Artist	Song
The Orb	Little Fluffy Clouds (Demo Version)
from The Orb and Youth Present Impossible Oddities (2010)
Brian Eno	An Ending (Ascent)
from Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (2005)
Biosphere	Patashnik
from Patashnik (1994)
Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene, Pt. 1
from Oxygene (1993)
Aphex Twin	Xtal
from Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
The Future Sound of London	Lifeforms (Path 1)
from Lifeforms (2007)
Tangerine Dream	Network 23
from Exit (2004)
The Black Dog	The Crete That Crete Made
from Temple of Transparent Balls (2007)
Tetsu Inoue	Automatic Motion
from Slow and Low (1995)
Moby	God Moving Over the Face of the Waters
from Everything Is Wrong (2006)
Autechre	VLetrmx
from Garbage (1995)
Plaid	Dead Sea
from Rest Proof Clockwork (1999)
Brian Eno & Harold Budd	A Stream With Bright Fish
from The Pearl (1995)
Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze featuring Bill Laswell	III/4 - Phantom Heart Brother
from The Evolution of the Dark Side of the Moog (2002)
Bill Laswell	Kahsi
from City of Light (2009)
Thomas Köner	Serac
from Permafrost (2010)
William Basinski	92982.3
from 92982 (2009)
Stars of the Lid	Another Ballad for Heavy Lids
from And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)
Robert Rich	Recognition
from Calling Down the Sky (2004)
Nine Inch Nails	A Warm Place
from The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) (2004)
Boards of Canada	The Color of the Fire
from Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Tim Hecker	Borderlands
from An Imaginary Country (2009)
Gas	Gas 1
from Nah und fern (2008)
Coldcut	Autumn Leaves (Irresistable Force Mix Trip 2)
from Two A.D. (1995)
Loscil	The Making of Grief Point
from Endless Falls (2010)
Brian Eno	French Catalogues
from Discreet Music (1995)
Pete Namlook	You
from Air (1993)
Aphex Twin	Next Heap With
from I Care Because You Do (2005)
Biosphere And Higher Intelligence Agency	Cannon Hill
from Birmingham Frequencies (2004)
The Orb	Oxbow Lakes
from Orbus Terrarum (1998)
Moby	The Rain Falls and the Sky Shudders
from Move - EP (2006)
Autechre	Yulquen
from Amber (1994)
The Black Dog	M1
from Music for Real Airports (2010)
Tetsu Inoue	Particular Moments
from Index 03 (2008)
The Future Sound of London	Yage
from Teachings from the Electronic Brain (2006)
Roedelius	Besucher Im Traum
from Auf Leisen Sohlen (1984)
Stars of the Lid	Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 1
from The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
Spacetime Continuum	Timewave Zero
from Alien Dreamtime (2008)
Lawrence English	Waves Sheer Light
from English: Kiri No Oto (2008)
Thomas Köner	Des Rives (avec Yann Beauvais) (Centre G. Pompidou Paris)
from Zyklop (2010)
Tim Hecker	Shosts In Silver
from Pop Ambient 2009 (2009)
Gas	Zauberberg 1
from Nah und fern (2008)
William Basinski	Melancholia XIV
from Melancholia (2008)
Loscil	Zephyr
from Plume (2006)
B. Lustmord & Robert Rich	Elemental Trigger
from Stalker (1995)
Chris Carter	Electrodub 1
from Electronic Ambient Remixes - One (2000)
Lull	Illusion of Unbroken Surface
from Like a Slow River (2009)
Fennesz	Endless Summer
from Endless Summer (2006)
Biosphere	Shenzhou
from Shenzhou (2002)
The Orb	Star 6 & 7 8 9
from Live 93 (1994)
Cluster	Sowiesoso
from Sowiesoso (2009)
Aphex Twin	Nannou
from Movern Callar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2002)
Brian Eno	Lizard Point
from Ambient 4: On Land (2004)
Boards of Canada	In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country
from In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country - EP (2000)
Pete Namlook & Burhan Öçal	Bir Çalgiyim Gögsüne Yaslanmis (Part I)
from Sultan - Osman (1998)
The Future Sound of London	Cascade (Shortform)
from Cascade - EP (2007)
William Basinski & Richard Chartier	Untitled 3 (Reprise)
from Untitled 1-3 (2008)
Loscil	Discrete Entropy
from Triple Point (2001)
Thomas Köner	Untitled, Pt. 3
from Nunatak (2010)
Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene, Pt. 4
from Oxygene (1993)
Tim Hecker	Apondalifa
from Apondalifa - Single (2010)
Stars of the Lid	The Mouthchew, Pt. 2
from Carte-de-visite (2007)
Lawrence English	The Surface of Everything
from A Colour for Autumn (2009)
The Sight Below	Shimmer
from It All Falls Apart (2010)
Robert Rich	Pa Tanak
from Temple of the Invisible (2004)
Bill Laswell & Tetsu Inoue	Monochrome Existence (Track 3)
from Cymatic Scan (2004)
Final	Light
from Solaris (2005)
Fennesz	On a Desolate Shore a Shadow Passes By
from On a Desolate Shore a Shadow Passes By - Single (2007)
Gas	Königsforst 1
from Nah und fern (2008)
Spacetime Continuum	Floatilla
from Sea Biscuit (2006)
Rafael Anton Irisarri	Passage
from The North Bend (2010)
Dead Voices On Air	Ralbag
from How Hollow Hart? (2005)
Ben Frost	Theory of Machines
from Theory of Machines (2006)

Comment:

As anyone who survived the rave scene will tell you, one of the greatest things about warehouse parties was their "chillout rooms." More than just an excuse to hear ambient music on speakers you could never afford, they provided a much-needed break from the pulverized beats and hammerhead hooks on the main floor. Close your eyes and we'll take you there in no time at all, as the early days of electronica (the Black Dog, the Future Sound of London, Aphex Twin) get dropped in the same set as Kraut-rock icons (Tangerine Dream, Cluster, Roedelius), new-school sound sculptors (Ben Frost, Loscil, Lawrence English), and Brian Eno at his very best. Just don't operate any heavy machinery while listening unless you want to lose consciousness at a very inconvenient time.

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