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Originally coined by minimal artist Steve Roden, "lowercase" is an extreme form of ambient minimalism in which very quiet sounds bookend long stretches of silence. Roden started the movement with an album entitled, Forms Of Paper in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways. These recordings were actually commissioned by the Hollywood branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Many artists have contributed to the lowercase movement, including electronic music pioneer and educator Kim Cascone, Tetsu Inoue and Bernhard Gunter. Some of the labels that publish lowercase music include Trente Oiseaux, 12k and raster-noton which features famed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Carsten Nicolai, a.k.a. alva noto.
Ambient Sub-Genres:
Ambient Dub
Ambient Goa
Ambient house
Berlin School
Chillout
Dark ambient
Illbient
Lowercase
New Age
Psybient
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