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Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody. It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.
- 1960s–1970s, United Kingdom, Jamaica (dub music) and Japan
This is a list of ambient music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those who have been on a major label).
Brian Eno popularized the term “ambient music” in the 1970s. His open-ended songs are ideal listening in a time of uncertainty. Herman Wouters for The New York Times. By Jon Pareles. April 29,...
Mar 21, 2018 · Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, released 40 years ago, marked the formal beginnings of ambient music. It is still provoking composers and audiences to contemplate new ways of listening.
- Lawrence English
1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - async. April 28, 2017. Ambient, Modern Classical. Critic Score. 84. 14 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 2. Various Artists - Mono No Aware. March 17, 2017. Ambient. Critic Score. 82. 5 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 3. Pauline Anna Strom - Trans-Millenia Music. November 10, 2017.
Ambient music forgoes standard structures to become environments transporting listeners into peaceful headspaces outside of time. These chilled-out, imaginative sound worlds reinvent instrumental tones as portals for meditation, creativity, or backdrop atmospheres.
Apr 28, 2022 · Si Truss. published 28 April 2022. From ’50s classical experiments to an antidote to ’90s raves, ambient music has proved to be less of a singular genre, more of a creative ethos. (Image credit: Getty Images) What exactly is ambient music? That’s not such a simple question to answer.
