Yes, it was indeed Satie who coined certain pieces of his work “furniture music”. I personally don´t like it that much, but it´s of course historically important as one of the “forefathers” of ambient - whatever is understood under this term nowadays, as Eno once said: “I don´t even recognize ambient music any more.” From the view of a composer the idea of being “as ignorable as it is interesting” (Brian Eno) is a challenge of course. I´m currently working on a couple of ambient pieces, and I have to take care a lot not to miss this thin line between ignorability and interesting. Cheers and peace! Rolf