Lowercase (music)

Infobox Music genre
name = Lowercase
color = white
bgcolor = silver
stylistic_origins = Ambient
Minimalism
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instruments = Electronic musical instruments, field recordings
popularity = Low
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other_topics = 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 Günter.

Some of the labels that publish lowercase music include [http://www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org/ Bremsstrahlung Recordings] , Trente Oiseaux, 12k, and raster-noton, which features famed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Carsten Nicolai, a.k.a. Alva Noto.

External links

* [http://www.inbetweennoise.com/ Steve Roden]
* [http://www.bernhardguenter.com/ Bernhard Günter]
* [http://www.trenteoiseaux.de/ Trente Oiseaux]
* [http://www.12k.com/ 12k]
* [http://www.raster-noton.de/ raster-noton]
* [http://www.alvanoto.com/ alva noto]
* [http://www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org/ Bremsstrahlung Recordings]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/lowercase-sound/ lowercase-sound] (Electronic mailing list)
* [http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2002/05/52397 "Whisper the Songs of Silence"] (article in "Wired")