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Orion vs. Alien Project and the arrival of “Cryptic Aliens”

The 2002 compilation "Siesta," featuring Orion vs. Alien Project's single "Cryptic Aliens."
It's a relaxed Sunday afternoon. The air is clean. The remnants of last night's downpour have evaporated. The skies are blue with little fluffy clouds. It's as good a setting as any for some classic psychedelic ambience from collaborators Orion and Alien Project. The track in question is an instrumental tour-de-force of downtempo electronica titled …

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Younger Brother’s “Psychic Gibbon”

Younger Brother's 2007 album "The Last Days of Gravity," featuring "Psychic Gibbon."
As we're about to head into the final month of the year,  I thought I'd cap November with a few personal psychedelic ambient and trance favorites, which I'll attempt to post throughout the remainder of the day.So for starters, here's Younger Brother's "Psychic Gibbon."  I previously posted these guys back at the outset of October, …

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Caribou’s “Can’t Do Without You”

Caribou's 2014 album "Our Love," featuring the single "Can't Do Without You."
Seeing that the previous post was all about Daphni, let's make this one about Dan Snaith's other project, Caribou.  "Can't Do Without You" is the big single, but I won't hold that against him.  This song sounds just as great today as it did when it was released four years ago.  And I was reminded …

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