Displaying Music with the Tag: Ambient
Winter
-Performed by Michael Lenahan , October 16, 2026
“Winter” is an introspective piece that intends to put the performer and listener in to the beauty of a snowy mountain landscape. The scene is breathtaking, with a calmness and quite that pervades everything. However, as with life, even in these moments of calm and serenity, there is always a potential for dramatic change. This piece acknowledges that life, much like the weather, is unpredictable and ever-changing. There is beauty, peace, victory, anguish, uncertainty, pain, and inevitably there is always change.
Tags: Ambient, Classical, Joel Laviolette, solo piano
Circles – Reflection
-Performed by Michael Lenahan , July 17, 2026
Circles – Reflection explores ambiguity through harmony and rhythm. With influences from Satie and Chopin, this piece takes time with the melodies, allowing them to unfold as much through the use of silence as through sound. Performed by pianist Michael Lenahan, and recorded on March 5, 2026, at the UT Butler School of Music Recording Studio and was made possible by a grant from the Rainwater Foundation.
Tags: Ambient, Classical, Joel Laviolette, solo piano
Starfire
-Joel Laviolette , July 31, 2020
A tribe is chanting somewhere in the forest. You can't tell from the sound if they are miles away or only over the next hill. In any case, the music will guide you safely to them.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, DJ, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Mbirame, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design
Mellow Morning
-Siena Laviolette & Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2020
Debut track by the D&D Duo (Daddy and daughter)!
Tags: Aesthetic, Ambient, Chillout, Contemplative, Downtempo, Guitar, Joel Laviolette, Mbirame, Meditation, Pads, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Reflections
-Joel Laviolette , March 30, 2020
Calming Ambient Music
Tags: Ambient, Chillout, Joel Laviolette, Mbirame, Meditation, Pads, Yoga
Hollow Bells
-Joel Laviolette , May 17, 2019
The modular synth ricocheting it's FM beauty against modular percussion. Alien landscapes result
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Mbirame, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
Come What May
-Joel Laviolette , March 9, 2019
An Mbira and Reggae groove sprinkled with Garage Bass
Tags: Ambient, Ancient Forward, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
My Time and My Mind
-Joel Laviolette , March 3, 2019
Does our belief create our reality or vise versa?
Tags: Ambient, Ancient Forward, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
Life Dreaming (small talk)
-Joel Laviolette , February 14, 2019
A meditative journey-intended to be played in the background while going inward.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Electronic, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Mbirame, Meditation, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Wistful
Space Sunset
-Joel Laviolette , February 1, 2019
An orchestral riser cue
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
Pärt Inspired
-Joel Laviolette , November 12, 2018
A Modular Synth piece inspired by Arvo Pärt's minimalist tintinnabuli technique.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Mbirame, Modular Synth, Sound Design
Nostalgia
-Joel Laviolette , September 11, 2018
Beautiful piano and light strings set the mood for this forest scene.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
Max Eliminates the Phrases and We Were Never the Same
-Mbirame , April 10, 2018
The first mbira music generator created fully with Max 7. Read the details for a deeper explanation.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Mbirame, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
Borrowed Names
-Joel Laviolette , February 3, 2018
A generative musical piece that explores the randomness in letter to pitch transformations and finding beauty in that randomness.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Joel Laviolette, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
Video Game Music: Town Theme
-Joel Laviolette , February 1, 2018
A short theme for a Town Theme in a video game
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful
Video Game Music: Character Theme
-Joel Laviolette , February 1, 2018
A Character Theme for a video game. Meet Peashooter!
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Joel Laviolette, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful
Eden’s Circle
-MbiraMe , November 8, 2016
An ambient modular synth sound design exploration.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Electronic, Generative, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Wistful
Me and BT and Our Mbira Dreams
-MbiraMe , November 2, 2016
Modular synth explorations of mbira harmony. Ambient soundscapes.
Tags: Ambient, Electronic, Generative, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Mbirame, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Wistful
Ogi No Mato (MbiraMe Remix)
-MbiraMe , July 31, 2012
A heavily glitched out remix of a traditional Japanese song
Tags: Ambient, Downtempo, Electronic, Foreign Language, Glitch, Lo-Fi, Remix, Sound Design, Trance Gate
Om Shanti
-Joel Laviolette , July 31, 2012
An ambient soundscape that takes the listener on a downtempo journey.Audio sample taken from Guruji Patabi Jois doing the opening chant of Ashtanga Yoga.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Field Recording, Foreign Language, Joel Laviolette, Mbirame, Sound Design, Vocals, World Music, Yoga
Bell Click V
-Joel Laviolette , July 31, 2012
A sparse pitched bell melody with downtempo beats to help you find your groove.
Tags: Ambient, Bells, Contemplative, Joel Laviolette, Mbirame, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Pluck, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful
The Earth Loves You
-Joel Laviolette , December 1, 2011
Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.
Tags: Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Full Band, Joel Laviolette, Mbirame, Meditation, Odd Time Signature, Vocals, Wistful, World Music
Demos: Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer
-Joel Laviolette , January 1, 2010
The Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer set to music
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Meditation, Prayer, Vocals, Wistful, Yoga
Mwana We Shumba
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
A song for my brother. Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Dangurangu
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Nyuchi
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Kanotamba MuBani
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Muchenjedza Mutonga
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Mapiye Mana
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
Mbavarira
-Joel Laviolette , April 17, 2007
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags: African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Joel Laviolette, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga