Music for 18 Musicians is a minimalist album by composer Steve Reich recorded between April–December 1976 and released on the ECM New Series in April 1978...

...Robert Christgau wrote of Music for 18 Musicians: "In which pulsing modules of high-register acoustic sound—the ensemble comprises violin, cello, clarinet, piano, marimbas, xylophone, metallophone, and women's voices—evolve harmonically toward themselves. Very mathematical, yet also very, well, organic—the duration of particular note-pulses is determined by the natural breath rhythms of the musicians—this sounds great in the evening near the sea."

In 2003, David Bowie included it in a list of 25 of his favorite albums, "Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie", calling it "Balinese gamelan music cross-dressing as minimalism" - Wikipedia

https://ecmreviews.com/2010/02/12/music-for-18-musicians/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOmUi4HGt0&list=RD1oOmUi4HGt0&start_radio=1

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Amazing experimental stop-motion short film by artist/designer Yoshinao Satoh, edited from newspaper scans set to contemporary classical music.

• Papers (3 min.) by Y. Satoh – Different Trains, by composer Steve Reich, performed by Kronos Quartet. Kronos won a Grammy Award for this recording.

https://song.link/y/56EG957YinM

#KronosQuartet #SteveReich #YoshinaoSatoh #experimental #film

#Halloween bit of fun.

Internet creator #RobManuel made this using Sonic Pi for audio + Python for the visuals.
It grabs random 1 second clips of #TheExorcist and loops them, set to a #SteveReich style remix of the the first bit from #TubularBells by #MikeOldfield.

I genuinely adore this and consider it to be a work of art. It is obviously excellent for when you are stoned. Please share if you like it, it is not a well known thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WSPTzSHxY

For all you Philip Glass and Steve Reich fans, this song is delightful.

The Divine Comedy - "Philip and Steve's Furniture Removal Company" (2019)

https://song.link/i/1457573811

#TheDivineComedy #PhilipGlass #SteveReich