Album: The Ambient Collection by Art of Noise (1990)
Genre: Synthpop | Mood: Excitable
Record Label: Polydor
Format: Compilation

Description: The Ambient Collection is a 1990 album compiling songs by the Art of Noise into a chill-out mix. The album was compiled and remixed by Youth, using songs from the Art of Noise albums In Visible Silence and In No Sense? Nonsense!, as well as the song "Island" from Below the Waste. The album spawned one single, "Art of Love".

Artist Background: Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an avant-garde synthpop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn and music journalist Paul Morley. The group's mostly instrumental compositions were novel melodic sound collages based on digital sampler technology, which was new at the time. Inspired by turn-of-the-20th-century revolutions in music, the Art of Noise were initially packaged as a face... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Synthpop movement. Known for Electronic style.

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Synthpop movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Synthpop, Excitable, 1990s, Compilation, Polydor


The Ambient Collection is a 1990 album compiling songs by the Art of Noise into a chill-out mix. The album was compiled and remixed by Youth, using songs from the Art of Noise albums In Visible Silence and In No Sense? Nonsense!, as well as the song "Island" from Below the Waste. The album spawned one single, "Art of Love".

The Ambient Collection

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