The Japanese band MONO are 'ether' personified x

William Orbit - Ogive (This tune is such a treat)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Only Love Can Conquer Hate
Eluvium - Under the Water it Glowed
Diatonis - Lunar Dream
Diatonis - Aurora
Bloc Party - Signs
Alexandre Desplat - The Engagement
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place out in the Country
Aphex Twin - Rhubarb/ Linchen/16/ Tha
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood
Bjork - Oxygen/ Hyperballad
Daniel Lanois - White Mustang II
Joseph Arthur - Invisible Hands
Brian Eno - Stars
The Cars - Drive
Clogs - Kapsberger
The Early Years - A Little More
Smashing Pumpkins - To Sheila
"What difference does it make when one's heart is breaking?" - Carole Lombard [My Man Godfrey]

I liked the movie but I didn't buy into the whole 'ether' stuff. To me it sounded like bs that was meant to appeal to those who like to make a big fuss about what they think is art. I think that it can say something about the characters in the film but to take it out of the film is just to pose in those characters shoes. So I don't think any music comes from the ether.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkG4ZLgN0s
the 'ether' is captured in more ways than one here.

Try a bit of Bill Nelson,
Chance Encounters In the Garden Of Lights , Simplex , Pavilions of the Heart and Soul, Chamber of Dreams , Summer of Gods Piano
Any one of the many, albums he has out not sure exactly how many but it is a lot more than one shelf on my wall
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Grizzly Bear, definitely.
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Donovan.

Oh, also
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Bjrk - Hidden Place
"No one's gonna show me how, give it to me"

Well, I don't know much about 'ether' but Goldfrapp's 'Time Out from the World' is stunning, you should check it out!
"No one's gonna show me how, give it to me"

sigur ros. end of discussion

Beach House Beach House Beach House
http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic
http://www.last.fm/music/Beach+House

Cocteau Twins, Faye Wong (Lily was based on her), Bjork, The Radio Dept., Explosions in the Sky, Mono, The Beatles, Sigur Ros

Stars of the Lid indeed!
"What is your mother's maiden name?" What's her first name? I just knew her as Ma!

good lord..enough with the radiohead i mean they r good,but dig deeper u will find better stuff.hmmCOCTEU TWINS is definitaly ether!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out SHOE GAZE -music style-
maybe a bit of trip hop stuff too..and more on the alternative like some post rock bands..

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No love for Stars Of The Lid? "The Tired Sounds Of" & "And Their Refinement Of The Decline" are completely enrapturing. Also Mono, especially their collaboration with World's End Girlfriend "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain". If you get the chance see their tour doc "And The Sky Remains The Same As Ever", that band is the best live experience I've had.
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check out this Japanese band called downy , they're pretty damn good.
www.myspace.com/downymudai

oh and i forgot the cocteau twins - great band, and a major influence on faye wong (who was the inspiration for the character lily chou-chou)

i'd go along with several of the suggestions here, particularly gsybe!, my bloody valentine, philip glass, brian eno and boards of canada. and of course bjork is probably the closest to 'lily chou-chou' herself. some other suggestions:
elysian fields, belle and sebastian, portishead, massive attack, aphex twin's 'ambient works 1&2', lonely china day, sonic youth, the boredoms (from 'super ae' onwards), hisato higuchi, fennesz, tom hecker, and romantic period composers like debussy and satie
and if you're interested in the 'darker' side of the ether:
jesu, isis, boris, earth, sunn o))), sleep, om, red sparowes, pelican, skullflower

sigur ros

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Philip Glass eats ether for breakfast cuz he's a bad mutha

wow, no mentions of shiina ringo? She is even mentioned in the film
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/shiina%2Bringo/video/x2zal z_shena-ringo-izonsho_music
THAT'S ether.