dtp
Atmospheric (Industrial · Ambient)
Downtempo / Ambient
- Era
- 1975–present
- Origin
- London · Bristol · NYC
- Student playlists
- None yet
About this supergenre
Slow tempos, atmospheric textures, music designed for environment over performance. From Brian Eno's ambient experiments through trip-hop and chillwave — music to think with rather than dance to.
Canonical reference: musicmap.info / dtp
Inside downtempo / ambient · 13 subgenre s on a mini-timeline
Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- 2030s
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Minimalism
1960
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Krautrock (ambient side)
1969
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New Age
1975
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Ambient
1978
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IDM
1992
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Ambient Techno
1992
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Trip-Hop (ambient)
1993
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Downtempo / Chillout
1995
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Lounge
1995
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Glitch
1996
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Future Garage
2009
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Chillwave
2009
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Vaporwave
2010
Connective tissue · 3 link s
How downtempo / ambient relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.
Primary lineage
Direct parents and direct children — the main line.
Other influences
Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.
Student curations
No playlists for downtempo / ambient yet.
This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.