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Nice take on Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, performed by Joby Burgess on the Wernick Xylosynth XS6.

 

The Second International Conference on Music and Minimalism will occur September 2-6, 2009, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, directed by Kyle Gann and David McIntire.
All scholars in this area are invited to submit papers. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

both American and European (and other) minimalist music;
early [...]

 

Steve Reich’s early music has proven to be extremely influential on music of the last 40 years, and especially electronic music.
This essay, via the Columbia University site, explains Reich’s thoughts on gradual process music, probably his most influential musical concept.

 

Peter Aidu plays Steve Reich’s Piano Phase, a work for two pianists, with with his left hand on one instrument and his right hand on the second.
While this is a unique performance and is a feat, the result seems to emphasize the synchronized phases of the two piano lines over the shifting phase relationships and [...]

 

Reich Remixed is an interesting experiment. Nonesuch, a label well known for edgy music from the sixties through today, asked nine electronica artists to remix some of the best work of Steve Reich. Brilliant, or just a way to expose Reich to a larger audience?
Listening to Reich Remixed, it’s hard not to think that the [...]

 


Orbital by Orbital

Orbital’s self-titled debut collects some of their earliest singles, and though the cuts are nearly 15 years old, they hold up well. This cuts on this album capture the sound of early British house and techno. For the most part, the cuts on this album could be played at any dance or techno bar and [...]