Recent Ambient/Electronica?

I'm also enjoying the new Japancakes album titled Waking Hours. A lot more piano on this go round. If you've never heard them I'd start with their album Belmondo. Superb stuff! The extra Warp records mix cd that comes with the Warp dvd is really tasty as well. The history of Warp in like 45 minutes. It must have bits and pieces from 120 tracks!

There is a cut on the Astralwerks 2003 Cd by The Faint called "The Conductor (Thin White Duke Remix). That I am really enjoying and the sound quality is top notch as well

I was hooked up to the following recent bands/artists:
Chis Campbell -- Things We Already Know on 180g vinyl released 2013
Cyrillic Typewriter --  Custodian released 2013. Other releases of it are also very interesting.

If you want something interesting, dark, and very creative I recommend Shackleton. Especially Music for the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs. The production is insane and it grows on you the more you listen you realize how creative and brilliant the music is. On a good system this music is epic. I also love Move D (David Moufang). The albums Pop For Dwoozle and Kunstoff are excellent. Sandwell District is also great. And I can't forget Proem. Conforce, Leif Dinas Oleu, and older Monolake! 

^---Good stuff. Shackleton is crazy good. I'll throw a recommendation out for everything on the Carpe Sonum label. It's basically a label set up for Fax artists since Pete Namlook's death. If you're into the mid-90s Fax sound then grab the 20 or so releases they've put out the last 2 years.