-29) Certain Beyond All Reasonable Doubt - Atelier 4r, Berlin, Germany*
(2001-xx-xx) Thomas Köner - Daikan, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany*
(2001-xx-xx) Vladislav Delay - Naima, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria*
(2006-06-09) Machinefabriek - Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
(2007-12-22) Emeralds - Tusco Embassy, Cleveland, USA
(2011-11-xx) Harmash, Krugly, Minkov - «Ў» Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
DJ sets:
(2006-09-10) Spacey Orange - A Brief Journey Through Interplanetary Space
01. NASA - Apollo 16 Launch
02. Ulf Langheinrich - Degrees of Amnesia
03. SETI - Fragment 04
04. Chris Meloche - Loop 6
05. Omicron - Lluana
06. Adham Shaikh - Journey to the Sun
07. Banco de Gaia - Starstation Earth
08. Synaesthesia - Umbra
09. NASA - Apollo 11 Landing
(2008-03-04) AlphaStarred - Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
01. Phlegm - Phedr-n
02. Airlock - ∞ - 0
03. Biochip C. - To The Inside
04. Voiteck - Noise Fluff
05. Ambre - Colosse
06. Virtus - E.P. Taph
07. Edge Of Motion - Earth Ball
08. Lorenz Attractor - Raw Toy
09. Seekness - Coaglüking Mixture
10. M-Chrome - Cybercore
11. Psychonauts - Xerophytic
12. [email protected] - U Fear ETP
13. Rivulet - Untitled
14. Ambre - Étant
15. Alcove - Intell X-Tract
- Virtus - Tea Time With David
(2009-03-xx) Jetée - Stardust
01. John Murphy - Welcome to Icarus II
02. Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues (Excerpt)
03. Vangelis - At Mr. Chew's
04. Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues (The Blues)
05. Vangelis - Unveiled Twinkling Space
06. John Murphy & Underworld - Freezing Outside (Harvey)
07. JBJ - Your Mirror
08. John Murphy & Underworld - Mercury
09. JBJ - Your Mirror
10. Underworld - Corazón Finds the Seedling
11. Tyler Bates - Cemetery
12. Vangelis - Keep Asking
13. Tyler Bates - I'm Staying
14. Vangelis - Damask Rose
15. Vangelis - Tales of the Future
16. Underworld - Distortions
17. Brian Reitzell - Daybreak
18. Underworld - Distortions
19. John Murphy & Underworld - Pinbacker Slashes Capa
20. John Murphy & Underworld - Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón
21. Glenn Brown - A Crystal Fascination
22. 8m2stereo - Mes (Webbed Tape Edit)
23. Milhaven - A Simple Plan
24. Swod - Fugitif
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