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Since about 1998, I’ve been very interested in the little-known genre of beatless ambient music. In its purest form, it contains no rhythms,
no melodies, and no vocals or lyrics. Since most musical genres contain at least one of these elements, beatless ambient music is therefore very special and unusual.
You’ve probably heard a fair amount of beatless ambient music without realising it, in movies, TV shows and computer games. For example, the work
of Brian Eno, a great pioneer of ambient music, has been featured in computer games such as
Spore and
Bloom, and
dozens of films including
Heat,
Traffic and
28 Days Later. Ambient music also features heavily in
films such as
Solaris,
Sunshine,
The Prestige and
2001: A Space Odyssey.
In 2002, I started learning to play the acoustic guitar, and in 2004, I began experimenting with my guitar to create my own beatless ambient music, under the name of
Slowspace. I released my debut album, The Eternal Realm, in July 2005, and I have also created several other tracks which are
available on my SoundClick page:
Good introductions to ambient/space music in general can be found here:
A more specific introduction to beatless ambient music can be found in the album booklet text of The Eternal Realm.
My collection
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Here is a complete listing of my collection of beatless ambient albums. This includes CDs, CD-Rs and MP3s bought from record stores (such as
Hypnos and AtmoWorks), and MP3s downloaded free (legally!)
from netlabels (such as
TZP Drone Company,
Dark Winter,
Musictrade and
One). Note that not all of these albums
are strictly beatless ambient – some contain tracks of rhythmic
ambience, space music
or noise music.
Albums which are available to buy on the iTunes Store are marked
with  . Click on the symbol to visit the album’s page on the
iTunes Store (which includes a 30-second preview of each track).
Hover your mouse over an album’s star or name to view the CD cover and read my comment. Click on an album’s name to view its webpage.
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