One Life

Really lovely ambient music. I loved all the cello. If I ran a planetarium this would be a perfect soundtrack to my shows.

waves of bliss and awe a platonic ideal for modern ambient File next to the greatest acts in that genre (or ones in very adjacent styles): Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Sigur Rós, Fennesz, William Basinski, Grouper, Nils Frahm, Oneohtrix Point Never, Julianna Barwick, Dylan Henner, Heinali... And thanks for putting this record out there. Three footnotes: Oliver Coates' cello on the title track is indeed a thing of wonder. I've just read that the artist known as "Malibu" is the daughter of an oceanographer. She might not be one herself, but the apple never falls far from the tree, doesn't it? One man studies the ocean. His daughter pays tribute to it through music. Makes sense. Malibu has just released a full-length album this year, *Vanities*, by the way. It's in a somewhat more "film noir" vein (soundscapes inspired by Los Angeles landscapes, or so I hear). It's excellent as well, and transports you to places that are equally evocative and breathtaking. So please check it out. 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5. Even though it's technically an E.P. But more on that later... 9.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 4.5) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 64 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 82 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 157 (including this one, because it's technically an E.P. -- *Vanities* might make the cut though, who knows?. I'm still putting this record in my highest-rated gallery anyway. Its global score is too low and it's too beautiful to go unnoticed by fans of the genre, I want to help turn the karmic balance the other way. Hope other music listeners and reviewers here will concur) ---- Emile... Je viens de lire ta dernière réponse. Je vais essayer de trouver le temps de rédiger la mienne pendant la période des fêtes. D'ici-là, ben joyeux Noël et bonne année aussi !

Hey this is an ep :( It's really nice though :) 4

Sitting on an infinite beach staring into the oceans of time

I’ve been listening to a lot of ambient music lately. I’m finding that it works as an effective salve to treat the soul crushing and unrelenting barrage of bullshit that constitutes life in America in 2025. It’s a warm and enveloping escape from reality - an audio narcotic, if you will. I enjoyed this EP quite a bit. It washed over and temporarily quieted my racing mind on yet another Monday that’s come too soon.

One Life is the debut EP of Malibu. It is only 4 tracks long. The songs are atmospheric sound shapes sound pleasant, but can also disappear in the background if you don't pay close attention. It's ok, but does not add anything and is quite forgettable.

This made me wonder if this album is what it’s like when you pass out from heroin and have that moment of bliss like in Trainspotting. Of course, I can’t relate to that and found this album to be soothing noise and not much of an album I enjoyed. 3.0/10

Technically an EP but anyway, it is great. One Life is the best track and I would also recommend the Evian Christ mix. I hope some more electronic albums will appear in the user album list.

Música electrónica. Relajante. Un 4, venga.

Could have listened to a full album's worth of this. Very relaxing. Good to work to.

Very relaxing

Interesting little EP. I enjoy the vibes of it and like the ambient nature of it (especially because it is short). However I don't think it's doing anything really that groundbreaking or different from similar albums. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Checkpoint reached November 4, 2025

Seems less a record to hear before one dies as one to hear as one is dying. Pretty gorgeous and just about as ethereal as can be, an elegant sort of contemplativeness, it has, particularly when leaning into classical-inflected, Gorecki-esque passages (e.g., title track). Would have this replace many of the electronic records on the list proper, especially the dancier / clubbier ones (e.g., Coldcut, the Shamen,Goldie, Leftism of course the loathsome Prodigy, NIN, ilk, etc.) but perhaps even the more “serious” ones (e.g., Aphex Twin, Orbital). One’s been listening to a lot of Gas lately (esp in the mornings) and this will fit right in so thanks, recommender, and one will go off into the rest of the catalog.

Música electrónica. Relajante. No me ha entusiasmado. Pero bueno, seamos buenos ... Le doy un 4.

Música electrónica. Relajante. Un 4, venga.

Rating: 6/10

I too have listened to Eno’s music for Airports

Not really my thing, but it's all right. 3 stars.

I don't really know much about ambient, but an intrigued by it. I really enjoyed the work here, though its really hard to understand if its good as i don't expect to be listening to it in the same way. Its ethereal but has some warmth from a strings sounding influence. I liked checking this out.

Pretty

Lovely lush ambient electronica.

That is surely some ambient. I actually liked this kind of thing, I'm just not sure it belongs in precisely the same category as music. I would listen to more though.

Pleasant enough music for the background or a relaxing mood.

Good ambient EP

Nice enough

Ambient's got a pretty high floor as far as genres go. Rare instance of feeling like I'd prefer longer than E.P.-length

Pleasant enough. I do like ambient and this was fine but not exceptional?

It's nice, too short in fact. You might say it's kinda 'nothingy' but that's the idea..... Very relaxing.

Pretty cool one. Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" meets C418's "Minecraft: Volume Beta", which is a sentence that has never been uttered before in the history of humanity. Songs probably should have been longer, since they very often end before they even manage to properly suck you into their soundscapes. Stuff just sorta happens. 3/5.

It’s fine, well constructed and executed but just too ambient and wandering in its short runtime to generate any interest.

Why the need for more ambience?

Very boring.

This is what I listened to in 1995 when I was playing Myst. It’s pretty, but I didn’t think it needed an album in this century.

OK. Let's forget about the technicalities here. I'm wondering why John Tesh hasn't been on this list... I appreciate that someone would like to share this with me. Sometimes, recommendations just don't hit the mark. For those who rated this as a 5, would you be comfortable giving this EP out as a Christmas present? Would you like to receive it as a present?

I'm usually a sucker for this kind of stuff, but this just felt so empty and meaningless and weightless. Also, I thought user albums had to have a Wikipedia page attached to them? There are so many albums I love and would have submitted without Wikis.

Not an album. Just sort of happens in the background, for less than half an hour, then stops. Mildly hypnotic at points, but still 100% an e.p. rather than an album.

A collection of soundscapes can’t be one of the 1,001 greatest albums