These end-of-the-year lists are usually labeled "Best Albums of the Year" - Best Ambient, Best Jazz, Best Indie, etc. I have been doing that for years. It has been pointed out that calling a list the "Best of the Year" is not only a bit snobby, it's also a little ridiculous because there is so much ambient music released every week that it's impossible to keep up. Plus this list is just my opinion, how can it possibly qualify as the "best"?
With that in mind I was moving towards labeling these as my favorite albums of the year. In this case I called it "2023 Rewind" simply because I found a cool stock photo for the cover art. Anyway, on to the mix.
These lists and mixes are tough to compile. It's so easy for even good albums to get lost in the shuffle. The ones that definitely did not get lost are my top 5 albums:
Ambient Decades: 1970s
The Color of Space guest mix by Mike G of Ambient Music Guide
minimal tendencies
Sunday Morning Music vol. 13 - Silver Sunrise
dubscapes & seascapes
Unfurling Forces
Piano Moments
Guitar-scapes
Cinema Atmospherica
a quiet sea
2015 jAZZ
Best of 2015 Ambient
The moon plays the ocean like a violin
the healing piano
Slow Decay
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
breathe
dubby & rainy
Sunday Morning Music vol. 12 - September's Here Again
Hammock Music - tracks for relaxig in one
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
Immediately Kinfolk
Turned On
Resident by Hernan Cattaneo
Markus Schulz presents Global DJ Broadcast