ALMONT MUSIC

Playlists curated by Almont team to set up the right mood for working or relaxing.

Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It may be meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place, usually with a tranquil theme, such as a jungle, an island paradise or outer space.

Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the music of Larry Heard.

Interesting fact: the guitar is actually much older than the piano. In the evolution of musical instruments, ancestors of the modern guitar can be found back thousands of years. Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

Jazz is a kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part. In most jazz performances, players play solos which they make up on the spot, which requires considerable skill.

The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord.

Some of the reasons as to why lo-fi is so popular are: Relaxing effect and perfect tempo to keep listeners engaged without making them sleepy. As there are no lyrics, there are no distractions, which leads to better reading comprehension and writing.