Lowercase is an extreme form of
ambient minimalism in which very quiet sounds are amplified to extreme levels. Minimal artist
Steve Roden popularized the movement with an album entitled ''
Forms of Paper'', in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways. These recordings were commissioned by the
Hollywood branch of the
Los Angeles Public Library.
Definition
Steve Roden stated this about the lowercase tendencies which he began to develop in his later works: “It bears a certain sense of quiet and humility; it doesn't demand attention, it must be discovered... It’s the opposite of capital letters—loud things which draw attention to themselves.”
The "Lowercase Music" Genre is Ambient at Its Most Minimal -Avant Music News
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See also
*John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and Extended technique, non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one ...
* Microsound
* Musique concrète
* Postminimalism
* Tape music
References
External links
''Whisper the Songs of Silence''
(article in '' Wired'')
Is Lowercase Music Even Music?
Ambient music
2000s neologisms
21st-century music genres
2000s in music
Experimental music genres
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