The First Ambient Music Album
Brian Eno christened the genre, but its roots run deeper
Which was the first ambient music album? That question can be answered in a number of ways.
Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports christened the genre in 1978. Its liner notes gave a vague definition, the famous line about the music having to be “as ignorable as interesting” and creating “a space to think”.
Many will argue that Eno’s Discreet Music, a…
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