Ambient / New Age Anyone?

Chris my own opinion is that the e.p mentioned is the best of Boards Of Canada,their first album is good but not essential,their second album released this year is a pretty poor repeat of the first one.
You've actually mentioned music I haven't heard of,so I'll need to check that out.
I've spent a lot of the last couple of years checking out the Ambient genre-I eventually decided that Eno probably was still the best................

Kraftwerk's "Ralf and Florian" started me on this peaceful genre. Other favorites include: Edgar Frose-Aqua, Michael Stearns-Planetary Unfolding, Eno/Jon Hassell-Fourth World Vol. 1 Possible Musics, Harold Budd-White Arcades, John Serrie-And the Stars go with You, Midori-Bali, and most recently, Shastro-Tantric Heart

Future Sound of London's 'Lifeforms' and 'Dead cities' are two stand outs. I will post more as I recall.

Paul Shutze, Steve Roach and Robert Rich are all heavy hitters in the ambient genre, another favorite is Oyuki Conjugate.

If you check out the Boards of Canada get their new album Geoghaddi, it's their best work to date.

Rwwear - I agree that technically Tan Dream are not ambient, but for my own classifications I pretty much group all ambient/electronica together. Admittedly blurring the line a bit.

Rzemoski - I have a Stearns CD - M'Ocean which is good. Also, Eno/Hassell's Possible Musics is very good indeed. And I have heard of Serrie's 'And the Stars...' album, but never actually heard any of it - yet.

Ejlif - I know Steve Roach is highly regarded. For some reason, I have only heard a small sampling of his stuff and don't own any. Will have to rectify that, I suppose. What would be his 'definitive' work? I remember hearing something from an album called 'Dreamtime Return', and recently saw a CD in a shop called 'Streams & Currents'. I remembered that title because I am an avid fly fisher.

Chris