Even in contemporary pop music I have been impressed with its sonic quality very interesting electronics and textures, mixing styles and production, etc. Philosophically there has also been a lot of talk describing contemporary culture in terms of acoustics as opposed to visual representation that this current fluidity of time and place is best thought of in terms of an acoustic space. I am very astonished at the enthusiasm in the youth culture for music. There is a wonderful focus on sound and music and an openness that feels new to me. Perhaps there is a shift going on that is brought on by the liberation of sound that has happened in the 20th century.
Young people do create space for themselves with sound.
An example is studying with loud music as accompaniment or parties where sound is too loud to converse. Perhaps if you name the possibilities they already begin to disappear. Listening to the field of sound means that it is possible to focus at any time in any direction as long as the field is open. Focus collapses the field until one opens again. Focus seems to come up a lot in your work.