Sep 26, 2016 · For our exploration of the greatest ambient albums, we polled critics for their favorites, with the suggestion that “ambient” meant, in part, music that creates an environment, …

Dec 23, 2020 · More than any other genre, ambient frequently offers a kind of emotional blank slate, and its very featurelessness suits listeners in search of wildly divergent things: solace, …

Feb 21, 2019 · Visible Cloaks’ Spencer Doran curates an appealingly cohesive compilation of Japanese ambient music that, while decades old, feels uncannily suited to contemporary …

Jul 9, 2015 · Critic Adam Ward provides a rundown of some of the most notable ambient and downtempo music in video game history.

May 25, 2022 · As more people turn to ambient playlists for sleeping, meditating, and growing houseplants, what does it mean for the artists behind the serene soundscapes?

Apr 11, 2023 · But Hecker’s title seems to already anticipate this criticism, and No Highs ultimately works as an example of what ambient music can be, rather than a suggestion of …

Oct 26, 2024 · A spellbinding compilation of seldom-heard tracks from the 1990s revisits the moment when Japanese ambient music absorbed the influence of a rapidly evolving worldwide …

Feb 16, 2017 · But ambient music represents just one facet of Eno’s boundless curiosity. I’m reminded of this after our interview, when he brings me into the music studio to show off the …

Oct 17, 2022 · Collectively, the following 10 artists are among the region’s most innovative: They ask urgent questions about how ambient music relates to space, time, and place, and remind …

Apr 25, 2014 · Mark Richardson talks about Aphex Twin's mysterious masterpiece Selected Ambient Works Volume II with Marc Weidenbaum, whose new 33 1/3 book details its gestation …