Ambient 4: Isolationism

by Various Artists

Ambient 4: Isolationism cover art

Compiled by Kevin Martin (of God and The Bug), this seminal compilation effectively codified the 'isolationism' subgenre of dark ambient music. Gathering disparate artists like Aphex Twin, Scorn, and Thomas Köner, the collection emphasizes deeply dread-inducing, suffocatingly cold electronic soundscapes that stand in stark contrast to the era's typically relaxing ambient house.

Genres

  • Dark Ambient

Tracklist

  1. Lost (Held Under)
  2. Flat Without a Back
  3. The Dredger
  4. Strangers
  5. Daisy Gun
  6. Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer
  7. Self Strangulation
  8. Hallucinations (In Memory of Reinaldo Arenas)
  9. Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water mix)
  10. Lost in Fog
  11. Six
  12. Once Again I Cast Myself Into the Flames of Atonement
  13. Aphex Airlines
  14. Manoeuvre
  15. Lief
  16. Little Sister
  17. Hydroponic
  18. Desert Flower
  19. Burial Rites (Phosphorescent mix)
  20. Crater Scar (Adrenochrome)
  21. Hide
  22. Thoughts
  23. Kanon, Part I: Brohuk