Guardian Music — The Rite of Spring was so challenging it famously caused a riot at its premiere. Nearly a century on, it's still inspiring innovation – this time Avatar-styleIn 2007, when we programmed Klaus Obermaier's 3D digital version of Stravinsky's The Rite ... more info

Muzjiks — Playlist1. Gemmy: Supligen2. Led Zeppelin: Going to California3. James Blake: Unluck4. Wilco: Wishful Thinking5. EarlWolf: Orange Juice6. Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint7. Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians8. Squarepusher/AFX: Freeman Hardy &... more info

Altsounds — 'MACHINERY' THE NEW ALBUM Released in the UK on 7th March 2011 Holland's critically acclaimed alternative rock band whose unqiue sound is as distinctive as the Dead Weather, Captain Beefhart, Nick Cave, Steve Reich, Queens Of The Stone Age, and ... more info

Guardian Music — The rewriting of works by other composers is a venerable tradition, going back to at least the time of JosquinA musician called Dominique Leone has lifted a $500 prize for reinventing part of a work by the minimalist composer Steve Reich called 2x5. ... more info

Guardian Music — American hip-hop quartet's lyrics hymn the joys of a private jetAs the country teeters on the edge of a double-dip recession and the government starts cutting the general fun quota by 98%, it's important to keep things in perspective. We've always ... more info

Guardian Music — Magnetic Man, On tourThe idea of a dubstep supergroup might seem a little counter-intuitive. Dubstep's early chroniclers tended to revel in the genre as a masked urban phenomenon, designed by and for intense young men in hooded sweatshirts. Certainly... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)Steve Reich's influence has always spun in all directions, but even he must have surprised himself here: rock-band instruments playing in riffs and grooves with the notated precision of classical chamber music. Double Sextet uses Grammy-win... more info

Guardian Music — (Asthmatic Kitty)Last year, Sufjan Stevens announced that he was abandoning his loudly trumpeted project to write and release an album about each of America's 50 states. He'd managed a grand total of two. It was hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy.... more info

Guardian Music — Using delay, multitracked loops and lengthy repetition, the 24-year-old has created the antidote to the indulgent guitar soloClaims for the greatness of guitarists are often badly skewed. Many seem to regard guitar playing in a similar way to skatebo... more info

Stereogum — “Fuguefat” is the opening track from Hexadecagon, the Octopus Project’s followup to last year’s The Golden Beds EP. Like many things these days, it was inspired by (the highly inspirational) Terry Riley and Steve Reich. We’re told the band ... more info