A new third-party app brings Apple’s Ambient Music feature to Android, letting you start playlists to help you relax, focus, or sleep. Called Ambient Music, the app adds Quick Settings tiles that ...

While research tends to go back and forth on the advantages of noise versus silence for creativity and productivity, I always find myself more relaxed and focused at work after turning on a light ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Ambient” is an adjective increasingly used to describe music of all kinds, and the boundaries of ...

The term "ambient" music was first coined in the late '70s by influential British artist Brian Eno, who described it as music created to "induce calm and space to think." Since then, the genre has ...

Apple has introduced a significant enhancement with the release of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, the integration of ambient music directly into the Control Center. This feature is designed to complement ...

If you like working, sleeping, relaxing or meditating to ambient music — and you own an iPhone — you’re in luck. You can now play background tunes from Control Center on your iPhone. The feature is ad ...

The cover of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp's album "The Equatorial Stars" (2004). (Courtesy) For all the emotionally wrenching, cathartic rock ‘n’ roll I’ve enjoyed in my lifetime — for all the complex ...

Discover five lesser known ambient music albums from the 1990s to take your mind off things. At the beginning of the year, the essential Music from Memory label issued Virtual Dreams: Ambient ...

Ambient music is a common tool people use to help themselves focus when working or studying. Its calming atmosphere makes it ...

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A few weeks ago, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig sat down with NPR to premiere two new songs from their upcoming album, including the dreamy “2021.” It featured Jenny Lewis and, unexpectedly, a sample ...

In the face of crisis, our critic turned to music that demanded that she relinquish control. Alessandro Cortini, who started out as a multi-instrumentalist for Nine Inch Nails, is also known for his ...