Friday, February 13, 2009

Steve Reich

I've been a fan of Steve Reich for about 5 years. I accidentally discovered his music via "It's Gonna Rain" when I was reading about the origins of electronic music. This was around the time when I discovered Stockhausen, Terry Riley, Phillip Glass and others.

Reich has been a major source of inspiration from his early phasing compositions to Music for 18 Musicians and my favorite, Electric Counterpoint. I've been composing some music and it's definitely got a Reich feel to it, although not as good.

Here are some of my favorite Reich bits:









If you listen closely to the weekend player's track, you can hear them sample Electric Counterpoint.

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