Editing New Age (section)

===Music===
{{See also|List of new-age music artists|List of ambient artists}}

The term "[[new-age music]]" is applied, sometimes negatively, to forms of [[ambient music]], a genre that developed in the 1960s and was popularised in the 1970s, particularly with the work of [[Brian Eno]].{{sfn|Partridge|2004|p=175}} The genre's relaxing nature resulted in it becoming popular within New Age circles,{{sfn|Partridge|2004|p=175}} with some forms of the genre having a specifically New Age orientation.{{sfn|Partridge|2004|p=178}} Studies have determined that new-age music can be an effective component of [[stress management]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Principles and Practice of Stress Management, Third Edition |editor-last=Lehrer |editor-first=Paul M. |editor2=Robert L. Woolfolk |editor3=Wesley E. Sime |year=2007|pages=46–47|isbn=978-1593850005|publisher=Guilford Press|location=New York}}</ref>

The style began in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the works of free-form jazz groups recording on the [[ECM (record label)|ECM]] label; such as [[Oregon (band)|Oregon]], the [[Paul Winter Consort]], and other pre-ambient bands; as well as ambient music performer Brian Eno, classical avant-garde musician [[Daniel Kobialka]],<ref name="Birosik-1989">{{cite book |last=Birosik |first=Patti Jean |year=1989 |title=The New Age Music Guide |publisher=Collier Books |isbn=978-0020416401}}</ref><ref name="Werkhoven-1997">{{cite book |last=Werkhoven |first=Henk N. |year=1997 |title=The International Guide to New Age Music |publisher=Billboard Books / Crown Publishing Group |isbn=978-0823076611}}</ref> and the [[psychoacoustics|psychoacoustic]] ''[[environments (album series)|environments]]'' recordings of [[Irv Teibel]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Giaimo|first1=Cara|title=The Man Who Recorded, Tamed and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-recorded-tamed-and-then-sold-nature-sounds-to-america|website=Atlas Obscura|date=5 April 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-date=25 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925021705/http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-man-who-recorded-tamed-and-then-sold-nature-sounds-to-america|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early 1970s, it was mostly instrumental with both acoustic and electronic styles. New-age music evolved to include a wide range of styles from electronic [[space music]] using [[synthesizer]]s and acoustic instrumentals using [[Native American flute]]s and [[drum]]s, [[singing bowl]]s, Australian [[didgeridoo]]s and [[world music]] sounds to spiritual [[chant]]ing from other cultures.<ref name="Birosik-1989" /><ref name="Werkhoven-1997" />