Ambient music—what is it, what is it not? Hosts Blake and Kashif attempt to define the music that is so much a part of our professional and personal lives, even when we don’t realize it. Beginning in the 20th century, they trace the genre’s journey from dinner music for the upper echelon to the ‘on-hold’ jingle at your local doctor’s office. Just how many subgenres of ambient/experimental music are there? Why are ambient titles so usual? Reflections on William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops. An interview with JayVe Montgomery about sound and existence, his newest project: Lake Black Town, and the need for more Black ambient artists.

• JayVe’s socials: Instagram | Website
• Lake Black Town
• only forced labor can make america great again!
• Lake Lanier
• The N-Word of God
• Portrait Pallas at Ambient Evening (1.16.25)
• The Disintegration Loops
• William Basinski on Making TDL
• Brian Eno
• Black Ambient Artist: Laraaji
• Stars of the Lid
• Pop Ambient 2006 (Iceblink)
• Pop Ambient 2003 (Express Yourself)

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About the show:
A culture podcast by two insufferable queer introverts in the South who really need to know who’s gonna be there before they commit to anything.

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