Labels
- AKH Records
- Label of Remy Stroomer
- Ambient Live
- UK-based ambient label
- Armada Trance Music
- Armada Music is a Dutch record label with passion for electronic music
releases music in popular genres like Trance, Deep House, Techno, EDM, Ambient, etc. We are home to talents such as Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Borgeous, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Lost Frequencies, Erick Morillo, Gareth Emery and W&W - Clinical Archives
- Clinical Archives is an independent netlabel for eclectic and illogical music
The basic directions : abstract, avantgarde, improvisation, manipulation, illbient, dark ambient, noise, tape music, acousmatic music, intuition improvisation, sound sculpture, electroacoustic, rhythmic noise, drone, turntablism, experimental, industrial, field recordings, glitch, microsound, montage, psychedelic, psy-trance, trip-hop, free-form jazz, soundscape, sound art, spoken word, strange and other forms... - Cold Spring
- UK-based ambient label
- Databloem
- Dutch label of Dennis Knopper dedicated to contemporary ambient electronica
- DataObscura
- Home of the little labels DataObscura and Blue Oasis records
They release quality ambient music, sometimes with an interesting electro or experimental edge - DiN
- Ian Boddy's label dedicated to purveyors of fine contemporary electronica
- Generator.pl
- Electronic music label from Poland
- Groove Unlimited
- Dutch label & International distributor run by Ron and Monique Boots
carrying a big and varied catalogue of electronic music - Hypnos Recordings
- American-based label specialized in dark ambient/atmospheric music
including sublabels Binary & Secret Sounds - Manikin Records
- Mario Schönwälder's electronic music label from Berlin
- Spheric Music
- German electronic music label run by Lambert Ringlage
- Spotted Peccary
- Acclaimed contemporary ambient label from the USA
known for their high-quality releases - Ultimae Records
- French label based in Lyon releasing excellent down-tempo electronica
Miscellaneous
- A-biz
- Innovative web design and internet solutions
- Ambient Circle
- Live electronic music and visuals
- Ambient Collective
- A bunch of enthusiastic producers, artists and musicians with a flair for ambient music offering their music as free download
- Ambientonline
- Ambient Online is the place for ambient producers on the internet
They provide a great source for ambient news and discussion, contests, podcasts, a welcoming community and so much more - Brucken Fock, Menno von
- Great site of former E-dition magazine collegue; reviews lots of progrock/symphonic music next to electronic music
- Doombient
- Doombient's Bandcamp website
The main platform promoting and providing the contemporary soundscapes and dark ambient music of both The Speed of Dark (aka Frank Makowksi) and Stephen Parsick - E-Day electronic music festival
- Dutch electronic music festival held annually in Spring, organized by Groove Unlimited
- E-Live electronic music festival
- Dutch electronic music festival held annually in Autumn, organized by Groove Unlimited
- El Culto Music Network
- A global and idealistic portal for contemporary music initiated by Tomas Weiss
- Electronic Circus electronic music festival
- Electronic Circus EM festival is an independant festival
Made by long time supporters of the EM scene in the North-west of Germany - Electronic Sound
- UK-based online magazine
dedicated to the very best in electronic music, drawing a line through the entire history of electronica and intending on finding new ways to join the dots - EM Portal
- Electronic music forum
- Geessink, Benno
- Talented Dutch visual artist & painter, and above all a good friend
- Iapetus
- Webshop by Bernhard Woestheinrich
(Redundant Rocker, Centrozoon etc.) and Markus Reuter (Tuner, Centrozoon, Europa String Choir etc.) selling some highly sophisticated music and other music-related products (e.g. Markus´ own touch guitar design) - Lloyd Barde.com
- Multiple-purpose site offering Lloyd Barde's expertise
in various music-related endeavors, ranging from journalism to artist representation and consulting. From producing CDs to DJ services. Lloyd also hosts concerts & events in the Bay area, next to selling a versatile collection of cds for worldwide sale - Melliflua
- Review site of Dene Bebbington
- New Age Music World
- A musician showcase website with John P. Olsen as your editor and host, featuring lots of interviews, reviews and news
- Schallwende
- Germany's purveyors and friends of electronic music
- StillStream ambient radio
- A non-commercial, zero-revenue ambient net radio station
- Sylvain Mazars blog
- Sylvain Mazars blog on (mostly) electronic music
- Syndae
- Syndae is an independent podcast on electronic music hosted by Stefan Schultz
His goal is to make peaople aware of fine electronic music. Syndae provides enjoyable 30-minute episodes with well known and not yet well known artists from around the world, next to promoting events of the electronic music scene by dedicating episodes to selected artists of such an event - Synthforum
- Forum about everything related to synthesizers
- Ultima Thule
- Australian radio programm airing an entrancing melange of ambient and atmospheric music from around the globe
Musicians
- 33 Tetragammon
- Site with music of ambient musician Wasili Papadopoulos
- Aerts, Kees
- Site of Dutch musician Kees Aerts
- Altus
- Ottawa-based ambient musician Mike Carrs who's high-quality music is also available as free download
- Amethystium
- Norwegian musician who's instrumental music contains elements of both Synaesthesia & Enigma
- Amongst Myselves
- Dark ambient musician from Down Under
- Anomalous Disturbances
- An ambient project by Terry O'Brien
- Art of Infinity
- Ambient music project
- Astrogator
- A project by Steve Humphries (aka Create) and Jez Creek (aka Modulator ESP)
- Axess
- A solo project of Axel Stüpplich
- Blenner, Serge
- Official site of French/German independant composer of electroacoustic contemporary music
- Boddy, Ian
- One of the leading British electronic musicians
- Brainwork
- Home of Cologne-based musician Uwe Saher
- Brennan, Thom
- Composer of gentle and transparent sounding ambient
- Broekhuis, Bas
- Home of Dutch drummer/keyboarder Bas Broekhuis
- Bryan El
- Home of this Belgian musician who's highly inspired by the music of Amethystium
- Challoner, Peter
- Contemporary ambient electronic music
- Corbacho, Max
- Skilled ambient musician from Barcelona, sometimes referred to as the "Spanish Steve Roach"
- Create
- Home of the skilled musician Stephen Humphries
He composes traditional electronic music made up of powerful sequences, lush chords of strings and Mellotron, creating a great retro-feel. - Cymphonic
- Home of Dutch ambient sound sculptor and musician Stanley Swinkels
- Deep Sky Divers
- The project of the British duo David Jones and Jon Short
- Dyson, John
- Home of this most successful electronic musician from Scotland
- Emmens, Gert
- Home of this talented Dutch musician
- Forrest, Andrew
- Home of musician and visual artist Andrew Forrest from New Zealand
- Free System Projekt
- The vintage band of Marcel Engels and Ruud Heij
- Galactic Anthems
- The site of composer Glenn Adams
- Gandalf
- Well-known Austrian multi-instrumentalist and painter of musical landscapes
- Geigertek
- Home of UK-musician Neil Fellowes
- Geodesium
- Home of the American ambient/space musician Mark C. Petersen
- Gleisberg, Rüdiger
- German synthesist composing melodic and rhythmic music with a classic touch
- Glimmer Room, The
- Home of "bedroom recording artist, keyboard fetishist and convicted technophile" Andy Condon
- Immersion Theory
- Home of ambient/space musician John-Mark Austin
- Kettering, Chad
- Home of the talented ambient musician Chad Kettering
- Kirlian, Ran
- Home of the Spanish ambient musician Ran Kirlian
There are several free download goodies on his website - Kistenmacher, Bernd
- Follower of the Berliner School of EM
- Klangwelt
- Home of the talented German musician Gerald Arend
- Lahiff, Andrew
- Great free form textural ambient from the UK
- Leimer, Kerry
- Home of ambient soundpainter Kerry Leimer
- Meara, Michael
- Home of Australian ambient/space musician Michael Meara
- Mon0
- Darkening soundscape ambient from Germany
- Mythos
- The site of Mythos, aka Stephan Kaske
- Palatin Project, The
- Project by Bernhard Kertz, who composes electronic music from outer space
- Parallel Worlds
- The main project of Greek musician Bakis Sirros, also a great advocate of vintage modular instruments
- Park, Andrew
- Home of space musician Andrew Park
- Pound, Dan
- American ambient/space musician of slow morphing and meditative soundworlds
- Rainbow Serpent
- Project of German musicians Frank Specht and Gerd Wienekamp
- Rich, Robert
- American ambient musician hailing from California
who explores complex rhythmic and minimal patterns in his sonic journeys, for which he applies glurp and just intonation - Roach, Steve
- One of the masters of electronic ambient music who has influenced a wide range of ambient artists
- Sanfilippo, Bruno
- Originally hailing from Argentina
this Spanish musician found a musical partner in Max Corbacho, with whom he started the label ad21 Music - Schmoelling, Johannes
- Home of this talented former member of Tangerine Dream
- Schnauss, Ulrich
- Great German ambient musician
- Schulze, Klaus
- Godfather of the Berliner School of electronic music next to Tangerine Dream
- Sequentia Legenda
- Home of the mystical, atmospheric & Berlin School inspired synthesizer music of Laurent Schieber (aka Sequentia Legenda)
- Serrie, Jonn
- Ambient space musician from the US
- Solyaris
- Home of Italian ambient composer Giorgio Robino
- Speed of Dark, The
- The site of Frank Makowski, also known as Stephen Parsick's counterpart from ['ramp]
- Spyra
- Home of the talented German synthesist Wolfram der Spyra
- Stearns, Michael
- Internationally acclaimed ambient musician from Santa Fé
especially known for his multi-channel, surround-sound soundtracks for IMAX film productions such as "Chronos" and "Baraka" - Synth.nl
- Home of Michel van Osenbruggen who composes accessible melodic, rhythmic electronic music
- Takahashi, Jutaro
- Japanese ambient musician
- Tangerine Dream
- Official site of one of the godfathers of the Berliner School of electronic music
- Telomere
- Home of the American space musician Chris MacDonald
- Time Merchant, The
- Electronic musician from Philadephia, Pennsylvania
who has been composing ambient/experimental/electronic music since 1994 - Van Bogaert, Frank
- Skilled Belgian musician
who's warm and accessible music now and then features some nice Vangelis-flavours - Wouden, René van der
- Talented Dutch composer of ambient and general melodic music