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Originally coined by minimal artist Steve Roden lowercase is an extreme form of ambient minimalism where very quiet usually unheard sounds are amplified to extreme levels. (It is a common misconception that lowercase music primarily consists of lengthy silences.) Roden popularized the movement with an album entitled Forms of Paper in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways.

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