Buzzing and churning, the sound hovers overhead like a fleet of drones hidden beneath a leaden sky. It feels simultaneously close and far away; it has no source, no referent, no direction, no ...

A quiet listening culture takes shape around place, presence, and sound Organic ambient describes music that sits ...

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 ...

Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt curates the latest in the label’s ambient series with a compilation of dark and moody tracks that reflect the best of what modern-day ambient has to offer. Save this ...

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 ...

Host Scott Detrow talks with Pitchfork editor Andy Cush about ambient music and the growth in popularity of marketing it as so-called mood music on streaming platforms. And finally today, to create a ...

I first discovered ambient music in college, when I was a late-night d.j. My show at the campus radio station started every Thursday at midnight and ran until five. From midnight through two-thirty, I ...