Frogtoon Music - Genre information for Ambient-Techno
Ambient Techno Is A Slower More Relaxed Form Of Techno Incorporating The Minimal Elements Often Found In Ambient Music. Tracks May Remain Still Essentially Beat-Driven As In The Early Works Of Aphex Twin. The Other End Of The Spectrum Is A More Atmospheric Layered Approach Such As That Shown By Biosphere And Gas. It Is A 1990s Offshoot Of Techno And Ambient Music That United The Atmospheric Textures Of Ambient Music With The Melodic And Rhythmic Elements Of Techno And Electro. AllMusic States That Ambient Techno Blended The "soaring Layered Aquatic Atmospheres Of Beatless And Experimental Ambient" With Techno's "well-Produced Thin-Sounding Electronics Minor-Key Melodies And Alien-Sounding Samples." 1 Artists Returned To The Instruments Of The Detroit Techno And Chicago House Scenes Including Analogue Synthesizers The Roland TB-303 Bass Machine And The TR-909 Drum Machine While Also Drawing On Ambient And Chillout Elements. 2 The Style Would Be Associated With Labels Such As Warp Apollo GPR And Beyond 1 With Releases Focusing More On Albums Than 12-Inch Singles. 3 Ambient Techno Departed From The Communal Dance-Oriented Sound Heard At Raves And Instead Saw Popularity As A Form Of "electronic Listening Music." 2 Critic Simon Reynolds Characterized The Style As A "post-Rave Genre" And "a Digital Update Of Nineteenth Century Programme Music " Comparing It To "the Aqua-Mysticism And Forest Idylls Of Claude Debussy. History The 1984 Album E2-E4 By German Musician Manuel Göttsching Was An Early Influence On Ambient Techno Works By Carl Craig The Black Dog And The Orb. 4 The Orb's 1991 Album Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld Would Influence Subsequent Dub-Influenced Ambient Techno. 2 Aphex Twin's 1991 Recording "Analogue Bubblebath" Would Also Signal A Shift Toward Meditative Ambient-Leaning Techno. 2 Producer Pete Namlook Also Released A Prodigious Amount Of Music In The Genre Starting The Label Fax And Becoming A "spiritual Leader" Of The Movement. 5 According To AllMusic Early Classics Of The Style Included Albums Such As The Orb's U.F.Orb 1992 Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992 Ultramarine's Every Man And Woman Is A Star 1991 And Biosphere's Microgravity 1991 . 6 The Release Of Warp's Artificial Intelligence Compilation In 1992 Helped To Establish The Genre And Featured Artists Such Aphex Twin And B12 Under Aliases Autechre Richie Hawtin And The Orb's Alex Paterson. 2 During The 1990s Compilation Series Such As Chill Out Or Die Explored Ambient Techno And House. 7 The Genre Would Move Toward A Darker Sound Reminiscent Of Brian Eno's Notion Of "environmental Music" With Releases Such As Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II 1994 . 8 In 1995 Producer Wolfgang Voigt Began Releasing Influential Ambient Techno Projects As Gas Bringing Together Lush And Expansive Atmospheres With 4/4 Minimal Techno Beats. 9 Ambient-Techno Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Ambient Techno: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.