Minimalism (ambient, single, fan, orchestra, 70s)

bluesintheshoes · 11-08-2007, 01:09 PM

Any one a fan of minimalism? Particularly Phillip Glass?

**cardboard adolescent** · 11-08-2007, 01:34 PM

I like Glass, Reich and Riley a lot.

bluesintheshoes · 11-09-2007, 01:34 PM

Very good choices

**jackhammer** · 11-13-2007, 03:37 PM

Glass's scores for the Qatsi trilogy are remarkable. I must get hold of them some time.

jgd85 · 11-15-2007, 02:11 PM

minimalism... just sounds fun as it comes of the tongue.

fool on the hill · 11-29-2007, 09:51 AM

I prefer Steve Reich to Glass any day. Glass' earlier work in the 70s was good, but ever since Satyagraha he hasn't really done anything interesting... Reich's earlier stuff is also better (Piano Phase, Drumming).

Some of John Adams stuff is good, like Phrygian Gates for piano & Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a real trip (pun intended). Shaker Loops for string orchestra is pretty cool too.

For some REAL minimalism, Charlemagne Palestine is amazing. His Strumming Music for piano is great but Schlingen-Blangen for pipe organ is mind-blowing-- a single chord held for 70 minutes-- the only thing that changes is the stops on the organ. You start hearing all the overtones & all sorts of aural illusions.

Some of Morton Feldman later works could be called "minimalistic" in a way (though not in the rhythmically repetitive way of Glass, Reich and Adams). His Piano and String Quartet unfolds slowly in a haunting way, a sort of atonal version of Brian Eno's ambient music.

I HIGHLY recommend Charlemagne Palestine's Schlingen-Blangen though-- it is truly a mind altering experience...

~ josh

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11-08-2007, 01:09 PM
bluesintheshoes Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Plattsburgh N.Y. Posts: 30	Minimalism Any one a fan of minimalism? Particularly Phillip Glass?

11-08-2007, 01:34 PM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,378	I like Glass, Reich and Riley a lot. __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All

11-09-2007, 01:34 PM
bluesintheshoes Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Plattsburgh N.Y. Posts: 30	Very good choices

11-13-2007, 03:37 PM
jackhammer A Cabled Discount Join Date: May 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 4,730	Glass's scores for the Qatsi trilogy are remarkable. I must get hold of them some time. __________________ My music collection.cough cough enjoy. Ha Ha charade you are. My dvd collection.

11-15-2007, 02:11 PM
jgd85 turn on tune in drop out Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: austin Posts: 599	minimalism... just sounds fun as it comes of the tongue. __________________ all you need is love. - john lennon think for yourself and question authority. - timothy leary death makes angels of us all / and gives us wings / where we had shoulders / smooth as raven's claws - jim morrison

11-29-2007, 09:51 AM
fool on the hill Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis, Tenn and occasionally Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 45	Other "minimalists" I prefer Steve Reich to Glass any day. Glass' earlier work in the 70s was good, but ever since Satyagraha he hasn't really done anything interesting... Reich's earlier stuff is also better (Piano Phase, Drumming). Some of John Adams stuff is good, like Phrygian Gates for piano & Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a real trip (pun intended). Shaker Loops for string orchestra is pretty cool too. For some REAL minimalism, Charlemagne Palestine is amazing. His Strumming Music for piano is great but Schlingen-Blangen for pipe organ is mind-blowing-- a single chord held for 70 minutes-- the only thing that changes is the stops on the organ. You start hearing all the overtones & all sorts of aural illusions. Some of Morton Feldman later works could be called "minimalistic" in a way (though not in the rhythmically repetitive way of Glass, Reich and Adams). His Piano and String Quartet unfolds slowly in a haunting way, a sort of atonal version of Brian Eno's ambient music. I HIGHLY recommend Charlemagne Palestine's Schlingen-Blangen though-- it is truly a mind altering experience... ~ josh __________________ Grabbed my suitcase that said to me, "Dreams are free and so are we."