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1	Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (1994) more music like this by Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 is a more difficult and challenging album than Aphex Twin's previous collection. The music is all texture; there are only the faintest traces of beats and forward movement. Instead, all of these untitled tracks are long, unsettling electronic soundscapes, alternately quiet and confrontational; although most of the ... see all copies from $6.59! new only from $17.56!
2	Silver Tree (2006) more music like this by Lisa Gerrard One listen to Lisa Gerrard's The Silver Tree (originally available only on iTunes and now as an Australia-only import) is enough to convince anybody -- who isn't already convinced -- that there's a very specific reason she has been courted by directors to compose soundtracks. There are 13 tracks here, full of wispy ambient soundscapes on top of ... see all copies from $12.77! new only from $12.77!
3	Breathing Under Water (2007) more music like this by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale Breathing Under Water is a different animal altogether. The pair co-wrote eight of the 13 cuts together. Another, "Easy," was co-written with Norah Jones -- Anoushka Shankar's half sister -- and sung by her. Ravi wrote a two-part tune with his daughter and appears on the album as well. The other big name guest is Sting (it's a payback for Shankar ... see all copies from $15.65! new only from $15.65!
4	Discreet Music (1975) more music like this by Brian Eno The latter part of 1975 was a remarkably creative period for Brian Eno. With his masterpiece Another Green World, Eno began moving away from the structure and sound of pop music toward a more static instrumental model, influenced in part by Erik Satie and strongly informed by his prior collaborations with Robert Fripp. Recorded just a month after ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $14.84!
5	Talk Amongst the Trees (2005) more music like this by Eluvium After taking a break and immersing himself in a 30-minute, one-take piano piece that resulted in 2004's An Accidental Memory in Case of Death, Matthew Cooper (aka Eluvium) returns to forms and ideas he started to flesh out with Lambent Material and brings them to a more fully realized state throughout Talk Amongst the Trees. The album is longer ... see all copies from $11.14! new only from $13.25!
6	And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007) more music like this by Stars of the Lid After the near symphonic exercise of engaging the void that was Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid in 2001, it was hard to believe there was anything left to do. Wrong. Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie emerged from the studio in early 2007 with the equally huge And Their Refinement of the Decline. The notion of symphonic here is, without doubt, still ... see all copies from $12.96! new only from $15.43!
7	Level Live Wires (2007) more music like this by Odd Nosdam David Madson's Odd Nosdam turns his Level Live Wires album "On" with a wash of synths, then turns it "Off" precisely 40 minutes later in the same fashion. In between times, the sample master and found sound maestro entrances listeners with a collage of sounds, rhythms, and melodies, that coalesce into some of the most intriguing music you'll ever ... see all copies from $11.45! new only from $13.01!
8	Love Cannot Bear (2005) more music like this by Robert Fripp Although Robert Fripp's Love Cannot Bear only contains two previously released tracks, it could almost serve as an overview of his Frippertronic/Soundscapes work, since it spans the entire span of this aspect of his music: 1983-2005. Over this time, not only has the technology changed drastically, but Fripp's approach to the pieces themselves has ... see all copies from $9.16! new only from $14.19!
9	Hex (1994) more music like this by Bark Psychosis A masterpiece of unrivalled beauty and complexity, Bark Psychosis' Hex channels the experimentation of the group's prior singles into a more controlled setting; a series of atmospheric set pieces, the songs find a common ground between accepted musical formulas and avant innovation -- at first glance, tracks like "Big Shot" and "Eyes & Smiles" ... see all copies from $7.72! new only from $10.79!
10	After the Night Falls (2007) more music like this by Robin Guthrie/Harold Budd Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd go back to 1986, specifically The Moon and the Melodies, a collaboration between the Cocteau Twins and the pianist. Guthrie aided Budd on 1988's The White Arcades, and the pair resumed their relationship roughly 16 years later to record the score to Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin. During the spring of 2006, they ... see all copies from $9.71! new only from $10.90!
11 view cover	Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006) more music like this by Tim Hecker Canadian Tim Hecker has been a respected force on the electronica scene since his debut Haunt Me Haunt Me, Do It Again, came out in 2001 (in addition to his work as Jetone). Since then, he has consistently released experimental ambient music that broadens standard compositional barriers while still remaining accessible, and such is the case with ... see all copies from $10.39! new only from $12.82!
12 view cover	Lost Horizons (2002) more music like this by Lemon Jelly From their unusual but forgettable name to their information-free but visually stunning artwork (one half of Lemon Jelly, Fred Deakin, is a noted graphic designer). Lemon Jelly court a sort of smiley face anonymity, kind of like Boards of Canada without that act's darker impulses. Their second album, 2002's Lost Horizons, is a delightful but ... see all copies from $12.08! new only from $14.69!
13 view cover	Copia (2007) more music like this by Eluvium Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper) musically moves off in a dramatic new direction on Copia, his fourth album. Having already eschewed guitars, Cooper now leaves behind the heavily electronic feel of his previous set, Talk Amongst the Trees, plumping instead for an orchestral sound and majestic air that permeate this entire set. "Amreik" opens the album ... see all copies from $10.54! new only from $13.09!
14 view cover	Phenomena 256 (1996) more music like this by Experimental Audio Research Working with an expanded E.A.R. collective this time around, Sonic Boom continued his explorations into post-psychedelic experimentation with the attractive drones of Phenomena 256. Prevost and Martin return from Beyond the Pale, the latter helping co-produce, but the overall results aren't anywhere near as dark as that album, feeling more like a ... see all copies from $10.16! new only from $13.84!
15 view cover	Speed Up/Slow Down (2005) more music like this by South see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.11!
16 view cover	Distance (2006) more music like this by Marconi Union Not much is known about the British group Marconi Union, except that they share a label with Brian Eno, the same Brian Eno who asked the duo to oversee the remastering of his back catalog. This would automatically give Marconi Union a measure of credibility regardless of the quality of their individual work, but fortunately for them, their own ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $14.95!
17 view cover	Before the Day Breaks (2007) more music like this by Robin Guthrie/Harold Budd Recorded during the same time and issued on the same day as After the Night Falls, Before the Day Breaks is not radically different from its sister release. In fact, it might take a few plays of both discs to make some kind of distinction. They are equally meditative and engaging, based around heavy treatments of Robin Guthrie's guitar and Harold ... see all copies from $9.51! new only from $10.90!
18 view cover	Flight of the Behemoth (2002) more music like this by Sunn Sunn's first two discs, The Grimmrobe Demos and 00 Void, established the group's droning, bass-heavy "power ambient" doom style and showed that the bandmembers had spent plenty of time listening to and learning from their Earth records. With Flight of the Behemoth, they begin with that same basic foundation (in fact, the first two tracks are ... see all copies from $10.92! new only from $12.61!
19 view cover	Continental (2006) more music like this by Robin Guthrie As long as Robin Guthrie is active, he's going to deal with one persistent issue. If he sounds like himself, he'll please a certain portion of his fans who want to be continually reminded of why they got into Cocteau Twins, while others will urge him to move on. It's the price he pays for shaping a specific sound that has been imitated by many. If ... see all copies from $9.51! new only from $10.90!
20 view cover	Beat Romantic (2006) more music like this by Talkdemonic If a mad-scientist of experimental music combined the styles of folk, ambient, and rock in a test tube, you might end up with the album Beat Romantic. The folk-tronic instrumental duo Talkdemonic weaves together a lot of sounds on this disc that have been arranged together quite seamlessly in the past, despite their disparate backgrounds. The band ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $13.71!
21 view cover	The Equatorial Stars (2005) more music like this by Fripp & Eno Almost 30 years on since Evening Star, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno resume their collaboration, and remarkably, they seem to have picked up right where they left off. Remarkably, because Fripp's more recent soundscaping has had a different quality than either his collaborations with Eno or his proper "Frippertronics" albums like Let the Power Fall ... see all copies from $11.30! new only from $14.19!
22 view cover	Sawdust (2007) more music like this by Pentaphobe Pentaphobe is the recording moniker of Keili Olsen, an Australian who produces moody, atmospheric landscapes that often sound like avant-garde soundtracks. In fact, beginning in 2003, his music had been used in performances by such Rachel Brice of the Indigo Belly Dance Company and the Bellydance Superstars. (It is she who graces his album covers. ... see all copies from $11.32! new only from $13.42!
23 view cover	Everlasting (2006) more music like this by Robin Guthrie see all copies from $7.05! new only from $7.05!
24 view cover	Subhuman [CD/DVD] (2007) more music like this by Recoil After a six-year hiatus, former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder revived his Recoil project with the full-length Subhuman, a dreary album of dark soundscapes and a blues singer. Taking his "Electro Blues for Bukka White" track off 1992's Bloodline and blowing it up into a loose concept album, Wilder has hired Texas blues man Joe Richardson to ... see all copies from $13.83! new only from $17.26!
25 view cover	The Gates of Paradise (1998) more music like this by Robert Fripp Fripp continues his Soundscape series with this typically evocative piece. As with his other work of this period, the theme touches on devotional and spiritual matters, with Fripp painting challenging and solitary impressions with "Frippertronic" brushstrokes. The new age set will most likely balk at his more dissonant passages, but King Crimson ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $7.25!

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