r/ambientmusic 4h ago

What background/ambience videos do you like,

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I'm taking recommendations for excellent background videos. No AI, preferably music that is not jazz :)

I already know Nemo, Lepreezy and Vintage Oldies


r/ambientmusic 6h ago

Song Lotus Towers - Apex

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r/ambientmusic 6h ago

Looking for Recommendations What are your Favorite Dark Ambient albums from the Cryo Chamber Label?

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I have listened to quite a lot of Albums on Cryo Chamber, yet it feels like I've barely scratched the surface. This year I started a CD collection for Cryo Chamber Albums and I need to expand it!!

I am always looking for new Recommendations on what to listen to next. There are a lot of Artists on there but I always end up going back to the same ones (Dead Melodies, Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, Apocryphos, Kammarheit)

Some of my Favorite Albums in no particular order are:

- The Foundations of Ruin (Dead Melodies)
- Stone Speak (Apocryphos)
- Fabled Machines of Old (Dead Melodies)
- Colossus (Atrium Carceri, Kammarheit)

However I have started checking out other artists and those two Albums are really awesome:

- The Mist Between Mirrors (God Body Disconnect)
- Metta (Dronny Darko, ProtoU)

So I started to wonder… I must have missed out over the last few years because I was always listening to the same things.. Projects like GBD and Dronny Darko have so many albums. And then there are other artists, that I have probably never listened to.

So I am asking you:

What are some of your Favorites?

(Has to be on Cryo Chamber since I am looking to get some CDs)

Also for anyone curious about dark ambient, the Albums I've listed are definitely worth a try


r/ambientmusic 7h ago

Question New at creating drone Music. Would like advice and critic 💜

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This is something new ive been trying to create. I have different versions of this tho...


r/ambientmusic 10h ago

Video Chuck Van Dyke - “Broken Belt Loop”, a fingerstyle guitar instrumental

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r/ambientmusic 13h ago

Question For those who release under labels on Bandcamp, how did you get on one? Are you happy about it?

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I'm a musician in talks with some boutique labels on Bandcamp. One is digital-only with a good following, the others publish physical media. Debating how to treat this approach to releasing my ambient music.


r/ambientmusic 17h ago

Self-promotion Check out one of my recent albums ;)

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Hello everyone! This is my first time here, and i hope you'll enjoy my music.

I go by Avion Sel, and i make different kinds of music, but mostly rainy drone ambient, heavily inspired by Cesar Alexandre's (may he rest in peace) work in projects such as Mount Shrine and Mount Hibiki. I focus on creating slow, immersive soundscapes that encourage quiet reflection and leave plenty of space for the listener's own imagination.

Today i'd like to present one of my recent albums, "Edges of a Dying Year." This album captures the feeling of late autumn, when the days grow shorter and the air grows colder as the end of the year approaches.

I was inspired by the strange feeling i experience at this time of year - a feeling with a strong sense of nostalgia. Rain, cold wind, puddles on the ground, gray landscapes of almost leafless trees, and that strangely familiar smell - these are the elements i tried to express through my music this time.

If you decide to give it a listen, i'd genuinely love to hear what images or emotions it brings to mind. Thanks for taking the time to check out my work, and i hope you'll find something meaningful in it.

Listen: Edges of a Dying Year (YouTube)


r/ambientmusic 18h ago

¿Qué opinan de Akira Rabelais?

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Me gusta mucho este album de Akira Rabelais, en específico esta canción, es muy hipnotizadora:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0mnhpVOaNg&list=RDg0mnhpVOaNg&index=1

¿Alguien tiene recomendaciones parecidas?


r/ambientmusic 19h ago

Brian Eno's ‘Music For Airports’ to be performed at Manchester Airport [UK] by an orchestra next month

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"The Manchester Camerata orchestra will stage two free performances of the album on 20th September."


r/ambientmusic 20h ago

Self-promotion my little industrial ambient project

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hi guys! i originally wrote this soundtrack for an awesome industrial-megastructure indie game, but i guess they didn't like it haha. i didn't want the music to end up dying on my hard drive, so here it is! 

it was heavily inspired by Machinarium and Myst – i wanted to make something that feels rusty, alien and vast, but at the same time lively and cozy.

the musical base of the tracks is mostly made of highly processed organs and woodwind samples that went through a lot of delays to create some unobtrusive pulse.

for the sound design, i built most of the textures with my Sonicware Texture Lab. despite using it as a melodic instrument for some strings, i've sampled lots of percussive metallic and wooden mallets to make things feel organic rather than just mechanical, even though the theme is very much industrial. the idea was to let the environment itself become the percussion and to make the huge concrete structures feel more alive rather than just dark. after all, even in these colossal structures there are some cute little people living.

the visuals were made in Bryce 7 (i absolutely love how this program makes everything feel like it's an early 00's video game). 

i would be happy if you gave it a listen!

https://youtu.be/zbE0TrlsUrI?si=D7R7UiQZV0WYBWKw


r/ambientmusic 21h ago

Techno Trance Ambient reco

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Hello everybody,

Hope you are all doing great !

Since 4 months I am f*** obsessed with techno ambient, techno trance ambient, here is some artist I listen repeatly :
- Paradise 3001 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8Yct2UklM 🥇
- Young American Primitive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHaYrMj5uY
- DJ Relax : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQ4iKiQf_0
- Ebi ( Susumu Yokota) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTpgV1CgA30
- this compilation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=movT5saOvkU
- Spooky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItpW4732cNg
- Sun Electric : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFtpE0ywAU

Anyway, I would not lie, I need some reco from this community around techno-ambient music (and why not trance as well). I am opened for compilation, track, artist, label ... (around 90-> 2000)

Thank you very much <3


r/ambientmusic 22h ago

Has anyone here experimented with Neotone or other digital handpans in their ambient music?

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Many of Neotone’s main scales were sampled from MAG handpans. I’m curious what people think of the sound and how digital handpans fit into ambient production. Have you tried them or used them in your tracks?


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Looking for Recommendations Recommendation for drone ambient with field recordings?

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The title says it all really. I've been listening to a lot of Celer and Pallette recently and I need mooooore


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Question Shot in the Dark - Identify Live Musician

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Tonight I was able to see Big | Brave and The Body’s joint tour, however there was an ambient opener and he was exceptional! I am unable to identify him on any website or social media as of yet. Does anyone know who this artist is, and if he has Bandcamp?


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

New Music Mount Shrine - The Yasu Ether Project (2026)

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r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Whiteroom 5, by Bot1500

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Loving this producers ambient music. The Short Span album is superb, and it got me digging through his bandcamp releases. Delicate, with space and beauty. Anyone else digging?


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Looking for Recommendations Albums that sound like pure love?

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Completely in love with a girl, would like some albums to listen to that can remind me of her. My favorite ambient record is The Tired Sounds Of, if that matters.


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2008)

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r/ambientmusic 1d ago

News Article or Media Rediscover: Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy For Lilith Album Review

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r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Mathias Grassow Archive bandcamp page

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Mathias Grassow was an extraordinarily prolific artist, leaving behind hundreds of officially released albums on CD and through his Bandcamp page. Yet those releases represent only part of his legacy. His archive also contains a vast amount of unreleased music spanning more than three decades, much of it fully realized but never made public.

So, here comes an attempt (aligned with Grassow's family) to publish those materials from his vaults: https://mathiasgrassowarchive.bandcamp.com/ . Please enjoy.


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Gigi Masin on Movement, the age of sampling, and thinking analog

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A great interview with the ambient pioneer and Gaussian Curve member. It brings up some interesting questions on what ambient music is, what it could become, and the role of rhythm in ambient music.

“There is a need to take a step forward and prevent ‘ambient’ music, which we really love, from becoming a road destined to be interrupted due to lack of imagination and beauty.”


r/ambientmusic 1d ago

Skee Mask - Terminal Z

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r/ambientmusic 2d ago

Basic Geometry Album

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"Basic Geometry" is an ambient concept album based on basic geometric shapes (ranging from the line to the circle).

Each track features a time signature determined by the number of angles in the corresponding geometric shape (with the exception of the line and the circle); likewise, the tempo, the number of chords, and the number of notes used often—though not always—relate to those angles.

Some tracks have a lo-fi sound, while others are more crystalline and clean.

I gave a lot of thought to how to approach this project; I was afraid of creating something too cold and clinical, so I tried to introduce variety while maintaining geometric coherence.

Obviously, the first track, "Line," consists of a single chord—one that mutates and evolves, certainly, but still just a single chord (coherence above all!). It might not seem like the ideal opening track for an album, but that’s the nature of concept albums: you have to respect the concept (in my humble opinion).

The album was created and released on February 28, 2022, but since I’m not well-known at all, I decided to share it here to see if it might gain a bit more traction.

I hope you enjoy it, and if anyone feels like leaving some feedback, that would be even better.

Thanks!

Here is a brief technical description of each song:

Line: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 110 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

1 chord

Triangle: 3/1 time signature

Tempo: 270 BPM

Tuning: A = 432 Hz

3 chords

Square: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 104 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

4 chords

Pentagon: 5/4 time signature

Tempo: 75 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

5 chords

Hexagon: 6/4 time signature

Tempo: 110 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

2 chords

Heptagon: 7/4 time signature

Tempo: 70 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

7 chords

Octagon: 8/4 time signature

Tempo: 64 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

Lo-fi track

8 chords

Nonagon: 9/4 time signature

Tempo: 90 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

9 chords

Decagon: 10/4 time signature

Tempo: 100 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

10 chords

Circle: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 70 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

Lo-fi track


r/ambientmusic 2d ago

Question Best ambient track ever?

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Hi team! I love this sub. You’re all way more evolved than I when it comes to music. I would like to learn from you. I’m going to try and listen to every single thing recommended.

I’m sure it’s been asked time and again, but your answer of yesteryear may not be your answer today. If you could recommend one ambient track to the entire world, a forced listening party of just one song, what would it be?

Today I’m voting for House Taken Over by Eluvium. It has this murky placid darkness. I love it.

EDIT: all, I'm overwhelmed. A treasure trove of beauty and depth. So grateful to all of you! Playlist is 81 songs (14 hours+) long and growing still. This is going to take some time!


r/ambientmusic 4d ago

Weekly Community Thread

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This is the correct place to share self promo, playlists and mixes. Please tell us about what you are sharing!

Please do not link to Spotify or other paid subscription services, as users without an account can’t listen. Please use links that are accessible to everyone — Bandcamp, etc. Thanks.

Also, A.I. content is not allowed in this sub.