how could someone view this as anything other than dystopian?

Zardoz Clause!

“ghosts aren’t real”

“well of course, but they don’t know that”

Kinky

yes, probably

ok

I prefer buildings that weren’t demolished by airplanes

… noodle noodle moo…

you’re thinking of jackitvision

Life on the outside ain’t what it used to be…

But how can he reach maximum productivity if he’s sitting down ?!

Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon

Laraaji & Brian Eno - Ambient 3: Days of Radiance

Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again

Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero

Christian Fennesz and Jim O’Rourke - It’s Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry

PBK and Jim O’Rourke - Unidentified Again

Oreb Ambarchi - Grapes Of The Estate

Golden Retriever - Light Cones

Kassel Jaeger - Swamps/Things

Growing - Color Wheel

Most of these are probably considered more “experimental” than ambient, but whatever, genres are weird

Edit: formatting

There’s just something about them