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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Use only direct links to official streams / stores and related to Ambient. No repost

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  • 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.
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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.

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  • 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 10h ago

Self-promo Ramsey Anderson - Look At You...

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r/ambient 10h ago

Ambient Procession Of Eternity - Under the Dissonat Veil of the Zeitgeist (ambient/ post-rock/ drone)

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r/ambient 10h ago

Self-promo Ramsey Anderson- Night Fun [No AI]

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r/ambient 17h ago

Self-promo Greg Hooper - Generative piece based around Josquin's Missa da Pacem

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https://apondinthestream.bandcamp.com/track/after-then-before

An ambient post-classical (?) track taken from an renaissance piece by Bauldeweyn. The notes were shuffled about and reordered without adding any new ones. I actually reduced it back by taking some notes out that I didn't like. So it is a bit of a selectionist strategy, like in evolution.

Only the fittest notes survive :)

AND... it has been re-attributed to Bauldeweyn so I need to change that


r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo i love ambient and i love puppets! my new project has BOTH!!!

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the zany and lovable Laniakea doesnt know what type of creature she is, or if she is even real. She finds help from Glaucous the creature, Joy the creature, and Miss Mousey Mouse Church Mouse the Mouse.

featuring the wondrous nature of ohio, the luminous spectrum of kodak ektachrome super 8 film stock, and a brainwave swirling synthesizer based soundtrack

DESTROY ALL LEAFBLOWERS


r/ambient 1d ago

Self-promo Hello, I wanted to share these two tracks I’d made :)

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The first one is sort of a classical marimba thing, I was inspired by Steve reich. The second is much more ambient, and is the result of me messing around with a synth recording I had.

https://wk-200.bandcamp.com/album/marbles-light-through-water


r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo Audiobed - droplet.exe

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Surreal ambient music exploring the blurring line between the natural and the synthetic 🤓


r/ambient 1d ago

Ambient you miss a place that never existed (1 hour ambient) [No AI]

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kogaia - you miss a place that never existed. dreamcore ambient music mix with nostalgia vibes for late-night exploration, deep sleep, and drifting through empty spaces.


r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo No music desert walk

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r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo Ioannis Kleftogiannis - Panta Rhei

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r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo Begun to Rust — Abidingly

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r/ambient 2d ago

Discussion What do you think about it?

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1 Upvotes

r/ambient 2d ago

Self-promo Kindly, Kait - Atlas Music Video [Cinematic/Ambient]

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This is my first ever single I spent the last year writing and released a few months ago. I main as a composer and have experience writing ambient music for meditation tracks, but loved writing this song and have plenty more (other genres) planned for release sometime in the near future. Just trying to get more ears on it and am more than open to friendly feedback. Thanks for listening! 🖤


r/ambient 3d ago

Self-promo Morning Haze - Athwart

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r/ambient 3d ago

Self-promo Catnip Cloud - Frog Pond

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r/ambient 4d ago

Self-promo artbysekai - Computer Produced Ambient Musical Work Volume 1

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Hello!

Today is the 18th of July and I have released an hour long album on Bandcamp.
This is my first annual album so I hope you'll enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed producing it.

I will release a new volume yearly. Keep in mind that I am a beginner at this.

Thank you so much,
artbysekai.

Click here to go to Vol 1.


r/ambient 4d ago

Self-promo Khaidar - ambient tapes vol. 1

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collection of ambient tracks i've made, let me know your thoughts!

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soundcloud


r/ambient 4d ago

Ambient Ocean of Dreams [EP]

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r/ambient 4d ago

Self-promo Drone flight with ambient music around night city

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r/ambient 4d ago

Self-promo A song I made using variations of the same synth patch

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r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Rosenkranz - Ambient Jam

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r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Damián Espinosa - Ambientes Vol. 1

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“Ambientes Vol. 1” is an EP featuring five soundscapes born from improvisation and experimentation with effects pedals and digital tools.

Description:

Improvisation is a constant in our existence; sometimes we seek it out, and other times we simply have no choice but to surrender to it.

We may wander aimlessly for the sheer pleasure of it, or because some unseen weight upon our shoulders quietly urges us on. Amid the chaos of city life, whether by whim or necessity, we often find ourselves in places we never knew we were searching for.

These compositions emerged from those aimless walks. Though I did not know where they would lead, I knew they would take me somewhere, and that along the way I would learn something new.

Much like life.


r/ambient 5d ago

Self-promo Winter Silhouette - Cissbury Morning Light [organic ambient]

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