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Challenged by Luc Martin at Facebook, I will write a ten post "review" on web sites, artists, albums and musical pieces that has made me as a big fan of ambient music. I also give you a chance to find out more via my old image uploads made here at

According to my email correspondence, it must have been year 2008 when I discovered SomaFM internet radio station that broadcasts a wide range of music on number of playlists. And my favorite playlist ever since I discovered SomaFM, has been their

Around 2008, soon after discovering SomaFM internet radio station, I also found Magnatune. It is a pretty neat concept of giving a "lifetime" access to a wide range of music not available anywhere else. I was pleased to find out Magnatune still exists.

Because it can be super relaxing, as it was claimed in case of Weightless by Marconi Union. There are of course also so called meditation music and soundscapes, like sounds of nature, Tibetan singing bowls and binaural beats. Marconi Union -

I give you great French gift for the world. Air is one of the most wonderful French ambient music bands there has ever been, in my opinion. As compared to Jean-Michel Jarre, who is maybe more famous, Air has manage to make their music more emotionally

Few years ago I got very fond of SoundCloud. They provided free use without nasty advertisements. During time, I collected a wonderful ambient music playlist there. But somewhat all wonderful things eventually comes to their end. Also SoundCloud started

After discovering SoundCloud, I next found my way to BandCamp. It is a place where artists share their music to buy and download, sometimes also for free under Creative Commons license. In practice it does not much differ from other similar

Because there are so many options to listen music online, I have not much bought albums anymore. Last one I did bought as a CD, was Opalescent by Jon Hopkins. And because it has collected dust in the bookshelf, I had almost fogotten it. But lately I

For me music has always represented a storyline and trip through time and space. And that is why especially ambient music works so well as a soundtrack for videos, slideshows, movies, or somewhat any kind of presentation. And that is why I give you two

When trying to define what is ambient music, I discovered there is actually no clear definition for it. It is easier to say what is not ambient music than to say what goes under it. When I was trying to find out bands and music going under ambient genre,