Top Psychill Albums

Making a Top psychill albums list is never an easy thing. You are locked in a battle of what you think the listening public likes versus what you know , in your heart , to be the most amazing releases of the year. We all have our own opinions and ideas and the psychedelic ambient genre , despite it's somewhat specific nomenclature , encompasses a variety musical styles. This can lead to a lot of heated debate as to what actually should be included in a list - "Is it really psychill ??".

There are some stand out albums I heard that did not make the list such as "Tokyo" by "Marconi Union" ( who also ranked #1 on the most relaxing song list by a british research team), "Here for Now" by "Seventh Swami" and "Undercurrent" by "Kilowatts". These are top albums that I enjoyed very much but I felt they did not sit comfortably with my definition of what makes up psychedelic ambient music. So all I can do is present a list of albums that in terms of the "style" of psychedelic ambient music that I like, left the biggest impressions on me for 2009.

Some potential top 25 entries were released very late in the the year and as such I may not have had an opportunity to listen to them yet. A prime example is "Hanging Masses" by "Cell". One final filtering point I used was the exclusion of some albums that comprised half psychill tunes and half uptempo trance like tunes. To be fair this is an ambient site and I did ponder over whether to include such releases for quite some time. In the end I felt that to be true to the nature of all things this site is about I couldn't include such albums in the list.

2009 has been a great year for top psychill music. We saw many releases from new artists and a few from established heavy weights. Some like the Ultimae crew 's Aes Dana, Solar Fields and H.U.V.A Network sent us on emotional journeys across the outer reaches of the galaxy. Others such as Shpongle , Kliment and Yggdrasil journeyed inside out minds , tweaking frequencies with psychedelia , groove and humor. Then there were artists like Don Peyote with his meditative masterpiece that reminds us all to look around and take some time out now and then.

Rank	Artist	Album
01	Shpongle	Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland
02	Don Peyote	Eternal Now
03	Capsula	Sense Of A Drop
04	Chronos & C.J. Catalizer	Quid Est Veritas
05	Yggdrasil	Prose Edda
06	Kliment	The Perpetual Ritual
07	Aes Dana	Leylines
08	Solar Fields	Movements
09	Third Ear Audio	Third Ear Audio
10	Zero Cult	Dreams In Stereo
11	Val(Liam)	Daydreamer
12	Koan	When Silence is Speaking
13	Bluetech	The Divine Invasion
14	Master Margherita	Hippies With Gadgets
15	H.U.V.A. Network	Ephemeris
16	Various	Hope ( Fluid Audio )
17	Various	Natural Born Chillers 2 ( Aleph Zero )
18	Vlastur	Interaxion Dub
19	James Murray	Where Edges Meet
20	Kuba	Bringing it all back home
21	Mystical Sun	Energy Mind Consciousness
22	Various	Imaginary Friends ( Ultimae )
23	Various	Fire ( Altar )
24	Various	Peace Therapy Volume 3 ( Kagdila )
25	Various	Vampire Sunrise ( Celestial Dragon )

So there we have it , after much contemplation , my final top psychill 25 albums of 2009. Let me know what your favorites of 2009 are sometime. I'd love to hear your own ideas.

As for PsyAmb , 2009 ha s been a fascinating year full of love , dreams and growth. I thank each and every one of your for your support and wish you all the best over this festive season.

Today I have a special mix comprising of tracks from every one of my top 25 psychill list. This is the longest mix I've done to date. Sorry for the file size , if you have the time and patience to download it all then I hope you enjoy it. There are some awesome tunes in this one !

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