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Ambient
- Genre family
- Electronic
- 2010s recordings
- 6
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Ambient
Ambient is a branch of the Electronic family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Ambient is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Mat Zo, Max Cooper and Brian Eno.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreElectronic
Current genreAmbient
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2010s · United Kingdom · Ambient
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
6 recordings2010s starting recordings
01Impermanence2016 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 02Matta2019 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 03Above Water (Instrumental)2015 · Minimalism · ambientOpen in new tab 04Patterns Emerging2016 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 05Silver Morning2019 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 06The Paleontologist2019 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2010s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2010s albums
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