PopMatters' 10 Best Ambient Albums of 2023

In a digital landscape where consumption methods are constantly fracturing, leave it to the best ambient artists to excel and innovate despite impossible odds.

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Diagonal Musik II Prins Emanuel Nov-03-2023,
#2 Luma / Chroma Ohr Mar-10-2023,
#3 A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life Ki Oni Aug-25-2023, Ambient
#4 Ame Agaru Ylia Jul-07-2023,
#5 We All Have Places That We Miss Hollie Kenniff Feb-10-2023, Ambient
#7 Gardens in Glass Daryl Groetsch Jul-18-2023, Ambient
#8 Lost in Reality Metro Riders Sep-29-2023, Minimal Synth
#9 Cloud Suites Nico Georis Jun-09-2023,
#10 Iris One Million Eyes Nov-10-2023,
#11 Frozen Waste Daryl Groetsch Jul-18-2023, Ambient
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Diagonal Musik II | Prins Emanuel | Album, Nov-03-2023,  |
| #2 | Luma / Chroma | Ohr | Album, Mar-10-2023,  |
| #3 | A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life | Ki Oni | Album, Aug-25-2023, Ambient |
| #4 | Ame Agaru | Ylia | Album, Jul-07-2023,  |
| #5 | We All Have Places That We Miss | Hollie Kenniff | Album, Feb-10-2023, Ambient |
| #7 | Gardens in Glass | Daryl Groetsch | Album, Jul-18-2023, Ambient |
| #8 | Lost in Reality | Metro Riders | Album, Sep-29-2023, Minimal Synth |
| #9 | Cloud Suites | Nico Georis | Album, Jun-09-2023,  |
| #10 | Iris | One Million Eyes | Album, Nov-10-2023,  |
| #11 | Frozen Waste | Daryl Groetsch | Album, Jul-18-2023, Ambient |