I really appreciate the shout out to oldschool Rave culture, and Chill Out rooms, and the music they played. Those spaces and the music created in them, or for them , was vital to helping create and curate the many positive experiences people had in those parties.The booming loud room was for revving you up, and getting you pumped, while the chill out room was for quiet introspection and integration, as well as being a space where people could more easily connect with others and or have some quiet alone or creative time if they needed it. Helping run parties, especially Chill Out rooms was a huge part of my life in the 90s and seeing how the music often helped people, became a huge part of why i love Ambient music.
@chrispearson71638 ай бұрын
I see a lot of Volca snobbery on the Internet, but your channel shows exactly why that snobbery is misplaced. Volca mastery with a history lesson thrown in for good measure.🙂🤘
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Happy you enjoyed!
@erikavery11058 ай бұрын
That was SICCK! 😁😁😁🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾I'm still learning to use my volcas.
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@erikavery11056 ай бұрын
@@AdamVoxMusic I am getting a Volca Bass!!! *grinning like happy child*😁😁😁
@caveymon8 ай бұрын
Oh man, I totally forgot about ambient and my love/hate relationship with it back in the 90's haha :D Thanks for reviving those memories. Guess now I'm older, I can better appreciate the downtempo side of things in ambient. Back then, man, I needed hardcore/gabba/techno/goa/jungle/breakbeats/bigbeats/anything loud and fast to keep going :D
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Nice! Yes, the Downtempo stuff was more to chill you out! :)
@Micro-Genius8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Really underrated channel! Finally I know what is ambient :)
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment!
@dani_raudvik8 ай бұрын
Great video on ambient music as a whole and wonderful use of the volcas and NTS-1 to make a cool chill-out tune.
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@williamfullam34128 ай бұрын
Love the history, tutorial and jam! Thank you so much for sharing. Also love the Volcas focus personally, they really are affordable and versatile gear we can all learn from and enjoy.
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
I agree with that! 😊
@damienphotographe8 ай бұрын
The history of music genre is an essential added value to your videos, congratulation
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@Drobvio8 ай бұрын
nice track and history lesson! thank you!
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment! 🙂
@GordonBraicks8 ай бұрын
I am always enjoying and looking forward to your videos. A blend of musical history, tech and love for gear and music!
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😀
@joannawhite18418 ай бұрын
What a nice way to fall a sleep. Love it ! Thank You Adam
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙂
@AFTN858 ай бұрын
It's absolutely fantastic! Always your videos about volcas are a breath of fresh air
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Happy to hear! 😊
@thedharmapunk59138 ай бұрын
cool history lesson. And this track is ready for release. just awsome. Im a big ambient guy, I like many genres, but ambient is special to me. Ambient is undrrated. The first time I heard FSOL Lifeforms I was blown away. And I still listen to it. For me it was Future sound of London that got me interested in making electronic music. (Jean Michel Jarre was the first spark)
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Both FSOL and J.M.Jarre are great inspirations to me as well. Great stuff! :)
@riccardotorri86488 ай бұрын
just discovered your contents. now you are my guru, sorry for that ;-)
@iorth2 ай бұрын
Awesome video and jam man! Thank you so much for that! I also did an ambient experiment with a Volca. It's a 3 part series with the Volca Drum, check it out!
@AdamVoxMusic2 ай бұрын
@@iorth thanks. I'll check it out! 👍
@Mr.Tubster8 ай бұрын
Happy new year Adam! Applause for the great show and the EXCELLENT explanations 🙂 as I said, its like watching Arte idk 😀 you are just good! Have a good time, Tubster
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Cheers!
@liamg63288 ай бұрын
Lovely Adam. Ambientastic! 🙂🙂
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Ambienthank you! 😊
@ryanwaingo6 ай бұрын
Love the set up! I run my Volcas through the NTS-1 all the time and it sounds great, especially those reverbs. Keep it up!
@AdamVoxMusic5 ай бұрын
Yes, I also love that reverb!
@DJ_Cthulhu8 ай бұрын
😎🖖 nice, I really ought to get myself an NTS-1 🖖😎
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@plynth8 ай бұрын
Perfect track!
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@craigsurette3438Ай бұрын
I hate to be that guy, but .... Despite otherwise excellent English, you keep using the word "Mode" in place of the word "Mood" Mode, as you are saying it, means a particular manner, for example the we searched the house in detective mode, or in the case of musical modes, a sort of pre equal temperament sort of scale used primarily in Medieval and other Early music, for example the Phrygian or Dorian mode. Mood, rhyming with dude, with the same vowel sound as "Moo is the sound a cow makes" is the word you are looking for. Moods are the "feeling of a thing" or a general emotional ambiance. For example, listening to this , put me in a happy or anxious mood. I only have to mention it , because "Mode" does have a specific musical use context. Ironically , specific modes, are often associated traditionally with creating different moods. Otherwise, this is seriously awesome work. I love the use of Volcas and other simple low end gear to show us how these basic techniques work, so we can see how very approachable Ambient music can be to the average person wanting to try making some
@celestial_shed6 ай бұрын
Nice song! Here is some recommended ambient listening: Biosphere - “Substrata” (1997), William Basinski - “The Disintegration Loops” (2002), Robert Rich/ Alio Die - “Fissures” (1997), Atrium Carceri - “Black Corner Den”. While I truly enjoy the calmer works of Aphex Twin, I wouldn't call them “ambient” (except for “I”, several of the vol.2 tracks ..and one I can't recall the name of currently) I think he named it such because he likes to troll? Idk. Kind of like when Throbbing Gristle called their 1979 experimental electronic album “20 Jazz Funk Greats”?
@AdamVoxMusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the List, I'll check it out! 👍
@pinkmouse48638 ай бұрын
Nice one. For me it was the instrumental stuff from Wyndham Hill that got me into ambient rather than the electronic stuff, that came later. Still can't get on with Aphex Twin though - worked on one of his early shows in the 90's, thought he was nothing special then, and my opinions haven't really changed... ...Dons fireproof suit... :-D
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
I have to check out Wyndham Hill. Sounds interesting! 😀
@pinkmouse48638 ай бұрын
@@AdamVoxMusic ...Windham Hill...;-)
@DarkEuropa8 ай бұрын
Sweet tune! Adam, why are you so into Volcas? Maybe you could do a video about why you focus on Volcas.
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Let's see if I can figure out how to explain that...
@lewisd495 ай бұрын
cool
@AdamVoxMusic5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@wyntube074 ай бұрын
is your nts in the fx send?
@AdamVoxMusic4 ай бұрын
Yes
@beerchiller98788 ай бұрын
I hear in the examples, a desire to agitate and annoy the listener. What mode is that?
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Sorry my English is not allways perfect. Im not a native speaker. My desire to say "Mood" apparently became "Mode"...
@fredflintstone25278 ай бұрын
Wonderful historical facts. Careful naming every instrumental riff or texture ambient music. It's simply not. Ambient is when music and environment become one, in your head. Too much melody distracts, too much rhythm irritates, too much of anything.... keeps you from feeling ambient. Instrumental music is simply not the same as Ambient music by definition. That's an illusion.
@AdamVoxMusic8 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@afkac2 ай бұрын
This - ambient is when music and environment become one in your head. This! This is such a great way to define ambient.