Background
Welcome to my website. On here I blog about my own compositions, other artists’ music I am enjoying, music equipment I find interesting, or anything else that catches my attention.
Under the name Ambient Generation I have been writing electronic ambient music for the past 9 years. During this time I have released 4 albums, of the which the latter 3 are available through various music outlets including iTunes.
The aim of Ambient Generation is for the music to be inspiring and atmospheric. Blending chillout melodies with breakbeats, classical strings with techno influenced basslines, it is attempting to be all about contrasts.
Some reviews
Urbnet about Icebreaker
“This independent release of breakbeat infused electronica challenges the notion that chillout music has to be slow and downtempo. And while the first third of the disc does successfully dabble in that territory, its the uptempo, experimental tracks that round out Icebreaker that leave the biggest impression. Ranging from potential Sci-Fi soundtrack pieces (Awestruck) to swooshing synthesizers and acid squelches (Icescape), Ambient Generations music frequently sounds like the music from Blade Runner re-scored by Orbital and Wendy Carlos.”
Urbnet about Passive Aggressive
“Ambient Generation returns with album number three, Passive Aggressive, and continues to produce lush synthesized soundscapes that range from very chilled compositions (Shiver, Perplex) to frantic uptempo techno (Jolt) and electro cuts (Momentum, Break). Refraction is a thumping selection that bridges the gap between acid house and Moby, while The Blade Runner/Clockwork Orange motif from Icebreaker has been swapped for what feels like an extended stay in Twin Peaks, especially on tracks like Passive Aggressive, Equanimity, and Liquid a trio that inevitably rises to the top. Ambient Generations keyboard and arrangement skills are at times comparable to Goblin/Claudio Simonettis soundtrack work for Dario Argento, especially Opera (on the captivating Sunlight In The Square), and its only a matter of time before hell be scoring movies of his own. While more refined and consistent than its predecessors, Passive Aggressives only fault is that its less ambitious and frankly no new strides are made. [Bradley Miller]“
Future Music Magazine, UK about track “The 50th Day” from Habitat
“The opening of this track has a very familiar feel to it, it certainly would be great as part of a soundtrack with its light yet highly evocative melodies. The influences listed would usually lead us to take a large step back as so many demos put the likes of Vangelis down and the demo is just a bad imitation. This is not true in this case with quality ambience in action.”
All Music Guide about Icebreaker
“Ambient Generation … specializes in highly melodic, utterly pleasant but never saccharine instrumental electronica. He achieves a balance between sweetness and sharpness by propelling his quiet electronic ditties with gentle but firm breakbeats — imagine Jean Michel Jarre or Mike Oldfield with more rhythmic interest or Enigma … Icebreaker is the second Ambient Generation album, following 2003′s Habitat, and there are no surprises here — just lots more lush electronic textures and bumping beats. The program is divided into two sections, “Downbeat” and “Upbeat,” but you’ll want to bear in mind that “Upbeat” is a relative term: the only thing really separating the chugging piano-and-strings-and-funk opus “Alone [Album Mix]” from the somewhat more laid-back “Independent” is a slightly higher percussion profile and a marginal increase in beats per minute. This is the type of music that doesn’t sound very exciting in description, but is hard to resist when heard. Recommended.”
