After searching through a vast collection of Micro Genre's archived on the website Everynoiseatonce.com I came across a slightly familiar genre of music called New Age
Music.
New Age Music is defined as ‘Artistic inspiration’ which as the genre ‘new age’ is supposed to provide the listener, feelings of peace, calmness, relaxation and optimism.
It is also the genre of music which is used very often in mediation, massage, yoga and similar kinds of relaxing and energising sessions.
New Age music concentrates more on the feelings it produces rather than the sound or instruments it uses.
The creation of NAM was to provide ambient sounds to provide certain feelings. It does this by creating electronic sounding forms and usually, the instruments heard are the piano, flute, guitar, acoustics, and a wide variety of nonwestern instruments that have the ability to produce natural sounds.
NAM Emerged as a distinctive and realisitc Genre in the 1970's, however the genre became most popular in the 1980's and 90's.
To understand the significance of NAM, it becomes useful to understand NAM within the larger subject of the New Age Movement. The NAMovement is a loose conglomeration of alternative spiritualities and metaphysical religeons that emerged or became relaities in the 60's - However the roots of New Age Music go back even further..
No comments:
Post a Comment