Ambient music is a broad term covering a wide and diverse range of aesthetic approaches. It draws attention to the recording medium, sense of space in music and sometimes sense of place. Much ambient music is associated with musical mimimalism. Ambient as a term has been applied to everything from Erik Satie's 'Furniture Music', jazz, experimental music, rock, New Age music, Psychedelia, 'Krautrock', indie, film music and techno.

La musique d'ambiance regroupe un large choix d'approches esthétiques. Elle attire l'attention sur le support d'enregistrement, la perception de l'espace musical ou même parfois la perception du lieu. De plus, de nombreuses musiques d'ambiances sont associées au courant minimaliste. Depuis les Musiques d'ameublement d'Erik Satie, le terme a été utilisé pour désigner des musiques jazz, expérimentale, rock, New age, psychédélique, Krautrock, indépendantes, de films ou techno.

Termine che raggruppa un grande ventaglio di approcci estetici. Grande importanza rivestono il supporto per la registrazione, la percezione dello spazio musicale o anche la percezione del luogo. Inoltre, molte musiche ambient sono associate alla cultura minimalista. A partire dalla Musiques d'ameublement di Erik Satie, il termine è stato utilizzato per designare la musica jazz, la musica sperimentale, il rock, la New Age, la musica psichedelica, il Krautrock, la musica indie, la musica da film e la techno.

Ambient music is a broad term covering a wide and diverse range of aesthetic approaches. It draws attention to the recording medium, sense of space in music and sometimes sense of place. Much ambient music is associated with musical mimimalism. Ambient as a term has been applied to everything from Erik Satie's 'Furniture Music', jazz, experimental music, rock, New Age music, Psychedelia, 'Krautrock', indie, film music and techno.

Ambient es un término amplio que comprende una diversidad de abordajes estéticos. Pone la atención en el medio de grabación, el sentido del espacio en la música, y a veces, el sentido de la ubicación. En general, la música Ambient está asociada con el minimalismo musical. El término Ambient se ha utilizado tanto para la Musique d'ameublement de Erik Satie, el jazz y la música experimental, como para el rock, la música New Age, la música psicodélica (Psychedelia), el Krautrock (o Kraut Rock), la música independiente (indie), la música de películas y la música tecno.