top ten albums 2009

[adelaidesean]

Not all of these titles were released this year, but that’s when I discovered them, so that’s where they sit for me. In an ambient world, everything is autobiographical.

1. Insen - Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
2. Astral Currents - Telomere
3. Vrioon - Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
4. Earthlight - David Parsons
5. The Tudors: Season One - Trevor Morris
6. Yolo - Tetsu Inoue
7. Aftermath - Aes Dana
8. Transcendence - Alpha Wave Movement
9. Dynamic Stillness - Steve Roach
10. Ghost Opera - Kamelot (not ambient in the slightest!)

I spent two solid weeks out of fifty listening to this music, which highlights what an important influence eMusic--the source of all but two of these albums--has been on my life.

I also love recommendations. Is there anything out there I should be listening to? Anything I have missed out on?

Comments

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Totally with you on the Tudors soundtrack. Awesome to write to.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Season two wasn't as good, but still worth having. Like the show itself. :-)

[derekcfpegritz.livejournal.com]

Check out alphacore (http://soundcloud.com/alphacore)'s stuff: it's like Aphex Twin's ambient works, only more random and unstructured. Hallucinatory, indeed. Some of his tracks make me feel like I'm in the sensory-dep tank from Altered States, trippin' out on yage and mutating into forms incomprehensible.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

That's a great pitch. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks!