Another year, another ton of releases to sift through. I could keep adding and subtracting albums for weeks and still not be entirely satisfied with the final list. But here it is – my Favorite Ambient Albums of 2024.
As I was creating this part 1 mix, I kept questioning my choices. And then, when the mix was done and I listened to it, I was like “Wow, this turned out really well.” I really like how the mix evolves with the first half being a bit more electronic and noisy and the second half leaning more orchestral.
Here’s the list of my favorite ambient albums of 2024, in alphabetical order:
2fel – stranger flow
Adam Wiltzie – Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal [Kranky]
Akmuo – Dreamwalker [Space of Variants]
Altus – Ultraviolet
Alva Noto – Xerrox, Vol.5 [Noton]
Benoit Pioulard & Offthesky – Sunder [laaps]
Circa Alto – Faint Structures (Whitelabrecs]
Civilistjävel! – Brödföda [Felt]
Dirk Serries – Streams Of Consciousness Compiled [Projekt]
Eli Keszler – LIVE 2 [LuckyMe]
Extraworld – Perihelion [Exosphere]
Hainbach – The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack [Seil]
Heavenchord – Atmospheres & Soundscapes [Cold Tear]
Humble Bee & Offthesky – Here In, Absence [IIKKI]
Innesti – Contemplate
Jogging House – Live at home
Jonas Munk – Mirror Phase [Azure Vista]
Maps and Diagrams – if all will be lost [Quiet Details]
Maps and Diagrams – Islands [Handstitched]
Martin Stürtzer – Lander Modules [Echo Elberfeld]
mastroKristo – Passage [Lost Tribe Sound]
Max Richter – In A Landscape [Decca]
Michael A. Muller – Mirror Music [Deutsche Grammophon]
OdNu + Ümlaut – Abandoned Spaces [Audiobulb]
Pan American & Kramer – Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road
Polaroid Notes – Quiet Rooms [Whitelabrecs]
Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon – Dive 1- Refraction [Bathysphere Records]
Tewksbury – Floes Volumes I-IV (Tridek]
The Green Kingdom – Horizons [The Slow Music Movement]
Ulla & Ultrafog – It Means A Lot [Motion Ward]
v e n n – XIII
William Ryan Fritch – Adhesion [Lost Tribe Sound]
