For all intents and purposes, the Orb created ambient house. The group’s atmospheric tracks were a welcome addition to the relentless intensity of the ’80s electronic scene. Though manifested in its ...

Just as anything evolves when its setting changes, 20th-century music mutated as it moved beyond the confines of concert halls and into listeners' everyday environs. Thanks to car stereos, headphones, ...

If you were a fan of noise or ambient house music in the 2010s, you probably had a few witch house songs in your rotation. Witch house is a microgenre of electronic music that is known for a few key ...

The audience of this sold-out 30th anniversary celebration of the ambient house trailblazers’ second album, UF Orb, similarly largely looked like they could quite easily have been there the first time ...

I’m trying to focus on this record, Carter Thomas’ Sonoma—a mid-’80s UK pressing with a trilogy of early ’70s pieces, all done solely on Buchla and Serge equipment, all gorgeous. Deep, resonant ...

Listen to Gas, Hiroshi Yoshimura and Lou Reed (yes, that Lou Reed). By Lindsay Zoladz For several reasons, I have found myself listening to a lot of ambient music this week — even more than usual, ...

I’m trying to focus on this record, Carter Thomas’ Sonoma—a mid-’80s UK pressing with a trilogy of early ’70s pieces, all done solely on Buchla and Serge equipment, all gorgeous. Deep, resonant ...