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The Sound of Glitch Ambient

“The Sound of Glitch Ambient” is a wide-angle tour through the blurred intersections of ambient textures and digital decay. Assembled from some of the genre's most influential and exploratory tracks, the playlist drifts through the tactile fuzz of Oval's “Do While ⌘X” and the ticking minimalism of Jan Jelinek’s “Tendency,” all while staying grounded in the slow-motion circuitry of artists like Shuttle358 and Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto. There’s a consistent push-pull between warmth and disruption, beats that fizzle into static, and melodies that feel more remembered than heard.

Across its selections, the playlist moves with intention—cycling from granular glitches and processed piano fragments in alva noto and Sakamoto’s “Uoon II” to the submerged atmospheres of Donato Wharton and Stephan Mathieu. Works from artists like Terre Thaemlitz, Takashi Wada, and Pyur extend the scope, folding in lo-fi field recordings, abstract electronics, and ambient mutations. Whether you're listening closely or letting the sound wash past, this is ambient music at its most fractured and meditative.

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Akira Rabelais 3 tracks
Alexi Baris 2 tracks
Anderegg 1 track
Another Electronic Musician 1 track
Bana Haffar 2 tracks
Broshuda 1 track
Child's View 2 tracks
Christophe Bailleau 1 track
Dan Abrams 3 tracks
Daniel Majer 3 tracks
Donato Wharton 2 tracks
Dorine Muraille 1 track
Echo Lane Afterschool Inc. 1 track
Ekkehard Ehlers 1 track
Elen Huynh 1 track
Ex Wiish 1 track
Fenn O'berg 1 track
Fennesz 3 tracks
Fonica 2 tracks
Fourcolor 3 tracks
Frank & Tony 1 track
Hanno Leichtmann 2 tracks
If I Promise 2 tracks
Information 2 tracks
J 2 tracks
Jan Jelinek 3 tracks
Janek Schaefer 2 tracks
Jemh Circs 1 track
Jodi Cave 2 tracks
Jonathan Scherk 1 track
Keru Not Ever 1 track
Lilien Rosarian 2 tracks
Lithops 2 tracks
Mark Templeton 3 tracks
Michael Santos 2 tracks
Microstoria 3 tracks
Mokira 3 tracks
Northern 1 track
Noto 2 tracks
Opiate 3 tracks
Opto 3 tracks
Oval 3 tracks
Phonophani 2 tracks
Pimmon 2 tracks
Pyur 1 track
Roméo Poirier 3 tracks
Rosy Parlane 2 tracks
Ryuichi Sakamoto 4 tracks
Secat 1 track
Shuta Hasunuma 2 tracks
Shuttle358 3 tracks
Sogar 3 tracks
Stephan Mathieu 3 tracks
Stereolab 1 track
Swim Platførm 1 track
Takashi Wada 1 track
Terre Thaemlitz 2 tracks
Twine 1 track
U-zhaan 1 track
alva noto 6 tracks
skoltz_kolgen 3 tracks
usof 1 track
yab; yvanko 1 track