Not sad or morose, needs to be qualitatively like being under a heating lamp, almost as if one were cocooned or swaddled in warmth.

  • Probably “dark” is preferable but not necessarily,
  • must be “warm”, can be “chill” but not at the expense of warmth,
  • probably “soft” or “easy”/mellow, intensity should be fairly homogenous throughout
  • “sonorous”, “fat”, possibly resonant is good
  • definitely not cold/cool or desolate
  • buzzy/buzzing/buzz/swarming/swarmy, oscillating, vibrato, very mild distortion or driftiness, like bees swarming
  • dreamy but still warm (opposite of inception)
  • ethereal is ok but not in conflict with warmth
  • liminal is ok as long as it doesnt conflict with warmth

Harold Budd - Niki D (album: Luxa)

Sirena Beach from Mario Sunshine (very similar to Niki D)

Brian Eno - Neroli

Burst Error - Warm Reset

Earthbound - Buzz buzz prophecy

This is all very subjective so take all this as more general but try to recognize the spirit of what is being sought. A lot of this sound makes me think of if microwave rays were embodied in sound

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    Arvo Part for sure

    Big Thief, especially the song Change, and you might like the whole album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, though much of it is quite noisy, does not fit your “the same straight through” requirement it is very warm and human sounding. She is such a great guitar player.

    Michael Kiwukana

    Tomorrow I can ask my friend who listens to more of the stuff in your list.

    Ok I asked my favorite ambient music person and he recommended Steve Roach, particularly the album Structures from Silence, David Helpling, Jon Jenkins, and Alexi Zakharov.