/r/Illbient
A subreddit for that ill ambient sound.
Discuss and share all things illbient!
What is illbient? Here's a few definitions:
Wikipedia:
Though there are many individualistic variants of illbient, the music is characterized by interesting dub-wise layering of soundscapes, hip hop-influenced use of samples and a progressive approach to beat programming that encompasses all genres of world groove and electronic music. Usually, but not always, illbient uses beats more than purely ambient music, and often illbient includes loops in the recordings.
Rate Your Music:
A primarily urban style which arose in New York City in the early '90s, combining elements of Ambient soundscapes and Hip Hop, using Dub's disorienting production techniques.
/r/Illbient
TL;DR: I'm looking for recommendations for both 90's cornerstones of illbient as well as any newer stuff that's really knocking your socks off. Feel free to lecture me.
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Back in the 90's my older brother tried to get me into electronic music... it took for a little bit, but at the time I really just wanted to listen to The Misfits and shout a lot. Fast-forward through a thousand other music phases and skip to the part where I've spent most of the last two years listening to Throbbing Gristle side projects.
And then I start realizing that there's a lot of stylistic overlap between things like Cosey Fanni Tutti's "Time to Tell" or Psychic TV's "Cathedral Engine" with DJ Spooky's "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" (particularly the second half) and Future Sound of London's "ISDN," the shit I never did the homework on back in olden times. I've listened to a lot of pure ambient and experimental and I'm enjoying revisiting the world where that darker/grimier/crunchier vibe starts actually having beats per minute (but not too many of them).
Unfortunately, I don't really have a sherpa for this. My music nerd community has veered towards progressively more conventional rock-based music and I've gone the other way. So, here I am at Reddit. I'm hoping someone is feeling really preachy and wants to sound off on whatever the "Sgt. Pepper" of absolutely-filthy-sounding electronic is, as well as your favorite nooks and crannies of this and related genres.
Hi! As the one who TRULY loves music by Scorn and Mick Harris I always wanted to find more music inspired by this sound or at least in the same vein, so finally I collected all of the discoveries in one place!
So here's my Spotify playlist titled "Scorned - Industrial Dub and Illbient: music similar to Scorn and Mick Harris" (note that it includes only tracks available there):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3KcL1AJL5HVpXzWXmidFwJ
And if you're using Rate Your Music website I create a special list there (I think it's the fullest list because many of the artists are not present on the streaming platforms):
Hope you'll enjoy it and will discover a lot of great music in the vein of Scorn!
P.S. If you have any suggestions for the RYM list or Spotify playlist - please share it with me!
Would love to start making Illbient music, but I'm not sure where to start. Any tips from anyone?
Compilation inspired by Mick Harris's projects (Scorn, Lull, Quoit, Fret, HedNod Sessions, etc)