The History of Ambient and Downtempo 

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Interesting intro to Ambient.. I would add the following artists who have as a huge and ground breaking influence on this genre … The KLF ‘chill out’, The Orb , Global Communication, Mixmaster Morris , Tangerine Dream 😊

Great you've touched this topic Many thanks.

Great overview, thanks! :)

Great insight Chris - much thanks

I would have liked it if you had played a short part of the tracks you mentioned, because I don't know any of them and would have liked to get an idea about how they sound without having to pause the video and look them up. But thanks for your work anyways.

Ambient Drum'n'Bass! Hello! LTJ Bukem and the other pioneers of that sound. How could you miss that out?

Oh wow, great video. Are there more related videos to this from Sonic Academy or others out there?? I've been trying to learn about ambient music for ages but didn't know where to start. Anyone out there with any tips let me know under this comment!

Thanks for the video! I don't think Michael Stearns gets enough credit for pioneering the genre. Listen to the album "Morning Jewel" (1980). Then listen to his "Desert Moon Walk" (1977) and tell me it's not Dark Ambient. :-)

Lets just leave