Masterpieces of ambient music. Recommended popular tracks.

Om RamaAlice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda – Om Rama (Official Audio)

For listeners of mainstream music, even classic ambient music can feel like a high hurdle.

For those people, I recommend Om Rama.

It’s ambient music crafted with flavors that evoke African music and Afro-Cuban styles, and because it’s centered on vocals, I think it’s very easy to listen to.

It’s a must-check especially for fans of Black music such as R&B, soul, and funk.

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1/1Brian Eno

Brian Eno – 1/1

This is the opening track from Ambient 1: Music for Airports, the album in which Brian Eno, a pioneer of ambient music, first advocated the concept of ambient.

As the album title suggests, it is a work themed as music for airports.

Electric CounterpointSteve Reich

Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint (full)

The exceedingly famous minimalist masterpiece by contemporary composer Steve Reich, Electric Counterpoint.

It’s a piece written for electric guitar, performed by Pat Metheny with multitrack recording.

It is the finest masterpiece of human-performed minimal music.

Piano AquieuStars of the Lid

Piano Aquieu – Stars of the lid

This is a track from Tired Sounds of, a 2001 release by the Texas ambient duo Stars of the Lid.

Although the album title suggests “tired” sounds, the music feels less dark and more cinematic in its atmosphere.

RhubarbAphex Twin

Aphex Twin – Rhubarb

This is a track from Selected Ambient Works Volume II, released in 1994, which many consider Aphex Twin’s greatest masterpiece.

Its contourless sounds float and waver, evoking a strange sensation that’s neither pleasant nor unpleasant.