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POPOL VUH - Affenstunde (1972)
An early MINDBLOWING Popol Vuh album when they still mainly used the Moog
synthesizer - they stopped using that as their main instrument shortly after
this album. From vague medieval courtly sketches to all out hippie freak
outs to eastern vibes. The record - check how cool they look on there -
is quite rare but you can listen to it here
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-z5S1dxCvQ&t=208s]

O YUKI CONJUGATE - Into Dark Water (1987)
Deep new-age-esque atmospherical music with a mystic vibe. The overall sound
is quite tropical - it would make a great soundtrack to a movie about Alexander
von Humboldt's expeditions to the Amazon rainforest. Side A is more energetic,
combining exotic ambient soundscapes with propulsive tribal drumming.
The B-side is more soothing and Zen-like. Superb material and a real treat for
the inner eye! Review by Wormholio Limbuger - Listen to it here
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8H2lFV-v4]

MARC BARRECA - The Sleeper Wakes  (1986)
The perfect soundtrack for sleep deprevation in the middle of the night
somewhere in the void of Tokyo waiting for the hotel breakfast to open.
Marc Barreca is a judge in Washington state (!) but he is also a supercool
experimental/dark ambient/electro/soundscape artist that is releasing
tons of cassettes, LPs and digital ambient albums of high quality since 1978.
Its well worth diving into his other albums as they serve as a deep mine
of many a surprising musical gem! This album reminds me a lot of Alec Empire's
ambient les etoiles des filles mortes album in its mood and atmosphere,
which is I think a very good thing. SHADOW WOLF is definitely a fan...
Listen to it here
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54SNd-A7PI]

GARRISON PANYAN - Zeitmaler (2018)
If you like Eno's Music For Airports you will love this, its all very
simple and nothing fresh but it does the job extremely well - hardcore
ambient music that is not too immersive and all in the 'Brian Eno School
idea of Ambient' (Eno devised that ambient music should be part of the
surrounding "accommodate many levels of listening attention without
enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting"
in contrast to, for example, the Pete Namlook school idea of ambient
where it should be an immersive trip and experience). It also has a very
intense Star Trek TNG spacious vibe which is cool If I would have a gallery
or planetarium I would play it all day...
Check it out here
[https://garrisonpanyan.bandcamp.com/album/zeitmaler]