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Pitchfork: Die 50 besten Ambient Veröffentlichungen aller Zeiten !!!

Also wer das immer schon mal wissen wollte, der kann es dort großartig nachlesen und hören.
Ausführlicher geht es bald gar nicht.
Und – natürlich – ist Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports auf Platz 1.
Was nun wirklich keine Überraschung ist, manches andere schon !
Viel spass beim anhören !

“As ignorable as it is interesting.” That’s the classic definition of ambient music, stated by Brian Eno in 1978 on the sleeve notes to his album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. And he should know, since he basically invented the genre three years earlier with his albumDiscreet Music. But while Eno’s definition of ambient has been cited continuously in the decades since, the sphere of music he first defined has broadened, especially if you judge by how that word is used by listeners. “Ambient” is now used to describe all kinds of music, from tracks you can dance to all the way to harsh noise. For our exploration of the greatest ambient albums, we polled critics for their favorites, with the suggestion that “ambient” meant, in part, music that creates an environment, something like a cloud of sound, be it soothing, sad, haunting, or ominous. We also suggested that our take on ambient music shies away from heavy rhythms and tends more toward “drifting” than “driving,” which meant de-emphasizing ambient house. And we considered the fact that not all albums in a given artist’s catalogue qualify as ambient. Taking into account our writers’ interpretation of those loose guidelines, here’s our list of the 50 best ambient albums. 

 

But first, a word from someone whose work appears on this list. © Pitchfork

Dazu noch ein Text von Keith Fullerton Whitman: THE NAMELESS, UNCARVED BLOCK

Und ausführliche Reviews zu den einzelnen Platzierungen !!!

Hier die Playlist auf Spotify:

 

Und die Playlist für itunes:

© Pitchfork, 09 /2016

Contributors: Andy Beta, Ryan Dombal, Andrew Gaerig, Brian Howe, Kevin Lozano, Marc Masters, Jenn Pelly, Simon Reynolds, Mark Richardson, Matthew Schnipper, Ryan Schreiber, Philip Sherburne, Seth Colter Walls

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