<p>In a long-running, much-lauded series like <cite>Pop Ambient,</cite> there&#8217;s really only one thing you can do to keep things fresh on a new installment: Line up your best ambient travelers and stamp their passports. And wow, the pillow-fighters at Kompakt have really curated the hell out of <cite>Pop Ambient 2010.</cite> My attention to techno has drifted, but neither you nor I need to be reminded that <strong>Wolfgang Voigt</strong> (a.k.a. <strong>Gas</strong>), <strong>The Orb, Dettinger</strong> and <strong>Thomas Fehlmann</strong> are real leaders in this field. Voigt&#8217;s entry, &#8220;Zither Und Horn,&#8221; diverges from the Gas line and instead delivers tinkly bliss; the Orb and Fehlmann each burrow deep into endless layers of dreamy gauze, awesome pieces from both. Filling out the comp&#8217;s 13 tracks are genuinely moving tracks from <strong>Marsen Jules,</strong> whose stately &#8220;The Sound of One Lip Kissing&#8221; opens the record in jaw-dropping fashion, and <strong>Brock Van Wey/BVDub,</strong> who follows that with clouds of mist and a heavenly vocal loop on &#8220;Lest You Forget.&#8221; By then, you are off and dreamin&#8217;. (The vinyl includes a CD copy of the album.) (M.L. Thrope)</p> 2010-02-03T19:10:50-05:00 v-a-pop-ambient-2010 12908002 Music 2010-02-03T19:10:50-05:00 2010-02-03T20:48:23-05:00 Kompakt ambient, electronic In a long-running, much-lauded series like ??Pop Ambient,?? there's really only one thing you can do to keep things fresh on a new installment: Line up your best ambient travelers and stamp their passports. And wow, the pillow-fighters at Kompakt have really curated the hell out of ??Pop Ambient 2010.?? My attention to techno has drifted, but neither you nor I need to be reminded that *Wolfgang Voigt* (a.k.a. *Gas*), *The Orb, Dettinger* and *Thomas Fehlmann* are real leaders in this field. Voigt's entry, "Zither Und Horn," diverges from the Gas line and instead delivers tinkly bliss; the Orb and Fehlmann each burrow deep into endless layers of dreamy gauze, awesome pieces from both. Filling out the comp's 13 tracks are genuinely moving tracks from *Marsen Jules,* whose stately "The Sound of One Lip Kissing" opens the record in jaw-dropping fashion, and *Brock Van Wey/BVDub,* who follows that with clouds of mist and a heavenly vocal loop on "Lest You Forget." By then, you are off and dreamin'. (The vinyl includes a CD copy of the album.) (M.L. Thrope) 16.99 2010-02-03T19:10:51-05:00 manual 227 32639642 deny 1 CD 1 15.99 12908002 true true 2010-02-03T19:10:51-05:00 2010-02-03T19:13:40-05:00 manual 454 32639672 deny 1 LP 2 15.99 12908002 true true 2010-02-03T19:13:40-05:00 2010-02-03T19:11:02-05:00 26704542 1 12908002 2010-02-03T19:11:02-05:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0000/4544/products/ambient.jpg?1268021986 Title