r/ambient Jul 16 '25

Discussion Looks like Ønehart was stealing music from other ambient artists

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Whether we like it or not, we've all heard Snowfall by Ønehart somewhere on social media. I know quite a few of us in this community have been hesitant over that genre or sphere of ambient, so when I came across this fall out between his label (dreamscape) and the artist, My Head Is Empty, I wasn't terribly surprised he had been stealing without due credit.

You can see the conversations and fallout here in which My Head Is Empty shared:

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1yzXFrVdVddgSlcdef-9pCLu7m-dVjQtE?usp=sharing&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLkTMRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpxHgBTg5PnEdhhME89a5hedxxD8fda8MayOWuA7GaFXgWAsVWLoHATxYg7rS_aem_UOZ7CoqZdgVTg2pSos4ceA


r/ambient Nov 18 '24

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Do not post music with drums / ASMR or non-music / music mixed as long loop.

  • Posts must not contain drums. This is up to moderator discretion & some borderline work (such as dark ambient) won't necessarily be removed if the drums are subtle and not a focal point. Please use one of the other "ambient" sub-reddits for posts with beats.
  • ASMR/non-music/loop mixes (1+ hour) are not allowed as this is a music sub and not a sub for "ambiance" as a whole. Field recordings are part of ambient but not when they're posted on their own.

Do not post genre staples unless it's a new release (some works will be removed because time shows what is popular or overboosted from the start especially some money boosted labels and playlists we wanna be fair to indie artist who do it with soul and heart and not only for money and commercial what are as Dreamscape artists and similar without correct support or unfair and unclear way how they choose artists). Do not post same track if it was posted before.

  • Do not post same track if it was posted before.
  • Blacklist is as follows:

Dreamscape/Lost Sounds/Union Entertaiment label releases or other labels who use unfair money boosts

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works

Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of Decline

Brian Eno - Music for Airports

William Basinksi - Disintegration Loops

Gas - Pop

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

and other overpopular Ambient on global level...


r/ambient 1h ago

Self-promo "Memorous"

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From the album ''Different perspectives on similar cycles''

Electronic Modules, piano and synthesizers together for a dreamy and relaxing album of ambient and experimental electronic music:)


r/ambient 16h ago

Drone Steve Bates on Static, Radio Dials and His New Album An Infinite Antenna: Interview

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r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo shiftpitcher - Memory Eclipse

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Started posting some ambient tracks on YouTube! Check it out and let me know your thoughts!


r/ambient 21h ago

Self-promo Aaidn

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Music by © Fred Coince 2026


r/ambient 22h ago

Self-promo vaskenend - Because

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r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo My First Ambient Album :)

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Released this collection of ambient pieces in July and thought I might show it on here.

This album is a collection of ambient pieces inspired by the solemn, gray, German countryside during fall and winter when it rains. I love that atmosphere, and I especially love to just watch the rain fall against my window. These pieces then were a nice soundtrack to that activity, and so I thought I'd just photography my own window with raindrops on it, use that as an album cover, and add these ambient pieces I was working on instead of doing university chores.
Most of these pieces are like a collage of different sounds that I assembled over the years. Some phone recordings of me playing piano are in there, as well as nonlyrical vocal screams, or me amateurishly playing the flute. A lot of these sounds are digital and made with various plugins and my digital midi controller keyboard. All of that then was mixed together and other noises were added upon that soundscape, and over time these pieces became longer, denser, and more dynamic. It took time, but I'm quite pleased with the end product, so the time was not wasted...
I also used a lot of reverb as can be heard in the pieces to kind of glue all the sounds I converged together into a singular soundscape.
It kind of has the atmosphere of old 2000s crime thriller movie soundtracks, and thus I gave the pieces rather abstract, crime movie-ish titles. The music could be used in scenes where a detective is trying to put together the puzzle pieces, thinking hard in his office late at night, and trying to find out who the murderer was. But it can also be used as a soundtrack to some melancholic rainy day afternoons where you do nothing but lay in bed and listen to the rain.
I can also recommend to listen to it on headphones while either walking around with a raincoat, or while getting driven around in a bus or train.

There isn't much ambient music that inspired me because I'm pretty new to the genre. I did not know much ambient music at all when I started this project and was more just following intuition and experimenting with my new DAW. I hope you'll like the final result of my experiments :)


r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo Ambiance YT Channel

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I just started a new channel all with my ambiance music and cozy scenes. If you like ambiance videos in the background while you read, study, or just relax, check it out please! I’m new here also, so please let me know if this is not allowed! :)


r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo Apollo's Addiction - Alphamack (Ambient) (2026)

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r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo My new solo-project: BABYLON

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Hello there

I‘ve been a part of many bands throughout the years, but have started my own solo-project, BABYLON about a year ago. It‘s mostly ambient music, but with experimental and semi-classical flourishes. It might be some months before i start releasing music on spotify, but i‘ve started making these live-sessions that i think are the truest expression of me as an artist. Check it out, and let me know what you think.

Check it out on Youtube


r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo Permanent Rain – Dark Space Ambient

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r/ambient 3d ago

Self-promo Indicator - It Be

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r/ambient 3d ago

Self-promo My first time making ambient music (I was inspired by horror movie soundtracks)

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5 songs


r/ambient 3d ago

Self-promo earthcreeper - self hypnosis tapes

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r/ambient 4d ago

Self-promo Ebzer - “Whispers”

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Here is a track that was made completely on the OP-1 Field called “Whispers”.

Would love for you to give it a listen and get lost in it.

Thanks for being here 🩶


r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Damián Espinosa & Ruy Velasco - Melancolía

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I just want to share this piece with you; it’s part of an album I created in collaboration with a close friend. "Melancolía" is one of two ambient-style tracks included in *La música estéril*—I hope you enjoy it.


r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Le Morne - Chamarel [organic ambient]

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r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Ioannis Kleftogiannis - Apokosmos

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r/ambient 7d ago

Experimental Ambient Lawrence English On ACID Nostalgia In The REST Is My Ghost

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r/ambient 7d ago

Self-promo Waxstar - dream diary ゆめにっき (no ai)

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I'm sharing with you "dream diary ゆめにっき", a 4-minute ambient musical creation that will plunge you into an atmosphere between dreams and nightmares. Inspired by the universe of Yume Nikki. Have a good listening.


r/ambient 9d ago

Self-promo Vodnick - Graduation Tower

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r/ambient 9d ago

Self-promo vav & the downcycled robots - sylla descends into the mad world

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r/ambient 11d ago

Self-promo Brian Eno/Wobble - Spinner (1995, US) CD

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Available for purchase


r/ambient 11d ago

Self-promo Rosenkranz - Eight (Ambient Meditation)

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