Pork, I hate to pimp my own music (no really! I haven't done it in months!), but I actually think this would be up your alley:
http://www.last.fm/music/Robe./The+Third+Cinder ... it's droney/doomy kind of stuff but obviously indebted to avant-classical, minimalist music, and so on. No hard feelings if you don't want to check it out or don't end up liking it, just thought I'd mention it real quick.
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