Filed under: music & lyrics | Tags: ambient music, emmy rossum, erik satie, furniture music, inside out
Emmy Rossum’s ambient/pop music soothes me. Her debut album titled “Inside Out” which was released October last year is a blend of emotional honesty and ambient music. The songs are reflective of her inner thoughts, often about relationships.
Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. It is generally identifiable as being broadly atmospheric and environmental in nature. This type of music is intended to drift in and out of a listener’s awareness while creating its effect on the person’s consciousness.
French composer Erik Satie created an early form of ambient music that he referred to as “furniture music” (Musique d’ameublement), in reference to something that could be played during a dinner whose sound would simply create an atmosphere for that activity rather than be the specific focus of attention.
My favorite bands U2 is under the post-punk and alternative/rock genres but they both share the same influence: ambient music.
[ambient music definition credit: wikipedia.org / photo credit: emmyrossum.com]
