I would think unawareness but i wonder if people genuinely dont appreciate how overstimulating specifically uncurated or just music in general can be

Do yall consider minimal and ambient synonamous btw?

  • ContactClosure@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I love ambient music. Hit me with some accessible minimalist music so I can have a better idea what the genre even is. I played Music for Piece of Wood in college and have zero desire to hear it again, surely there’s more pleasant minimalist stuff.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      To what extent do you consider ambient and minimal(ist) the same? I know I use either for a shorthand semantically speaking

      • ContactClosure@lemmus.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I don’t know enough to know if they are the same. My understanding is that minimalism focuses on less (be that instrumentation, composition, or other factors, just use less of them) whereas ambient music just focuses on the atmosphere and vibe, regardless of how much it takes to achieve the result.

        I would think there’s a lot of ambient music thats not considered minimalist and vice versa. Some ambient music is extremely layered (but sounds like one evolving drone) where as Music for pieces of wood is minimalist but definitely not ambient. No one relaxing to five clave players going nuts.

        It’s a weird Venn diagram with a lot of overlap and seemingly random distinctions.