Genres · Listening music
Ambient
Slow, beatless soundscapes. Background music on purpose.
- Tempo, BPM
- None, mostly
- Where it started
- The UK, 1970s
What it sounds like
Music that sets a mood instead of a beat: long, soft tones, drones and gentle melodies with little or no drums. Made to fill a room quietly, or to listen to closely.
Hear it
Brian Eno, “An Ending (Ascent)”
By the man who named ambient. No beat, just a feeling.
1983 · Posted by Brian Eno · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- No drums, or very few
- Long, overlapping tones
- Lots of quiet
Go if
You want to sit, sip and drift.
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