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Top ambient artists

The top-rated ambient artist on Riffiter is The Orb, rated 4.5/5 by 7 listeners.

568 ambient artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 562 of 21,687 ambient albums, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1964 to 2027.

  1. The Orb01The Orb7 ratings
  2. Oneohtrix Point Never

    02 Oneohtrix Point Never

    32 ratings

  3. C418

    03 C418

    3 ratings

  4. GAS

    04 GAS

    15 ratings

  5. Fennesz

    05 Fennesz

    10 ratings

  6. alva noto

    06 alva noto

    11 ratings

  7. Cluster

    07 Cluster

    3 ratings

  8. Afterlife

    08 Afterlife

    3 ratings

  9. Jefre Cantu‐Ledesma

    09 Jefre Cantu‐Ledesma

    3 ratings

  10. Apparat

    10 Apparat

    7 ratings

  11. Harold Budd

    11 Harold Budd

    4 ratings

  12. Cliff Martinez

    12 Cliff Martinez

    4 ratings

  13. Leon Vynehall

    13 Leon Vynehall

    4 ratings

  14. Stars of the Lid

    14 Stars of the Lid

    4 ratings

  15. Boards of Canada

    15 Boards of Canada

    39 ratings

  16. Aphex Twin

    16 Aphex Twin

    48 ratings

  17. The Caretaker

    17 The Caretaker

    22 ratings

  18. Tim Hecker

    18 Tim Hecker

    19 ratings

  19. Bersarin Quartett

    19 Bersarin Quartett

    3 ratings

  20. Ana Roxanne

    20 Ana Roxanne

    3 ratings

  21. múm

    21 múm

    4 ratings

  22. Low Roar

    22 Low Roar

    6 ratings

  23. Godspeed You! Black Emperor

    23 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

    15 ratings

  24. Klein

    24 Klein

    7 ratings

  25. The Microphones

    25 The Microphones

    11 ratings

  26. Autechre

    26 Autechre

    13 ratings

  27. Mary Lattimore

    27 Mary Lattimore

    3 ratings

  28. Ben Frost

    28 Ben Frost

    3 ratings

  29. 29 Chuquimamani-Condori

    3 ratings

  30. Max Richter

    30 Max Richter

    7 ratings

  31. Nils Frahm

    31 Nils Frahm

    6 ratings

  32. Eluvium

    32 Eluvium

    6 ratings

  33. Kara-lis Coverdale

    33 Kara-lis Coverdale

    6 ratings

  34. Marconi Union

    34 Marconi Union

    5 ratings

  35. Hildur Guðnadóttir

    35 Hildur Guðnadóttir

    5 ratings

  36. Schiller

    36 Schiller

    11 ratings

  37. Julianna Barwick

    37 Julianna Barwick

    9 ratings

  38. Christina Vantzou

    38 Christina Vantzou

    4 ratings

  39. Forest Swords

    39 Forest Swords

    4 ratings

  40. Raime

    40 Raime

    3 ratings

  41. Ichiko Aoba

    41 Ichiko Aoba

    3 ratings

  42. Biosphere

    42 Biosphere

    8 ratings

  43. Tangerine Dream

    43 Tangerine Dream

    51 ratings

  44. William Basinski

    44 William Basinski

    10 ratings

  45. Baths

    45 Baths

    10 ratings

  46. Ólafur Arnalds

    46 Ólafur Arnalds

    11 ratings

  47. Sarah Davachi

    47 Sarah Davachi

    10 ratings

  48. Holy Other

    48 Holy Other

    3 ratings

  49. Violet Cold

    49 Violet Cold

    3 ratings

  50. Taylor Deupree

    50 Taylor Deupree

    3 ratings

  51. SOHN

    51 SOHN

    9 ratings

  52. Jóhann Jóhannsson

    52 Jóhann Jóhannsson

    5 ratings

  53. Jon Hopkins

    53 Jon Hopkins

    4 ratings

  54. Fabrizio Paterlini

    54 Fabrizio Paterlini

    4 ratings

  55. Seefeel

    55 Seefeel

    4 ratings

  56. Moby

    56 Moby

    58 ratings

  57. Dead Can Dance

    57 Dead Can Dance

    17 ratings

  58. Benoît Pioulard

    58 Benoît Pioulard

    3 ratings

  59. Gia Margaret

    59 Gia Margaret

    5 ratings

  60. Craig Armstrong

    60 Craig Armstrong

    11 ratings

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