PopMatters' 10 Best Ambient / Instrumental Albums of 2018

When Brian Eno set the rules for the genre in 1978 with Music for Airports and the subsequent Ambient series, ambient music was simpler; he defined it as...

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# 1

WILKES by Sam Wilkes

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Nu Jazz

# 2

Kite by Gigi Masin

Album • Apr 30 / 2018 Ambient

# 3

Ghost Box (Expanded) by SUSS

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Ambient Americana Ambient

# 4

Fallen Trees by Lubomyr Melnyk

Album • Dec 07 / 2018 Modern Classical

# 5

Parallel by Warmth

Album • Apr 26 / 2018 Ambient

# 6

Hundreds of Days by Mary Lattimore

Album • May 18 / 2018 Ambient New Age

# 7

Topdown Dialectic by Topdown Dialectic

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Dub Techno Ambient Dub

# 8

Light Pipe by M.Geddes Gengras

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Space Ambient

# 9

Shiroi by Mansur Brown

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 10

Murmurations by Simian Mobile Disco

Album • May 11 / 2018 Tech House