When Did Ambient House Music Begin?
Brian Eno is said to be the pioneer of ambient music, which he describes on the liner notes of his album “Music for Airports” as ‘Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting’. The ambient house music movement was founded mainly by The Orb members Alex Patterson and Jimmy Cauty, whose many influences included Steve Reich, Brian Eno, reggae music, and 1970s psychedelic rock, including Pink Floyd. Ambient House Music made a brief appearance in the chill-out rooms of London clubs in the late 1980s when house music was born. Calming, soothing tracks such as the Orb’s ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’, the Grid’s ‘Floatation’ and Innocence’s ‘Natural Thing’ were designed to encourage the rave generation to have a rest in a ‘chill out’ room, rather than dance.
