Steve Reich: 'it's Beethoven on Mondays and Radiohead on Tuesdays'

'Most music is garbage,' argues the minimalist composer, who's equally at home at the Bloc Weekender and London's Royal Festival HallElectronic dance music is no longer a young upstart. This year's Bloc Weekender – a 15,000-capacity rave at London Pleasure Gardens, a waterside space at the Royal Victoria Docks – has enlisted some veteran headliners. But even among the likes of Orbital and Gary Numan, you might think a modern classical composer approaching his 76th birthday is an odd fit.Stev...

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