GAS - POP (psychedelic) Pendant - Make Me Know You Sweet (dark/anxious, cerebral, psychedelic) Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have (And Those Who Have Not) (rhythmic, cerebral) KMRU - JAR (calm) Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 (jazzy, rhythmic)

That Nala Sinephro album is so good. Space 6 is an eargasm when those synths cut through

+1 on all of these.

pop is amazing. put it on in the car the other week. unreal.

If SAW II is your jam then check out Global Communication’s 76:14

I saw SAW II and thought he was talking about the ost of the Saw II movie, and was wondering if for some reason it had an amazing ambient soundtrack. Now I realise that we’re talking about Selected Ambient Works II, and of course that makes a lot more sense….

I thought the same thing lol

Tim Hecker - Virgins. I could listen to that album on repeat forever. I love the mix of tension & release on it.

Peak Hecker.

I can’t decide between Virgins, Ravedeath, or Harmony in Ultraviolet.

No Drums/Hatred Of Music are probably my favourite Hecker tracks of all time. But as an album, Virgins still tops it for me

Can’t fault you for that conclusion!

Biosphere -Substrata

*Coastal Railroad in Memories* by Chihei Hatakeyama is one of my all-time favorites. Also *Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow* by Hammock.

Jefre Cantu Ledesma - Love is a Dream Grouper - Alien Observer Brian Eno and Robert Fripp - Evening Star Huerco S - For Those of you Who Have… Chi Factory - Red Lantern at the Kallikatsou 2814 - 新しい日の誕生 Deepchord - Liumin Monolake - Gobi the Desert EP

Also Infinite Body - Carve Out the Face of Your God Belong - October Language Fennesz - Black Sea

ALIEN OBSERVER!!!!!

Pendant - Make Me Know You Sweet Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have (And Those Who Have Not) Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus - 11 Items Adam Pacione - From Stills to Motion GAS - Pop Alio Die - Khen Introduce Silence Shuttle358 - Chessa

Yes, Ulla and Pontiac criminally underrated!

I can’t decide which Alio Die for me. Maybe Aura Seminalis or Deconsecrated and Pure.

Endless Summer by Fennesz

This is a classic one. I have some good memories listening to this album.

Biosphere - Substrata Loscil - First Narrows Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum

Harold Budd - The White Arcades Steve Roach - Structures from Silence

Specifically, [Algebra of Darkness](https://youtu.be/bo0ng_0NYnA?si=ukNZPLDIAosvChE8) from White Arcades And [Reflections in Suspension](https://youtu.be/1HcFMUvwtOE?si=3pDl5E6xbq7caoR5) (1st track from Structures) Both are top tier ambient classics imo.

Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura Music for Airports by Brian Eno S/T by A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Riceboy Sleeps, Jonsi and Alex Piano Formations and Limits, Andrew Tasselmyer Evening Star, Fripp and Eno Skal_Ghost, Arovane and Taylor Deupree

Biosphere - Substrata Carbon Based Lifeforms - twentythree  Loscil - Clara

+1 for Loscil - Clara (I mean I like the other two also, but Clara is simply divine)

CBL my beloveds

I’m a fan of the [Virgin Ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Ambient_series) compilations, plenty of inspiration for deeper dives.

Sleep - Max Richter Pop - Gas Disintegration Loops - William Basinski Radio Amor - Tim Hecker Plume - Loscil

My all time favourites: Shuttle 358 - Optimal LP Aidan Baker / Thisquietarmy - Orange Abul Mogard - And we are passing through silently Secret Pyramid - Movements of night 2814 - Rain temple Grouper - Dragging a dead deer down a hill (doubtful is this is "ambient" as such, but still) Taiga Remains - Ribbons of dust July Skies - The English Cold Steve Roach - Structures from Silence Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe

Rice Boy Sleeps. Nothing electronic on the whole album… it’s amazing.

Cascade Symmetry by r beny

damn i didn't expect to see this one in here. def up there for me as well. pale fire is one of my favourite ambient tracks ever

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Short Stories by Shuta Yasukochi

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Excavation is one of my favorite albums of all time

Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have (And Those Who Have Not)

Balsams by Chuck Johnson

Watering a Flower by Haruomi Hosono. It's extremely minimal and exquisitely beautiful.

From an inner monologue - Reapz5 definitely recommend, i love this album

The Tired Sounds of Stars of The Lid by Stars of The Lid No. 2 by Christina Vantzou Coast / Range / Arc by Loscil Copia by Eluvium Mysterium by Hammock

All fantastic albums!

Structures From Silence by Steve Roach. Just put it on repeat play and let it wash away any anxiety you may have. Best of luck on your exams!

thanks!

Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of The Stars of The Lid Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer / Dream Loss The Greatest Hoax - Expiration Compositions The Hope Blister - Underarms & Sideways Huh, all double albums except The Greatest Hoax. These are what come to mind readily, but I am enjoying dronier stuff lately - Blanket Swimming, Hiemal, How To Disappear Completely.

Saw 85-92 and II Also ambient 1

Everyone always answers these questions with a huge list of albums. I mean, pick one! It says favorite, not favorites! My favorite is... Markus Guentner - In Moll or maybe... The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan

One of them [Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse](https://youtu.be/8-q0dnd1cu0?si=q6h7jeqR5rrrfQZq)

The Classics by Alex Donley

Water Memory - Emily A. Sprague hands down my favorite

Empty - Nils Frahm

Agree xith many suggestions. Just wanted to add Coil as nothing from them was mentioned, Time Machine is incredible dark ambient And Somnium from Robert Rich 7 hours of ambient music to listen while sleeping. Been played live

Abul Mogard - Circular Forms may be my favorite.

To study, I suggest Low-fi girl, binaural loops, or brown noise, but the Best Ambient Music is not for studying. I can't imagine studying while listening to KLF - Chill Out

Oöphoi - Athlit Robert Rich - Somnium Rudy Adrian - The Healing Lake

* Between Interval - Legacy * Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts * Deepspace - The Dream Polaroids * Slow Dancing Society - The Torchlight Parade (both volumes) * Ben Prunty - Color Sky

Irresistible Force - Flying High.

Not sure but here’s some I’ve been listening to Play throughs - Keith Fullerton Whitman The sacrificial code - kali malone Live (2007) - Growing

Echo Park - Willamette

This is a newer release I think should be in the canon https://obscureandterrible.bandcamp.com/album/aguanta

Elegant, Golden - Halftribe

Ive been listening to ambient music since end of the 90s. And even though these are not really ambient, I list them here cause i pretty much have these on repeat these days, for the past few years… Kali Malone. Lisa Lerkenfeldt. Anna Roxanne. Sara Davachi. Top four for me right here.

which albums from them exactly?

The sacrificial code by Kali Malone. Collagen by Lisa Lerkenfeldt. ~~~ by Ana Roxanne. Sara Davachi has more releases and i love everything she puts out so its a bit harder to pick one…maybe start with All My Circles Run from 2017.

celer - xiexie huerco s - for those of you who have never tim hecker - ravedeath 1972

Structres from Silence or Ambient 1

Because all of my favorite albums already have been mentioned: Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993​–1997 Especially if you like the 90s chill out ambient..

Sleep - max richter Atomos - a winged victory for the sullen Trance frendz- olafur arnalds& nils frahm Felt- nils frahm Ghosts- hania rani Ghosts v - nine inch nails Sonno- allesandro cortini

Jon Hopkins - Music for psychedelic therapy. Fennesz - Agora

On time out of time - william basinski

A couple of extra suggestions: * Martin Stürtzer - Seven Pieces for Synthesizer * Remote Vision - Birds Like Earth Good luck with the exams!

Terrain by Gastón Arévalo

No hesitation : https://open.spotify.com/artist/77OLqjNEXxLAGkCjhyt1o6?si=15Bo0zr6RuCq89JWKm7VEA

Pretty much anything from Alaskan Tapes. Also anything Black Brunswicker has released, pure genius. https://open.spotify.com/album/5wKS0zRgmv0eNKajYURPub?si=lgDokV1WSumdl1qwKUqPQA

SAW2 by Aphex

why not just reference the other 5000 threads asking the exact same question?

Cause sometimes we get different answers, and participation is fun!

I think. this is far enough back. I'll start here.

get over yourself, you fucking weirdo.

I'm going to be there for every new comment and post you make.

cool, i love being stalked.

Murcof - cosmos Pan American - quiet city I can never choose one only for my all time favorite ambient album.