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The term can also be used for kinds of easy listening, [7] lounge, piano solo, jazz or middle of the road music, or what are known as "beautiful music" radio stations.. This style of music is sometimes used to comedic effect in mass media such as film, where intense or dramatic scenes may be interrupted or interspersed with such anodyne music while characters use an elevator.
Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by The Books (often referred to as simply Music for a French Elevator) is a 2006 release by the Books.It is a compendium on mini CD of four pieces created for the "1%" art and sound installation in the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France in 2004.
The record was first released in France in 1958 through Fontana Records.It became available in the US via import by September 1959. [7] It was subsequently released in the US by Columbia Records, as side one of the album Jazz Track, with the second side filled by three new tracks recorded with his regular sextet (later to be re-released on the 1958 Miles CD).
Muzak may also be referred to as "elevator music" or "lift music" (see also Music on hold). Though Muzak Holdings was for many years the best-known supplier of background music, and is commonly associated with elevator music, the company itself did not supply music to elevators. [6]
There is a specific sound associated with elevator music, but it usually involves simple instrumental themes from "soft" popular music, or "light" classical music being performed by slow strings. [3] More recent types of elevator music may be computer-generated, with the actual score being composed entirely algorithmically. [13] [14]
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is the debut studio album by the 13th Floor Elevators.The album's sound, featuring elements of psychedelia, hard rock, garage rock, folk, and blues, is notable for its use of the electric jug, as featured on the band's only hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me", which reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Tried to Hide" as a B-side.
The Living Strings were a studio orchestra founded in 1959 by RCA Victor for a series of easy listening recordings issued on the RCA Camden budget label. There were also related groups called the Living Voices, Living Brass, Living Guitars, Living Marimbas, Living Jazz, Living Trio, Living Percussion, and Living Organ.