Music Curator

Inside Lake Palace, Daydreaming at the Gyan Sagar Lounge Late morning at the Gyan Sagar Lounge, absorb in a collection of coffee table books and international press along with this soundtrack, illustrating a sybaritic lifestyle. Inspired by the light of the day at the lounge's central courtyard, birdsongs join this rare fusion of Indian Music and Classica...

The original intention of environmental music positioned the idea in direct opposition to historical notions of Muzak or Japanese Background Music. For them Muzak was something excessive and deeply impersonal, whereas environmental music was deeply tuned to the space it was designed for, and devoid of a homogenised mood. It is specific, whereas Muzak is general – “other people’s music”.

Composing for space: The meticulous design of Japanese environmental sounds .