Ambient

Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. It is generally identifiable as being broadly atmospheric and environmental in nature. 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. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Sylvain Chauveau

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The Music Slut Presents Non-Worker Party III at Red Star Holler, Wild Rose!, Pow Wow!, The Loom, Lemming Malloy	Red Star Brooklyn, NY, New York, United States 40.729738 -73.959186	4 people attended Add shout
Deep Sea Diver in Fishtown at The M-Room Deep Sea Diver	The M-Room Philadelphia PA, United States 39.968717 -75.134969	1 person attended Add shout
Battle of the Bands at Matties Nightclub Escherbach	Matties Nightclub Elkhart, IN, United States 41.702614 -85.991002	Add shout
Bonkers! presents WISP, hardware live PA debut of THE NATUREBOT and more... at Re-Bar Wisp, DopeLabs, relcad, The Naturebot	Re-Bar Seattle (WA), Seattle, United States 47.616334 -122.331312	6 people attended Add shout
Bonkers! presents WISP, hardware live PA debut of THE NATUREBOT and more... at Re-Bar Wisp, DopeLabs, relcad, The Naturebot	Re-Bar Seattle (WA), Seattle, United States 47.616334 -122.331312	2 people attended Add shout
Escherbach	Anchor Inn South Bend, IN, United States 41.672099 -86.281431	Add shout

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urbahnman wrote:
yesterday evening

@photon_man62: Yeh, VERY overused!

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urbahnman wrote:
yesterday evening

@Old_Music: Stary, tez uwielbiam np. Led Zeppelin i znam na wskros. Wydaje mi sie, ze twoja opinia o ambiencie wynika z tego, ze po prostu nie potrafisz myslec o muzyce w sposob, ktory pozwolilby ci te muzyke zrozumiec i docenic.

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Old_Music wrote:
Thursday morning

This Music Is SHIT!!!!

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XXITheWorld wrote:
Wednesday evening

Yay Boards of Canada on top! (Though the tag is so used that it has lost any interest)

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photon_man62 wrote:
Monday evening

Such an overused term... agh.

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emikoslastfm wrote:
last week

@LordRama: dude calm down. People use ambient as a general thing...besides, a lot of bands are taking influences from the ambient musicians to bring a more atmospheric sound to their music. People in general don't know how to tag though...nothing can be done about it.

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Zimdesk wrote:
last week

May I take this opportunity to introduce you all to Lord of the Ants. Our debut album is up for review at; http://www.last.fm/music/Lord+of+the+Ants/Vampires A heady mix of ambient, electronica, and progressive rock. Genuinely unique! Dive in and enjoy!

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LordRama wrote:
last week

Why the hell does everyone think Sigur Rós (and post-rock in general) is ambient? Atmospheric ≠ ambient.

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foolonahill235 wrote:
last week

Ambaint

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AtomHeart42 wrote:
last month

robert fripp

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POKRISHKA wrote:
last month

Hello fellow ambient music lovers. I hope you don't mind me suggestion you to listen to my new work I've recently finished. http://www.last.fm/music/Waterplea/Dream+Catcher It's a mix of different atmospheric and ambient music and many more genres. I call it Progressive Ambient. I'd be proud to read your comments. Dive in ;)

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Inartificial wrote:
last month

Experimental ambient with piano fragments, drone, noise and post-rock influences: Marc Doudin, www.myspace.com/marcdoudin

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RandomlyLogical wrote:
last month

Check this out. http://www.last.fm/music/A+Flyer

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Punk-1000 wrote:
last month

Hello everybody!!! I dare to offer You new sud industrial project http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Raptor+System/This+is+The+Radiation , listen, tag it, and share your`s impressions!!!

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Oz_Alchemist wrote:
last month

A NEW ABSTRACT AND TRIP-HOP ARTIST, COME CHECK THIS PAGE : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Oz+Alchemist

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LordRama wrote:
last month

And on page 2, Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation, for example, aren't ambient either.

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LordRama wrote:
last month

This tag should be used more strictly. Burial, Air, Enya, NIN, and Mogwai are not ambient. They're cool, but not ambient.

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itskellydude wrote:
last month

very amazing, the music is so cool!!! i love it!!! xD

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willrivmixx wrote:
May 2009

Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros) is mixing Moby's new album! Can't wait to hear what that sounds like... only a month to go until 29th June :) Really deep interview with Moby and a video of the first single off his new album at: http://www.rivmixx.com/core/featureslistingsdetails/id/1239

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fabokpeter wrote:
May 2009

Ambient artist Tangram finished his next album "Tepidarium" download for free from http://tangram-music.com/tepidarium

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