Mercury News, California — The 4½-hour 'Einstein on the Beach,' which is in Berkeley for three sold-out performances, is part of a tour of the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Having emerged from downtown New York's performing arts scene in 1976 as a hip emblem of the avant-ga... more info

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