I'm looking for some artists that have minimal music similar to Radioheads - Treefingers, or that interlude before Hysteria on Absolution. Anyone know anything similar or something they would recommend me, pls let me know!!!

Homeworld soundtrack

f*** that Homeworld soundtrack was awesome. Be nice to play that again on a huge monitor and a nice sound system.

the Philip Glass Ensemble

he did the main theme music for the watchmen movie..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvte1EmSL6Y

His website - http://www.philipglass.com/

It may not be "minimalist" per say, but it's awesome. It's the PGR4 soundtrack.

holy s*** damo.... just watched watchmen directors cut after posting here...

are you watching me?


by-the-by, for all those interested, got another band off a mate on facebook called boards of canada, checked it out on youtube, seems pretty mad if you want to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E22BB951746C9FE1&search_query=boards+of+canada

last edited by Jimbo at 01:05:03 27/Jul/09

I always loved the sound track to "Incoming"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0tgLudkZk

Kraftwerk, saw them at the Exit Festival in Serbia th is year, really good minimal shiz.

Check out the soundtracks to 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Mechwarrior 2 was also awesome.

boards of canada are awesome but i wouldn't call them 'minimal'. ambient electronica is the genre i put them in :P i have 3 lps... all good but geogaddi is the best i rekn.

i don't know the radiohead you meantion in the op but if you like boards you might also like some chris clark (empty bones of you lp), murcof, twerk or yasume. murcof is more what i would call minimal.

chris clark - early mass


murcof - memoria

I like Zero7's stuff.. don't know if its minimal or whatever but its laid back, easy going beats.

homeowrld soundtrack is awesome!

m83 - Saturdays = Youth


Get it


put it on loop

awesome, im lookin into them all!

thanks all

Radioheads - Treefingers

When I read the thread title, that was actually the song that popped into my head before even reading your post :) Nine Inch Nails definitely have some ambient songs that would fit into this category but I couldn't name names off the top of my head besides "A Warm Place" from The Downward Spiral. As far as where to start looking from the NIN catalogue, I'd start with the Quake soundtrack and the Ghosts I-IV album as they're both instrumental those there's obviously going to be a mix of heavier tracks amongst the softer ones.

Matt & Kim.

They're a synth-pop duo. So, so f***ing fun and catchy and awesome. But not exactly ambient or whatever the f***. Just really simple, clever pop.

http://www.myspace.com/mattandkim

In addition to what nailbomb said there is also "the way out is through" by NIN.

There are heaps of film composers like Vangelis (blade runner), Thomas Newman and Angelo Badalamenti that may fit what you want.

Also, http://bluemars.org for all your ambient/electronic online radio needs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlemmur_%28soundtrack%29 also

richie hawtin?

PLASTICMAN

Homeworld Soundtrack available for download here, link at bottom.