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Top ambient artists

The top-rated ambient artist on Riffiter is Boards of Canada, rated 4.1/5 by 12 listeners.

56 ambient artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 3 of 208 ambient albums, averaging 4.1/5, spanning 1970 to 2022.

  1. Boards of Canada01Boards of Canada12 ratings
  2. Ólafur Arnalds

    02 Ólafur Arnalds

  3. 03 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

  4. Max Richter

    04 Max Richter

  5. Max Cooper

    05 Max Cooper

  6. Röyksopp

    06 Röyksopp

  7. Télépopmusik

    07 Télépopmusik

  8. Nils Frahm

    08 Nils Frahm

  9. Tycho

    09 Tycho

  10. Jon Hopkins

    10 Jon Hopkins

  11. SOHN

    11 SOHN

  12. Jóhann Jóhannsson

    12 Jóhann Jóhannsson

  13. Øneheart

    13 Øneheart

  14. Vancouver Sleep Clinic

    14 Vancouver Sleep Clinic

  15. Shpongle

    15 Shpongle

  16. Goldmund

    16 Goldmund

  17. Ichiko Aoba

    17 Ichiko Aoba

  18. Delerium

    18 Delerium

  19. Marconi Union

    19 Marconi Union

  20. Lemongrass

    20 Lemongrass

  21. The Future Sound of London

    21 The Future Sound of London

  22. Beats Antique

    22 Beats Antique

  23. Fabrizio Paterlini

    23 Fabrizio Paterlini

  24. Tim Hecker

    24 Tim Hecker

  25. Telefon Tel Aviv

    25 Telefon Tel Aviv

  26. Helios

    26 Helios

  27. Mili

    27 Mili

  28. Harold Budd

    28 Harold Budd

  29. Biosphere

    29 Biosphere

  30. In Love With a Ghost

    30 In Love With a Ghost

  31. Leon Vynehall

    31 Leon Vynehall

  32. The Microphones

    32 The Microphones

  33. loscil

    33 loscil

  34. William Basinski

    34 William Basinski

  35. Stars of the Lid

    35 Stars of the Lid

  36. Eluvium

    36 Eluvium

  37. Flatsound

    37 Flatsound

  38. Popol Vuh

    38 Popol Vuh

  39. Peter Bradley Adams

    39 Peter Bradley Adams

  40. Hiroshi Yoshimura

    40 Hiroshi Yoshimura

  41. Cluster

    41 Cluster

  42. Austin Wintory

    42 Austin Wintory

  43. Violet Cold

    43 Violet Cold

  44. Djrum

    44 Djrum

  45. islandman

    45 islandman

  46. Emile Mosseri

    46 Emile Mosseri

  47. You’ll Never Get to Heaven

    47 You’ll Never Get to Heaven

  48. 猫 シ Corp.

    48 猫 シ Corp.

  49. Alan Hawkshaw

    49 Alan Hawkshaw

  50. Leyland Kirby

    50 Leyland Kirby

  51. Roy Montgomery

    51 Roy Montgomery

  52. Martha Skye Murphy

    52 Martha Skye Murphy

  53. 53 Adore

  54. 54 cosmic lace on broken bones

  55. Ambre

    55 Ambre

  56. Aria

    56 Aria

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