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seaworthy - 1897
a rather intimate recording from 12K, it grabs me more the Lawrence English 12K disc

yui onodera - entropy
in the vein of Celer's more quiet synthesized releases

svarte greiner - kappe
good release from Type, imo much better than the rather weak recent Xela CD

mathias grassow & thomas weiss - nautic dephts | north passage
they certainly make a good match together in sound

mathias grassow & jirí mazánek - inner path
one of the best things i've heard van Grassow so far

jon hassell - last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
i thought i now write the whole title cause it's simply worth it :-)
for me a 2009 winner!

andrew chalk & daisuke suzuki - the shadows go their own way
for me bit of a weak Chalk disc like their 1st one. short, wicked sound sketches that seem to be unfinished in some way.. i don't know

forrest fang - gongland
to prepare myself for Forrest's upcoming PHANTOMS CD on Projekt :-)
Forrest can you tell us something about this release? i'm anxious for this one!

darwinsbitch - ore
organic, gritty ambiance, in the vein of Chalk/Suzuki & their Ghost on Water project..

super minerals - multitudes
one that i recently enjoy quite a bit. raga-like drenched ambientscapes with a healthy fine dose of improvisation.. deep stuff..

jon hassell - last night the moon came..
he's THE man (and that at an age of 71!), fantastic cinematic, dim-light ambience.

lawrence english - a colour for autumn
still diggin this one.. it doesn't grab me that much so far, but the 1st track is stunning.

hard to make a definitive list of favorites but i guess this one comes close;
(in no particular order)

* sawako - bitter sweet
* harold budd / clive wright - a song for lost blossoms
* celer - nacreous clouds
* alio die - aura seminalis
* alio die / martina galvagni - eleusian lullaby
* wouter veldhuis - satumaa
* david tagg - fundamentals of orchid biology
* eluder - the most beautiful blue
* arve henriksen - cartography
* richard skelton - marking time
* andrew chalk- time of hayfield (not sure was 2007 or 2008)

favorite re-issues;

* aidan baker - letters LP
* aidan baker - green & cold
* adam pacione - with wakened eyes

and most glad with re-pressing of:

* robert rich - somnium

clouwbeck - a moraine
(more bowed beauty.. from Richard Skelton)

jim o'rourke - long night
(2 fascinating longform pieces, ever-changing feather-light overtone drones, i think yes, time-suspending would be the proper word here..)

bass communion - I
(probably his most accessible, the last 25 minute piece based on a Robbert Fripp sample is beautiful!)

aidan baker - green & cold
(for me top-rating post-rock ambient, with occasionally pretty vocals)

aidan baker - letters
(another fantastic release from Aidan, powerful and intense)

the sight below - glider
(this beats GAS for me easily.. oh ohh )

off the sky - creek caught fire
(i love it)

i agree Forrest, Radioland is a great release! And i recently got his TheSadMac for $15 only (maybe Andrew Chalk got inspired by this LP heavy card sleeve cause the new Faraway cd's look the same), though this one is more difficult to find for a reasonable price.
Not sure which one i like more, maybe the latter..

and now waiting for his collab. with Taylor Deupree...

well, i recently got the Satumaa disc and must say i really like it.
i understand it's Veldhoven's debut album, it's clear the guy is quite talented. it still keeps me reminding of David Tagg's work..
the work is overall warm, grainy, richly layered and as Martin (SiF) mentioned himself a 'perfect bedroom fellow' :-)
it may end up with my faves of this year..

arve henriksen - cartography
(another beautiful release from him, certainly a 2008-favorite of mine)

alio die - sempus rei
(good one. classic Alio Die, but still on rotation to fully appreciate it..)

aidan baker - i wish too, to be absorbed
(a perfect introduction/compilation of Aidan's various styles of guitar-ambient!)

eluder - the most beautiful blue
(fascinating cd on Infraction with a classic ambient touch, i like its overall grainy sound)

paul schutze - the third site
(this one goes away for dumpprices at many places, i think its a marvelous release from Schutze, the german spoken poetics from Thomas Koner may distract many listeners..)

liquid ghosts - camera obscura
(a fantastic collab. cd with oophoi, tau ceti & netherworld, i hope this one will some time in the future be re-released on cd-format..)

anzio green - autumn honey
(very nice spacious electronics which reminds me to the more gentle romantic moments of autechre, the guitar here even reminds of some of Thom Brennan's work)

i re-list all items, in total 24 now, amongst are; steve roach, hakobune, off the sky, paul horn, michael stearns, sleep research facility, koen holtkamp, amir baghiri and many others..

soon will follow, some 12k (and related) records, vikki jackman (andrew chalk) and others..

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those Wouter Veldhuis mp3's sound very good! his sound strongly reminds me of the recent David Tagg discs.. soft and grainy.. very nice indeed.
i just placed my order, now waiting for november 14th 

lately;

grouper - cover the windows and walls
(bloody fantastic :-) )

robert rich & faryus - zerkalo
(i think i like this one, quite detailed in effects, has some interesting things going on, hard to put my finger on it..)

windy & carl - songs for the broken hearted
(nice but not overwhelmed, i wish she left her vocals back home on most of the tracks..)

oöphoi - mare imbrium

gamelan son of lion - some selected tracks..

tetsu inoue - world receiver
(still an absolute favorite of mine, perfect)