My purely subjective top ten albums:
- Shpongle – Are You Shpongled?
- Shulman – In Search of a Meaningful Moment
- Ishvara - Magik Square of the Sun
- Nagual Sound Experiment – Invisible Movements
- Slackbaba – And the Beat Goes OM
- Bluetech – Sines And Singularities (This was a tough decision.)
- Solar Fields – Leaving Home
- Eastern Spirit – Lucid Dreaming
- Sync24 – Source
- Outolintu – Odd Man Out
***Updated 11/05/11***
Below is an obnoxiously long list of artists that I have congealed together in one place, and which I believe falls into the Psychedelic Ambient genre. This doesn’t mean that the entirety of an artist’s work is in this particular genre, but at least some of it is. It’s also a completely subjective list on my part. This means, of course, that some people will agree with a certain artist’s spot on the list and some will not, while others will feel strongly that an artist is missing. Please don’t view this as any definitive list whatsoever. Again, it is subjective and merely my attempt to group as many similar artists together as I believe can and should be. Hopefully you’ll find and enjoy the work of an artist you haven’t heard yet. Good Luck! And remember to actually buy their shit too, even if it is through iTunes.
Highlighted in red are artists you really shouldn’t do without.
Bolds are still highly recommended however.
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(val)Liam
A
Abakus
Adham Shaikh
Aes Dana
Ailo
Akasha Project
Alexander Daf
Alien Soap Opera
Aligning Minds
Alpha Wave Movement
Aluna
Alwoods
Ambient Intelligent Application
Ambientium
Amethystium
Amira Saqati
Anahata
Androcell
Angel Tears
Argaman
Artemis
Ashtech
Astral Waves
Astropilot
Asura
Aural Planet
B
Bali Midori
Banco de Gaia
Beats Antique
Beat Pharmacy
Beese & Brtschitsch
Between Interval
Bill Laswell
Biosphere
Blackfish
Bluetech
Boards of Canada
Brother Culture
C
Cabeiri
Capsula
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Cardamar
Cell
Celtic Cross
Cheju
Children of the Bong
Chilled C’Quence
Chilling Matenda
Chronos
Cinnamon Chasers
Circular
C.J. Catalizer
Colourform
Cosmo Circle
Cosmosophy
Cuts
Cydelix
D
D. Batistatos
Daheen
Dahlia’s Tears
Darshan Ambient
Deadbeat
Deep Dive Corp
Delerium
Desert Dwellers
Digital Mystery Tour
Digital Samsara
Direct Connection
Distant System
DJ Cheb i Sabbah
Don Peyote
Dreadlock Tales
Dreamfish
Dream Lab
Dreamtree Project
Drumspyder
Dub Trees
Dymons
E
E-Mantra
Easily Embarassed
Eastern Spirit
Eat Static
Eitan Reiter
Elea
Electronic Noise Controller
Electrypnose
Elve
Emanuele Errante
Emotion Code
Entheogenic
Evan Bartholomew
Evan Marc
F
Facil
Falter
Field Rotation
Flexitones
Flooting Grooves
Flowjob
Fomatic
Fredrik Öhr
Free System Projekt
Future Sound of London
G
Galaxy
Ganga
Ganja Beats
Gaudi
Gel-Sol
Geomatic
Gift Culture
Global Communication
GMO
Gotan Project
Govinda
Green Nuns On Ice
Greg Hunter
Grey Area
Gus Till
H
H.U.V.A. Network
Hanfstengel
Halogen
Harax
Healer
Helios
Hesius Dome
Hibernation
Hi-Fi Companions
Hol Baumann
Hoehle
Hoopy Frood
Human Blue
Hybrid Leisureland
I
I Awake
I.X.O.P
Iacchus
Ian Ion
Ikarus
Indidginus
Indigo Egg
Infected Mushroom
International Observer
Invader Tron
Invisible Allies
Iooi
Irezumi
Irina Mikhailova
Irukanji
Ishq
Ishvara
J
J. Viewz
Jaia
Jairamji
James Murray
Juno Reactor
K
Kalabi
Kalpataru Tree
Kamidanda
Karl Sanders
Karsh Kale
Kaya Project
Khooman
Kick Bong
Kilowatts
Klimek
Kliment
Koan
Krill.Minima
Krusseldorf
Kuba
Kukan Dub Lagan
Kyoto
L
Lab’s Cloud
Lauge
Lauge & Baba Gnohm
Legion of Green Men
Lemonchill
Lemongrass
Liquid Soul
Liquid Stranger
Lumin
Lunar Sound
M
Magic Sound Fabric
Maiia
Makyo
Manoloco
Mantra Temple
Maps and Diagrams
Master Margherita
Matenda
Matt Coldrick
Matt Hillier
Mauxuam
Medicine Drum
Mental Extensions
Mere Mortals
Michelle Adamson
Mick Chillage
MIDIval PunditZ
Miktek
Mindex
Mindspan
Mirror System
Miwon
Mood Deluxe
Motionfield
M-Seven
M-Sphere
Mystical Sun
Mythematika
Mythos
N
Nagual Sound Experiment
Nalepa
Near The Parenthesis
Naturelement
O
Objekt4
Ochi Brothers
Offthesky
Oliver Jones
Omicron
Omnimotion
Ooze
Orchid Star
Orthonorma
Ott
Outersect
Outolintu
Ovnimoon
P
Padmasana
Pan Electric
Papa Legba
Perpetual Loop
Phutureprimitive
Pitch Black
Polyploid
Proton Kinoun
Puff Dragon
Puoskari
Pushmipulyu
Pyramid Peak
Q
R
RA
Recue
Red Seal
Rena Jones
Robert Rich
RND
S
Saafi Brothers
Salvinorin
Sandspider
SaQi
Satumnaisuus
Saycet
Scann-Tec
Scene
Seahorse Transform
Seamoon
Secede
Semiomime
Sergio Walgood
SETI
SeventhSwami
Shakatura
Shakri
Shen
Shiva Rae
Shpongle
Shulman
Side Liner
Sinepearl
Slackbaba
Smashmethod
Snakestyle
Solar Fields
Solar Quest
Soma
Sounds from the Ground
Spacetime Continuum
Spectralite
Spectrum Vision
Spiral System
Spiritjack
Stress Assassin
Sub Dub
Subsonar
Sub Oslo
Subsurfing
Sundial
Sundial Aeon
Sunkings
Suns of Arqa
Synaesthesia
Sync24
SynSUN
Sysyphe
T
Taff
Tajmahal
Taruna
Temple Hedz
Tentura
Terra Nine
The Higher Intelligence Agency
The Infinity Project
The Kumba Mela Experiment
The Orb
The Peaking Goddess Collective
Third Ear Audio
Timonkey
Toires
Tor.ma
Tripswitch
Tuu
Tycho
U
Uchu
Unoccupied
Unstable Elements
Urchin
Uth
V
Vadim Bondarenko
Vataff Project
Vibesquad
Vibrasphere
Vibronics
Violet Vision
Vlastur
W
Warp Technique
Waterjuice
Welder
Will-O’-The-Wisp
Wombatmusic
X
Xerxes
Y
Yagya
Yellow Magnetic Star
Yggdrasil
Younger Brother
Z
Zen Garden
Zen Lemonade
Zero Cult
Zero One
ZubZub
Zuvuya
Zymosis