Floating Electronic Music: A Collection of Ambient Techno Masterpieces

Ambient house emerged in the late 1980s, within the flourishing house music and rave scenes, as relaxing music intended for so-called chillout.

From there, a derivative form called “ambient techno” was born in the 1990s—a genre that feels like ambient music reconstructed by a generation of techno artists.

There are many subgenres that incorporate elements of ambient techno, making a strict definition difficult, but one hallmark is a sense of weightless drift that sets it apart from functional dance music made strictly for dancing.

In this article, focusing mainly on the ’90s while also looking at artists from the 2000s onward, we’ll introduce classic tracks of ambient techno!