Really getting into the likes of Brian Eno, John Serrie and Solar Fields lately... I am looking to expand my collection of ambient music - particularly music without any beat. As I'm know taste of music here is of generally high caliber (ignoring endlessness's recent thread )I hope you guys can help me out with my search.. thanks

tangent
helios
navigare (simon scott)
carbon based lifeforms
deep forest
robert rich

ambient get so much deeper with rhythm accompaniment.
tycho
boards of canada
casino vs japan
loess
aphex twin
lotide
jar moff
stars as eyes
proswell
lackluster
funckarma

Thanks for the recommendations Benzyme.. got a bit to sift through by the looks of it.

no problem

I'll add some artists as I remember them. I mix a lot of ambient with beats music. it doesn't distract me at work, as there are no lyrics.


funckarma is the last one I remembered. https://funckarma.bandcamp.com
I've been listening to s u r v i v e lately, they did the score for Stranger Things.

you check out this set by Tipper, it will blow your mind!

https://soundcloud.com/t.../tipper-cosm-ambient-set

One track from this set can be found on the EP:

https://tipper.bandcamp.com/album/fathoms-ep

You can also check out Ishq and many others which I can't think of right now...

'Ishq - orchid' album is great

Some beats in some of the tracks but anyways def worth to check out, it received the DMT stamp of approval

Talking about the dmt stamp of approval
Kieth Fullerton Whitman playthroughs
This : https://youtu.be/XvXzuS9YpoU

Boards of Canada is essential listening

Recently found this guy
Casino vs Japan

https://youtu.be/zVwyB3nhwws

A few ambient artists in no particular order - Bill Laswell, Divination, FSOL, Transonic, Alio Die, Steve Roach, A Small Good Thing and Woob.

Wow, there are some fantastic reccomendations here!

All I have to add at this point is Gas.

Gas - Pop 5

Yes , orchid is amazing, will always remind me about my first dmt experiences !
In my opinion the Album "and awake " from ishq is even better (one of my favorit albums ever actually) , 100% dmt stamp of approval (all psycedelics ... )


Also check out carbon based lifeforms - "23" and "VLA" very deep and beautiful.

JaJa on the netlabel Cyan Music is worth checking out too, the Album "endless" is pure peace (a lot of free stuff also).

Antonio Testa & Alio Die - Shuar

really digging Ishq's Orchid guys thanks

Not really ambient but good.

Pete Namlook had a very prolific output up until his passing and collaborated with a veritable who's who of producers.He's released so many albums it can be a bit daunting as to what to listen to first. Maybe give Air2 and Permutations a try, or his Dreamfish collab with Mixmaster Morris. Try Biosphere. Substrata is a well known album by him. I really like N-Plants aswell. If you don't know him already you could go old school with Terry Riley- Rainbow in Curved air is a well known and well liked album. I would also recommend giving Vaporware/Scanops by Bee Mask a listen (and the Donato Dozzy re-interpretation). There really is such a lot of good stuff out there.

I've just come across an amazing site! LOTS of excellent ambient/chill/trippy recommendations.

http://ambientmusicguide.com

Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xouYRHMx-6w

this is an absolutely fantastic and essential thread!

here are some faves i have not seen mentioned yet:

Altus (truly amazing)
Phillip Wilkerson
Simon Wilkinson
Causeyoufair (only 1 release, but stunning)
Hakobune (prolific from Japan)
Jeff Pearce (master of ambient guitar - almost out-does Robin Guthrie)
Harold Budd / Clive Wright (3 releases, "Little Windows", "Candylion", "A Song For Lost Blossoms)

that should keep you busy for a while

Attach a soundcloud downloader extension to your browser and download this guy's compilation mixes so you got 1 hour long tracks of 10-15 ambient songs in a row: https://soundcloud.com/zuurb

You can also search torrent sites for huge compilations that people put up and then search through them for songs you like.

Jean Michel Jarre

thanks so much for all these recommendations.. gonna take me a while to get to em all. I've been pretty stuck on ishq's stuff .. so much quality work

For ambient type music Steve roach and Byron metcalf are far and out my favorites. In my opinion half of the recommendations here are not within the ambient genre but are more like psychill

For me ambient music is more serious and real then a lot of modern psychedelic music. I feel like this is because realized ambient masters are not concerned with aesthetics but use the music as a vehicle to drive in the realm of conciousness, as apposed to more beat and melody heavy Psy which for me always has the aspect of a show or a trick where it is at least partially about the artist And demonstrating his mastery and skills as apposed to being like ambient using the music as a vehicle.

I know from experience because I have made both types of music
Ambient is very sophisticated music I love it.