The problem is there are no musicians on your list - only wimpy new-age air-pudding purveyors.
In that general area, I'd sooner go for somebody like Bill Frisell or Hariprasad Chaurasia. Sure, it's instrumental, relaxing, meditative, etc. but the connection to a classical/folk tradition (jazz and raga, respectively) give it a little more human, 'juicy' feel. The guys you mention just are dry and unaffecting for me.
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