ambient

(idea) by hemos (1.8 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:37:13

much of the point of the music is to create soundscapes. this is heavily influenced by the idea that we can create scenes within our own mind through the influence of aural stimulus.
brian eno pushed this movement forward, along with philip glass, but he was more minimalist.
this music creates playgrounds for various mental threads to go into to.

(idea) by res0nat0r (1.9 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:38:09

Ambient music is generally characterized by slow and beatless sounds. These sounds could include anything from crashing waves to birds chirping to computer generated synthesizer noises. The music is usually slow and lush, and is intended to be listened to while chilling out or falling asleep. It is definitely not made for dancing.

Some examples of ambient or idm artists are autechre, brian eno, biosphere, pete namlook, global communication, woob, terre thaemlitz, tetsu inoue ...

(thing) by BioTech (4 mon) (print) ? I like it! Wed Nov 10 2004 at 1:15:32

Describes the surrounding environment (especially temperature and pressure) of an object or experiment, in particular an environment which affects the object or experiment but is not affected by it.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:45:05

Am"bi*ent (#), a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.]

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

"Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.

Am"bi*ent, n.

Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.

Sir H. Wotton.

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ambient music	Brian Eno	IDM	techno
illbient	Autechre	An incredibly stupid reason why I got called into the school counselor's office	catting weird things to /dev/audio
Global Communication	trance music	Selected Ambient Works 85-92	biosphere
Tetsu Inoue	snog	ambient house	hyperreal
The KLF	Not Drowning, Waving	Lustmord	God Moving Over the Face of the Waters
AM:PM	electronica	Interchill	Hunted by a Freak

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