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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy
My introduction to classical was the influence it had on works like Popol Vuh's Hosianna Mantra and on Klaus Schulze of the Berlin School of ambient music. I am also a tremendous fan of post-war minimalism like Riley, Steve Reich, Glass and Moondog's 1969 self-titled LP.
But in the sphere of modern classical, those works led me to Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, and Ryuichi Sakamoto's ambient compositions, as well as the similar works by A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Dustin O'Halloran, Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, Labradford, Bedhead, Clint Mansell, and select works by Cinematic Orchestra.
Most of these occupy the territory of ambient music but the element of modern classicism cannot be denied.
I'd love to hear more composers like these.
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I like your qualifying of TCO, haha. A friend of mine introduced me to them in high school via Ma Fleur, and I dug into the rest of their discog thinking I'd find more stuff like it. It worked out though, 'cause it turned out I like downtempo too. I think they were actually my gateway to Ninja Tune.
My answer to the OP question really depends on your definition of "contemporary," as the majority of composers I listen to are post-Stravinsky, but probably a good half of them are pre-WWII. The two post-war pieces I've probably been into the most lately are Kirchner's
Piano Trio and Reich's
The Desert Music.