Sep 26, 2016 · Ambient is a great meeting point: not so much at the center of everything, but floating just above, in a perfect geosynchronous orbit, within reach.

Dec 23, 2020 · Ambient—a nebulous style characterized by fluid lines, beatless atmospheres, and, frequently, an emphasis on timbre and texture over melody or rhythm—has been on the rise for a while.

Dec 9, 2021 · But one chord, or even one note, played just the right way? Sometimes that’s all you need. Listen to a playlist collecting the year’s best ambient jazz on Spotify or Apple Music.

Oct 15, 2002 · Ambient 1: Music For Airports (1978) The first side of Music for Airports is occupied by a very short, repeating piano melody colored with just a hint of processing.

Dec 8, 2020 · Harold Budd, the avant-garde ambient and minimalist composer, has died. A post on his official Facebook page confirmed that he died of COVID-19 complications. He was 84.

Today we revisit a 1978 ambient masterpiece that helped launch the genre through its technological savvy and its soft heart.

Jun 6, 2013 · The aggressive dance tracks darkly obliterate everything else, while the wet and sunny piano-ambient ones wash out into the sounds of wind, waves, and gulls.

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

Feb 16, 2017 · The soft, contemplative LP is not just ambient, but also generative—that is, it is not a composed piece of music, but rather one for which he set in place a system of musical …

Dec 18, 2017 · A collaboration between an improvising pianist and the ambient icon yields an unusual fusion of acoustic and electronic ideas—a meeting of minds that is full of rewarding surprises.