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Ambient
- Genre family
- Electronic
- Starting recordings
- 11
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 bvdub, Bing & Ruth and William Basinski.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreElectronic
Current genreAmbient
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01And Then We Disappeared2025 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 02GardenAmbient · ambientOpen in new tab 03Lit a Dawn2010 · Minimalism · ambientOpen in new tab 04Melancholia VIII2014 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 05Melancholia VII2014 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 06Individuation2016 · Minimalism · ambientOpen in new tab 07As Much as Possible2017 · Minimalism · ambientOpen in new tab 08Visible Light2024 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 09Kingdom Come2024 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab 10Last Words2024 · Ambient · ambientOpen in new tab
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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