The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time

Ambient, that's what music critics call new age that they like. Or perhaps the other way around: new age is something they attach to ambient that's not perceived as being serious or authentic enough. Either doesn't imply much more than "instrumental" as far as I can see.

An old Billboard magazine claimed new age music was characterised by people getting lyrical about its spirituality and healing properties. I haven't seen much of that, but I do observe that for instance this article gets lyrical about its supposed effect on their neurochemistry, which is even more ridiculous.

Piotr Janeczek (aka Ashaneen) should be on that list somewhere. I suggest his album aptly entitled Ambient Music. Check out "Return to Home" for a sampling.

I really love Telomere but he seems to be a relative unknown despite being around for several decades

Future Sound of London - Lifeforms

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