List of ambient music artists

This is a list of ambient music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those who have been on a major label). This list does not include little-known local artists. Artists are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.

0–9

 * 2002
 * 2814
 * 3rd Force

A

 * Philip Aaberg
 * William Ackerman
 * Adiemus
 * Rudy Adrian
 * Air
 * Airiel
 * The Album Leaf
 * Giulio Aldinucci
 * The Aloof
 * Ambeon
 * Amethystium
 * The American Dollar
 * Aphex Twin
 * Archive
 * Diane Arkenstone
 * Craig Armstrong
 * Ólafur Arnalds
 * Ash Ra Tempel
 * Atom Heart
 * Augustine Leudar
 * Australis
 * Autechre
 * Marvin Ayres

B

 * William Basinski
 * Bad Sector
 * Wally Badarou
 * Julianna Barwick
 * Bass Communion
 * Peter Baumann
 * David Bowie (On Low and "Heroes")
 * Biosphere
 * Bliss
 * Boards of Canada
 * Bohren & der Club of Gore
 * Richard Bone
 * Booka Shade
 * Bonobo
 * Bowery Electric
 * Thom Brennan
 * Michael Brook
 * Brunette Models
 * Buckethead (trance-ambient)
 * Harold Budd
 * Peter Buffett
 * Burial
 * Burzum (not exclusively ambient)
 * Ray Buttigieg
 * Blue Foundation

C

 * C418
 * Carbon Based Lifeforms
 * The Caretaker
 * Cat System Corp.
 * Wendy Carlos
 * Clifford Carter (member of James Taylor's band)
 * centrozoon
 * Craig Chaquico
 * Suzanne Ciani
 * Cluster
 * Cocteau Twins
 * Coil
 * B.J. Cole (pedal steel guitarist)
 * Colleen
 * Conjure One, headed by Rhys Fulber
 * Controlled Bleeding
 * Holger Czukay
 * Christ.
 * Chuck Wild

D

 * Malcolm Dalglish
 * David Darling
 * Darshan Ambient
 * David Jolley
 * Dead Can Dance
 * Dead Texan, The
 * deadmau5
 * Death Ambient
 * Death Cube K
 * Deathprod
 * Deep Forest
 * Deerhunter
 * De Facto
 * Delerium
 * Constance Demby
 * Stuart Dempster
 * Taylor Deupree
 * Deuter
 * Deutsch Nepal
 * DJ Spooky
 * Kurt Doles
 * Dntel
 * Suzanne Doucet
 * dreamSTATE
 * Kyle Bobby Dunn

E

 * Earth
 * Earthstar
 * Danielle Egnew
 * Ludovico Einaudi
 * Eluvium
 * Emerald Web
 * Emeralds
 * Justin Emerle
 * Enigma
 * Brian Eno
 * Roger Eno
 * Enya
 * Karlheinz Essl
 * Dean Evenson
 * Explosions In The Sky

F

 * Don Falcone
 * Falling Up
 * Falling You
 * Fantomas
 * Ryan Farish
 * Florian-Ayala Fauna
 * Christian Fennesz
 * The Field
 * The Fireman
 * Jim Fox
 * Christopher Franke
 * Freescha
 * Robert Fripp
 * Eloy Fritsch
 * Edgar Froese
 * Ben Frost
 * Frou Frou
 * Future Sound of London / Amorphous Androgynous

G

 * Peter Gabriel
 * Roopam Garg
 * Gas
 * Gaudi
 * Philip Glass
 * Global Communication
 * Goldfrapp
 * Manuel Gottsching
 * Nicholas Gunn
 * Guru Guru
 * Guy Gerber

H

 * Rob Haigh
 * Halo Manash
 * Peter Michael Hamel
 * Hammock
 * Harmonia
 * Jon Hassell
 * Chihei Hatakeyama
 * Imogen Heap
 * Tom Heasley
 * Tim Hecker
 * Michael Hedges
 * David Helpling
 * Higher Intelligence Agency
 * Susumu Hirasawa
 * Ezekiel Honig
 * Hwyl Nofio

I

 * Iasos
 * I.E.M.
 * In-Existence (Maarten van der Vleuten)
 * Inon Zur
 * Tetsu Inoue
 * Rafael Anton Irisarri
 * Irresistible Force
 * Mark Isham

J

 * Jacaszek
 * Jean Michel Jarre
 * Job Karma
 * Jonn Serrie
 * Jónsi & Alex
 * Mat Jarvis
 * Karl Jenkins
 * Jeff Johnson
 * Jóhann Jóhannsson
 * Michael Jones
 * Bradley Joseph
 * Journeyman

K

 * Karunesh
 * Kátai Tamás
 * Peter Kater
 * Kevin Keller
 * Kevin Kern
 * King Never
 * Paddy Kingsland
 * Kitaro
 * The KLF
 * Thomas Köner
 * Kraftwerk
 * Andrei Krylov
 * Paul Kuniholm

L

 * Labradford
 * Daniel Lanois
 * David Lanz
 * Laraaji
 * Bill Laswell
 * Thomas Leer
 * Ottmar Liebert
 * Lights Out Asia
 * Lightwave
 * Loscil
 * Lotus Plaza
 * Lull
 * Lusine
 * Lustmord
 * Ray Lynch

M

 * M83
 * Maeror Tri
 * Main
 * Mana ERG
 * Mannheim Steamroller
 * Marconi Union
 * Catya Maré
 * Keiko Matsui
 * Max and Harvey
 * Paul McCandless
 * Loreena McKennitt
 * Billy McLaughlin
 * Riad Michael
 * Michna
 * Robert Miles
 * Robyn Miller
 * Mirror System
 * Moby
 * Moodswings
 * The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud
 * Morgenstern
 * Rob Mounsey
 * Murcof
 * Robert ÆOLUS Myers
 * Mythos

N

 * R. Carlos Nakai (Native American flutist)
 * Pete Namlook
 * Andy Narell
 * The Necks
 * Neptune Towers
 * Loren Nerell
 * Neu!
 * Thomas Newman
 * New Order (not exclusively ambient)
 * Nightnoise
 * Nine Inch Nails (not exclusively ambient)
 * No-Man
 * Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai)
 * Michael Nyman

O

 * Vidna Obmana
 * Obsil
 * Ochre
 * Odd Nosdam
 * Patrick O'Hearn
 * Mike Oldfield
 * Coyote Oldman
 * Omar Rodriguez Lopez
 * Ombient
 * Omni Trio
 * On! Air! Library!
 * The Orb
 * William Orbit (Strange Cargo series)
 * Orbital
 * O Yuki Conjugate
 * Ott

P

 * Craig Padilla
 * Panda Bear
 * Jeff Pearce
 * Pendulum
 * Phish (The Siket Disc in particular)
 * Pink Floyd
 * Pivot
 * Plastikman
 * Popol Vuh
 * Poppy
 * Porcupine Tree
 * Puff Dragon
 * Port Blue

R

 * Rabbit in the Moon
 * Radiohead (Kid A)
 * Radio Massacre International
 * Raison D'être
 * Raphael
 * Red
 * Robert Rich
 * Robin Guthrie
 * Max Richter
 * Terry Riley
 * Francis Rimbert
 * Steve Roach
 * Kim Robertson
 * Hans-Joachim Roedelius
 * Rothko
 * Rurutia
 * Röyksopp

S

 * Saafi Brothers
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto
 * Karl Sanders
 * Bruno Sanfilippo
 * Devin Sarno
 * Erik Satie
 * Janek Schaefer
 * Conrad Schnitzler
 * Klaus Schulze
 * Scorn
 * Shadowfax
 * Andrew Shapiro
 * Jonah Sharp
 * Rhian Sheehan
 * Shpongle
 * Shulman
 * Michael Shrieve
 * The Sight Below
 * Sigur Rós
 * Single Cell Orchestra
 * Slow Meadow
 * Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
 * Software
 * Spiral Realms
 * Gary Stadler
 * Stars of the Lid
 * Stars Over Foy
 * Michael Stearns
 * Solar Fields
 * Sunn O)))

T

 * Henrik Takkenberg
 * Hirokazu Tanaka
 * Tangerine Dream
 * Benson Taylor
 * Team Sleep
 * Irv Teibel
 * Telefon Tel Aviv
 * Mark Templeton
 * Terre Thaemlitz
 * Robert Scott Thompson
 * TimeShard
 * Amon Tobin
 * Devin Townsend
 * Tipper
 * Troum
 * Tuu
 * Tycho
 * theta
 * Trepaneringsritualen

U

 * Ulrich Schnauss
 * The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
 * Ulver
 * Underworld
 * The Utopia Strong

V

 * Vangelis
 * Velvet Cacoon
 * Luke Vibert (as Wagon Christ)
 * Voice of Eye

W

 * Kit Watkins
 * Wavestar (with John Dyson)
 * Carl Weingarten
 * White Noise
 * Steven Wilson
 * Windy & Carl
 * Paul Winter
 * Paul Winter Consort
 * Jah Wobble
 * Erik Wøllo
 * Woob

Y

 * Yanni
 * Yellow Magic Orchestra
 * Susumu Yokota
 * Young American Primitive

Z

 * Zero 7
 * Zoviet France