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2/1/11 Broadcast

5072 days ago
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

Holland's No.1 Alt Rock band De Staat - AMAZING NEW VIDEO + ALBUM & TOUR NEWS

5083 days ago
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

In praise of … musical reinvention | Editorial

5102 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

You can fly 'like a G6' – but it will cost you £36m

5146 days ago
Guardian MusicAmerican 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

This week's new live music

5169 days ago
Guardian MusicMagnetic 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

Steve Reich: Double Sextet; 2x5 | CD review

5189 days ago
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

Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz - review

5191 days ago
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

Mark McGuire: the antithesis of the axeman

5199 days ago
Guardian MusicUsing 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

The Octopus Project – “Fuguefat” (Stereogum Premiere)

5205 days ago
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

Reich: Double Sextet; 2 x 5 | CD review

5212 days ago
Guardian MusicEighth Blackbird/Bang on a Can(Nonesuch)Nonesuch has been documenting Steve Reich's career for more than 20 years now, generally with the soloists and ensembles for whom each of the works was composed. This latest release brings the story up to last ... more info

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