Short Stories (1996)
Symphonic electronics from Urs Leber.
Contact (1998)
Dwight Loop's Ethnic / Tribal / electronic project. U.B.O. stands for Unidentified Blinking Objects.
See also: Loop, Dwight
0004 (1999)
Mycobacterium (2002) (S)
Dark Ambient from Rafal Detkos and Marek Rybicki.
See also: Solaris, Rybicki, Marek.
Ukrivolsa (1999)
Demo cassette with quite basic ambient synthesizers from Poland.
Luul (1981)
Deutsche Welle (1981)
Luul Und
Ich (1983)
Mond Von Moabit (1996)
Ahoi! (1997)
Kurzmusiken (2001)
Damenbesuch (2004)
Spielmann (2008)
German musician, member of Ashra and Agitation Free. His first solo album features Chris Franke of Tangerine Dream taking care of the sequencing and drum programming. Overall it's said to be on the commercial side. These days it's pretty hard to get hold of. Kurzmusiken contains short unreleased pieces done with different purposes (for commercials, documentaries etc.). They are mainly floating electronics and should be quite interesting.
See also: Ash Ra Tempel / Ashra, Agitation Free.
I Collant Di Franco Bombana (1995)
Le Paquet Ciral (1995)
Yorjc Jyrpurporoc (1996)
Vorely (1997)
Nadine (1997)
Sheila Gripp (1997)
Mort Aux Vaches (1998)
95>97 (1999)
Peps (1999)
S[e]nd (2000)
V/S Part I (2000)
By Mail (2001) (with Imagho)
A-C Symbiose (2002) (with Telepherique)
Drone+Unease (2002) (with v.)
Basement (2003) (with Cornucopia)
V/S Part II (2003)
03|02|USA+ (2004)
Pop Pressing (2004)
At Home With (2005) (with Aidan Baker)
Oldies Vol. 1 (2006) (recorded in 1995 - 1997)
Pocket Station (2006)
Slow Arctic soundscapes, Minimal Ambient. Ultra Milkmaids is the duo of Yann Jaffiol and Rodolphe Jaffiol. Beware the IDM stylisms on some of their works.
Ultra Audience (2002)
Dark, somber ambience.
Lyckantropen Themes (2002) (soundtrack)
Unclassifiable band consisting of Kristoffer Garm Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker and Jørn H. Sværen. They went from Experimental Metal to Ambient and strange IDM-ish stuff with dance beats and all. This soundtrack to a short film by Steve Ericsson will appeal to fans of Ambient.
Umbra (1999)
Ater (1999)
Dark Ambient duo of eLL and Maciej Niedzielski. Not to confuse with the American outfit of the same name.
Perish (1999)
Unclean Spirit (1999)
Dark Ambient from members of Gruntsplatter (Scott Candey) and In Death's Throes / Murderous Vision (Stephen Petrus).
See also: In Death's Throes, Murderous Vision, Gruntsplatter.
Effets Speciaux (1970)
Synthi Time (1971)
Viaggio Nel Domani (1971)
Genti e Paesi del Mondo (1975)
Problemi D'Oggi (1975)
Tra Scienza e Fantascienza (1975)
Atmospheres (1979)
Piero Umiliani is a well-known Italian soundtrack composer and Jazz musician. He was one of the pioneers of styles such as Exotica and Lounge and used a lot of Funk moves in his soundtracks, too. He also did a lot of library albums, some of them electronic. Piero Umiliani was one of the early users of the giant EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer. He died in 2001.
The Alchemist (2001)
Morpheus (2002)
A Sketch In the Earth (2003)
Ambient soundscapes from Nashville-based artist Todd Gerber.
Provenance (2003)
Butterfly Phantasmagoria (2004)
Program Not Responding (2005)
Hearts of Darkness (2006)
Una Voce is Phoenix-based sound artist Russell Foster. He creates music deeply rooted in Tribal Ambient tradition.
Uncle Ian & The Tooth Decay (UK)
The Urban Picnic (1983)
Zulu Trumpet (1984)
An underground collective of musicians (Mark Francombe, Nick Elborough and Helen Badham) from Petersfield, Hampshire, who were friends of The Land of Yrx. Their early experimentation reflected that of their cohorts and included lots of oddly sampled voices, driving rhythms, New Wave-ish synth lines and some distorted guitar. Later the group shortened their name to "Uncle Ian" and started drifting towards Industrial / New Wave realms, eventually dissolving in 1985.
The Heavens (1997)
The Earth (1997)
The
Demon Haunted World (1998)
Bellerophon (2002)
Dome Roots Collection (2003)
Wot No Colin? (2003)
Over the Pond (2004)
Under the Dome is a British electronic ensemble consisting of Grant Middleton and Colin Anderson. I've heard parts of their 1998 album and it is very good Berlin School Electronic Music. Probably one of the best in the genre. Recommended.
Undiscovered Moons of Saturn (New Zealand)
Lost In Cosmos (2004)
Cosmic, Dark Space from Bard S Lofachtaar.
Overflow (2008)
Change (2009)
See also: Realtime
Boat People (1994)
Movie Without Pictures (1998)
Melodic electronics by a duo of brothers Andre Standke and Frank Standke from Dresden, Germany.
United States of America, The (USA)
The United States of America (1968)
Psychedelic / electronic band led by Joe Byrd with Dorothy Moskowitz on vocals, Gordon Marron on electric violin and Stu Brotman on bass. It was one of the first attempts to use Electronic Music techniques in a Rock context. Later the group split because of the tensions within the band and due to an accident where three of the members were busted for marijuana at a gig in California. Joe Byrd went on to form a new group with 12 extra musicians and released several solo albums of Electronic Music.
See also: Byrd, Joe
Universal Energy (1977)
Mixture of Space and Neuronium styles from Bernard Estardy and Jean-Pierre Bourtayre. Sort of a Disco feeling permeats this music so if you absolutely don't like that kind of stuff, maybe it's better to steer clear of it. On the other hand, if you like the more accessible (and even danceable) side of EM, you can check this one out.
Genetically Modified Velvet (2002)
"Generative" music made with the help of Koan Pro software. Amazingly, it sounds like a hybrid of Ashra circa New Age of Earth and some Steve Hillage (in the guitar department).
Equinox (1996)
Seasons (1996)
Ever (1997)
Openhearted (1999)
Unity (2002)
This is static, droning Ambient influenced by Russian landscapes and nature. Somewhat comparable to droning works of Matthias Grassow, Klaus Wiese and such.
See also: Neznamo
Gregorica Opstatica (1984)
New Dimensions (1985)
Drinking Silences
(1985)
Saunetic Fraction (1985) (with Michel Madrange)
Blue Ninja (1985)
Metamorf (1985)
Silent Shadows (1985)
Towers (1986)
Entropies (1986)
Unovidual is Henk Wallays who started as a radio DJ. After he met Peter Bonne from the Micrart group (a label - see Twilight Ritual, Autumn), he had an idea to make his own music. The work on the radio was abandoned, as all money went into buying synths and new studio equipment. Henk was influenced by lots of different artists, from Electropop (Human League) to Ambient (Brian Eno, Jeff Greinke) and Berlin School (Nightcrawlers).
Scorpio (1998) (soundtrack)
Between
the Twilights (2000)
Poisoned Dreams (2004) (with Numina)
The Shadow-Haunted Outside (2006)
Jason Wallach creates uplifting soundscapes that remind on sublime melodic Kitaro or Vangelis stuff.
Until Death Overtakes Me (Belgium)
Deep Dark Red (2001)
Absence of
Life (2001)
Prelude To Monolith (2003)
Funeral Path (2004)
Monolith (2006)
Mixture between ultra-slow Doom Metal and Ambient. Don't know if many EEM readers find it to their liking, but at least fans of Doom Ambient could check this out. Beware the growling vocals (not much of them, really)
See also: Dreams of Dying Stars, Fall of the Grey-Winged One, I Dream No More, In the Mist, Forbidden Fields.
Crudelis Et Invictus (1995)
Silver (2000)
Winter Songs (2003)
Hansen (ex-Of the Wand And the Moon) and Kim Larsen. Dark soundscapes.
Urban Sax 1 (1977)
Urban Sax 2 (1978)
Paradise Lost (1982) (with Pierre Henry)
Fraction Sur Le Temps (1985)
Spiral (1990)
To
the Happy Few (1993)
Urban Sax 93 (1993)
Urban Sax A Jakarta (1995)
Gilbert Artmann's experimental project that included huge (up to 27) saxophone orchestra.
See also: Lard Free
Synthphonics 1 (2003)
Synthphonics 2 (2003)
Urm is a solo project of Jamie Todd, one half of Ambient duo dreamSTATE.
See also: dreamSTATE
Templum Sub Terra (1998)
Lares (2003)
Stairs To Abyss
(2003) (with Kranio)
Osireion (2004)
Missadquumdahle (2006) (recorded in 1998 - 1999)
Aus dem Licht (2008) (with Sindrome)
Liber Lelle (2008)
Urna is a (supposedly) excellent Italian project of Gianluca Martucci in pure Death Ambient vein.
In Durin Halls (1999)
Elbenwald (2000)
Orcish Battle Hymns (2000) (S)
Darkness (2001)
Elbentanz (2003)
Battle-Magic (2004) (S)
Ea (2004) (S)
Honour (2004)
Long Forgotten Tales (2004)
Upon the Elysian Fields (2004)
A Night In the Forest (2004)
Barbarians (2004)
Quenta SIlmarillion (2004)
Nazgul (2004) (S)
Songs From the Woods (2005)
The Battle (2005)
War Poems (2005)
Dragons of War (2005)
Northern Lights (2005)
A Vikings Journey (2006)
Across the Misty Mountains (2006) (recorded in 2004)
Tawantinsuyu (2006)
Valkyrian Romance (2006)
Lothlorien (2006)
Legacy of the Tyrant (2007) (recorded in ??)
Lost Songs From Middle Earth (2008)
Black Blood, White Hand (2010)
Tolkien-inspired music from this Metal-related project out of Austria. Most of the time very serene keyboard Ambient. Some bombastic stuff, too. A lot of the above mentioned releases are limited edition demo tapes.
See also: Hrefnesholt
The Light (2009)
Varied sample / synthesizer-based Ambient from this English formation. Some guitars as well.
A New Consciousness (1994) (with
Pete Namlook)
Create
(1994) (with Pete Namlook)
A New Consciousness II (1995) (with Pete Namlook)
Octopus (1995)
Create 2 (1996) (with Pete Namlook)
Octopus 2 (1996)
Supergroup (1997) (with Thomas Bullock)
Octopus 3 (1998)
Drum Machine Circle (1998)
Enhanced Environments (1999) (with Daniel Pemberton) (recorded in 1996)
Audio (2000) (with Tetsu
Inoue and Daimon Beail)
San-Francisco-based artist who's released a few solo and collaborative albums on Pete Namlook's FAX label. He mixes different styles in a collage-like sound environment.