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- Other names
- Ambient industrial
- Stylistic origins
- Post-industrial ambient drone noise
- Cultural origins
- Mid-1980s, Europe
- Derivative forms
- Dungeon synth neofolk
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- inception
- 1988-01-01
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- Dark ambient
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Dark ambient (originally known as ambient industrial) is a subgenre of post-industrial music, that originally emerged in the mid-1980s. It draws primary influence from ambient music and is characterized by ominous, dark drones, discordant overtones and a gloomy, monumental or catacomb-inspired atmosphere. Although mostly an electronic genre, artists frequently sample traditional instruments and make use of semi-acoustic recording procedures.
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