Dark ambient music explores the experimental fringes of ambient music, often using ambient sounds to create an unsettling or even scary soundscape. Dark ambient is rhythmless or uses minimal beats, and may include atonal synthesized washes and sample-based noise effects. One of the earliest examples of what could be considered dark ambient was Brian Eno’s… Read More Dark Ambient Music
An excellent essay by ambient artist Brian Eno appears in the European version of Time magazine. In it , he looks at the changes that have occured in the US since he moved back to England, and especially since 9/11. “Europeans have always looked at America with a mixture of fascination and puzzlement, and now,… Read More Brian Eno – The U.S. Needs to Open Up to the World
Aphex Twin one of the working names for Richard James, an artist with a unique, quirky angle on electronica. His Selected Ambient Works, Volume II, is a set of abstract musical pieces that add to the ambient genre started by Brian Eno. On Volume II, each track is electronic tone painting, that explore a broader… Read More Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works, Volume 2
In 1978, Brian Eno released an album of music titled Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It got little attention at the time, and many of those that listened to it were put off by the lack of any songs or melodies, and because the music didn’t seem to go anywhere.… Read More 25 Years of Ambient Music
New age music is a category for music that tends to be spiritual and contemplative in nature. It is as much a functional category as a stylistic one. New age music is music for reflection, contemplation, stretching, resting, reading and thinking. Unlike “lite” or “easy listening” music, new age music is composed specifically for these… Read More New Age Music
Ambient music is a style that focuses on sound and space rather than melody and form. It is music that is intentionally created to be used as both as background music and as music to listen to. It usually features slowly evolving sounds, repetition, and is relatively static. In 1978, Brian Eno released Ambient 1:… Read More Ambient Music
Day of Radiance is a little different from the other three members of Eno’s seminal ambient series. It sounds upbeat and happy! How much happy ambient music do you hear? This album is basically a Laraaji album produced by Brian Eno. This album is the brightest and most upbeat in Eno’s Ambient series. Edward Gordon,… Read More Brian Eno/Laraaji – Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
When this album was released in 1978, few would have thought that it would give birth to an entire genre of music. In 1978, the Village People had a hit with “YMCA”, Meatloaf with “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, and Donna Summer with “Last Dance”. The disco era was in full bloom, and fringe hits… Read More Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno, Peter Schmidt In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards. The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations. These famous cards have been used by many… Read More Eno’s Oblique Strategies Available!
This classic is nothing short of amazing. Each of Eno’s Ambient works has a different mood, with unique instrumentation and textures. On Ambient 2, Eno and Harold Budd create a intoxicating world that, once you’ve visited, you’ll want to return to. Harold Budd creates slow piano works, reminiscent of some of Eric Satie’s more well-known… Read More Brian Eno/Harold Budd – Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
