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Ambient music evolved from early 20th century forms of semi-audible music, from the impressionism of Erik Satie, through musique concrete and the minimalism of Terry Riley and Philip Glass, and Brian Eno’s deliberate sub-audible approach.
Later developments found the dreamy non-linear elements of ambient music applied to some forms of rhythmic music presented in chill-out rooms at raves and other dance events, but always with the primary feature that the music is intended to drift in and out of the listener’s awareness while creating its effect on the listener’s consciousness.
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Sigur Rós – Svefn-g-Englar
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Sigur Rós – Untitled 1
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Stars of the Lid – Apreludes (in C sharp major)
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ambient gigs in United States • view all
| August 2008 | ||
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| Tomorrow (Friday 22 August 2008) | ||
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Lullatone at MilkBoy Coffee
Lullatone, Alex Luquet, Jez Godin |
MilkBoy Coffee Philadelphia, United States |
7 people attending |
| September 2008 | ||
| Saturday 20 September 2008 | ||
| Jim Brickman |
The Library Theatre Hoover, United States |
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| Monday 22 September 2008 | ||
| Sound Tribe Sector 9 |
Sonar Baltimore, United States |
1 person attending |
| Saturday 27 September 2008 | ||
| Jim Brickman |
Performing Arts Center Milwaukee, United States |
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| Cherish the Ladies |
Covention Hall Wichita, United States |
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| Infected Mushroom |
In the Venue Salt Lake City, United States |
17 people attending |
Shoutbox
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Gaand wrote:
Helios, Mike Wall - good ambient.
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Tecfan wrote:
I have a question.. I have listened only to like ... ~30 ambient songs... and I still haven't heard anything "bad".. what is bad ambient? :p
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Spherami wrote:
...and nothing else matters...
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
in true ambient music, you will hear soundscapes and minimal notes or arpeggios, no melodies, no rhythmic patterns or even drums, no groove. but because a lot if music has some ambience, drone patterns in the background, or is just minmalist or relaxing, people tend to tag it 'ambient'. that's just how 'ambient' music is perceived in the marketplace. and we better (and this holds for most artists) don't label an artist with 'ambient' or 'x', because that doesn't say anything about his or her specific pieces of music (but people lazily tend to overspill the general label to each and every musical track no matter what it really is).
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baucham wrote:
Sigur Rós ambient? haha
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hajdar wrote:
mmmm....
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maxpainter05 wrote:
Yeah, agreed.. such an obvious thing that it can't do : (
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Snolygoster wrote:
I wish Last.fm let you play genres like you can play artists.
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FrameSticker wrote:
I listened to Enjoy by Deep Dive Corp (it is an ambient track, right?) and I really enjoyed it. You guys can recommend me anything else?
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Adagio777 wrote:
steve roach,robert rich,brian eno,klaus wiese,mathias grassow,vidna obmana,etc-this ambient.
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daydream_juliet wrote:
<333
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
i used my 'non-ambient' tag a lot in order to counterbalance mainstream tagging. most so-called 'electronic' music is tagged with 'ambient', 'downtempo', 'chillout', 'lounge', 'trip-hop', and sometimes even 'trance', 'techno', 'house' and 'dnb' -- ONE track. seems to be all the same ...
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gozombie wrote:
GOZombie
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HASYMO_T_U_01 wrote:
A new album of Drip-Dry Eyes appeared. Please listen by all means. http://www.last.fm/music/Drip-Dry+Eyes/Electric+love
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squigbobble wrote:
Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada don't belong on the list? Give me a break. Have you heard of the albums Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 and Geogaddi?
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Omega_Switch22B wrote:
Probably one of the more misused tags here... I mean, only one of the top 10 supposed ambient artists on here can actually be labeled a "true" ambient artist (that being Brian Eno, obviously). For what should really be at the top of these charts, check out artists like as Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, Deepspace, Tetsu Inoue, Pete Namlook, ect... (not saying the other artists at the top of the list aren't worth listening to, quite the contrary, they just don't belong on this list).
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ldsix wrote:
One of.. best genre.
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Sekhem wrote:
best genre
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