#ambient dub

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Tracklist:

Passed Over Trail • The Last Foundry • Soil & Colts • Exist In The Repeat of Practice • The Walker In Blast And Bottle • Your Cast Will Tire • The Dimming of Road And Rights

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HTRK’s Psychic 9-5 Club

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Polyfusia by Seefeel Astralwerks 1994 IDM / Ambient / Shoegaze / Dream Pop / Abstract / Alternative Rock / Techno / Ambient Techno / Dub Techno / Post-Rock / Ambient Dub / Downtempo

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, when I’m not posting music so underground that it’s wedged to the Earth’s lower mantle, I’m generally trying to remind you of great acts you’ve forgotten or have never heard of before. Decidedly on the latter for this post, I would like to point out no ‘music blog’ should be without at least one jam by Massive Attack. I don’t really need to sing this band’s praises, their accolades and accomplishments in the music industry are well known. But for the uninitiated, I don’t think that I can recommend an act that, past or present, manages to produce a more hypnotic or enigmatically sensory experience with electronic music. They were trend-setters all the way through the mid to late 90’s with their music simultaneously hitting it BIG at dance clubs, college campuses and the public at large all over Europe and the United States. If you happen to enjoy hip hop, post-punk, industrial, psychedelic, dub and/or dance… Massive Attack is your one-stop shop for ALL of the above. They’re also industry pioneers, having virtually invented trip-hop which was at the time dubbed ‘The Bristol Sound’, as their first album, Blue Lines, is widely considered to be the first trip-hop album made and it was recorded (at least partially) in Bristol, England. They're known for regularly including extra instrumentalists for live performances and became recognized for their collaborations with the likes of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser, and the immortal Sinéad O'Connor when they needed a talented lady vocalist to enhance their instrumentals. The one and only piece of work this group has released in the last thirteen years is a 3-song EP, so I think it’s rather safe to assume that we won’t be seeing any more Earth-rending albums or spirited live performances from them for the foreseeable future. However, their discography is already, in two words, *a masterpiece* and I really can’t recommend you either revisit their discography or dive in for the first time. If you smash play on the track above, you’ll be immersed in Dissolved Girl from their OUTSTANDING 1998 album Mezzanine. After this musical entry, I’ve got a few weeks worth of Halloween music headed your way!

There is so much more detail I could have gone into for this post, but a lengthy group history didn’t feel appropriate for the purpose of brevity. It’s always possible you won’t or don’t like their works. But the only indefatigable way to know if you personally resonate with their tunes is to give them the old community college try, or to simply revisit their albums and start all over again. But be warned, going down the rabbit hole of their discography might leave you temporarily addicted. I would know, I tried it myself for this post. Image source: https://massiveattack.ie/info/take-it-there

[leiselaute]

Slim - Abducted from "Slim 0097". Released 1997 via Em:t Records

[zef-zef]

Azu Tiwaline - Night in Palmtree from: Azu Tiwaline - The Fifth Dream (IOT, 2023)

[sauljudgeman]

Screamadelica by Primal Scream (paper mache)

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Tracklist:

On Earth • Odonna • Amoeba • Wuub • Strange Air • Emperor

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Leif’s Loom Dream

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Silence by Silence FAX +49-69/450464 / Rising High Records 1992 Ambient / Experimental / Tribal Ambient / Space Ambient / Dark Ambient / Ambient Techno / Ambient Dub / Drone

[theparanoid]

Muslimgauze - All The Stolen Land Of Palestine

From The Album: Tandoori Dog (1998)

[Tribal Ambient, Ambient Dub]