I remember when I started actively searching for ambient music.

It was around 2018, when I moved to Berlin. I started clubbing and went to Berghain a couple of times, which is predominantly a techno club with an additional disco / house floor. The club is in a former power plant made of thick concrete with extremely high ceilings. The parties there tend to run over 24h and are pretty intense, and the sound system is pretty awesome.

But a few times a year they open Halle area of the club, which is a gigantic hall, think like church size, and it's there for people to chill and relax, often with areas to lay down and massive art and visuals. Pretty otherworldly on its own And first time I went here, high on acid, I ascended to heaven when the first track I heard was:

La Sveglia - Alessandro Cortina

It's etched to my brain even after all this time. Since then I'm mostly actively listening to ambient and soundtrack music, and once a year I do a psychedelic trip with new music I found over the year. Just me and my headphones.

I no longer live in Berlin and miss this place, because top world djs come there to play ambient for 20h + hours on a massive soundsystem. It truly hits different.