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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Antti Kurittu: > > > > "Lowercase sound" is the name given to a loose movement in electronic > > > music that emphasizes very quiet sounds and the long, empty silences > > > between them." > > > > > > is it just me but that last sentence describes ambient music. > > > > > > >Oh I dunno. > > > >I've heard a bit of this stuff on wfmu and AFAIK it ain't ambient, > >it's VERY minimalist. > > Thusly, it must be what someone might call "progressive" ambient. Lately, > everything calles 'progressive' seems to be the same genre this genre is > supposed to be progressing, except more boring. > > for example, progressive trance. > good lord, ethel, is "progressive" being brought down off the shelf and dusted off and readied for recycling ? in my day the buzzword was "progressive rock", like Yes (gack!) and Genesis (the old stuff, before they went totally commercial ... curious band ... the more members they lost, the more popular they got ...) 62
