In our annual look at the best ambient works of 2018, instead of 50 – we’ve upgraded to the Top 100 releases. This is Part 4 – covering 40-21.

#40
Track: édifier
Artist: BRENDON JOHN WARNER
Release: La Fonte
Label: Self Released
Time: 0:00 – 9:20

#39
Track: Fieldem
Artist: SILENT VIGILS
Release: Fieldem
Label: Home Normal
Time: 9:20 – 18:49

#38
Track: God Sized Hole
Artist: EZRA FEINBERG
Release: Pentimento and others
Label: Related States
Time: 18:49 – 23:23

#37
Track: Lake Deep in the Ear
Artist: NAKAYAMA MUNETOSHI
Release: FLOATING TO KILL TIME
Label: Self Released
Time: 23:23 – 28:32

#36
Track: Earth
Artist: D E E P L E A R N I N G
Release: Soft Confidence
Label: Salmon Universe
Time: 28:32 – 33:40

#35
Track: Illusions of Light
Artist: AMULETS
Release: Future Fog
Label: Self Released
Time: 39:49 – 45:31

#34
Track: Branches
Artist: MARCUS FISCHER & SIMON SCOTT
Release: Shape Memory
Label: 12k
Time: 45:51 – 53:55

#33
Track: FallnAngel
Artist: OCA
Release: Preset Music
Label: Constellation Tatsu
Time: 53:55 – 1:03:44

#32
Track: My Body and My Blood/His Love Throws Empire Into Turmoil
Artist: CAMERON DAY
Release: The Castle and The Garden
Label: Facture
Time: 1:03:44 – 1:07:54

#31
Track: Afterimage
Artist: CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA
Release: Afterimage
Label: White Paddy Mountain
Time: 1:07:54 – 1:17:03

#30
Track: Day Dream
Artist: ERIK GRISWOLD
Release: Yokohama Flowers
Label: Room40
Time: 1:21:49 – 1:25:36

#29
Track: Empire (excerpt)
Artist: MONTY ADKINS
Release: Empire
Label: Line
Time: 1:25:36 – 1:41:26

#28
Track: Landscape of Lovers (excerpt)
Artist: JAMES MURRAY
Release: Landscape of Lovers
Label: Slowcraft
Time: 1:41:26 – 1:52:11

#27
Track: Depth of Field
Artist: TAPES AND TOPOGRAPHIES
Release: Insomnia Drones
Label: Self Released
Time: 1:52:11 – 1:56:36

#26
Track: Every Ending Is a Little Sadder Now You’re Gone
Artist: IAN HAWGOOD
Release:
Label: Home Normal/Eilean Rec
Time: 1:56:36 – 1:59:21

#25
Track: For The Summer, Or Forever
Artist: HALFTRIBE
Release: For The Summer, Or Forever
Label: Dronarivm
Time: 1:59:21 – 2:02:51

#24
Track: A Day Goes By (excerpt)
Artist: BEN McELROY
Release: Ghost Self
Label: Self Released
Time: 2:09:26 – 2:19:48

#23
Track: Lateral Contact
Artist: PAUSAL
Release: Volume Flow
Label: Hibernate
Time: 2:19:48 – 2:27:09

#22
Track: Synth 1
Artist: EMILY A.SPRAGUE
Release: Mount Vision
Label: Self Released
Time: 2:27:09 – 2:33:07

#21
Track: At The Gates of Dawn
Artist: POEMME
Release: Moments in Golden Light
Label: Constellation Tatsu
Time: 2:33:07 – 2:39:06

Quiet Space Top 100 Countdown — Best of 2018— Part 4

For this Top 100 Countdown Series of  2018, it is a stream only listen.