What's your favourite album to chill out to?

cool sent you a PM, Mr C!

how about a starting a sticky of recommendations from different genres of music..?
just I'm getting a laptop on friday and will be able to draw up a list of what I've got in ambient / chillout - must be 75+ cds...
 
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I've got a copy of Pop by Gas and it's wonderful. Disappointed to see Mille Plateux giving up ââ'¬â€œ there are still a few releases available from www.normanrecords.com, but no Gas. Is Gas M. Mayer who records mostly for Kompakt?
 
chezi said:
Lamb ; Fear of fours , Gaelle ; Transient and Ian Brown ; Music of the spheres. :MILD: :cool: :SLEEP:

chezi.
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Hi Chezi! Fear of fours is a great album. If you've not got their self titled debut then it's well worth getting. Although the rest of their stuff is great, the debut just seems to have something extra IMO.
 
space cadet said:
I've got a copy of Pop by Gas and it's wonderful. Disappointed to see Mille Plateux giving up ââ'¬â€œ there are still a few releases available from www.normanrecords.com, but no Gas. Is Gas M. Mayer who records mostly for Kompakt?
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No, GAS is actually Wolfgang Voigt, one of the co-founders of Kompakt - other names he has recorded under include Mike Ink, Profan, All, Love Inc, Tal and a host of others. He is brothers with Reinhard Voigt, aka Sturm, Kron and so on, both have featured on Mille Plateaux and Kompakt under various names.

Apparently Mille Plateaux has become another label, MillePlateauxMedia, but unfortunately the fact remains that the old Mille Plateaux back catalogue won't be available again, so if you see it, buy it!!

Have you got any Dettinger on Kompakt? His two albums are amazing and have been a big influence on my own music making - they are 'Intershop' and 'Oasis'.
 
Of course, Wolfgang Voigt, as soon as I read it I gave myself a slap on the forehead. Not got any Dettinger ââ'¬â€œ only 3 Kompakt comps. The track Irre off Speicher by Superpitcher is my fave, I think he's got an album out, but not seen/heard it.
 
mr cat said:
cheers, I've just ordered the Bola 'Soup' and the 'Ki-Oku'... :D

and as you rightly say, Apollo is a divine cd....

unable to locate anything by GAS atm tho...
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Ki-Oku arrived this mirning and listening to it now...very nice and laid back sounds... :MILD:
 
MO! said:
Hi Chezi! Fear of fours is a great album. If you've not got their self titled debut then it's well worth getting. Although the rest of their stuff is great, the debut just seems to have something extra IMO.
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thanx MO , I have every Lamb album including Debut and Fear of Fours both on vinyl cost me £35 and £45 respectively , but worth it IMO as I'm sure they were Dj issue only.

chezi.
 
Another nod at Ki-Oku. Great album.

Any Bonobo and Cinematic Orchestra albums are class A chillout material.
 
Heavymental said:
Another nod at Ki-Oku. Great album.

Any Bonobo and Cinematic Orchestra albums are class A chillout material.
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yeah, animal m,agic by bonobo is class too...wasn't too impressed with their b-sides compilation tho...but I haven't played it for a while tho...
 
Mr.C said:
Unfortunately the label Mille Plateaux which released all the GAS albums is now defunct, so you won't find them anywhere, even e-bay would be a tough bet. If you PM me Mr. Cat I'd be happy to run off some copies for you, FOC :)
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got these - cheers! haven't had time to play them yet, but thanks again...remember, anything you want, just give me a shout!

:D
 
chezi said:
thanx MO , I have every Lamb album including Debut and Fear of Fours both on vinyl cost me £35 and £45 respectively , but worth it IMO as I'm sure they were Dj issue only.

chezi.
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Youch! Seems pretty steep, but like you say, they do seem pretty rare.

I'm not sure what it is, but although I think all their albums are a bit special, they don't seem to have matched Debut. It's just got that something extra.

The only one I've not got is the "Best Kept Secrets" best of. But I've noticed a version with a DVD, so might pick it up too.
 
MO! said:
Youch! Seems pretty steep, but like you say, they do seem pretty rare.

I'm not sure what it is, but although I think all their albums are a bit special, they don't seem to have matched Debut. It's just got that something extra.

The only one I've not got is the "Best Kept Secrets" best of. But I've noticed a version with a DVD, so might pick it up too.
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cheers - just ordered "Best Kept Secrets" from amazon (cd version tho) for 5.75.. :D
 
mr cat said:
another corking ambient cd is by Global Communication and - 76.14

and this has just been re-released with an extra cd, I've got the original 1 cd and it's great...

and who could forget KLFs - chillout...trully amazing...
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Two great cd's and who could forget the Sheep on Chillout.

Didn't know that 76.14 now had an extra cd :)
 
Sgt Rock said:
Two great cd's and who could forget the Sheep on Chillout.

Didn't know that 76.14 now had an extra cd :)
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And also both recently re-issued on LP :) Needless to say they both now reside in my LP collection.
 
mr cat said:
cheers - just ordered "Best Kept Secrets" from amazon (cd version tho) for 5.75.. :D
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I assume that was from a market place seller? There seems to be one selling the version with the DVD for £5.39, and quite a few others for a few pennies MOre.

Have you heard any of there albums?
 
yeah - what the extra album like Mr C? - with the 76.14 - worth forking out for..?

Mo - yeah, thats right, from the marketseller place - I haven't heard any of their albums tho...I trust the judgments of this thread... ;)
tho, I'm sure I've at least heard of them...
 
mr cat said:
yeah - what the extra album like Mr C? - with the 76.14 - worth forking out for..?
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Couldn't tell you as the extra tracks are exclusive to the CD version. However, the bonus CD has tempted me, so I've ordered the 2CD set from Amazon, although I won't be getting it for a couple of weeks.
 
mr cat said:
got these - cheers! haven't had time to play them yet, but thanks again...remember, anything you want, just give me a shout!

:D
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the Yaga cd is awesome...wow! :D
 

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