Masterpieces of ambient music. Recommended popular tracks.
Ambient music—a term popularized by the English composer Brian Eno—is a genre often referred to as “environmental music,” though its definition is quite ambiguous.
Put simply, rather than music that reaches out directly to the listener, it’s said to be music that gently envelops them; yet due to that ambiguity, its styles vary widely.
This time, I’ve selected some classic tracks of ambient music.
Please take your time and enjoy until the end.
Playlist
| Masterpieces of ambient music. Recommended popular tracks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show_chart | Title | Playlist | Review |
| 1east | An EndingBrian Eno |  play_arrow | To understand ambient music, th... |
| 2east | Chill OutThe KLF |  play_arrow | Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty sa… |
| 3east | In CTerry Riley |  play_arrow | The movement of sound known as minimal music is most… |
| 4east | Melancholia IIWilliam Basinski |  play_arrow | He has also been active as a saxophonist and clarinetist... |
| 5east | Little Fluffy CloudsThe Orb |  play_arrow | A leading British group formed in 1988… |
| 6east | Popgas |  play_arrow | Music by Wolfgang Voigt… |
| 7east | The RacesGrouper |  play_arrow | A solo project by composer Liz Harris… |
| 8east | OtoRyuichi Sakamoto |  play_arrow | If we look only at history, we could still say it is very much a work in progress… |
| 9east | Ballad of Distances, Pt. 1Stars of the Lid |  play_arrow | Ambient music is ordinary music… |
| 10east | A Love SongPauline Oliveros |  play_arrow | Gaining popularity as an accordion player... |
| 11east | Appalachian Grove ILaurie Spiegel |  play_arrow | The technique of algorithms known as algorithmic composition... |
| 12east | Virginal IITim Hecker |  play_arrow | Composer Tim Hecker from Canada… |
| 13east | All You Are Going to Want to do is Get Back ThereThe Caretaker |  play_arrow | British dark ambient musici… |
| 14east | Come To DaddyAphex Twin |  play_arrow | Acid house, ambient music... |
| 15east | Unforeseen EventsDavid Behrman |  play_arrow | An ambient [something] I’d like to recommend to those who like jazz… |
| 16east | Lake LighceousIasos |  play_arrow | An artist from San Francisco, Ia... |
| 17east | In Light ft. JónsiJulianna Barwick |  play_arrow | A looper used in beatboxing and the like, and... |
| 18east | Fib01aKeith Fullerton Whitman |  play_arrow | Specializing in drill’n’bass and krautrock... |
| 19east | Om RamaAlice Coltrane |  play_arrow | For listeners of mainstream music, it’s the classic ki… |
| 20east | Joe’s HarpFolke Rabe & Jan Bark |  play_arrow | Boost your concentration with ambient music… |
| 21east | Lost But Never AloneOneohtrix Point Never |  play_arrow | Something like noise and ambient music… |
| 22east | 1/1Brian Eno |  play_arrow | Ambient music pioneer, Bri… |
| 23east | Electric CounterpointSteve Reich |  play_arrow | The all-too-famous contemporary musician Steve … |
| 24east | Piano AquieuStars of the Lid |  play_arrow | Ambient duo from Texas, Stars… |
| 25east | RhubarbAphex Twin |  play_arrow | Released in 1994, Aphex Tw... |
| 26east | Perpetuum MobilePenguin Cafe Orchestra |  play_arrow | Classical music, minimal music, folk/ethnic music, … |
| 27east | SunrainAshra |  play_arrow | A landmark of German electronics, and... |
| 28east | The Dance #1LARAAJI |  play_arrow | Brian Eno’s Ambient series… |
| 29east | DevotionAeoliah |  play_arrow | A supreme New Age classic masterpiece, and perhaps even... |
| 30east | ForestMartin Schulte |  play_arrow | Mar…, a DJ and producer based in Russia |
| 31east | JunoHarold Budd |  play_arrow | Originally an avant-garde composer, and th… |
| 32east | d|p 1.2William Basinski |  play_arrow | The minimalist from New York, Willia… |
| 33east | PlateauThe Orb |  play_arrow | The British techno musician, The … |
| 34east | She Loves Me That WayGrouper |  play_arrow | A female artist from Portland, United States... |
| 35east | The Expanding UniverseLaurie Spiegel |  play_arrow | Laurie Spiegel, a female electronic musician… |
| 36east | Sembahyang PagiJalan Jalan |  play_arrow | Composer-arranger Hironobu Urata and the singer-song... |
| 37east | Satz: EbeneKlaus Schulze |  play_arrow | Klaus Schulze is a German composer… |
| 38east | Micerino Alap / Micerino TemaAlejandro Franov |  play_arrow | A musician from Argentina, on the opposite side of the world from Japan… |
| 39east | Rainbow CanyonIasos |  play_arrow | Said to be one of the progenitors of New Age music… |
| 40east | Switch ItTwo Lone Swordsmen |  play_arrow | Two Lone Swordsmen is a… |
| 41east | The Tamburas of Pandit Pran NathLa Monte Young / Marian Zazeela |  play_arrow | La, a cult-like figure in drone music, ... |
| 42east | Automatic WritingRobert Ashley |  play_arrow | Rob, an American contemporary musician and electronic music artist… |
| 43east | You Know Way Too Much About Flying SaucersWilliam Orbit |  play_arrow | From the 90s, like Madonna and Blur... |
| 44east | CharanamAlice Coltrane |  play_arrow | The legendary jazz saxophonist, John Co... |
| 45east | Do WhileOval |  play_arrow | The electroacoustic musician Oval’s 1995... |
| 46east | 1st Chakra_ Keynote CSteven Halpern |  play_arrow | Steven Halpern is a pioneer of music therapy… |
| 47east | Around the World in a Tea DazeShpongle |  play_arrow | A subgenre derived from ambient, ambie… |
| 48east | A Rainbow in Curved AirTerry Riley |  play_arrow | Terry Riley is an American composer… |
| 49east | Madrugada EternaThe KLF |  play_arrow | Released in 1990 by The KLF… |
| 50east | DungeoneeringTim Hecker |  play_arrow | Canadian sound artist, Tim Hec… |