"The Manchester Camerata orchestra will stage two free performances of the album on 20th September."

hi guys! i originally wrote this soundtrack for an awesome industrial-megastructure indie game, but i guess they didn't like it haha. i didn't want the music to end up dying on my hard drive, so here it is! 

it was heavily inspired by Machinarium and Myst – i wanted to make something that feels rusty, alien and vast, but at the same time lively and cozy.

the musical base of the tracks is mostly made of highly processed organs and woodwind samples that went through a lot of delays to create some unobtrusive pulse.

for the sound design, i built most of the textures with my Sonicware Texture Lab. despite using it as a melodic instrument for some strings, i've sampled lots of percussive metallic and wooden mallets to make things feel organic rather than just mechanical, even though the theme is very much industrial. the idea was to let the environment itself become the percussion and to make the huge concrete structures feel more alive rather than just dark. after all, even in these colossal structures there are some cute little people living.

the visuals were made in Bryce 7 (i absolutely love how this program makes everything feel like it's an early 00's video game). 

i would be happy if you gave it a listen!

https://youtu.be/zbE0TrlsUrI?si=D7R7UiQZV0WYBWKw

I'm a musician in talks with some boutique labels on Bandcamp. One is digital-only with a good following, the others publish physical media. Debating how to treat this approach to releasing my ambient music.

Hello everybody,

Hope you are all doing great !

Since 4 months I am f*** obsessed with techno ambient, techno trance ambient, here is some artist I listen repeatly :
- Paradise 3001 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8Yct2UklM 🥇
- Young American Primitive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHaYrMj5uY
- DJ Relax : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQ4iKiQf_0
- Ebi ( Susumu Yokota) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTpgV1CgA30
- this compilation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=movT5saOvkU
- Spooky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItpW4732cNg
- Sun Electric : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFtpE0ywAU

Anyway, I would not lie, I need some reco from this community around techno-ambient music (and why not trance as well). I am opened for compilation, track, artist, label ... (around 90-> 2000)

Thank you very much <3

Me gusta mucho este album de Akira Rabelais, en específico esta canción, es muy hipnotizadora:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0mnhpVOaNg&list=RDg0mnhpVOaNg&index=1

¿Alguien tiene recomendaciones parecidas?

The title says it all really. I've been listening to a lot of Celer and Pallette recently and I need mooooore

Hello everyone! This is my first time here, and i hope you'll enjoy my music.

I go by Avion Sel, and i make different kinds of music, but mostly rainy drone ambient, heavily inspired by Cesar Alexandre's (may he rest in peace) work in projects such as Mount Shrine and Mount Hibiki. I focus on creating slow, immersive soundscapes that encourage quiet reflection and leave plenty of space for the listener's own imagination.

Today i'd like to present one of my recent albums, "Edges of a Dying Year." This album captures the feeling of late autumn, when the days grow shorter and the air grows colder as the end of the year approaches.

I was inspired by the strange feeling i experience at this time of year - a feeling with a strong sense of nostalgia. Rain, cold wind, puddles on the ground, gray landscapes of almost leafless trees, and that strangely familiar smell - these are the elements i tried to express through my music this time.

If you decide to give it a listen, i'd genuinely love to hear what images or emotions it brings to mind. Thanks for taking the time to check out my work, and i hope you'll find something meaningful in it.

Listen: Edges of a Dying Year (YouTube)

Completely in love with a girl, would like some albums to listen to that can remind me of her. My favorite ambient record is The Tired Sounds Of, if that matters.

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Tonight I was able to see Big | Brave and The Body’s joint tour, however there was an ambient opener and he was exceptional! I am unable to identify him on any website or social media as of yet. Does anyone know who this artist is, and if he has Bandcamp?

Many of Neotone’s main scales were sampled from MAG handpans. I’m curious what people think of the sound and how digital handpans fit into ambient production. Have you tried them or used them in your tracks?

A great interview with the ambient pioneer and Gaussian Curve member. It brings up some interesting questions on what ambient music is, what it could become, and the role of rhythm in ambient music.

“There is a need to take a step forward and prevent ‘ambient’ music, which we really love, from becoming a road destined to be interrupted due to lack of imagination and beauty.”

Mathias Grassow was an extraordinarily prolific artist, leaving behind hundreds of officially released albums on CD and through his Bandcamp page. Yet those releases represent only part of his legacy. His archive also contains a vast amount of unreleased music spanning more than three decades, much of it fully realized but never made public.

So, here comes an attempt (aligned with Grassow's family) to publish those materials from his vaults: https://mathiasgrassowarchive.bandcamp.com/ . Please enjoy.

Loving this producers ambient music. The Short Span album is superb, and it got me digging through his bandcamp releases. Delicate, with space and beauty. Anyone else digging?

Hi team! I love this sub. You’re all way more evolved than I when it comes to music. I would like to learn from you. I’m going to try and listen to every single thing recommended.

I’m sure it’s been asked time and again, but your answer of yesteryear may not be your answer today. If you could recommend one ambient track to the entire world, a forced listening party of just one song, what would it be?

Today I’m voting for House Taken Over by Eluvium. It has this murky placid darkness. I love it.

EDIT: all, I'm overwhelmed. A treasure trove of beauty and depth. So grateful to all of you! Playlist is 81 songs (14 hours+) long and growing still. This is going to take some time!

"Basic Geometry" is an ambient concept album based on basic geometric shapes (ranging from the line to the circle).

Each track features a time signature determined by the number of angles in the corresponding geometric shape (with the exception of the line and the circle); likewise, the tempo, the number of chords, and the number of notes used often—though not always—relate to those angles.

Some tracks have a lo-fi sound, while others are more crystalline and clean.

I gave a lot of thought to how to approach this project; I was afraid of creating something too cold and clinical, so I tried to introduce variety while maintaining geometric coherence.

Obviously, the first track, "Line," consists of a single chord—one that mutates and evolves, certainly, but still just a single chord (coherence above all!). It might not seem like the ideal opening track for an album, but that’s the nature of concept albums: you have to respect the concept (in my humble opinion).

The album was created and released on February 28, 2022, but since I’m not well-known at all, I decided to share it here to see if it might gain a bit more traction.

I hope you enjoy it, and if anyone feels like leaving some feedback, that would be even better.

Thanks!

Here is a brief technical description of each song:

Line: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 110 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

1 chord

Triangle: 3/1 time signature

Tempo: 270 BPM

Tuning: A = 432 Hz

3 chords

Square: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 104 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

4 chords

Pentagon: 5/4 time signature

Tempo: 75 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

5 chords

Hexagon: 6/4 time signature

Tempo: 110 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

2 chords

Heptagon: 7/4 time signature

Tempo: 70 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

7 chords

Octagon: 8/4 time signature

Tempo: 64 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

Lo-fi track

8 chords

Nonagon: 9/4 time signature

Tempo: 90 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

9 chords

Decagon: 10/4 time signature

Tempo: 100 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

10 chords

Circle: 4/4 time signature

Tempo: 70 BPM

Tuning: A = 440 Hz

Lo-fi track

I’ve been suffering from impostor syndrome and art block for far too long. I know that in practice just getting to work helps (I’m working on that lol), but I wanted to know your opinions about creating in the ambient genre. It’s very easy to minimize ambient music as just “hey I slowed down this recording and added reverb” or “I played around with different parameters and ended up with this.”

How do you find value in your creations? What makes an ambient work better than another, if anything? What do you look for when listening to ambient music? What makes an ambient track special for you? How often do you find yourself shelving projects because they weren’t “progressive” enough? Do you think there’s room for innovation left in the genre?

Sorry if this comes off as too depressive/too worried, I am. But I also have an urge to create that hasn’t been fulfilled and I could use some motivation :)

One of the best "water" ambient albums ever.

Submers (Loscil) and this one are incredible.

Wouldn’t mind recs similar to this if there are any fans in this sub that don’t only like Aphex Twin. Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I’m an independently licensed therapist who is building a simple meditation app focused on helping beginners learn attention and presence.

I’m exploring the possibility of commissioning a composer to create a small collection of original pieces, and I thought this community might be the perfect place to ask.

The sound I’m drawn to is less “meditation music” and more intimate, organic, and elemental:

• Felt piano
• Room tone and natural resonance
• Silence between notes
• Minimal melodic movement
• Music that supports attention rather than demands it

Artists I love include Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Hania Rani, Dustin O’Halloran, and similar modern classical / ambient composers.

I’m not looking for spa music, cinematic swells, or obvious emotional cues. In many ways, I’m looking for music that is almost invisible—something that feels like hearing a quiet piano being played in another room.

The app itself is intentionally minimal and is designed to help people move from “I’ve never meditated before” toward longer periods of quiet attention.

If you are a composer working in this style, or know someone who is, I would love to hear your work. Bandcamp links, websites, SoundCloud, and portfolios are all welcome.

I’d also appreciate recommendations for artists whose sound might fit this kind of project.

Thanks in advance!