This post is part of Hard Refresh, a soothing weekly column where we try to cleanse your brain of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter. Have you ever wanted to live inside a virtual ...

A quiet listening culture takes shape around place, presence, and sound Organic ambient describes music that sits ...

Host Scott Detrow talks with Pitchfork editor Andy Cush about ambient music and the growth in popularity of marketing it as so-called mood music on streaming platforms. And finally today, to create a ...

German headphone maker Sennheiser unveiled a dedicated set of $250 earbuds for the Magic Leap One augmented reality headset at Magic Leap 's L.E.A.P. developer conference in Los Angeles this week. But ...

Ambient music is a common tool people use to help themselves focus when working or studying. Its calming atmosphere makes it ...

The term "ambient" music was first coined in the late '70s by influential British artist Brian Eno, who described it as music created to "induce calm and space to think." Since then, the genre has ...

There’s been a lot of talk this year about The Lord of the Rings‘ status as a Christmas movie. I don’t know that the trilogy is particularly festive content-wise, but it is something families tend to ...

Co-hosted by Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel and Reviews Editor Jeremy D. Larson, and featuring guest critics and contributors, our weekly podcast includes in-depth analysis of the new music we find ...

I first discovered ambient music in college, when I was a late-night d.j. My show at the campus radio station started every Thursday at midnight and ran until five. From midnight through two-thirty, I ...

If you like working, sleeping, relaxing or meditating to ambient music — and you own an iPhone — you’re in luck. You can now play background tunes from Control Center on your iPhone. The feature is ad ...