Ambient house

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Ambient house
Other namesNew Age house
Ambient music artists, chill-out music

Ambient house is a

chill-out rooms and specialist clubs as part of the UK's dance music scene.[2] It was most prominently pioneered by the Orb and the KLF, along with artists such as Global Communication, Irresistible Force, Youth, and 808 State.[2][3] The term was used vaguely, and eventually fell out of favor as more specific subgenres were recognized.[4]

Genre

relaxation tapes; and samples of other musical works drifting in and out of the mix.[2]

Ambient house is sometimes conflated with "chill-out",[5] and AllMusic acknowledges that the term "ambient house" is now rarely used, replaced by a morass of more specific genres and terms.[4]

History

Origins

Ambient house was, in the words of John Bush of AllMusic, "virtually invented" by UK band

East End of London, so-called spacetime parties were held at Cable Street. These parties, organized by Jonah Sharp, were designed to encourage conversation rather than dance, and featured Mixmaster Morris (also known as the Irresistible Force),[10] another pioneer of the genre.[4]

"Loving You" (1989)
Sample from The Orb's "Loving You" (which would later become "A Huge Ever Growing Brain...") featuring the vocals of Minnie Riperton.
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The Orb released the twenty-minute track "

Manuel Gottsching's 1984 album E2-E4), "Pacific State" (1989) by 808 State, "Flotation" (1990) by the Grid, "Paradise" (1989) by Quadrophenia, "Journeys Into Rhythm" (1989) by Audio One, and "Natural Thing" (1990) by Innocence.[10]

Commercial peak

In February 1990, Cauty's other band

chorales and audio clips of the Apollo 11 rocket launch, the Orb popularized the "spacy" sound of ambient house.[11] The album would influence subsequent dub influenced electronic music.[20]

Ambient house became a label for artists beyond the KLF and the Orb, including

Every Man and Woman is a Star was also lumped in with the chillout/ambient house scene of the Orb and the KLF.[21] Other ambient house recordings emerged by artists such as the Grid ("Flotation" in 1990), Interplay ("Synthesis" in 1991), and the Future Sound of London ("Papua New Guinea" in 1991).[2] In 1992, the Orb released the single "Blue Room" which was to become their most successful, reaching eighth place in the UK singles chart. At forty minutes, it was the longest single to reach the UK charts.[22] An edited form of it appeared on the Orb album U.F.Orb later that year. U.F.Orb reached No. 1 in the UK albums chart; AllMusic called it "the commercial and artistic peak of the ambient-house movement."[23] In the years after the release of their live album, Live 93, the Orb largely stopped their ambient-house music production, instead concentrating on producing more "metallic" music.[11]

In 1994, Global Communication released their largely beat-free album 76:14; AllMusic called it "a notable high point of the ambient house movement."[24] Slant Magazine called it "one of several universally celebrated ambient house records," and labeled each track "its own spacey symphony, etched with ticking clocks, soft piano lines and tidal white noise."[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2012). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Soft Skull Press. pp. 166–7.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9781501326103
    . Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. ^ Peel, Ian (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Taylor & Francos. p. 50.
  4. ^
    AllMusic
    . Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ISBN 978-1136115745
    . Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  6. ^
    AllMusic
    . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ Phillips, Dom (1 March 1996). "50 greatest dance albums - No. 5, Chill Out - The KLF". Mixmag. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 16 September 2016.Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/478
  8. ^ McCormick, Neil (11 October 1998). "Yes, this is the cutting edge of rave music". The Arts. The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 26. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Simpson, Dave (7 June 2016). "How we made the Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds". The Guardian (Interview with Youth and Alex Paterson). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Reynolds, Simon. Generation ecstasy: into the world of techno and rave culture. New York: Routledge, 1999.
  11. ^
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
    , 2003.
  12. ^ Longmire, Ernie; et al. (2020) [1998]. "Discography: The KLF (including The JAMS, The Timelords, 2K etc.)". Archived from the original on 29 February 2020.
  13. AllMusic
    . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  14. ^ Sherburne, Philip (16 February 2020). "The KLF: Chill Out". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ Robbins, Ira. "The KLF". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 April 2006.
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  17. AllMusic
    . Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  18. KLF Communications. June 1990. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 12 March 2007.Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/509
  19. ^ Shaw, William (July 1992). "Who Killed The KLF". Select. Archived (via the Library of Mu) on 11 October 2016.Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF/LibraryOfMu/315
  20. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2012). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Soft Skull Press. pp. 156–7.
  21. ^ Bergstrom, John (24 January 2014). "Ultramarine: This Time Last Year". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com". www.everyhit.com.
  23. ^ Bush, John. "U.F.Orb – The Orb". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  24. ^ Bush, John. "Global Communication - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  25. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (20 August 2002). "Global Communication: 76:14". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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