William Basinski’s “Melancholia II” sounds like what might happen if despair itself walked into a studio and someone pressed the record button. Little pops poke through its smeared dreariness, like a ...

Ambient music isn’t just background noise—it’s an art form that blends atmosphere, texture, and emotion to create immersive soundscapes. From Brian Eno’s pioneering ‘Music for Airports’ to today’s ...

Host Scott Detrow talks with Pitchfork editor Andy Cush about ambient music and the growth in popularity of marketing it as so-called mood music on streaming platforms. And finally today, to create a ...