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From:
Farm A Cist
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Alphabet Design
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Date:
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 17:44:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
(idm)Ambient/Furniture Muzak was Re: (idm) This John Hartnell...
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On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Alphabet Design wrote:
quoted 2 lines The comments on the back claimed he 'invented' ambient music long before> The comments on the back claimed he 'invented' ambient music long before > Eno ever accepted the term...
Well, there is always the "Erik Satie Invented It" frame of mind. In the second decade of this century, Satie called his music "furniture music"...and it *is* if you listen to it...music that acts ambiently in a room as 'furniture'. David Chandler - chandler@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us (503)301-3011 grep -i casio goodwillbins >> mystudio ; grep -i atari goodwillbins >> mystudio ;