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ambient music

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noun

  1. Also called ambient.  a genre of instrumental music that focuses on sound patterns more than melodic form and is used to create a certain atmosphere or state of mind.

  2. background music.

Etymology

Origin of ambient music

First recorded in 1965–70

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Ambient music has always contained a kind of subterranean knowing.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Ambient music, which you began making in 1975, to the confusion of many who loved what you called your “idiot energy” rock albums, has become invaluable recently to people with anxiety and insomnia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2021

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