MOTM

You have Gabriel's Birdie soundtrack, yeah? I assume so, but I hate to
assume since it's too tasty to miss.

Here are some others that toy around with that sort of 'ethnic' sound
(pitched drums, text-free, etc) but in a post-ambient/electronic way:

O Yuki Conjugate: Peyote
Rapoon: Vernal Crossing
Muslimgauze: Coup D'Etat/Abu Nidal
Zoviet-France: Shadow, Thief of the Sun

And I have to second, enthusiastically, the earlier recommendation to check
out Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa. It is one of the most magical contemporary
pieces I've heard.

best,
- Scott
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