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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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | WILKES | Sam Wilkes | Oct-05-2018, Nu Jazz |
| #2 | Kite | Gigi Masin | Apr-30-2018, Ambient |
| #3 | Ghost Box (Expanded) | SUSS | Feb-02-2018, Ambient Americana |
| #4 | Fallen Trees | Lubomyr Melnyk | Dec-07-2018, Modern Classical |
| #5 | Parallel | Warmth | Apr-26-2018, Ambient |
| #6 | Hundreds of Days | Mary Lattimore | May-18-2018, Ambient |
| #7 | Topdown Dialectic | Topdown Dialectic | Jun-08-2018, Dub Techno |
| #8 | Light Pipe | M.Geddes Gengras | Oct-12-2018, Space Ambient |
| #9 | Shiroi | Mansur Brown | Sep-28-2018, Nu Jazz |
| #10 | Murmurations | Simian Mobile Disco | May-11-2018, Tech House |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | WILKES | Sam Wilkes | Album, Oct-05-2018, Nu Jazz |
| #2 | Kite | Gigi Masin | Album, Apr-30-2018, Ambient |
| #3 | Ghost Box (Expanded) | SUSS | Album, Feb-02-2018, Ambient Americana |
| #4 | Fallen Trees | Lubomyr Melnyk | Album, Dec-07-2018, Modern Classical |
| #5 | Parallel | Warmth | Album, Apr-26-2018, Ambient |
| #6 | Hundreds of Days | Mary Lattimore | Album, May-18-2018, Ambient |
| #7 | Topdown Dialectic | Topdown Dialectic | Album, Jun-08-2018, Dub Techno |
| #8 | Light Pipe | M.Geddes Gengras | Album, Oct-12-2018, Space Ambient |
| #9 | Shiroi | Mansur Brown | Album, Sep-28-2018, Nu Jazz |
| #10 | Murmurations | Simian Mobile Disco | Album, May-11-2018, Tech House |