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Burial - Tunes 2011 to 2019
December 6, 2019
Future Garage
,
Ambient
,
Dubstep
Critic Score
94
10
reviews
Amazon
2
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Various Artists - 環境音楽 (Kankyō ongaku): Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990
February 15, 2019
Ambient
,
New Age
Critic Score
88
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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K Á R Y Y N - The Quanta Series
March 29, 2019
Ambient Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Ambient
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Bobby Krlic - Midsommar
July 5, 2019
Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
,
Chamber Music
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen - The Undivided Five
November 1, 2019
Modern Classical
,
Ambient
Critic Score
81
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith - Mummer Love
November 8, 2019
Field Recordings
,
Spoken Word
,
Tribal Ambient
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
7
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Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
February 8, 2019
Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Floating Points - Late Night Tales
March 29, 2019
Jazz
,
Ambient
,
Soul
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Josephine Wiggs - We Fall
May 17, 2019
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient
Critic Score
78
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Félicia Atkinson - The Flower and the Vessel
July 5, 2019
Electroacoustic
,
Ambient
,
Spoken Word
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Laurence Pike - Holy Spring
May 17, 2019
Free Improvisation
,
Ambient
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
65daysofstatic - replicr, 2019
September 27, 2019
Ambient
,
IDM
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Hauschka - A Different Forest
February 8, 2019
Modern Classical
,
Ambient
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Fennesz - Agora
March 29, 2019
Ambient
,
Electroacoustic
Critic Score
76
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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William Basinski - On Time Out of Time
March 8, 2019
Ambient
,
Drone
,
Space Ambient
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Tracing Back the Radiance
July 12, 2019
Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Tim Hecker - Anoyo
May 10, 2019
Ambient
,
Electroacoustic
,
Drone
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Loscil - Equivalents
August 16, 2019
Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Nils Frahm - All Encores
October 18, 2019
Post-Minimalism
,
Ambient
Critic Score
73
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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M83 - DSVII
September 20, 2019
Ambient
,
New Age
Critic Score
68
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith - The Peyote Dance
May 31, 2019
Spoken Word
,
Tribal Ambient
Critic Score
63
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
1
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