Line #191 Main/Ambient


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2	Primary Stylistic Influences:
3	+ Modern ClassicalMusic, AvantGardeMusic, early ElectronicMusic, {{Krautrock}}, ProgressiveRock, PsychedelicRock
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6	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
7	+ occasionally World Music and GenreMotif/{{Folk}}; later artists often influenced by {{Industrial}}, HouseMusic, {{Techno}}, {{Trance}} and other more recent genres of ElectronicMusic
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9
10	->''"The cusp between melody and texture."''
11	-->-- '''Music/BrianEno'''
12
13	Ambient music is usually minimalistic, attempting to stir up a certain atmosphere or imagery to the listener. The instruments used are mostly of an electronic nature such as synthesizers, samplers and drum machines. However more traditional instrumentation is also prevelant among artists.
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15	Its understated nature and tendency to evoke positive feelings in a listener make it very popular during relaxation and as feel good inspiration. Its darker side is also useful in creating tension and underlying emotion in TV and film. Subtle unsettling scores can make all the difference in keeping your audience on edge whilst not overpowering the scene.
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17	The origins of the music can be seen as beginning just [[OlderThanTheyThink before and after]] the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI first World War]] alongside art movements such as futurism which emphasized less traditional experimentation in music. One of the pioneers was composer Music/ErikSatie, whose minimalistic atmosphere pieces were downgraded during his lifetime, but after his death became VindicatedByHistory as being way ahead of their time. They were a huge inspiration to ambient music. According to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, Music/BrianEno actually [[TropeNamer coined the term]] "Ambient Music" during the 70s. He once described the music as capable of being:
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19	''"Actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending on the choice of the listener".''
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21	A statement that nicely sums up why it can be engaging for some and simply background music for others.
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23	It may be worth noting that Eno credits Music/MilesDavis' "He Loved Him Madly", off 1974's ''Get Up with It'', with [[UrExample inspiring several of his ambient albums]].
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25	Certain subgenres of AlternativeRock draw influences from ambient music, such as DreamPop and {{Slowcore}}/Sadcore. [[DoomMetal Drone Metal]] may also be considered to be influenced by ambient music, and there is an entire subgenre of BlackMetal also influenced by ambient music, appropriately called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Ambient Black Metal".]]
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27	!! Sub-genres include:
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29	* Ambient Americana
30	* Ambient House
31	* Ambient Dub
32	* Ambient Trance
33	* Ambient Industrial
34	* Ambient Noise
35	* Ambient Noise Wall
36	* Ambient Techno
37	* Clinical Ambient
38	* Black Ambient
39	* Dark Ambient
40	* Drone Ambient
41	* Ritual Ambient
42	* Space Ambient
43	* Tribal Ambient
44	* Isolationalism
45	* Deathdream
46	* Lowercase
47	* Environmental Music (Kankyou Ongaku)
48
49	!! Examples of Ambient Artists/Works:
50	[[index]]
51	* Music/AphexTwin
52	** ''[[Music/SelectedAmbientWorks8592 Selected Ambient Works 85–92]]'' (some of the tracks)
53	** ''Music/SelectedAmbientWorksVolumeII''
54	* Apoptygma Berserk:
55	** ''Exit Popularity Contest''
56	* Music/{{Autechre}}
57	** "Yulquen" on ''Amber''
58	** "Paralel Suns", "Notwo", and "[=Outh9x=]" on ''Quaristice''
59	** "Perlence Suns", "9013-2", and "Perlence Subrange 6-36" on ''Quaristice Quadrange''
60	* Music/{{Balligomingo}}
61	* Music/{{Betamaxx}}
62	** ''Sarajevo'' (ConceptAlbum based on the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, held in the then-Yugoslav city of the same name)
63	* Music/{{Biosphere}}
64	** ''Substrata''
65	* ''Blowupnihilist''
66	** "Impermanence", "Dukkha", and "Masada", from ''Deconstructionism: The Most Sincere Form of Self Criticism''
67	** "Quarantine", "Evidence of a Psychotic Break", "Dirge, Respite", and "A Rope Over an Abyss", from ''The Ghastly Paraphernalia of Our Beneficial Trade''
68	** ''Objective Nothingness''
69	* Music/BoardsOfCanada (fused with IDM)
70	** 1998 - ''Music/MusicHasTheRightToChildren''
71	** 2002 - ''Music/{{Geogaddi}}''
72	** 2005 - ''Music/TheCampfireHeadphase''
73	** 2013 - ''Music/TomorrowsHarvest''
74	* Music/BohrenUndDerClubOfGore: German jazz band who mixes ambient with metal.
75	* Some of Music/DavidBowie's albums fall into this for significant portions of their running time:
76	** ''Music/LowDavidBowieAlbum''
77	** ''Music/HeroesDavidBowieAlbum''
78	** ''Music/TheBuddhaOfSuburbia''
79	* Music/BrokenIris
80	* Music/{{BT}}:
81	** ''This Binary Universe''
82	** ''If The Stars are Eternal, So Are You and I''
83	** ''Morceau Subrosa'' (released simultaneously with the above album)
84	* Most of Music/{{Burzum}}'s non-metal material.
85	* Music/{{C418}}
86	** [[/index]]''Bushes and Marshmallows''
87	** The ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' OST
88	** ''one''[[index]]
89	* Music/CabaretVoltaire:
90	** ''Dekadrone''
91	** ''[=BN9Drone=]''
92	* Music/CarbonBasedLifeforms
93	* Music/{{Coil}}
94	* College
95	** ''Shanghai''
96	* Music/{{Covenant}}
97	** "Cryotank Expansion", on ''Dreams of a Cryotank''
98	** "Modern Ruin Part II", on ''Modern Ruin''
99	** [[/index]]"Jag är Fullständigt Tung" on ''Leaving Babylon''(LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition)[[index]]
100	* Jack Dangers:
101	** ''Music for Planetarium''
102	* Music/DarkAges
103	* Music/DarshanAmbient
104	* Music/{{Dilate}}:
105	** ''Cyclos''
106	** ''Octagon''
107	* Music/{{Enigma}}
108	** ''MCMXC A.D.''
109	** ''The Cross of Changes''
110	** ''A Posteriori''
111	* Music/BrianEno (the TropeNamer, if not exactly the TropeMaker)
112	** ''Another Green World''
113	** ''Discreet Music''
114	** ''Music/Ambient1MusicForAirports''
115	** ''Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics'' (with Jon Hassell)
116	** ''Ambient 4: On Land''
117	** ''Music/ApolloAtmospheresAndSoundtracks''
118	** ''Thursday Afternoon''
119	** ''The Shutov Assembly''
120	** ''Neroli''
121	* Music/TheFlashbulb
122	* Freaky DNA:
123	** "Bass Armonium"
124	** "Fog Stalker"
125	** "Iced Cubed"
126	* Music/RobertFripp:
127	** ''Let the Power Fall''
128	** ''Gates of Paradise''
129	** ''A Temple in the Clouds'' (with Jeff Fayman)
130	* Music/TheFutureSoundOfLondon
131	** Lifeforms
132	* Music/{{Grouper}}
133	* Music/TimHecker
134	* Music/{{Hexode}}
135	* Music/HisNameIsAlive (On the albums ''All the Mirrors in the House'' and ''Return to Never'' as well as scattered tracks on their earlier work)
136	* Aubrey Hodges
137	** [[/index]]''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''Final Doom'' Platform/PlayStation soundtracks
138	** ''Doom 64'' soundtrack
139	** ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' and ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' Platform/Nintendo64 soundtracks
140	** ''Journey Into the Dark Places Vol. 1'' and ''2''[[index]]
141	* Music/TheHumanLeague
142	** ''The Dignity of Labour, Pts. 1-4''
143	* Music/MarkIsham
144	* Music/JeanMichelJarre
145	** ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'' (1976)
146	*** ''Oxygène 7-13'' (1997)
147	*** ''Oxygène 3'' (2016)
148	** ''Music/{{Equinoxe}}'' (1978)
149	*** ''Équinoxe Infinity'' (2018)
150	** ''Magnetic Fields'' (1981)
151	** ''Waiting For Cousteau'' (1990)
152	** ''Amazonia'' (2021)
153	* Music/JunoReactor
154	** ''Luciana'' (a single 61-minute dark ambient track)
155	* Music/{{Khanate}}
156	* Music/LeylandKirby (also plunderphonics and harsh noise on some releases)
157	* Music/TheKLF
158	** ''Chill Out''
159	* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s first three albums could be considered to be ambient (though sometimes also called KrautRock), particularly ''Kraftwerk 2'' and ''Ralf und Florian''. This was just EarlyInstallmentWeirdness though, from before they arguably became the TropeMaker for electronic music.
160	* Laserdance:
161	** ''Ambiente''
162	* Lazerhawk
163	** ''Dreamrider''
164	* Le Matos (also UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})
165	** ''EXODE Original Web Series Soundtrack''
166	* Music/{{Leviathan}} - Dark ambient on ''A Silhouette in Splinters.''
167	* Music/LifeInYellow
168	* ''Gyorgy Ligeti''
169	** [[/index]]"Atmosphères", "Lux Aeterna" "Requiem", all three of which were featured in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''[[index]]
170	* ''Lustmord'' - Trope Maker of dark ambient.
171	* Music/{{M83}}:
172	** ''Digital Shades, Volume 1''
173	** ''DSVII''
174	* Music/MagicSword
175	* Music/{{Matmos}}
176	* Music/MerShoppingMissbrukForStudenter
177	* Music/MidnightSyndicate
178	* Bryce Miller (also UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})
179	** ''City Depths''(2015)
180	** ''Monochrome Daydream''(2019)
181	* Music/{{Moby}}
182	** ''Ambient''
183	** The ambient [=CDs=] on ''Hotel'' and ''Wait For Me''
184	** 1999 - Music/{{Play}}
185	* ''Mark Morgan:''
186	** [[/index]]''Vault Archives'' (''VideoGame/Fallout1'' and ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' remastered soundtrack)[[index]]
187	* Music/MoonsetMusic
188	* Music/{{Mortiis}} was dark ambient for his first seven albums, before undergoing a GenreShift.
189	* Music/JuanMutant
190	* Music/NegativeEntropy:
191	** ''City Open to the Nomad''
192	* Spencer Nilsen
193	** ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' and ''Ecco: The Tides of Time'' Platform/SegaCD soundtracks, select songs from both games were compiled on the CD ''Ecco: Songs of Time''
194	* Music/NineInchNails
195	** 2008 - ''Music/GhostsIToIV''
196	** [[/index]]''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' soundtrack
197	** ''Ghosts V: Together''
198	** ''Ghosts VI: Locusts''
199	* Nordra (SoloSideProject of Monika Khot from Zen Mother)
200	** ''Nordra EP''
201	** ''Pylon II''
202	** ''Come Diventare Un Partigiano''
203	** ''Pylon III''
204	* Nothing but Noise, a side project of Music/{{Front 242}} founding members Daniel B. and Dirk Bergen, along with Erwin Jadot:
205	** ''Not Bleeding Red''
206	** ''Music for Muted TV 1-4''
207	** ''From Berlin to Brussels''
208	** ''Existence Oscillation Past'',''Present'', and ''(possible) Future''
209	** ''Mutanten Machine''
210	** ''Formations Magnétiques et Phénomènes d'incertitude''
211	* OGRE & Dallas Campbell
212	** ''All Hallows''
213	** ''Beyond the Infinite''
214	** ''All Hallows II''[[index]]
215	* Music/OneohtrixPointNever
216	* Ben Prunty:[[/index]]
217	** ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease FTL: Advanced Edition]]'' soundtracks
218	** ''Color Sky''[[index]]
219	* Music/{{REPULSIVE}}
220	* Music/TheResidents
221	** ''Music/{{Eskimo}}''
222	* Music/{{Ruelle}}
223	* Most of Music/SolarFields' discography, except for ''Earthshine'' and ''Random Friday'', which are {{trance}}
224	* Creator/SteveRoden
225	* Music/ErikSatie (his minimalist piano-based compositions are considered a UrExample of the style.
226	* Most albums by Music/KlausSchulze, former drummer of Music/TangerineDream and frontman of Music/AshRaTemple.
227	* Creator/AlexSeropian:
228	** ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' soundtrack (the CD-ROM edition includes Redbook arrangements of seven select songs that can be listened to on an audio CD player)
229	* Creator/NickShutter
230	* Music/SleepResearchFacility
231	* Music/{{Slowdive}}
232	* Smokey Emery
233	** ''Soundtracks For Invisibility Vol. I-IV''
234	** ''Every Bitter Thing Sweet''
235	** ''Cathedrelic'' (with R. Lee Dockery)
236	* Music/SunnO
237	* Music/TangerineDream
238	** ''Alpha Centauri''
239	** ''Zeit''
240	** ''Phaedra''
241	** ''Rubycon''
242	** ''Ricochet''
243	** ''Stratosfear''
244	** ''The Seven Letters from Tibet''
245	* Music/{{Ulver}} on some albums.
246	* Music/VladislavDelay
247	** ''Anima''
248	* Music/{{Wardruna}}
249	* Music/WatashiNoKoko: Released an ambient album and a dark ambient album under the name Kesson Shoujo in 2007-08, then returned to the dark ambient genre for 2016's "hue drone."
250	* Music/StevenWilson (of Porcupine Tree fame) has delved into this with his ''Bass Communion'' project, which is composed of both Ambient and minimalist electronic soundscapes.
251	* Music/WingsOfAnAngel
252	* Xeno & Oaklander:
253	** ''Movements''
254	** ''Movements II''
255	* Music/HiroshiYoshimura
256	** ''Music for Nine Postcards''
257	** ''GREEN''
258	** ''Wet Land''
259	** ''Soundscape vol. 1: Surround''
260	** ''A・I・R (Air In Resort)''
261	* Music/JohnZorn
262	* Music/ZovietFrance
263	* The ''One A.D.'' and ''Two A.D.'' compilations range from dancey to spacey.
264	[[/index]]

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