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. Extreme music is a term used to describe a variety of musical styles including subgenres of Extreme metal, Hardcore punk, Hardcore techno, industrial Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonant harmony, steady 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. This library serves the city of Los Angeles For the library serving the county, see County of Los Angeles Public Library.
Many artists have contributed to the lowercase movement, including electronic music pioneer and educator Kim Cascone, Tetsu Inoue and Bernhard Günter. Kim Cascone (December 21 1955 Albion Michigan is an American Composer of Electronic music, who is best known for his releases in the ambient Tetsu Inoue is a well-known producer of Electronic music which could be described as Ambient music with a heavy influence from Minimalist music
Some of the labels that publish lowercase music include Bremsstrahlung Recordings [1] Trente Oiseaux, 12k, and raster-noton, which features famed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Carsten Nicolai, a. Trente Oiseaux is a Record label founded by experimental musician Bernhard Günter in 1995. k. a. Alva Noto. Alva Noto is a stage name of sound artist Carsten Nicolai
External links
- Steve Roden
- Forms Of Paper
- Kim Cascone
- Bernhard Günter
- Trente Oiseaux
- 12k
- raster-noton
- alva noto
- Bremsstrahlung Recordings
- lowercase-sound (Electronic mailing list)
- Whisper the Songs of Silence (Article in Wired-magazine)
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