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ambient electronic

Last updated: Tue Oct 21 2025 03:58:12 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Ambient electronic blends synthesizers, field recordings, and digital processing to create immersive atmospheric soundscapes that emphasize texture and mood over traditional song structure. Emerging from experimental music and modern production techniques, it serves as both active listening and background sound for contemplation, relaxation, or creative work. The music often features gentle rhythms, layered drones, and organic-meets-digital aesthetics that evoke space and emotion.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
72		1977	Various Artists	Dojin	electronic
35		1984	Richard Burmer	Mosaic	ambient ambient electronic contemporary instrumental electronic new age proto-vaporwave	contemporary instrumental # 29
39		1987	Tangerine Dream	The Sessions I	ambient electronic
42		1987	Tangerine Dream	The Sessions II	ambient electronic
38		1993-03	Neuronium & Vangelis	In London	ambient electronic
74		1994	Reagenz	Reagenz	ambient electronic ambient electronica glitch	ambient electronica # 94
6		1994-06-06	Pete Namlook	Seasons Greetings - Spring	ambient electronic
9		1994-10-03	Pete Namlook	Music For Ballet	ambient electronic electronic
24		1996-03	Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze	The Dark Side of the Moog V	ambient electronic electronic
76		1996-09	Tangerine Dream	Goblins Club	ambient electronic chillout electronic
82		2000	ISHQ	Orchid	ambient
15		2002	Bernhard Loibner	Trans/Mute	ambient ambient electronic dark ambient electronic electronica glitch
69		2002-05-10	Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze	The Dark Side of the Moog IX	ambient ambient electronic electronic
19		2003-03-28	Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze	The Dark Side of the Moog VII	ambient electronic
14		2004	Aetherius	The Inevitability of Pain (and the stupidity of those who don't expect it)	alternative dance alternative electronic ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient industrial ambient pop ambient techno canada chillout dance dark ambient downtempo easy listening ebm electro electronic electronica ethereal idm indie electronic indietronica industrial instrumental new age noise piano piano ambient post-industrial psychill steampunk strings synthpop toronto	steampunk # 5 toronto # 19 ambient industrial # 34 alternative electronic # 52 ambient electronica # 65
90		2005-10-14	Aural Float	Beautiful Someday	ambient ambient dub ambient electronic chill new age downtempo electronic electropop ethereal new age new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion	new age electronic # 21 ethereal new age # 83 new age ambiant # 85 ambient dub # 88 chill new age # 88 new age electronica # 94 new age fusion # 95 fantasy new age # 95
73		2005-11-17	Thom Brennan	Strange Paradise	ambient ambient electronic
83		2005-12-09	Ambient Generation	Passive Aggressive	ambient electronic ambient electronica electronica	ambient electronica # 98
37		2006-12	Tangerine Dream	metaphor	ambient electronic
26		2007	Iëlo	Calm Before Dawn	ambient electronic ambient electronica electronica instrumental	ambient electronica # 72
33		2007	Jim Kirkwood	Nightshade in Eden	ambient electronic berlin school	berlin school # 58
84		2008-03-16	Luke Abbott	Tuesday EP	ambient ambient electronic
47		2008-04-15	Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze	The Dark Side Of The Moog XI	ambient electronic electronic
10		2008-05-03	Wellenfeld	Sunshine	ambient ambient electronic berlin school electronic new age progressive electronic progressive rock space ambient synthesizer	synthesizer # 4 berlin school # 48
92		2008-09-08	Mike Sheridan	I Syv Sind	ambient electronic electronic
21		2009	Various Artists	Crazy Compilation #4	ambient electronic idm
48		2009-02-10	Craig Padilla, Zero Ohms & Skip Murphy	Beyond The Portal
95		2010	Gold Panda	Companion	glitch idm	glitch # 76
30		2010-03-29	McMaNGOS	Mick Mangles	alternative electronic ambient ambient electronic digital hardcore electro electronic idm instrumental plunderphonics sampling	alternative electronic # 60
71		2010-03	Zerkalo	Experiment Zero	ambient electronic dark ambient electro
78		2010-10-25	Futures Passed	Creativity Placebo	alternative electronic drone ambient	indie electronic # 14 experimental electronic # 77 alternative electronic # 88 ambient noise # 93 drone ambient # 97
94		2011-06-27	Valentin Stip	Anytime Will Do EP	ambient electronic electronic
46		2011-08-25	Tangerine Dream	MONA DA VINCI	ambient electronic
55		2011-12-24	State Azure	Outlines	ambient electronic
85		2012-02-08	State Azure	Reminisce EP	ambient electronic
81		2012-02-23	Jefre Cantu-Ledesma	Visiting This World	ambient ambient electronic
53		2012-03-20	Tangerine Dream	MACHU PICCHU	ambient electronic
98		2012-06-18	Louie Zong	greenhouse	ambient ambient electronic electronic
64		2012-09-18	Aaron Cherof	Anagnorisis	ambient ambient electronic electroacoustic electronica instrumental piano	electroacoustic # 28
58		2013-10-21	Huron	The Other Side Of Reality	ambient electronic idm
91		2014-03-29	Teebs	E s t a r a	ambient	poptron # 79
65		2014-03-30	State Azure	Disconnect	ambient electronic
36		2014-05-26	Sébastien Tellier	L'aventura	tropicalia ambient brazilian pop chillout poptron world fusion	brazilian pop # 66 world fusion # 75 poptron # 82 tropicalia # 85
93		2014-06-10	Kyle Bobby Dunn	Kyle Bobby Dunn and the Infinite Sadness	ambient electronic
89		2014-06-23	Luke Abbott	Wysing Forest	ambient electronic drone krautrock
11		2015-03-12	Naal	A703 (Deluxe Edition)	ambient ambient electronic
45		2015-03-28	State Azure	Memory Drift	ambient electronic
40		2015-03-30	Benoît Pioulard	Sonnet	ambient
86		2015-03-31	Northumbria	Helluland	ambient ambient electronic
20		2015-09-19	Sonar Ghost	Neon Dream	alternative electronic ambient ambient electronic electronic	alternative electronic # 57
70		2015-11-09	Markus Guentner	Theia	ambient ambient electronic electronic soundscape	soundscape # 46
61		2016	KAS:ST	Dysphoria I Euphoria (Chapter 1)	ambient electronic deep house deep techno	deep techno # 60
62		2016-01-04	Irezumi	Thirty	ambient ambient electronic dark ambient deep ambient drone	deep ambient # 79
29		2016-11-09	Isaac Helsen	RAS	ambient ambient electronic
52		2017-01-10	Apocryphos, Kammarheit, Atrium Carceri	Echo
75		2017-05-01	Hotel Neon	Context	ambient ambient electronic
99		2017-05-19	Lowercase Noises	The Swiss Illness	ambient electronic neoclassical	neoclassical # 16
68		2017-08-17	Tapes and Topographies	Signal To Noise	ambient electronic
88		2017-09-22	IAMX	Unfall	ambient electronic ambient techno coldwave dark techno electro-industrial electronica experimental electronic experimental techno glitch idm industrial techno	coldwave # 11 ambient techno # 45 industrial techno # 61 experimental electronic # 88 dark techno # 90 experimental techno # 94
87		2017-11-17	Benoît Pioulard	Slow Spark, Soft Spoke
41		2018-05-18	Solidarity Hymn	For a Wandering Beam of Sun	ambient ambient electronic
59		2018-06-22	Locked Groove	From Beyond	ambient electronic electronica techno trance
7		2018-10-05	Pepo Galán	Strange Parentheses	ambient electronic
57		2018-11-08	Hirotaka Shirotsubaki	A Seasons Past	ambient ambient electronic
34		2019-05-01	Crystal Cage	III	ambient electronic dungeon synth synthwave
51		2019-05-10	anthéne	lost channel	ambient electronic
79		2019-07-01	Fauxe	Ikhlas	ambient electronic asian hip-hop idm
77		2019-07-19	Warmth	Wildlife	ambient electronic
44		2019-08-14	Hotel Neon	Bloom and Fold	ambient electronic
66		2019-09-09	36	Fade To Grey (Reinterpreted)	ambient electronic electronic
43		2019-09-13	Jeff Pearce	Skies and Stars	ambient electronic
63		2019-10-11	Blurstem	Among the Oaks	ambient electronic neoclassical
56		2019-10-25	36	Dreamloops	ambient electronic
96		2019-12-03	Loscil	Lifelike	ambient ambient electronic electronic
3		2019-12-12	State Azure	Painted Skies	ambient electronic
23		2020-03-08	Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze & Bill Laswell	The Dark Side of the Moog VI
50		2020-03-11	Jim Kirkwood	King of the Golden Hall	ambient electronic berlin school	berlin school # 68
8		2020-04-18	State Azure	Shadows EP	ambient electronic
49		2020-07-06	State Azure	Motion of Three	ambient electronic
5		2021	Bastian Benjamin	Elixir	ambient electronic breakbeat drum and bass electronica experimental electronic idm
31		2021-06-04	island people	Ii	ambient electronic experimental electronic	experimental electronic # 7
2		2021-08-06	State Azure	Phoenix	ambient electronic
67		2021-12-03	State Azure	To a Distant World	ambient electronic
13		2022-03-04	Tom Jarmey	Wing Theory Part I	ambient electronic breakbeat breaks downtempo jungle
97		2022-09-06	Bonobo	ATK	ambient electronic downtempo electronica
18		2022-10-07	State Azure	Cepheus Origin	ambient electronic
54		2022-11-09	State Azure	Light Span	ambient electronic
28		2023-07-07	State Azure	Stellar Descent	ambient electronic
32		2023-08-14	State Azure	Cacophony of Notes in a Silent World	ambient electronic
4			The Network Effect	Down the Wire 2	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno chillout deep ambient electronic electronica idm industrial instrumental psybient	deep ambient # 10 ambient electronica # 55
12			Martin Budd Mono Input	Time Mapped Time V2	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno deep ambient electronic electronica idm industrial	deep ambient # 22 ambient electronica # 63
16			Herdwhite	The Gift	alternative ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica big beat breakbeat chillout dance dark rock downtempo electronic electronica experimental electronic idm manchester shoegaze soundtrack trip-hop	dark rock # 40 ambient electronica # 66
22			Mono Input	Closed Book	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno deep ambient electronic idm industrial psybient	deep ambient # 32 ambient electronica # 70
25			Martin Budd	The Blue Circle Lp Mono Input	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno chillout deep ambient electronic electronica idm industrial instrumental techno	deep ambient # 38 ambient electronica # 71
27			Martin Budd	Weekly Pressure The Mono Input Album Remastered	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno deep ambient electronic female vocalists idm industrial instrumental	deep ambient # 39 ambient electronica # 73
60			Monoinput	Live Feed 2	ambient ambient electronic ambient electronica ambient techno chillout deep ambient electronic idm	deep ambient # 73 ambient electronica # 87
100			Ave Air	The Sameness of Phosphorus and Hesperus	ambient ambient electronic neoclassical	neoclassical # 30
1			anongrey	The Ivory Tower	ambient ambient electronic dark ambient electronic electronica
17			Bonobo Feat. Rhye	Migration	ambient electronic downtempo electronica
80			Tunç Çakır	Voltage Controlled Music	ambient electronic

Related genres

• electronic
• ambient
• electronica
• idm
• downtempo
• berlin school
• dark ambient
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