Mercury News, California — 1. It was composed by Philip Glass in 1975; the opera premiered in Avignon, France, in 1976.2. The new touring production is the opera's first full staging in 20 years. more info

Mercury News, California — Now in a touring production, 'Einstein on the Beach,' which premiered in 1976, plays Oct. 26-28 at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall in its West Coast debut. more info

Mercury News, California — A 41/2-hour 'opera' with no narrative, no orchestra, no arias and no intermission, composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson's 'Einstein on the Beach' is best described as a spectacle -- an imaginary landscape of music, dance, gesture and l... more info

Guardian Music — Without Steve Reich's rhythms, pulses and phasing, contemporary culture would be a much poorer placeIt's rare that one says this about a contemporary composer, but it's become too easy to take Steve Reich for granted. Of course, that's a sign of just... more info

Guardian Music — (Kora)The disappearance of Beck Hansen must look, on the face of it, a typical case of the trendsetter who lost his cultural capital. Beck was the quintessential postmodern 90s pop star, who transitioned nicely into the noughties with more confession... more info

78s — Beck mixt sich in 20 Minuten durch die Werke von Philip Glass. Dabei lässt es sich Hansen nicht nehmen, selbst Klangmaterial beizusteuern. Das Remix-Projekt “Rework: Philip Glass Remixed”, für das Amon Tobin, Cornelius und Beck dem Avantgarde-K... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Anna Meredith - 'Nautilus' from ‘Black Prince Fury’ EP (Moshi Moshi) Because the best fifty pence I ever spent was on Philip Glass and Aphex Twin's deliriously wonderful 'Donkey Rhubarb' EP, I am naturally inclined twar... more info

Nialler9 — Battles’ last album Gloss Drop lacked the exuberant rainbow melodies of their previous album Mirrored because, Tyondai Braxton left to pursue his own vision. His 2009 solo album Central Market was a vertiginous trip into experimental rhythms, too m... more info

Consequence of Sound — Also, Beck's Philip Glass remix album and Chelsea Wolfe's acoustic LP. more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn and Terry Gilliam launch ENO's new audience expansion scheme to attract younger audience to art form that many consider 'too stuffy, too posh, too expensive'In 1998, Sir Colin Southgate, the former Royal Opera House chairman, infamously ... more info