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progressive ambient

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 03:50:12 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Progressive ambient blends the patient, atmospheric qualities of ambient music with evolving structures that gradually shift in texture, melody, and mood over extended periods. Rather than remaining static, these soundscapes subtly transform through layered synthesizers, field recordings, and organic tones that reward deep listening. The style emerged from experimental electronic traditions, creating immersive sonic environments that balance meditative stillness with gentle forward motion.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
7		1983	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Quiet Forest	japanese progressive ambient
53		1983	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Pier & Loft	ambient japanese progressive ambient
100		1986	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Green	ambient japanese progressive ambient	japanese # 50
18		1991	The Legendary Pink Dots	Five Days	neo-psychedelia progressive ambient progressive electronic sound collage spoken word
57		1995	Jon Anderson	Angels Embrace	ambient new age progressive ambient
89		1996	David Helpling	Between Green and Blue	progressive ambient
45		1997-07-29	Jonn Serrie	Upon a Midnight Clear	progressive ambient
40		1998	Zen-Men	Alphawavez	progressive ambient
70		1998	Susumu Yokota	Image 1983 - 1998	progressive ambient
37		2000-02	Susumu Yokota	Classic and Unreleased Works 1995	progressive ambient
91		2001	Thom Brennan	Vibrant Water	ambient progressive ambient
80		2001-06	Susumu Yokota	Skintone Collection	progressive ambient
86		2003	Susumu Yokota	Cloud Hidden	progressive ambient
56		2003-08-07	Crashed by Car	Fiction And Fires EP	progressive ambient
31		2004	ART OF INFINITY	Dimension Universe	ambient electronic progressive ambient
46		2004-03	Abakus	Indu	progressive ambient
88		2004-12	Darshan Ambient	Autumn's Apple	ambient electronica progressive ambient
85		2005	Jonn Serrie	Sunday Morning Peace	progressive ambient
34		2005-05-27	Alexander Blu	Moderato	electronic instrumental new age progressive ambient
74		2005-10-31	Susumu Yokota & Rothko	Distant Sounds of Summer	progressive ambient
69		2006-02-13	Elve	Infinite garden	ambient progressive ambient psybient psychill	psybient # 31
79		2006-03-22	Susumu Yokota	Wonder Waltz	idm progressive ambient
20		2006-10-23	Bass Communion vs. Muslimgauze	bcvsmgcd	progressive ambient
77		2007-01-25	Brian Eno	Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno)	progressive ambient
52		2007-05-24	Phillip Wilkerson	Amorphous Worlds	ambient dark ambient ethereal progressive ambient
62		2007-10	Crisopa	addSensor009_Medicamentosa	electronica progressive ambient soundtrack
81		2008-01	Kiln	Thermals: Sonic-Carousels, Tonesheets, Loopstrata, And Slo-Wave Microsymphonies 1993-2000
83		2008-07-01	ISHQ	Timelapse In Mercury	ambient electronic progressive ambient psybient space ambient	psybient # 48 space ambient # 69
92		2008-11-07	Abakus	We Share the Same Dreams	progressive ambient progressive house
84		2009	Jonn Serrie	Thousand Star	ambient progressive ambient
98		2009	Various Artists	Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990
78		2009-02-16	Susumu Yokota	Mother	progressive ambient
23		2009-03-01	Carl Sagan's Ghost	Behind Clouds	progressive ambient
82		2009-03-10	Chris Zabriskie	I Am A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor	progressive ambient
64		2009-03-21	Orange Crush	Autumn Reflections	downtempo indietronica norway norwegian progressive ambient
48		2009-04	Abakus	The Jaguar EP	progressive ambient
58		2009-06-03	Project Divinity	Triosphere	alternative ambient chillout drone easy listening ethereal finland finnish instrumental meditation new age progressive ambient yoga	finland # 38 yoga # 69
16		2009-08	Carl Sagan's Ghost	Darkness And The Light	progressive ambient
39		2009-12-04	Carl Sagan's Ghost	At The End Of It All	progressive ambient
11		2010-01-12	Carl Sagan's Ghost	Colonial Spa EP	progressive ambient
47		2010-04-28	Crisopa	[escala 1:6] Last Membrane	progressive ambient
72		2010-07-30	Elve	Emerald	progressive ambient
90		2010-10-04	Susumu Yokota	Kaleidoscope	progressive ambient
36		2010-11-17	Andrew Lahiff	Ambient Pieces Vol. 1	progressive ambient
19		2011	Tunguska Electronic Music Society	Tunguska Chillout Grooves Vol. 7	electronic progressive ambient
21		2011	1605munro	AUSTRAL	idm progressive ambient vaporwave
22		2011	Tunguska Electronic Music Society	Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 4	progressive ambient
68		2011-03-28	Hatchback	Zeus & Apollo	balearic electronic progressive ambient	balearic # 72
26		2011-06-21	Waterplea	Dream Catcher	electronic ambient progressive ambient
29		2011-07	Freiband	Headwind / Tailwind - Single	progressive ambient
42		2011-08-03	Project Divinity	Not Alone In Kyoto	ambient chillout drone finland finnish instrumental meditation progressive ambient yoga	finland # 13 yoga # 39
49		2011-11-08	Justin Vanderberg	Synthetic Memories	progressive ambient
33		2012	Varios Artistas	Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990
94		2012-01-27	Chris Zabriskie	Undercover Vampire Policeman	progressive ambient
66		2012-03-03	ISHQ	Deep Space Objects	progressive ambient psybient	psybient # 15
60		2012-06-17	Chris Zabriskie	Reappear	progressive ambient
71		2012-10-04	Slow Dancing Society	Laterna Magica	ambient electronic progressive ambient
43		2013	David Helpling & Jon Jenkins	Found	progressive ambient
12		2013-06-23	Paper Sailboat	In Blackout Cities	progressive ambient
27		2015-01-10	ISHQ	Natural Born Chillers	progressive ambient
6		2015-09-05	Miktek	Ambient Network III	progressive ambient
54		2015-12-31	Ryan Taubert	Anomaly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	progressive ambient
35		2016	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Four Post Cards	ambient electronic japanese progressive ambient
41		2016	Hiroshi Yoshimura	A・I・R (Air In Resort)	japanese progressive ambient
30		2016-03-30	ISHQ	Sunflower	progressive ambient psybient
65		2016-03-31	One Arc Degree	The Ocean Palace	ambient progressive ambient
4		2016-08-23	Slow Dancing Society	The Wagers of Love and Their Songs from the Witching Hour	progressive ambient
97		2016-12-12	Yagya	Stars and Dust	progressive ambient
63		2017-04-21	Ryan Taubert	Score: A Film Music Documentary (Original Soundtrack)	progressive ambient
24		2017-12-04	Ryan Taubert	Fool	progressive ambient
32		2017-12-04	Ryan Taubert	Legacy	progressive ambient
55		2017-12-04	Ryan Taubert	Fable	progressive ambient
87		2017-12-04	Ryan Taubert	LUX	progressive ambient
51		2018	Cool Maritime	Climbing Up	progressive ambient
76		2018	Cool Maritime	Sharing Waves	ambient progressive ambient progressive electronic
15		2018-09-28	Hatchback	Year Of The Dragon	balearic progressive ambient
17		2019	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Soft Wave for Automatic Music Box	ambient new age progressive ambient
14		2019-07-12	øjeRum	Forgotten Works	ambient ambient techno chamber pop deep techno dream pop drone drone ambient field recordings glitch lo-fi minimalism new age organ piano progressive ambient shoegaze sound collage soundscape	drone ambient # 10 deep techno # 39
28		2019-07-12	øjeRum	Selected Organ Works	ambient ambient techno chamber pop deep techno dream pop drone drone ambient field recordings glitch lo-fi minimalism new age organ piano progressive ambient shoegaze sound collage soundscape	organ # 29 drone ambient # 29 deep techno # 49
13		2020	Slow Dancing Society	IV. Ballads for the Boudoir	progressive ambient
25		2020	ISHQ	Albedo	progressive ambient psybient
9		2020-01-12	øjeRum	he remembers there were gardens	ambient ambient techno chamber pop deep techno dream pop drone drone ambient field recordings glitch lo-fi minimalism new age organ piano progressive ambient shoegaze sound collage soundscape	drone ambient # 4 deep techno # 35
8		2020-03-20	Slow Dancing Society	Garland	progressive ambient
10		2020-03-27	Slow Dancing Society	Failing Light	progressive ambient
5		2020-07-03	øjeRum	Selected Percussive Works 1998 - 2001 Vol. I	ambient ambient techno chamber pop deep techno dream pop drone drone ambient field recordings glitch lo-fi minimalism new age organ piano progressive ambient shoegaze sound collage soundscape	deep techno # 31
38		2021-12-17	Wojciech Golczewski	Inert	progressive ambient
59		2022	Wojciech Golczewski	MonoLogs	progressive ambient
2		2022-05-01	øjeRum	Fraværsminder	ambient ambient techno chamber pop deep techno dream pop drone drone ambient field recordings glitch lo-fi minimalism new age organ piano progressive ambient shoegaze sound collage soundscape	deep techno # 29
95		2022-08-21	ISHQ	Sonic Incense, Volume 1		psybient # 74
1			Sleepaholics	Bits and Pieces (Remixed)	progressive ambient
3			Bob Ohrum	Subliminal Listening	dark ambient progressive ambient
44			坂本龍一	Comica	ambient japanese progressive ambient
50			坂本龍一	12	ambient electronica japan japanese piano progressive ambient
61			Twelve Titans Music	Reflection	progressive ambient
67			Twelve Titans Music	Ascend the Starless Sky	progressive ambient
73			Twelve Titans Music	Satellite	progressive ambient
75			Sleepaholics	Adrift	progressive ambient
93			Sleepaholics	Bits and Pieces	progressive ambient
96			Emily A. Sprague	Mount Vision	progressive ambient
99			Emily A. Sprague	Water Memory	ambient progressive ambient

Related genres

• ambient
• electronic
• new age
• psybient
• drone
• electronica
• idm
• piano
• dark ambient
• minimalism