Genre

Electroacoustic

Electroacoustic on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Läuten der Seele, Lucy Railton and Arne Nordheim. It runs alongside eai, tape music and musique concrète.

Chad Lawson

piano · contemporary classical · modern classical

Mary Lattimore

ambient · harp · new age

Laurie Spiegel

electronic · experimental · avant-garde

Tape

ambient · post-rock · experimental

Jacaszek

ambient · electronic · experimental

Anna Meredith

contemporary classical · electronic · experimental

Kali Malone

drone · ambient · minimalism

Cover of Un monde lacéré by Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry

musique concrete · avant-garde · experimental

Pauline Oliveros

experimental · avant-garde · contemporary classical

Martin Stig Andersen

ambient · dark ambient · soundtrack

claire rousay

experimental · ambient · musique concrete

Roger Doyle

experimental · ambient · noise

Mabe Fratti

ambient pop · art pop · guatemala

Eli Keszler

experimental · drone · free improvisation

KMRU

ambient · drone · kenya

Ekkehard Ehlers

experimental · ambient · electronic

Pierre Schaeffer

musique concrete · avant-garde · experimental

Cole Pulice

ambient · electronic · experimental

Luc Ferrari

musique concrete · avant-garde · contemporary classical

Carl Stone

ambient · experimental · electronic

Alvin Lucier

experimental · avant-garde · contemporary classical

Album art: Martha Skye Murphy, Nebular

Martha Skye Murphy

art pop · experimental · folk

Bernard Parmegiani

musique concrete · experimental · contemporary classical

Pan Daijing

noise · post-industrial · industrial techno

Läuten der Seele

ambient · experimental · electroacoustic

Lucy Liyou

ambient · the flourishing zoo · electronic

Robert Ashley

experimental · contemporary classical · avant-garde

Dom Mino'

ambient · idm · electronic

Album art: Kevin Drumm, The Mild Temper

Kevin Drumm

noise · drone · experimental

Asuna

ambient · japanese · experimental

Paul Lansky

contemporary classical · electronic · experimental

Rafael Toral

experimental · ambient · drone

Luigi Nono

contemporary classical · avant-garde · classical

Ingram Marshall

contemporary classical · minimalism · ambient

Morton Subotnick

avant-garde · experimental · electronic

Flore Laurentienne

ambient · canadian · drone

Milton Babbitt

contemporary classical · experimental · avant-garde

Lucy Railton

ambient · electroacoustic · experimental

Alvin Curran

experimental · contemporary classical · avant-garde

Koen Holtkamp

ambient · drone · field recordings

DoF

idm · ambient · electronic

Mauricio Kagel

contemporary classical · avant-garde · experimental

Giuseppe Ielasi

ambient · experimental · glitch

Otto Luening

avant-garde · electronic · contemporary classical

Mark Templeton

ambient · experimental · electronic

Heith

ambient · post-industrial · willowcore

David Tudor

avant-garde · experimental · contemporary classical

Christian Marclay

experimental · avant-garde · turntablism

Ghédalia Tazartès

avant-garde · experimental · musique concrete

Andrey Kiritchenko

ambient · experimental · idm

Arne Nordheim

contemporary classical · electroacoustic · experimental

Kassel Jaeger

drone · ambient · field recordings

François Bayle

electroacoustic · musique concrete · musique concrète

Charles Dodge

experimental · avant-garde · contemporary classical

FilFla

ambient · japanese · electronic

Rashad Becker

electronic · experimental · noise

Autistic Daughters

experimental · post-rock · slowcore

Henri Pousseur

contemporary classical · avant-garde · musique concrete

Else Marie Pade

avant-garde · musique concrete · musique concrète

Stephen Vitiello

noise · experimental · sound art

Kaffe Matthews

ambient · noise · electronic

Gordon Mumma

avant-garde · electronic · contemporary classical

Hessien

ambient · acoustic · guitar

ELEH

drone · ambient · experimental

Stian Westerhus

experimental · electroacoustic · free improvisation

Francis Dhomont

electroacoustic · musique concrete · avant-garde

Bruno Maderna

contemporary classical · avant-garde · experimental

Jason Lescalleet

noise · drone · electroacoustic

Valerio Tricoli

drone · musique concrete · electronic

Strings of Consciousness

experimental · avant-garde · electroacoustic

Manifesto

dark ambient · industrial · experimental

Olivia Block

experimental · electronic · electroacoustic

Linus Hillborg

dark ambient · experimental · drone

Death Ambient

ambient · experimental · dark ambient

Elodie Lauten

minimalism · contemporary classical · opera

Giulio Aldinucci

ambient · drone · field recordings

Huntsville

experimental · rune grammofon · improvisation

Marc Behrens

ambient · electronic · minimal

Marcus Schmickler

experimental · electroacoustic · soundscape

Christina Kubisch

ambient · sound art · field recording

eRikm

electronic · experimental · turntablism

Able Noise

netherlands · experimental · avant-garde

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psychedelic · experimental · unglaublich

Kink Gong

field recordings · folk · ethnic

C. Spencer Yeh

noise · drone · experimental

Jar Moff

electronic · experimental · noise

Three Legged Race

experimental · psychedelic · minimal

Roland Kayn

contemporary classical · drone · avant-garde

Jan St. Werner

ambient · electronic · noise

Glim

ambient · minimal · glitch

Cover of The Golden Years by Trapist

Trapist

experimental · jazz · austria

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

free improvisation · jazz · avant-garde

Trevor Wishart

experimental · electro-acoustic · acousmatique

Noah Creshevsky

musique concrete · contemporary classical · electroacoustic

Giovanni di Domenico

ambient · experimental · minimalism

Nick Storring

contemporary classical · experimental · ambient

Press

Recently reviewed

LatestPitchforkAug 12, 2026

The Mild Temper (opens in new tab)

A six-CD box set from the Chicago experimental musician compiles several years of Bandcamp-exclusive releases, newly mastered by Jim O’Rourke.

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PitchforkAug 10, 2026
Nebular (opens in new tab)
The veteran New Zealand guitarist and rising London avant-pop musician go full mind-meld on an album of foggy ambient drones and wordless, angelic singing.
Shop Martha Skye Murphy

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