Anyone listen to Alva.Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto?

Can't believe I forgot to mention Kangding Ray and Byetone. I particularly like the new Byetone, and his earlier cd, Death Of A Typographer.

Vladislav Delay, Senking, yes...I'll also throw in Thomas Koner. I love his "chilly" cds, like Daikan. And Biokinetics, his cd as Porter Ricks (with one of the founders of Basic Channel), has been remastered and rereleased, finally.

Would people like Lawrence English and Christopher Bissonette also be names that folks have heard? How about zoviet france and Rapoon? Oldies but goodies.

I'll have to check out the Pan stuff, and the Lichtenberger. Like I said, I think it's a great time for this sort of...thing.

I have a couple recommendations for fans of the Alva Noto + Sakamoto series...

Szymon Kaliski "From Scattered Accidents"

Beautiful piece of ambient/modern classical, extremely mature for a first LP. This on the Kitchen Label, most of which is pretty nice so you may want to explore their other offerings.

Pill-oh "Vanishing Mirror"

I hate the artists name, how ridiculous, but man is this a beautiful piece of music. Also on Kitchen, slightly more colorful than the above recommendation but still quiet, meandering, home listening stuff.

Thanks for recommendations! I'll check both of those out.

In the "weird name, great sounds" vein: Nicholas Szczepanik's "Please Stop Loving Me". Ambient/drone; very warm. One review described it as "hangar-sized". It's not his first work, but he's also very young.

If you dig Sakamoto, try the LP "Left Handed Dream".Many musicians are on it with Sakamoto, including Adrian Belew (yes, he of 80's King Crimson fame), and Robin Scott. Epic Records released it back in 1981.