From soothing drones and chimes to the sound of rain gently tapping on the roof - ambient music is transforming the way people sleep, focus and relax. Once an esoteric 1970s genre, mood music ...

From soothing drones and chimes to the sound of rain gently tapping on the roof - ambient music is transforming the way people sleep, focus and relax. Once an esoteric 1970s genre, mood music ...

In just four years, the Toronto label has rewritten the rules of ambient success in the world of streaming music Ambient music has exploded on streaming services, as listeners turn to abstract ...

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 ...

Eno. Ambient. Rarely has a genre, indeed an entire musical idea, been so completely owned by a single individual. Merzbow and noise, maybe. You have to wonder if, even fifty years from now, every ...

Hours-long tones of lingering drones. Chords shifting nearly imperceptibly over time. The lilt of a dream-like soundscape, from dusk till the first hint of morning light. This is what one might ...

The art of marrying music and spirituality is not the sole property of Black folks in America, but it is a key characteristic of the music that we make. Beset by the horrors of chattel slavery, Jim ...

Lawrence English is the director of Room40. Brian Eno’s Music For Airports celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. This record is widely regarded as formalising ambient music as we know it today.

Ambient techno is a form of music which has, you might be surprised to read, been around for decades. Initially known as just 'ambient' music, the techno element was added as the original genre ...