DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2020-05-19

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Ambient

Foregrounds tone and atmosphere over structure and rhythm. Repetitive and slow-paced. It is meant to be able to be listened to both actively and passively. Emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in the United Kingdom, and the style was first described as 'ambient' by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno in 1978.

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Parents	ElectronicMusic	Created primarily by electronic instruments and methods, including manipulation of both digital and circuitry-based forms of audio technology.
Belongs to AVS	avs:SubGenre	A Type of SubGenre.

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