Why the ambient music market is booming
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. Share This Article
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Travel is chaos. Can a new ambient music program at LAX help?
The maelstrom of travel through LAX calms down when you walk into the Orchestrina. At the start of a 1,000-foot-long hallway connecting the Tom Bradley International terminal’s Great Hall to its west gates, the light […]
Lou Reed’s Ambient Solo Album, ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’ Set for Definitive Reissue
Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive, will present a definitive reissue of Reed’s Hudson River Wind Meditations. Originally released in 2007, the album provides the best example of Reed’s decades-long exploration […]
Yungwebster Releases Album of ‘Ambient Rap’ on Sferic
Manchester, UK label Sferic has released the debut album of Yungwebster, a rapper based in New York who is influenced by the likes of Travis Scott, Future, and Young Thug. The Yungwebster album features eight […]
Tim Hecker: No Highs review – ambient music that reflects our polluted world | Experimental music
The rise of always-on streaming threatens to reduce ambient to a genre of convenience: palliative soundscapes to study and relax to. Tim Hecker has other ideas. Rather than distract or soothe, the veteran laptop composer’s […]
Ambient Producer Dylan Henner Next on AD 93 with New Album
Dylan Henner will release a new album on AD 93. You Always Will Be is the followup to 2020’s The Invention of the Human, an album of gorgeous woozy ambient. Across 10 tracks, the new […]
YouTube’s new look has more buttons, a new seek setup, and ambient lighting
YouTube announced some new design changes that are rolling out now, including pinch-to-zoom for everyone and precise seeking with a more usable preview to help you find the section of the video you’re looking for. […]
Stream the Surprise Ambient Collection
Burial has surprise released the Streetlands EP, a three-track, 34-minute ambient collection from Hyperdub. Streetlands is described as a follow-up to January’s ANTIDAWN, a concept EP about wintertime in the city. The new project didn’t arrive with an official explanation, […]
Above & Beyond Form New Label for Ambient Music Called Reflections
Photo Credit: Anneliesep123 / CC by 4.0 Above & Beyond has launched a new record label for ambient music called Reflections. The label will co-exist alongside Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep labels. “Our two record labels, Anjunabeats […]
Zaheer Gulamhusein and Justin Tripp (a.k.a STRING) to Release Album of Trippy, Immersive Ambient Explorations
Zaheer Gulamhusein has teamed up with Justin Tripp for a new album as STRING on Hamburg label V I S. Gulamhusein is an Ismaili who produces, releases, and performs electronic music as Xvarr. With Tripp, […]
Fabric Resident Anna Wall Releases Ambient Album
Anna Wall, a resident DJ of Fabric in London, has released her debut album. Missing Moments is the third release on Wall’s own Dream Theory label, which focuses on sounds across the ambient and experimental […]