Re:Lull are a good example of this sort of thing.
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i beg to differ.
i'd file lull (and artists like thomas köner) under dark ambient or perhaps isolationism. lowercase music (think bernhard günter) has very little to do with ambient, light or dark. it has more in common with modern "classical" composers like morton feldman.
digital music, yes, but not even remotely close to idm (the ilk of aphex twin, autechre, squarepusher) or glitch / clicks'n'cuts (the likes of oval, pan sonic, ryoji ikeda, alva noto, stilluppsteypa, vladislav delay).
to me, lowercase sound means composers like bernhard günter or (sometimes) francisco lópez or most of the output coming from the trente oiseaux label.
lowercase sound is definitely not ambient or muzak -- it is not music for airports. quite the opposite, it requires intense, focused listening and long attention spans. otherwise, you won't get anything from it (actually, you won't even notice it -- it's often softer than the buzz of your fridge).
but... if you're willing to make the effort to understand the underlying structure, beauty can emerge, as rewarding as a painting by marc rothko or a radio play by samuel beckett.
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i beg to differ.
i'd file lull (and artists like thomas köner) under dark ambient or perhaps isolationism.
lowercase music (think bernhard günter) has very little to do with ambient, light or dark.
it has more in common with modern "classical" composers like morton feldman.
the previous poster is right on the money.
digital music, yes, but not even remotely close to idm (the ilk of aphex twin, autechre, squarepusher) or glitch / clicks'n'cuts (the likes of oval, pan sonic, ryoji ikeda, alva noto, stilluppsteypa, vladislav delay).
to me, lowercase sound means composers like bernhard günter or (sometimes) francisco lópez or most of the output coming from the trente oiseaux label.
this can be difficult music even to ears used to such artists as the hafler trio or john duncan.
lowercase sound is definitely not ambient or muzak -- it is not music for airports. quite the opposite, it requires intense, focused listening and long attention spans. otherwise, you won't get anything from it (actually, you won't even notice it -- it's often softer than the buzz of your fridge).
but... if you're willing to make the effort to understand the underlying structure, beauty can emerge, as rewarding as a painting by marc rothko or a radio play by samuel beckett.
--
If you don't believe in free speech for your enemies,
you don't believe in free speech at all.
We have a similar situation here (Italy): about 50 /month for 640/128, no caps, dynamic IP. /month if you can live with less downstream bandwidth (256 to 300 kbps).
Most large ISPs also offer a "Lite" option at about 30