compositional ambient
ambient music is a genre that focuses more on the tone and atmosphere as opposed to musical structure or rhythm.
Brian Eno named and popularised the genre. - "it must be as ignorable as it is interesting."
1980 revival with the rise of house and techno music
1960/70s UK, Jamaica, Japan
ambient house, ambient dub, ambient pop
artists
Aphex Twin
Bonobo
Kyle Bobby Dunn
Eluvium
Philip Glass
Michael Nyman
mellow gold
(Spotify generated genre) Mellow gold is an encompassing genre with many artists from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
"Mellow Gold contains elements of soft rock and folk rock, and has a strong correlation with album-oriented classic rock of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Emphasis is on clean production, harmonies, and melodic compositions."
Mellow gold is also the name of the third studio album by Beck.
artists
The Police
Fleetwood Mac
Phil Collins
Simon & Garfunkel
Dire Straits
space rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_rock
"Space rock is a rock music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centred on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound."
Inspired by man's entry into outer space. Directly influenced types of instruments used as well as song titles - Joe Meek.
Was originally associated with Pink Floyd but now includes more genres eg 'shoegazing' and 'stoner rock' due to most music being called space rock at the same time period.
1960/70s, UK
artists
Pink Floyd
Sonic Youth
The Gun Club
Glassjaw
Flying Saucer Attack
riot grrrl
underground feminist movement - genre evolved out of indie rock. Feminism meets punk. Outlet for women to express themselves in the same way men had been doing.
Brings up issues such as womens rights, rape, sexuality, domestic abuse.
artists
Childbirth
Katastrophy Wife
Pussycat Trash
Bikini Kill
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