Dark Ambient artists on Bandcamp

50 independent artists in this guide.

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Transmissions from the void: Cathode Ray Tube's Inferyes delivers four surgically precise tracks — from a frenetic 303-percolating opener to a loping anthem for souls forever dancing at the edges of glittering sonic temples. Stewart Keller's Inky's Sleep scores a haunting 2D horror-adventure through dark dreams and otherworldly creatures. Arcane Synthetic's A New Era & Nothing More: Part I moves through industrial abrasion and dark ambient landscapes exploring psychological aftermath, while Revised Reports – Volume 2 revisits earlier material through an unstable lens of texture and tension. moon musiq's Muzaq for Frogs pays tribute to the cult 1984 film Decoder, and Humanfobia's DRAG ME TO THE WITCH HOUSE channels ghostly computer music from the dark experimental underground of Chile.

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    Caught In Joy

    Blending synthesizers into sonic landscapes that defy convention and push the boundaries of music genres.

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    Qid Love

    Qid Love (she/they) is an experimental guitarist, electronic musician, and multidisciplinary artist living in Seattle. Her extended improvised...

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    James Parrott

    Ambient and drone artist for going on about eight years at this point. I like making weird stuff sometimes.

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    ElectronicDeathBlackDogs

    ElectronicDeathBlackDogs is a dark ambient project based in the Scottish Borders. Relying on field recordings, modular synthesis and a heavy d...

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    97 Sound Signal

    97 Sound Signal crafts sonic landscapes where time slows and space expands. Rooted in ambient traditions but reaching into uncharted territory...

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    Ghost on this Earth

    I'm a Dark Ambient artist. but i do have a decent number of collaborations up. i can do three styles. Relaxing, Chaotic, and Experimental. I'm...

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    Reality Scruncher

    Reality Scruncher is a dark ambient music project created by Casey Douglass. With it, he hopes to create music that unsettles, relaxes, and ca...

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    Spectre Horsemen, Pale With Dust

    Fugal illusory soundscapes for the acceptance of end times. All roads lead to drone.

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    Atavus Infectum

    Tenebrous tales of old gods and encircling darkness.

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    Snowbeasts

    Haunted Body Music

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    Urschaum

    Badrich’s latest work, URSCHAUM, features a different side of his artistry that taps the dark waves of ambient. URSCHAUM may feature material ...

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    Aetherfall

    Sound sculpting dirty electronics.

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    Burnt Seed Records (Various Artists)

    A cross section of artists on the Burst Seed label (plus some special guests) spanning a variety of genres and styles.

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    Kathodos

    Deeply disturbing, unsettling, psychedelic, hypnotic, and highly original. For fans of Nurse with Wound / Coil / Current 93 / Dead Can Dance /...

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    Stewart Keller

    (From stewartkeller.com): Stewart Keller (1997) is a professional composer born and raised in the Midwestern United States. His style is recog...

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    Jaki Herzlich

    Jaki Herzlich plays synthesizers and keyboards. Occasionally musical, occasionally not. But most importantly, very noisy

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    Demiurgo

    Demiurgo invites listeners into electronic worlds: "50% music, 50% your imagination". Each track is built as a journey through dystopian lands...

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    John Reidar Holmes

    Guitarist and composer John Reidar Holmes creates moody and dream-like ambient music. His particular sound is shaped using modular synthesizer...

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    Franck Martin

    After listening to Jean Michel Jarre, Air, Daft Punk, Xenakis, Tangerine Dream and many others... Being alive during the early days of compute...

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    Michael HERTER

    I am a classically trained composer and multi-instrumentalist from Germany, holding a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Instruments (Violin...

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    Mouth of Life

    Ambient and drone sounds with a focus on murky atmospheres and unsettling vibes.

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    Xiphoid Dementia

    A descent into existential dread.

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    missing scenes

    For over two decades, R. Hunter has been creating music under a variety of monikers and in various projects, like Conversations About the Ligh...

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    Various Artists (Owlripper)

    Owlripper aims to bring together artists and sounds that fit together with a common goal of 'doing something a bit different' across a variety...

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    Dickie Snakedick

    The self-dubbed "ANACONDA OF ROCK N’ ROLL MUSIC”, Dickie Snakedick (1981-2022) was the younger cousin and/or brother of Richard Snakedick from...

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    Sobaki Tabaka

    Sobaki Tabaka have been making music since 1997. In that time, they have crafted a bleak string of full length records. In spite of consistent...

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    insectarium

    insectarium is dark ambient soundscapes created by Joel Hinkle in Springfield IL. Influenced by dark ambient, drone, world, ritual, & ind...

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    Fixed Expression

    Fixed Expression synth, drone, instrumental from Argentina

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    Chris Irregardless

    Chris Irregardless is an ambient musician from the United States. Known for their experimental soundscapes, their music often blends atmospher...

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    Willebrant

    Willebrant is the ambient field drone project of Naarm/Melbourne bassist and producer Karl Willebrant.

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    NebulaCaro

    My name is Carolina. Growing up in nature, I've always loved its sounds. Inspired by serene forests and ocean waves, I create music that trans...

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    Yann LE VOT

    Yann LE VOT is a dark ambient composer living in Paris, France. His music is home produced with modular synths and fiels recordings.

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    CCCXXXII

    Combining surging synth + haunting guitar tones, CCCXXXIII builds winding soundscapes influenced by more classical overtones.

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    Various artists - Cioran Records

    Various artists from Cioran Records and other friends of the label.

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    eisce

    Ambient lo-fi project

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    survey channel

    Hazy, dissectible electronica weaving a hypnagogic quilt through elements of sound collage, sampling, psychedelia and ambient textures via tap...

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    State Vector Collapse

    State Vector Collapse is Leif Hunneman, and an only occasionally smoking pile of home-built and/or heavily modified electronic noisemakers. Ab...

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    Sonic Oscillations

    Sonic Oscillations is a project of Josef Noctilucant where the main intention is to take the listener through a cacophony of genres, including...

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    ZENN AUDIO

    Drone, ambient and minimalist music centered around Solfeggio Frequencies and non-standard tuning.

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    Anatomy of the Heads

    Kiribati's hottest exotica-inspired jazz fusion trio that takes your girl all the way down to Rio! aka your favorite ChiChi fueled CIA psyop,...

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    Nathan Plante

    I'm an electronic artist and professional trumpet player living in Berlin. I'm interested in bridging the gap between traditional acoustic per...

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    Death Factory

    Experimental and Noise artist active since 1988.

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    Necromoss

    Necromoss is an introspection into the study of subterranean artificial contaminates and the layers of biological processes which have adapted...

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    the microphone is 3 electric guitars

    This is 100%ROEMER. I make music for fish ❮*;𒅋 "the microphone is 3 electric guitars" is a piano from the year 1901 recorded using 3 electric...