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Ambient Techno

 
 

Description of Ambient Techno

 
Often referred to as Intelligent Techno, Ambient Techno appeared on the U.K. electronic scene as an antidote to hedonistic rave music. In the early 1990s, labels like Warp, Apollo and GPR introduced tracks designed to cushion the comedown. Aphex Twin, Black Dog and Autechre led the movement, their dehumanized sound filled with tranquilized atmosphere and soft-focus synth strands. Unlike its New Age-y counterpart Ambient House, Ambient Techno chisels out aural crevices in the hazy soundscape; its textured basslines more like steel wool than goose down.
 

Ambient Techno Key Tracks

 
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1. Dog Moby
2. Fish Dances The Irresistible Force
3. Undefeated As One
4. Dogbite The Black Dog
5. Void / Comm B12
6. Eutow Autechre
 

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Electronica/Dance  >  Techno  >  Ambient Techno
 

Ambient Techno Key Artists

 
Aphex Twin

Frighteningly versatile
electronic composer, as
comfortable with
avant-garde Classical music
as he is with nosebleed T...

B12

Essex producers emerging
as part of Warp Records’
‘artificial intelligence’
movement alongside The
Black Dog and Autechre.

Gas (Mat Jarvis)

Gas, the ambient side of
Techno-meister Mike Ink,
filled the late '90s with hazy
orchestral ambiances.

Global Communication

Global Communication were
a pivotal duo from the U.K.'s
first wave of ambient
techno. Their members,
Mark Pritchard and Tom M...

Higher Intelligence Agency

HIA formed around
Oscillate, the experimental
electronic music club of the
early 90's in Birmingham.
HIA's "Oscillate" parties ho...

Plaid

UK-based Ambient Techno
duo formed by Ed Handley
and Andy Turner. Signed
with the influential Warp
Records.

Seefeel

Seefeel mix electro-infused
Indie rock with ambient
textures to create
electronic soundscapes.
British Shoegazing group t...

Spacetime Continuum

Spacetime Continuum's
Jonah Sharp creates
cerebral, experimental,
Ambient Techno out of the
U.K. Jonah Sharp was an i...

The Black Dog

The Black Dog (aka Black
Dog Productions) are an
iconic U.K. techno act that,
like Lassie, keep coming
back. Originally a trio, the...

The Irresistible Force

Mixmaster Morris is the
brainwork behind the
Ambient downtempo
groove of the Irresistible
Force.

The Orb

The Orb's first release in
1989, inspired by their mix
experiments in Paul
Oakenfold's chill room,
invented ambient house....

Thomas Fehlmann

Since the '70s, Thomas
Fehlmann has played a key
role in post-punk, techno
and experimental ambient
music. The Swiss-born mu...

Two Lone Swordsmen

Two Lone Swordsmen push
funk into the future, adding
a fascinating selection of
robotic house patterns and
screwed-up beats.

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