Some of my favorite albums, in no particular order:
- Sade, "Diamond Life"
- Murcof, "Remembranza"
- Tangerine Dream, "Rubycon"
- Vangelis, "Blade Runner" OST
- Cinematic Orchestra, "Horizon"
- Miles Davis, "Live Around the World"
- Pat Metheny, "Secret Story"
- Keith Jarrett, not sure but "Staircase" is OK as an example
- [I'll add more later]
Some other albums that I like:
- Cassandra Wilson, "Traveling Miles"
- Tomas Dvorak, "Machinarium" Soundtrack
- Loess, "Burrows"
- Clint Mansell, "Pi" OST
- Dan Berglund's "Tonbruket"
- Talk Talk, "Laughing Stock"
- George Colligan's Mad Science, "Realization"
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, "Mustt Mustt"
- DJ-Kicks Mixed by Apparat
- Rush, "Permanent Waves"
- Steve Reich, "Music for 18 Musicians"
- [I'll add more later]
I work to some of the above albums, to the extent that they don't distract me too much on a given day. Some other albums I like to work to:
- Mitsuyoshi Matsuda, "small sketch"
- Scott Cortez, "Twin Radiant Flux"
- Edward Shearmur, "K-PAX" OST
- Cliff Martinez, "Solaris" OST
- Cliff Martinez, "Contagion" OST
- Eric Serra, "Le Grand Bleu" OST
- Eluvium, "Static Nocturne"