Ambient Chill Background Music
0–9
2002
2814
3rd Force
A
Philip Aaberg
William Ackerman
Adiemus
Rudy Adrian
Air
Airiel
The Album Leaf
Giulio Aldinucci
The Aloof
Ambeon
Amethystium
The American Dollar
Aphex Twin
Archive
Diane Arkenstone
Craig Armstrong
Ólafur Arnalds
Ash Ra Tempel
Atom Heart
Augustine Leudar
Australis
Autechre
Marvin Ayres
Sara Ayers
B
William Basinski
Bad Sector
Wally Badarou
Julianna Barwick[1]
Bass Communion
Peter Baumann
David Bowie (On Low and “Heroes”)
Biosphere
Bliss
Boards of Canada
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Richard Bone
Booka Shade
Bonobo
Bowery Electric
Thom Brennan
Michael Brook
Brunette Models
Buckethead (trance-ambient)
Harold Budd
Peter Buffett
Burial
Burzum (not exclusively ambient)
Ray Buttigieg
Blue Foundation
C
C418[2]
Carbon Based Lifeforms
The Caretaker
Cat System Corp.
Wendy Carlos
Clifford Carter (member of James Taylor’s band)
centrozoon
Craig Chaquico
Suzanne Ciani
Clouddead (Illbient)
Cluster
Cocteau Twins
Coil
B.J. Cole (pedal steel guitarist)
Colleen
Conjure One, headed by Rhys Fulber
Controlled Bleeding
Holger Czukay
Christ.
Chuck Wild
D
Malcolm Dalglish
David Darling
Darshan Ambient
David Jolley
Dead Can Dance
Dead Texan, The
deadmau5
Death Ambient
Death Cube K
Deathprod
Deep Forest
Deerhunter
De Facto
Delerium
Constance Demby
Stuart Dempster
Taylor Deupree
Deuter
Deutsch Nepal
DJ Spooky
Kurt Doles
Dntel
Suzanne Doucet
dreamSTATE
Kyle Bobby Dunn
E
Earth
Earthstar
Danielle Egnew
Ludovico Einaudi
Eluvium
Emerald Web
Emeralds
Justin Emerle
Enigma
Brian Eno
Roger Eno
Enya
Karlheinz Essl
Dean Evenson
Explosions In The Sky
F
Don Falcone
Falling Up
Falling You
Fantomas
Ryan Farish
Florian-Ayala Fauna[3]
Christian Fennesz
The Field
The Fireman
Jim Fox
Christopher Franke
Freescha
Robert Fripp
Eloy Fritsch
Edgar Froese
Ben Frost
Frou Frou
Future Sound of London / Amorphous Androgynous
G
Peter Gabriel
Roopam Garg
Gas
Gaudi
Philip Glass
Global Communication
Global Goon
God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Goldfrapp
Manuel Gottsching
Nicholas Gunn
Guru Guru
Guy Gerber
H
Rob Haigh
Halo Manash
Peter Michael Hamel
Hammock
Harmonia
Jon Hassell
Chihei Hatakeyama
Imogen Heap
Tom Heasley
Tim Hecker
Michael Hedges
David Helpling
Higher Intelligence Agency
Susumu Hirasawa
Ezekiel Honig
Hwyl Nofio
I
Iasos
I.E.M.
In-Existence (Maarten van der Vleuten)
Inon Zur
Tetsu Inoue
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Irresistible Force
Mark Isham
J
Jacaszek
Jean Michel Jarre
Job Karma
Jonn Serrie
Jónsi & Alex
Mat Jarvis
Karl Jenkins
Jeff Johnson
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Michael Jones
Bradley Joseph
Journeyman
K
Karunesh
Kátai Tamás
Peter Kater
Kevin Keller
Kevin Kern
King Never
Paddy Kingsland
Kitaro
The KLF
Thomas Köner
Kraftwerk
Andrei Krylov
L
Labradford
Daniel Lanois
David Lanz
Laraaji
Bill Laswell
Thomas Leer
Ottmar Liebert
Lights Out Asia
Lightwave
Loscil
Lotus Plaza
Lull
Lusine
Lustmord
Ray Lynch
M
M83
Maeror Tri
Main
Mana ERG
Mannheim Steamroller
Marconi Union
Catya Maré
Keiko Matsui
Max and Harvey
Paul McCandless
Loreena McKennitt
Billy McLaughlin
Riad Michael
Michna
Robert Miles
Robyn Miller
Mirror System
Moby
Moodswings
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud
Morgenstern
Rob Mounsey
Murcof
Robert ÆOLUS Myers
Mythos
N
R. Carlos Nakai (Native American flutist)
Pete Namlook
Andy Narell
The Necks
Neptune Towers
Loren Nerell
Neu!
New Order (not exclusively ambient)
Nightnoise
Nine Inch Nails (not exclusively ambient)
No-Man
Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai)
Michael Nyman
O
Vidna Obmana
Obsil
Ochre
Odd Nosdam
Patrick O’Hearn
Mike Oldfield
Coyote Oldman
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Ombient
Omni Trio
On! Air! Library!
The Orb
William Orbit (Strange Cargo series)
Orbital
O Yuki Conjugate
Ott
P
Craig Padilla
Panda Bear
Jeff Pearce
Pendulum
Phish (The Siket Disc in particular)
Pink Floyd
Pivot
Plastikman
Popol Vuh
Poppy
Porcupine Tree
Puff Dragon
Port Blue
R
Rabbit in the Moon
Radiohead (Kid A)
Radio Massacre International
Raison D’être
Raphael
Red
Robert Rich
Robin Guthrie
Max Richter
Terry Riley
Francis Rimbert
Steve Roach
Kim Robertson
Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Rothko
Rurutia
Röyksopp
S
Saafi Brothers
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Karl Sanders
Bruno Sanfilippo
Devin Sarno
Erik Satie
Janek Schaefer
Conrad Schnitzler
Klaus Schulze
Scorn
Shadowfax
Jonah Sharp
Rhian Sheehan
Shpongle
Shulman
Michael Shrieve
The Sight Below
Sigur Rós
Single Cell Orchestra
Slow Meadow
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Software
Spiral Realms
Gary Stadler
Stars of the Lid
Stars Over Foy
Michael Stearns
Solar Fields
Sunn O)))
T
Henrik Takkenberg
Hirokazu Tanaka
Tangerine Dream
Benson Taylor
Team Sleep
Irv Teibel
Telefon Tel Aviv
Mark Templeton
Terre Thaemlitz
Robert Scott Thompson
TimeShard
Amon Tobin
Devin Townsend
Troum
Tuu
Thom Brennan
Thomas Newman
Tycho
theta
Trepaneringsritualen[4]
U
Ulrich Schnauss
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
Ulver
Underworld
V
Vangelis
Velvet Cacoon
Luke Vibert (as Wagon Christ)
Voice of Eye
W
Kit Watkins
Wavestar (with John Dyson)
Carl Weingarten
White Noise
Steven Wilson
Windy & Carl
Paul Winter
Paul Winter Consort
Jah Wobble
Erik Wøllo
Woob
Y
Yanni
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Susumu Yokota
Young American Primitive
Z
Zero 7
Zoviet France
