Ambient

Genre	Ambient music
Subgenres	Space music • drone music • dark ambient • psybient
Precursors	Musique concrète • Minimalism
Notable artists	Brian Eno • Tangerine Dream • Kraftwerk
Popularity peak	1980s
Era of emergence	1950s
Associated styles	Progressive rock • electronic music • new age music
Cultural movement	1950s US cultural landscape
Popular instruments	Synthesizers • guitars • non-musical sounds