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First things first: ‘BGM’ stands for ‘Background Music’.
This expression seems to be an English term only coined in Japan.
The app “bgm” provides an arrangement of 25 sound parts that automatically mixed with impromptu to deliver“a chance of music that goes onforever without repeating any phrase”A magical and puzzling form of background music.
About 100 years ago,
the French composer Erik Satie published
‘Furniture Music’, a“composition intended to fit as part of the ambiance,“composition intendedto fit as part of the ambiance,much like furniture placed in a room”.At that time, before premiering ‘Furniture Music’ in a concert he begged his audience beforehand to ignore the performance to come.He also conceived ‘Vexations’ (1893), a keyboard work using repeat signs on a single page of music sheet intended to play the same phrase 840 times in succession, which is supposed to take about 20 hours.
bgm was created based upon Satie’s concept 100 years ago.
But playing the same phrase over and over again 840 times would definitely be annoying wouldn’t it?
By arranging some variations and combining
the sounds with the app’s algorithm
we are able to add some musical flavour.
“The Chance of Music” played in ‘bgm’
will intend to make life and work a bit easier.Of course,we beg you to ignore the music to come!
Wikipedia Furniture Music (at 05:30, 22 September 2018)
Wikipedia Vexations (at 13:51, 8 March 2019)
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