![]() ![]() And in opposition to musicians who want attention for what they do, ambient records are completely different – we want people to celebrate the vibe and find a place for the music in their lives without recognition of the musician who makes it. Anything that provides people with respite and refuge will be embraced. ![]() “But look, everybody is panicking everyone is scared everyone is dealing with insomnia. I met Mike Ovitz’s wife at a function a while back, and she told me that she and I sleep together every night, which was a funny introduction to someone you’ve never met,” he laughs. “Danny Elfman told me that my ambient stuff is his nightly sleeping soundtrack - that was flattering. Moby says he’s gotten some high praise for his recent release. I love Boards of Canada, but once the drums kick in, it’s hard to just lie on the floor, absorb and relax.” So, first and foremost, I made new ambient music for myself, music that was calmer, quieter and less demanding than anything out there. “It’s counter-intuitive, rather than difficult, to make music that is for sleep anything less than solitary and minimalistic. “Restraint and minimalism make this music effective - and neither skill happens to be most musicians’ strong suit,” he says. But 12 years ago, “when I moved to L.A., playing into the Los Angeles cliché of self-help,” Moby found himself wanting to hear ambient music that was more minimal and longer than he was able to purchase for the purposes of sleep, meditation and yoga. He says that earlier in his career, ambient music meant little more than “quiet instrumentals” with attitude. Ambient music, however, has more of architectural utility, transforming space in weird but pragmatic ways.” “Ideally, you dance or cry to most music. “It all goes back to the original utility of ambient music - to create meaningful atmospheres without words,” he says, immediately pointing to the mostly instrumental second side of David Bowie’s 1977 album “Heroes” and Brian Eno’s EG label instrumental works as his initiation into the ambient electronic genre. Moby tells Variety that it’s important to make a distinction between his recent work and 1993’s “Ambient,” which lived up to its title but was more doomy and menacing. ![]() “Combined with Endel’s AI and science, it was easy to create something that felt healing.” “These sounds can be for rest and relaxation, or for helping you feel inspired and creative,” 6lack wrote. ![]() Rapper and BIPOC mental health advocate 6lack jumped into the slumber party several weeks ago with “Since I Have a Lover (Endel Sleep Soundscape),” a blissed-out work streamed across DSPs over 400,000 times since its release. R&B vocalist Jhené Aiko began curating a series of “Sleep Soul” albums such as “Relaxing Nature & Rain Sounds with Green Noise” in March in partnership with the Calm sleep app (Calm’s app also features “Sleep Soul Relaxing R&B Baby Sleep Music Vol.2,” along with June’s release of “Relaxing R&B Baby Sleep Music Vol. Electronic music maven Moby returned to chill vibes of some of his early material with “Ambient 23” in January. Recently, even more mainstream artists are creating somnolent sounds. “The body usually does this naturally, but sometimes we need encouragement to get there.” “To enable this rest, we included certain tones and scales in ‘Wind Down’ that activate the parasympathetic nervous system,” he says. “I think we’ve invented something not just beautiful or even meaningful, but practical.” Of the “Wind Down” project with Blake, Stavitsky noted how important the two hours before sleep are to one’s overall restfulness. “It’s mesmerizing to hear how my music blends with the science-based sounds of Endel’s AI,” Blake wrote upon his album’s release. ![]()
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