I, however, would recommend enjoying this a little at a time over several sessions. You can search the questions for something that particularly draws your interest, or you can browse only the answers of your favorite artist. There is a mountain of useful and interesting information here to keep you entertained possibly for hours! So proceed in whichever way will serve you best. Finally, it can be a means for dark ambient artists across a spectrum of styles and regions, to find out a bit more about each other, why one artist has this particular sound or another comes up with something totally different. It can be a first step towards something bigger and better for the fledgling artist.

This article can be used as an interesting read for the average follower. But it is still a daunting task, attempting to understand the machinations and sorcery of these musicians.ĭark Ambient 101 was born of this search for understanding. Years later, I understand a whole lot more than I did in the beginning.

From Argentina to Siberia, dark ambient listeners seek something unique, something that is wholly outside the lines of modern trends.ĭuring my own personal discovery of the genre, I waded through numerous interviews and live performances, trying to discern exactly what the hell is going on, how these musicians were creating such beautifully blackened ambient soundscapes. An important factor in the dark ambient scene is the minuscule number of followers, in comparison to many other genres, scattered over the entirety of the globe. Dark ambient is a genre that is still quite a mystery, even to many dedicated fans, though it’s been around for several decades.

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