Elevator music, also known as lift music (in the Commonwealth), piped music or muzak, refers to the gentle instrumental arrangements of popular music designed for playing in shopping malls, grocery stores, department stores, public toilets, telephone systems (while the caller is on hold), cruise ships, airports, doctors' and dentists' offices and, of course, elevators. The term is also frequently applied as a generic (and often derogatory) term for any form of Easy Listening, smooth jazz, or MOR music, or to the type of recordings once commonly heard on "beautiful music" radio stations.

The Muzak corporation is perhaps the best-known supplier of such music. In fact, the term muzak has become a generic epithet for excessively bland music. However, Muzak moved away from this type of music, for the most part, in 1997^[1] and now uses only "original artists" for its music source, except on the Environmental channel.^[2]

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References

1. ^ Annals of Culture: The Soundtrack of Your Life: The New Yorker
2. ^ Encompass LE Program Listing. Muzak Corporation (November 10 2006). Retrieved on April 19, 2007. (PDF)

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See also

• Ambient music
• Furniture music
• Background music
• Light music
• Space music

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External links

• Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, by Joseph Lanza
• The King has Just Left the Building: an art project related to elevator music.

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