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>> > > "Lowercase sound" [...] very quiet sounds and the long, empty silences >> > > between them." >> > > >> > > is it just me but that last sentence describes ambient music. >> > > >> >I've heard a bit of this stuff on wfmu and AFAIK it ain't ambient, >> >it's VERY minimalist. Ambient is too loose term to describe really anything. If you think in the terms of the philosophy of the music, japanese noise can be ambient as well, as it is sometimes aimed to produce these alterations in how audience perceives space and surroundings (sounds gibbigubbi but actually can work - got myself into fairly disturbed states listening to Otomo Yoshihides "Memory Disorder" alone at home) or to create a sonic surroundings into an otherwise bare room or hall. In a way some of these guy's music is nothing new, as ie. Aube has done thematical records involving only certain similar or only one sound source(s) such as light bulb, cardiac system (heart),bible etc. and Aube in turn is an ideological descendant of Pierre Henry and musique concrete... Although I feel "lowercase" is a similar name name tag as "microhouse", good pointer for this stuff (in addition to those mentioned in the Wired article) would12K's sublabel Line ( http://www.12k.com/line/ ), run by Taylor Deupree (I think Sakari got this Wire link from 12K newsletter?). You really can't get this stuff in Finland from almost anywhere except Dis n' Dat in Helsinki - I heard this first time years ago when Kimmo Rapatti did a track for 12K and he got some cd's to sell here in Turku and last year when Deupree was giggin in Koneisto I got some stuff from him. I tried to get Stereofonica to order some cd's, with no success. It's not all good, but I love the way some of it puts the sound reproduction into test - sometimes the digital noise from an old cd-player can be louder than the music! >> Thusly, it must be what someone might call "progressive" ambient. > >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 I don't know about Genesis, but krautrock and similar progressive stuff is doing pretty well lately; Faust, Can and similar has been re-released. The new Circle live recording is worth checking, including the last november Avanto gig, which had furor unmatched by anything I've experienced lately. Also I've had penchant for music by Kosmischen Kurieren - Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and his minions. Spiralling complete madness by an army of dirty hippies. Totally wonderful. -kvantti _____________________________________________________________ Web based email address that makes a statement! http://www.ilovejesus.net -- Need a web host for your domain? Get 200 MB as low as $8.95 at http://www.christianwebhost.com
