illbient means A music genre with layered soundscapes, dub and hip-hop influences (including the use of samples), and a progressive approach to beat programming. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
illbient is pronounced /ˈɪl.bi.ənt/.
noun
- A music genre with layered soundscapes, dub and hip-hop influences (including the use of samples), and a progressive approach to beat programming.“This describes the sound of what is known as illbient, a genre of electronic music that arose in New York in the mid-1990s. The first illbient compilations were released by the Asphodel label—Crooklyn Dub Consortium Vol. 1 in 1995 and Incursions in Illbient in 1996—and Olive was involved with both projects.”