For a fleeting moment in the early-to-mid 90s, ambient house consummated the perfect synthesis of dance music groove and cosmic expanse. Emerging from the chillout rooms and the afterparties at the margins of club culture, ambient house cultivated the psychedelic elements of the rave scene into an altogether more atmospheric direction. The scene produced a handful of genuine superstars in the Orb and the Future Sound of London, but beneath these, there lies a whole galaxy of trippy, pulsing electronica to traverse. Here are a few hours to get you started . . .
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