Here’s a brand new favourite: folk boundary pushers Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers swapped ideas on how to subvert their usually Americana aligned instruments (well apart from the scissors!), into forces for ambient good. They didn’t half succeed.
Some good recommendations on this thread - cheers
Not sure these have been mentioned yet kind of “1st wave” stuff I feel have stood the test of time:
Michael Stearns - Planetary Unfolding, if you want to fly into space and back
Don Slepian -New Dawn, has been particularly played to death the last year to soundtrack lockdown, pottering, and meditation by the other half. Never gets old. The vinyl’s great, and his digital releases on bandcamp are a bargain
Robert Slap albums are decent too i.e. Emerald Green , and Oriental Garden
I absolitely love Jon Hassell, preferably on a hot summer’s day with the doors and windows open and the sounds of the garden blending in. Life doesn’t get much better than this for me.