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Best dark ambient artists of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Everyone who released a dark ambient album in the 1990s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

The Caretaker№ 1The Caretaker1 album here3.8Weighted score3.7 avg · 3 ratings
  1. 2FinalFinal1 album here
  2. 3Current 93Current 9317 albums here
  3. 4MortiisMortiis5 albums here
  4. 5The StrangerThe Stranger1 album here
  5. 6SophiaSophia2 albums here

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