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ambient trance

Last updated: Tue Oct 21 2025 08:19:40 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Ambient trance blends the atmospheric textures and spacious soundscapes of ambient music with the rhythmic pulse and hypnotic progression of trance, creating immersive sonic environments that drift between meditation and movement. Emerging from late-90s electronica and internet underground scenes, it emphasizes ethereal synth pads, subtle beats, and dreamy melodies that evolve slowly over extended compositions. The style appeals to listeners seeking both the transcendent qualities of ambient music and trance's gentle forward momentum.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
6		1974	Tears	Last Chance at Life	ambient ambient trance
67		1981	Modus	Modus	alternative alternative dance ambient ambient electronica ambient techno ambient trance celtic chillout classical dance dark ambient disco downtempo easy listening electro electronic electronica ethnic ethnic fusion eurodance fusion goa hip-hop idm illbient lounge meditation minimal techno new age pop psychill soundtrack spiritual techno trance trip-hop world world fusion	illbient # 49 ethnic fusion # 73 ambient electronica # 88
59		1993	Choice	Paris EP	acid house ambient house ambient trance deep house	ambient house # 48
78		1993-11-15	The Fireman	Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest	ambient house ambient trance british classic rock dance pop pop rock rock rock n roll singer-songwriter techno	ambient house # 68
80		1995-07-21	The Doppler Effect	Untitled Album	ambient trance electronica trance uplifting trance	uplifting trance # 63
55		1996-02-25	Dream Dolphin	LOVE EATING ALIEN	acid house acid techno ambient ambient trance electronic japanese techno	acid techno # 9
49		1996-10-25	Dream Dolphin	ATMOSPHERIC HEALING	ambient ambient trance downtempo new age
89		1997	Aural Planet	Lightflow	ambient trance psybient	psybient # 67
36		1997	Torus	These Cars Do Not Exist	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club glitch progressive electronic
44		1997	DJ Shah	The Ultimate Chillout Collection	chillout
99		1997	boy 2000	tape 2000	ambient ambient trance electronica
42		1998-07-21	Astralasia	White Bird	ambient ambient dub ambient trance dub electronic house reggae trance	ambient dub # 8
11		1998-09-02	Dream Dolphin	The Sun Always Shines…	ambient ambient trance downtempo new age spoken word
22		1999-11-01	Dream Dolphin	Cloudy Sky, Rain and the Rainbow
37		2001	Torus	YEAR0001 - RIFT One	ambient ambient trance art pop breakbeat cloud rap electronic ethereal future garage hard trance industrial techno progressive breaks progressive trance trance	progressive breaks # 32
18		2001	Torus	Summer Of Love (2024)	ambient ambient trance electronic
17		2002	Yellow Magnetic Star	Mandala of Sound	ambient ambient trance trance
92		2002	Aes Dana	Season 5	ambient
13		2002-02-14	Murcof	Martes	electronic ambient
20		2002-08-05	Sasha	Airdrawndagger	trance ambient electronic	trance # 41
60		2003-06-21	Entheogenic	Spontaneous Illumination	ambient	ambient dub # 13 downbeat # 49 psydub # 52 psybient # 53 psychill # 73
62		2004	Carter Tutti	Cabal	ambient trance
58		2004-09-29	Aes Dana	Memory Shell	ambient electronic	psychill # 59
57		2005-03-23	Entheogenic	Dialogue of the Speakers	ambient	downbeat # 41 psychill # 58 psybient # 71 psydub # 77
39		2005-10-03	Murcof	Remembranza	ambient electronica
65		2007	Carter Tutti	Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether	ambient trance downbeat new age	downbeat # 51
10		2007	Anima	There Is a Crack in My Breathing Tube	ambient trance mashup
35		2007	Anima	There is a crack in my breathing tube / 2k19 mixtape	ambient trance mashup trance uplifting trance
72		2007-01-01	ryadeum	antimatterseismographics	electronica ambient ambient trance
71		2008	Bad Sector	Storage Disk 2	ambient industrial ambient trance glitch post-industrial	ambient industrial # 84
84		2008-09	Entheogenic	Flight Of The Urubus	ambient psychill chillout	ambient techno # 8 psychill # 23 psybient # 27 ambient dub # 49 downbeat # 71 psydub # 85
16		2009	Fabio Zuffanti	fabio zuffanti	ambient trance progressive rock
46		2009-01-01	Deepspace	The Glittering Domain	ambience ambient ambient trance deep ambient drone electronic electronica meditation new age soundscape	deep ambient # 45 ambience # 72
85		2009-05-18	Ingsha	Niavara	ambient trance electronica trance uplifting trance	uplifting trance # 80
31		2009-05-18	Brokenkites	Seven Circles: In The Midway Of This Our Mortal Life	ambient ambient trance chillout dark ambient downtempo electronic electronica soundtrack
54		2009-06-30	Afterfore	Absence Of Thought	ambient ambient dub ambient techno ambient trance chillout dance dark ambient downbeat downtempo dub electronic electronica ethnic goa lounge nu jazz progressive trance psybient psychill psydub psytrance trance trip-hop world	ambient dub # 29 downbeat # 36 psydub # 63
70		2009-09-23	ManMadeMan	Children Of The Light	ambient trance dance electronic electronica goa pagan psybient psychill psytrance rave trance	pagan # 40
27		2009-12-06	Malty Media	Buk Buk Buk EP	ambient dub ambient trance breaks duo musique concrete new zealand plunderphonics psytrance spoken word
40		2010	Alexander James	Undiscovered	ambient trance chillout dance electronic epic trance melodic trance trance	melodic trance # 30 epic trance # 73
4		2010-12-18	Dj Alimba	The Chill World	ambient ambient trance downtempo easy listening electronic instrumental lounge
26		2011-01-11	Brokenkites	Generation Ships	ambient ambient trance chillout dark ambient downtempo electronic electronica soundtrack
14		2011-06-11	Fanatic Emotions	Emotions & Love	ambient trance dance electro electronic electronica epic trance hard trance house melodic trance progressive trance tech trance techno trance uplifting trance vocal trance	tech trance # 38 epic trance # 53
3		2011-09-03	Fanatic Emotions	Along With You	ambient trance dance electro electronic electronica epic trance house melodic trance progressive trance tech trance techno trance uplifting trance vocal trance	tech trance # 23 epic trance # 43
7		2011-09-03	Fanatic Emotions	Fanatic Emotions	ambient trance balearic dance electro electronic electronica epic trance melodic trance progressive trance tech trance techno trance uplifting trance	tech trance # 30 epic trance # 46
76		2012-07-30	James Ferraro	Live at Primavera Sound 2012	ambient trance goa trance new age progressive trance	goa trance # 42
86		2013	Croatian Amor	Two Autumns	ambient trance
24		2013-02-19	A Flipping Budjunky	Analog Mystic	ambient dub ambient trance bass breakbeat breaks chillout downbeat dub dubstep electro electronic electronica krautrock meditation psybient psychill psydub soundscape tribal	psydub # 26
63		2014-02-19	Ana Caprix	For Seven Nights This Island Is Ours	ambient trance chillstep dancehall downtempo electronic trance	chillstep # 64
32		2014-08-31	Glossata	Moss & Ivory	ambient industrial ambient trance ethereal wave psybient	ambient industrial # 21
1		2014-12-13	Ana Caprix	Pit of Stars	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club electronic hard trance mashup post-industrial trance
29		2014-12-13	Ana Caprix	acXiv	ambient ambient trance cloud rap
34		2015-11-23	Oklou	First Tape	ambient ambient pop ambient trance field recordings new age sound collage trance
47		2016-02-18	Ana Caprix	M6 Ultra	ambient ambient trance chillstep electronic trance	chillstep # 58
5		2016-06-16	Nicolas Dominique	Expedition	ambient ambient trance chillout electronic instrumental
82		2017-06-24	7038634357	My Vision of the Sun	ambient trance deconstructed club progressive electronic	deconstructed club # 29
68		2017-10-24	Dj Lostboi	GOT LOST	ambient ambient trance chillout field recordings progressive electronic	field recordings # 8
74		2017-10-24	Dj Lostboi	MUSIC FOR LANDINGS	ambient ambient trance sound collage	sound collage # 4
28		2018-01-18	7038634357	703 Edits	ambient trance deconstructed club mashup sound collage
90		2018-03-14	Mechatok	All My Time	ambient trance ethereal trance
93		2018-03-29	Solar Fields	Ourdom	ambient ambient trance downtempo psybient trip	psybient # 75 trip # 99
100		2018-04-16	7038634357	No Hate Is A Cold Star	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club progressive electronic sound collage	deconstructed club # 85 progressive electronic # 86 sound collage # 90
75		2018-06-11	Globular	Entangled Everything	ambient trance new age organic electronica psybient psychill psydub	psybient # 5 psydub # 78 organic electronica # 94
73		2018-09-26	Ana Caprix	Anchorhold	ambient ambient trance electronic new age progressive electronic
88		2018-12-03	ESP	Forever	ambient ambient dub ambient trance electronic progressive electronic trance	progressive electronic # 26 ambient dub # 92
56		2019-04-25	Beth Sawlts	dusty	ambient trance
77		2019-05-25	quit life	Hesychia	ambient trance deconstructed club	deconstructed club # 12
61		2019-05-25	quit life	Ama Nesciri	ambient ambient trance electronic ethereal wave glitch pop progressive trance trance
12		2019-06-06	quit life	Permutations II	ambient trance cloud rap deconstructed club emo rap mashup trap
79		2019-09-09	7038634357	Swallow	ambient ambient trance drone glitch noise progressive electronic
45		2019-09-27	Dj Lostboi	VARIOUS TRACKS (THIS IS NOT AN ALBUM)	ambient ambient trance
53		2020	BABY BLUE	Death of Euphoria	ambient trance deconstructed club
83		2020-03-17	Dj Lostboi	THE BLUE STALLION	ambient ambient trance new age progressive electronic
50		2020-07-14	Whitearmor & Gud	Frutta E Verdura	ambient ambient trance ethereal instrumental new age progressive electronic
52		2020-07-14	Whitearmor & Gud	Frutta E Verdura - Single	ambient ambient trance ethereal instrumental new age progressive electronic
95		2020-08-10	500	Home & You	ambient ambient trance mashup nightcore	nightcore # 83 mashup # 87
30		2020-09-18	Varg²	Crush	alternative rnb ambient ambient pop ambient trance art pop deconstructed club electronic
87		2020-10-02	Dj Lostboi	The Flash	ambient ambient trance field recordings progressive electronic sound collage trance	progressive electronic # 25 sound collage # 60 field recordings # 80
98		2021	Dj Lostboi	UNTITLED	ambient ambient trance drone new age space ambient	space ambient # 93
8		2021	Dj Lostboi	lostboi comp	ambient ambient pop ambient trance electronic field recordings folktronica new age progressive electronic sound collage
23		2021-01-25	Don Longton	Deeper	ambient trance electronic electronica new age psybient psychill
91		2021-02-04	Lokey	Isolation Works, Vol. 1		atmospheric drum and bass # 50 progressive trance # 67
96		2021-06-04	Dark0	Eternity	ambient trance uplifting trance	uplifting trance # 92
43		2021-11-11	Chickenmilk dot com	My Angels, My Souvenir
66		2022-03-11	Hajj	Drag Me Into The Void	ambient ambient pop ambient trance cloud rap trap
94		2022-03-25	Croatian Amor	Remember Rainbow Bridge	ambient ambient techno ambient trance	ambient techno # 73
81		2022-06-10	Torus	333 Mirrors	ambient ambient trance idm progressive electronic sound collage	sound collage # 39
64		2023	Various Artists	December Lanterns	ambient ambient techno ambient trance electronic
69		2023-03-03	Dream Dolphin	Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003)	ambient ambient techno ambient trance downtempo new age
97		2023-10-20	Evian Christ	Revanchist	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club electronic progressive electronic sound collage techno trance	progressive electronic # 57 deconstructed club # 66 sound collage # 77
41		2024-10-31	Dream Dolphin	月の癒し、海の魔法	acid house ambient ambient trance downtempo drum and bass
38			GreenGender	Pre-Birth EP	alternative alternative lounge ambient ambient industrial ambient trance breakbeat breaks chillout dark ambient dark electro downtempo electro electronic electronica glitch idm instrumental lounge minimal techno post-rock psychill san francisco spiritual usa	ambient industrial # 29
48			GreenGender	The Affluenza EP	alternative alternative lounge ambient ambient industrial ambient trance breakbeat breaks chillout dark ambient dark electro downtempo electro electronic electronica glitch idm industrial instrumental lounge minimal techno post-rock psychill san francisco spiritual usa	san francisco # 21 ambient industrial # 61
2			akaJazy	Healing OST	ambient ambient dub ambient trance deconstructed club electronic field recordings progressive electronic sound collage tribal ambient
9			Virtual Hell	ReverseRepeat	ambient trance electronic goa
15			Metricks & Piopio	Graph id	ambient ambient trance electronic electronica idm portugal trance
19			@pat_16120	eternal love/guided by light	ambient trance hard trance trance uplifting trance vocal trance
21			Avril23	avril23	alternative rnb ambient pop ambient trance sound collage
25			Predwilm! Project	Project I	ambient ambient trance electronic electronica soundscape
33			Jon Paul Duvall	A Prioria	ambient ambient techno ambient trance bass dance electronic house jungle meditation soundscape trance
51			Beefok	Digital Fauna	ambient ambient trance chillout electronic electronica instrumental trip-hop

Related genres

• ambient
• electronic
• trance
• electronica
• new age
• downtempo
• progressive electronic
• chillout
• progressive trance
• psychill