(just a list of some things i have heard lately)
lou reed: hudson river wind meditations, 2007
for melancholic yoga
lou reed: berlin, the bed, sad song, and the kids from berlin, 1973
jason lescalleet: the pilgrim
homage to lescalleet's father that passed away from cancer
david lang: the passing measures, 2001
bass communion: ghosts on magnetic tape, 2004
"inspired by scientist konstantin raudive’s famous attempts to communicate with the dead and subsequently capture his efforts on magnetic tape" dustedmagazine
hala strana: heave the gambrel roof, 2007
further transformations of eastern european folk music by steven r. smith
david sylvian: praise, and darkest dreaming from dead bees on a cake, 1999
keith berry: soundtrack to 58º north, 2006 (more on this later)
ornette coleman: sound grammar, 2006 (esp. sleep talking)
animal collective: loch raven from feels, 2005
roy orbison: in dreams, crying, blue angel and others
the platters: smoke gets in your eyes, 1959
beirut: elephant gun from lon gisland, 2007
vetiver: on a nerve from to find me gone, 2006
exit in grey: nameless droplet, 2006
beautiful melancholic melodies from this russian duo (esp. track 2, which is quite overwhelming)
scott tuma: beautiful dreamer from hard again, 2001 (and many others)
guitar from a distant place.
fennesz/ryuichi sakamoto: cendre, 2007 (esp. cendre, and abyss)
max richter: track from brilliant noise sountrack
william basinski: el camino real, 2007
stars of the lid: and their refinement of the decline, 2007
tom waits: johnsburg, illinois, town with no cheer, in the neighborhood, just another sucker on the vine, soldier's things, and rainbirds from swordfishtrombone, 1983
hans memling maria portinari, c.1470