psybient

English

Etymology

Blend of psytrance +‎ ambient

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.bi.ənt/

Noun

psybient (uncountable)

1. (music) A musical genre that is a fusion of psytrance and ambient.
   • 2010, Graham St John, The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance, →ISBN, page 224:

     Indeed, by the early 2000s, the music and cultures of psytrance (from psybient to darkpsy) was becoming entheogenically liminalised, a popular state of affairs from Europe to Israel, America to Australia and Brazil to South Africa.

   • 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Music Sound:

     Psybient artists include Shpongle, Entheogenic (2), Evan Bluetech, Yaniv Shulman, Kickbong, and some of the works of Younger Brother.

   • 2014 May 9, Isabel McCan, “Shpongle: One-Time Show with Live Band at Red Rocks”, in 303 Magazine:

     Shpongle was formed in 1996 and has been described by Posford as “like nothing you’ve ever heard before.” They have been noted for pioneering the “psybient” genre, which combines world music, such as Ram’s infamous flute, with synth-based electronic mixing, making a sound that has been a strong influence for so many groups since Shpongle’s inception.

   • 2018 August 16, “Samsara Festival: In Nature We Escape – Photo Album!”, in Hungary Today:

     The worldwide annual psychedelic festival for yoga, music, dance and nature lovers is again hosted lecturers, coaches, psychologists and healers along with 130 yoga workshops, seances and lectures, as well as a Psybient music festival with over 140 music artists and DJs performing on three stages.