The term "ambient" music was first coined in the late '70s by influential British artist Brian Eno, who described it as music created to "induce calm and space to think." Since then, the genre has ...

Hundreds turned out for the 24-Hour Drone event that featured dozens of performers in Hudson, NY. Songs that drone on and on aren’t always a bad thing. Music lovers are increasingly gravitating toward ...

Ambient Orbit is a non-presenter led specialist music programme on RTÉ lyric fm - listen to the first installment of the new series above. The show occupies a unique space in Irish radio with its ...

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 ...

If you like working, sleeping, relaxing or meditating to ambient music — and you own an iPhone — you’re in luck. You can now play background tunes from Control Center on your iPhone. The feature is ad ...

I first discovered ambient music in college, when I was a late-night d.j. My show at the campus radio station started every Thursday at midnight and ran until five. From midnight through two-thirty, I ...

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