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Ambient house is a musical category founded in the late 1980s that is used to describe acid house featuring ambient music elements and atmospheres. [78] Tracks in the ambient house genre typically feature four-on-the-floor beats, synth pads , and vocal samples integrated in an atmospheric style.
In filmmaking, ambience (also known as atmosphere, atmos, or background) consists of the sounds of a given location or space. [1] It is the opposite of "silence". Ambience is similar to presence, but is distinguished by the existence of explicit background noise in ambience recordings, as opposed to the perceived "silence" of presence recordings.
Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, modern classical music and even noise. It is chiefly identifiable as having an overarching atmospheric context.
Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere; Ambient, by Moby; Ambience, by the Lambrettas; Virgin Ambient series, a series of 24 albums released on the UK Virgin Records label between 1993 and 1997; Ambient 1–4, a set of four albums by Brian Eno, released by Obscure Records between 1978 and 1982
Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music [1] [3] that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones.
New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, [1] and reading as a method of stress management [2] to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than trance, [3] [4] or to create a peaceful atmosphere in homes or other environments.
Space music, also called spacemusic or space ambient, is a subgenre of ambient music and is described as "tranquil, hypnotic and moving". It is derived from new-age music and is associated with lounge music, easy listening, and elevator music.
Occasionally also known as mood music and concert music, light music is often grouped with the easy listening genre. [3] Light music was popular in the United Kingdom, the United States and in continental Europe , and many compositions in the genre remain familiar through their use as themes in film, radio and television series.