When I hear Eleh, I'm reminded of Minimalism as a process as by Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Lucier ("I am sitting in a room").
I agree, Terry Reily is a pinnacle of Minimalism as a genre.
The Charlemagne Palestine is nice, since it's not as harmonically busy as say Phillip Glass. The fluidly accelerating tempo is nice, and I wonder if that's a significant alteration from other traditionally-recognized Minimalism (I think it might be).
For me, the word Minimalism also brings to mind Maryanne Amicher, (though that's a darker version!) and obviously Cage.
Lately I've been occasionally enjoying those minimalist frequency sound healing tracks, as well as William Basinski's Disintegration Loops.
Cool thread!
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