Pop Ambient 2026

Label: Kompakt – KOMPAKT 503
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 21, 2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient, Modern Classical

Curated by Wolfgang Voigt, Kompakt’s essential Pop Ambient series returns for its 26th edition with a beautiful collection of ambient and modern classical works from Thore Pfeiffer, Dirk Leyers, Sebastian Mullaert, Richard Ojijo and more.

Pop Ambient 2026 continues the label’s longstanding tradition of mapping the quieter edges of electronic music, across the album, drifting synthesis, treated piano and hushed melodic fragments unfold with a cinematic patience.

Contributions from Micå, Ümit Han, Pass Into Silence and Segensklang deepen the emotional palette, while collaborative pieces add subtle harmonic movement and textural detail. Rather than dramatic statements, the compilation thrives on nuance, warmth and introspection.

As with every chapter in the series, Pop Ambient 2026 feels carefully sequenced and deeply immersive - a slow-moving, inward-looking soundtrack that rewards full, uninterrupted listening and confirms the enduring relevance of Kompakt’s ambient vision.

A1. Micå – Echoes Of Blue
A2. Segensklang – Schauer der Musen
A3. Ümit Han – Eines Tages
A4. Pass Into Silence – Pale Blue Dot
A5. Würden* & Schäfer* – Analysis of Variance IV
B1. Richard Ojijo* – Verzettelung Live@Filmforum
B2. Sebastian Mullaert & Hush Forever – Traces
B3. Luis Reich – Distant Ort
B4. Morgen Wurde Featuring Tetsuroh Konishi – Wusste Längst
B5. Dirk Leyers – Regolith
B6. Thore Pfeiffer & Niko Tzoukmanis – Impuls